infodisplay

README

Info Display

go install github.com/benraz123/infodisplay@latest 

What

the purpose of infodisplay is to generate a looping slideshow that can easily incorporate dynamic data like the current time and other things with javascript that runs in the browser.

Infodisplay uses a custom format that aims for simplicity and terseness.

Here is an example that shows one slide, with a header and 3 bullet points:

Header
- Bullet One
- Bullet Two
- Bullet Three

The first non-bullet point line is inferred to be a header.

This slide would also work, showing one headerline and a text line below it:

Header
Text Line

A system of directives is used for more functionality. For example, to make a slide with the id "hello", a custom duration of 5 seconds, and including a custom image "image.png", write:

!id hello
!time 5
!image image.png
Header
Text Line

Slides are seperated by whitespace. Thus this makes two slides:

Slide One
- Hello
- World

Slide Two
Foo
Bar

You can also use << >> to embed a live clock:

Today is <<%A>>
- Current hour: <<%H>>

And you can use * * for bold text:

This text is *bold*

Most slides have one header, but you can change that by using the !title layout

!title
Header One
Header Two

A slideshow can also have one or more global blocks which can have the following directives:

Attr	Purpose
!time	Global slide duration
!exec	Script to be run when presentation loops (for more see infodisplay -R!exec
!styles	Stylesheet to be used
!pfoot	Primary Footer
!sfoot	Secondary Footer
!noautoplay	Dont run the presentation automatically

Running a file

infodisplay <in> -o <out>

Getting Help

infodisplay --help

to get help

infodisplay -r

to get a list of directives

or

infodisplay -R <specific directive>

Feature Checklist

• Get stable working version
• Add support for comments
• Add support for slides with both bullet points and normal lines
• Add richer formatting
  • Italic
  • Bold
  • Code