tpp(1)
NAME
TPP - Text Presentation Program
SYNOPSIS
tpp <OPTIONS> <FILE>
DESCRIPTION
Tpp stands for text presentation program and is an ncurses-based presentation tool. The presentation can be written with your favorite editor in a simple description format and then shown on any text terminal
that is supported by ncurses - ranging from an old VT100 to the Linux
framebuffer to an xterm.
It supports color, various output modes, sliding in text, command
prompt, LaTeX conversion and more.
OPTIONS
-h/--help display help
-l output.tex input.tpp converts tpp slides into tex
-v/--version display version number
KEYS
space display next entry within page
- space, cursor-down, cursor-right
- display next page
- b, cursor-up, cursor-left
- display previous page
- q, Q quit tpp
- j, J jump directly to page
- s, S jump to the start page
- e, E jump to the last page
- c, C start command line
WRITING PRESENTATIONS
The tpp presentation formats consists of normal text lines and special
commands. Special commands are contained in lines that begin with "--"
and the command name.
See /usr/share/doc/tpp/README.gz for complete list of command names,
and /usr/share/doc/tpp/examples for TPP presentation examples, including presentation slides that have been in real-life presentations.
VIM SYNTAX FILE
In /usr/share/doc/tpp/contrib you'll find a syntax file for the vim
editor. See /usr/share/doc/tpp/README.gz for installation instructions.
AUTHOR CONTACT
- Tpp was written by Nico Golde <nico@ngolde.de> and Andreas Krennmair
<ak@synflood.at>