How to create rapid programming slides in Markdown with support for PlantUML, Math and two column layout using Pandoc.

Pandoc-Revealjs-slides-with-plantuml-and-math.sh

pandoc --to revealjs --filter pandoc-plantuml --standalone slides.md --output out.html --katex

# Needs the "pandoc-plantuml" filter installed.
# Uses "katex" for rendering math in html 
# (fastest and works reliably for Latex syntax, 
# "Mathjax" has support for Asciimath syntax but this syntax seems dead and has bad alignment support,
# "MathML" converter doesn't work for many Latex symbols).
# 

slides.md

title	author	date	plantuml-format	theme
Some slides	Some Author	March 23, 2022	svg	league

View this slide raw

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Math

$$ \begin{aligned} \dot{x} & = \sigma(y-x) \\ \dot{y} & = \rho x - y - xz \\ \dot{z} & = -\beta z + xy \end{aligned} $$

$$ J(\theta_0,\theta_1) = \sum_{i=0} $$

PlantUML diagrams

Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response

Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response

Two columns on slide

:::::::::::::: {.columns} ::: {.column width="50%"}

Title left:

• One
• Two

::: ::: {.column width="50%"}

Title right

• One

::: ::::::::::::::