Using pandoc to produce reveal.js slides

You can use pandoc to produce beautiful slides using reveal.js.

Setup

Download the latest reveal.js and place it in a folder called reveal.js:

wget https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/archive/3.9.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf 3.9.2.tar.gz
mv reveal.js-3.9.2 reveal.js

To provide local reveal assets to the slide deck, add a flag like -V revealjs-url=./reveal.js to your pandoc call.

You can skip the above step by referencing the reveal.js URL when calling pandoc later. To do that, add the -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/ option in your pandoc call. Note: in this case, you will require Internet access to show your slides, and that they will not be standalone.

Now, create a file called myslides.md with your content. It may optionally include a YAML front matter for title, author, and date:

---
author: John Doe
title: Demo Slide
date: June 21, 2017
---
# Foo
```python
print("hello world")
```
# Bar
* test
* test

Creating the Slides

Use this command to produce your slideshow:

pandoc -t revealjs -s -o myslides.html myslides.md -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/

Themes

You can use -V theme=$theme to set your theme as $theme, with the following options:

• beige
• black
• blood
• league
• moon
• night
• serif
• simple
• sky
• solarized
• white

Here are some example presentations using reveal.js.

Transitions

You can use -V transition=$transition to set your theme as $transition, with the following options:

• cube