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mdp

A command-line based markdown presentation tool

TLDR

Present a markdown file as slides
$ mdp [presentation.md]
Read presentation from stdin
$ cat [presentation.md] | mdp
Present with color fading disabled
$ mdp -f [presentation.md]
Present with inverted colors
$ mdp -i [presentation.md]
Present with character entity expansion enabled
$ mdp -e [presentation.md]
Present with transparency disabled
$ mdp -t [presentation.md]

SYNOPSIS

mdp [options] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION

mdp is a command-line based markdown presentation tool. It renders presentations in the terminal using standard markdown syntax.Horizontal rules are used as slide separators. Headers prefixed with @ are displayed as title and author in the top and bottom bars. Supported formatting includes headlines, code blocks, block quotes, unordered lists, bold text, underlined text, and inline code.Navigation uses arrow keys, h/j/k/l, Space, Enter, Page Up/Down. Press g or Home to go to the first slide, G or End for the last. Number keys 1-9 jump to a specific slide. Press r to reload and q to quit.

PARAMETERS

FILE

Markdown presentation file. If no file is specified or if the file name is -, reads from standard input.
-e, --expand
Enable character entity expansion (e.g. '>' becomes '>').
-f, --nofade
Disable color fading in 256 color mode.
-i, --invert
Swap black and white colors.
-t, --notrans
Disable transparency in transparent terminal.
-d, --debug
Enable debug messages on stderr. Add multiple times to increase debug level.
-h, --help
Display usage message and exit.
-v, --version
Display version and license information.

INSTALL

sudo apt install mdp
sudo pacman -S mdp
brew install mdp
nix profile install nixpkgs#mdp

CAVEATS

Terminal-based only. Limited formatting compared to graphical presentation tools. UTF-8 support varies by terminal.

HISTORY

mdp was created by Michael Göhler as a terminal-based presentation tool using markdown for slide content.

SEE ALSO

presenterm(1), slides(1)