[hackers] [sent] update README || Markus Teich

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Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 00:30:40 +0100 (CET)

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Author: Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de>
AuthorDate: Tue Nov 17 00:32:45 2015 +0100
Commit: Markus Teich <markus.teich_AT_stusta.mhn.de>
CommitDate: Tue Nov 17 00:32:45 2015 +0100

    update README

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-sent
-====
-
-A simple plaintext presentation tool.
+sent is a simple plaintext presentation tool.
 
 sent does not need latex, libreoffice or any other fancy file format, it uses
-plaintext files and png images. Every line represents a slide in the
-presentation. This may limit the use, but for presentations using the [Takahashi
-method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahashi_method) this is very nice and
-allows you to write down the presentation for a quick lightning talk within a
-few minutes.
+plaintext files and png images. Every paragraph represents a slide in the
+presentation.
+
+The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window. The content of each slide
+is automatically scaled to fit the window and centered so you also don't have to
+worry about alignment. Instead you can really concentrate on the content.
 
-The presentation is displayed in a simple X11 window colored black on white for
-maximum contrast even if the sun shines directly onto the projected image. The
-content of each slide is automatically scaled to fit the window so you don't
-have to worry about alignment. Instead you can really concentrate on the
-content.
 
 Demo
-----
 
 To get a little demo, just type
 
         make && ./sent example
 
-You can navigate with the arrow keys and quit with `q`. If you get
-
- sent: could not find a scalable font matching -*-dejavu sans condensed-bold-r-*-*-0-0-*-*-*-0-*-*
-
-you should add the dejavu fonts dir (customize path to fit your distribution)
-with:
+You can navigate with the arrow keys and quit with `q`.
 
- xset fp+ /usr/share/fonts/dejavu
-
-Configuration
--------------
-
-Edit config.h to fit your needs. The font has to be in the X servers font path,
-see `man xset` for how to add it.
 
 Usage
------
 
- sent [-f FONTSTRING] FILE1 [FILE2 ...]
+ sent FILE1 [FILE2 ...]
 
-If one FILE equals `-`, stdin will be read. Use png images by prepending a `_AT_`
-before the filename. Lines starting with `#` will be ignored. A presentation
-file could look like this:
+If one FILE equals `-`, stdin will be read. Produce image slides by prepending a
+`_AT_` in front of the filename as a single paragraph. Lines starting with `#` will
+be ignored. A `\` at the beginning of the line escapes `_AT_` and `#`. A
+presentation file could look like this:
 
         sent
- why?
+
         _AT_nyan.png
- easy to use
- depends on Xlib, libpng
- no bloat
- how?
+
+ depends on
+ - Xlib
+ - libpng
+
         sent FILENAME
- one slide per line
+ one slide per paragraph
         # This is a comment and will not be part of the presentation
- # The next line starts with a whitespace, it will not produce an image slide
- _AT_FILE.png
+ \# This and the next line start with backslashes
+
+ \_AT_FILE.png
+
         thanks / questions?
 
-future features
----------------
 
-* multiple lines per slide?
-* light colored background and table of contents
-* second window for speakers laptop (progress, time, notes?)
-* markdown?
+Development
+
+sent is developed at http://tools.suckless.org/sent
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