koduki/header.tex

## header.tex
\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{%
% language={tex},
 backgroundcolor={\color[rgb]{0.1, 0.1, 0.1}},%
 basicstyle=\footnotesize,%
 commentstyle=\textit,%
 classoffset=1,%
 keywordstyle=\bfseries,%
 frame=tRBl,framesep=5pt,%
 breaklines=true,
 showstringspaces=false,%
 %numbers=left,stepnumber=1,numberstyle=\footnotesize%
}

## main.md

      
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    % How to make keynote like presentation with Markdown
% @koduki
% Oct 27, 2013
Introduction

Why am I not satisfied with PowerPointa and Keynote?


PowerPoint or keynote are a good tool.
But this has some problems.

It is hard to be the same layout. (Template is freedom too.)
It needs a Office Application.
Binary! This means is that git or svn do not good work.


Solution => Markdow and Panddoc

Markdown


Markdown is simple text format!
Git or svn work very good.
It is easy-to-read and easy-to-write.
It provides a simple sentence structure.

Pandoc


Pandoc is multi format transrator. (HTML, PDF, docx, markdown, LaTex, reStructuredText...)
This is able to make slide from markdown.
Not only HTML base(ex. s5) but also PDF is.

How to use

Install Pandoc.


Mac is download pkg.
http://code.google.com/p/pandoc/downloads/

Tex to generate PDF


Install MacTex(please select suit your platform)
http://tug.org/mactex/

Run command

$ pandoc -t beamer test.md -o test.pdf

Example


Change Template

Download and Copy


I want use keynote like presentation desigin.
Download this beamerthemeKeynoteLikeGradient.sty.

$ sudo cp ./beamerthemeKeynoteLikeGradient.sty /usr/local/texlive/2013/texmf-dist/tex/latex/beamer/themes/theme/

Update Theme Index


Run "Tex Live Utility"
re-install someting package.(Mabey there is better solution. :P )

Run command

$ pandoc -V theme:KeynoteLikeGradient -t beamer test.md -o test.pdf

Modify code block desigin.

Using listing option.


Default code block is very simple.
Listing is code format module.

$ pandoc --listings -t beamer test.md -o test.pdf


Make header.tex. This is some settings(font, background, line...)
Add "-H" option, for header.

$ pandoc -H header.tex --listings -t beamer test.md -o test.pdf

header.tex sample.

\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{%
 %language={sh},
 backgroundcolor={\color[rgb]{0.1, 0.1, 0.1}},%
 basicstyle=\footnotesize,%
 commentstyle=\textit,%
 classoffset=1,%
 keywordstyle=\bfseries,%
 frame=tRBl,framesep=5pt,%
 breaklines=true,
 showstringspaces=false,%
 %numbers=left,stepnumber=1,numberstyle=\footnotesize%
}

Conclusions


Markdown and Pandoc are good tool for typical presentation document.
If you want to make graphical presentaion, You should use PowerPoint or Keynote.
But if you want to make typical presentation document quickly and lightweight, You try run this command.

$ pandoc --listings -H header.tex -V theme:KeynoteLikeGradient -t beamer test.md -o test.pdf


This code is following url.
https://gist.github.com/koduki/7183121


Happy Hacking!