Step

A simple slide stepper — to present text in a terminal.

Build the tool

On Mac or Linux, compile step.c.

$ gcc -o step step.c
$ ./step

Prepare slides.txt

Create a single text file with slides separated by '+', e.g. slides.txt

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   # Hello

   - I am @tamberg
   - Presenting slides
   - Using ./step file [dt]

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   # Simplicity

   - This tool is minimal
   - Some lines of code
   - And a text file

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   # ASCII-Art

   +---+    +---+
   | A |--->| B |
   +---+    +---+

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   # Thanks

   - Seems to work
   - Get in touch :)

     @tamberg@quite.social

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Present slides.txt

Step through the slides, in a terminal window.

Consider increasing the font size.

$ ./step slides.txt

• Separator characters are not displayed.
• Same character elswhere is shown.
• Height adapts to terminal size.
• Press ENTER for next slide.