diff --git a/README b/README index e1df07c..c7e9d4a 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -= WiiPresent - Presentations using the Wiimote += wiipresent - Presentations using the Wiimote -WiiPresent is a small program that enables you to use a Nintendo Wiimote +Wiipresent is a small program that enables you to use a Nintendo Wiimote for giving presentations using Open Office, xpdf, evince or Acrobat Reader. It was designed as an off-the-shelf tool with no need to customize it. -But WiiPresent can also control multimedia applications or firefox. +But wiipresent can also control multimedia applications or firefox. It does this by translating WiiMote events into keypresses for applications. == Reasons for using a Wiimote for presentations @@ -36,13 +36,25 @@ presentations: presenters using lots of gestures -== Build requirements -You need the following libraries in order to build and use WiiPresent: +== Features +Currently wiipresent can do the following things: - - Xorg libX11 and libXtst libraries and headers - - BlueZ libraries and headers - - libwiimote libraries and headers (built with -D_DISABLE_NONBLOCK_UPDATES) + - only requires a bluetooth receiver for communication -We tried to minimize the dependencies that WiiPresent needs. + - rumbles to indicate how much time you have left for your presentation + + - leds indicate how much time has passed/is left for your presentation + + - has keymaps for tens of presentation applications (evince, xpdf, + openoffice, acrobat reader, ...) + + - also has keymaps for many other applications (multimedia, terminal, + browser, ...) + + - can be used to control your mouse pointer (to start an application, copy + files, shutdown, ...) + +See the TODO file that comes with the application for upcoming features, +ideas and known issues. // vim: set syntax=asciidoc: