README for Org Tree Slide

1. What’s this?

The main purpose of this elisp is to handle each tree in an org buffer as a slide by simple narrowing. This emacs lisp is a minor mode for Emacs Org-mode.

Main features:

• Live editable presentation
• Fast switching of narrowing/widen
• TODO pursuit with narrowing
• Displaying the current number of slides in mode line
• CONTENT view during a presentation
• Slide-in effect
• Slide header from org file’s header
• Countdown timer

1-1. Related packages

There are various packages to make a presentation with org-mode. See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/non-beamer-presentations.html. For more simple use, presentation.el may suitable.

2. Install

1. Put this elisp into your load-path
2. Add (require 'org-tree-slide) in your .emacs

OR

1. Eval: (auto-install-from-url "https://raw.github.com/takaxp/org-tree-slide/master/org-tree-slide.el") (for auto-install users)
2. Add (require 'org-tree-slide) in your .emacs

Then open an org file, just type C-< and C->, which means C-M-,= and =C-M-., you can see a presentation will begin with a header, slide-in effect, and slide number in mode line.

It is recommended to change the keybindings to make your presentation smoothly. Here is an example.

(with-eval-after-load "org-tree-slide"
  (define-key org-tree-slide-mode-map (kbd "<f9>") 'org-tree-slide-move-previous-tree)
  (define-key org-tree-slide-mode-map (kbd "<f10>") 'org-tree-slide-move-next-tree)
  )

2.1 el-get recipe

If you are an el-get user, just do

M-x el-get-install RET org-tree-slide

2.2 MELPA

Now, you can install `org-tree-slide’ via MELPA.

2.2 Requirements

• Org-mode 6.33x or higher version is required.
• This elisp doesn’t require any additional packages.
• Emacs 25.2 or later is required. But users of Emacs 25.1 or earlier (at least 24.4) can still use this package. Please load org-tree-slide-compt.el before activating org-tree-slide.el.

2.3 additional package (moom.el)

Normally, presentations will appear in full screen or frame maximized. moom is useful in such cases since the package can change frame position and size by keyboard and the font size will be increased suitably for your presentation.

3. Recommended settings

Assigning a single key to org-tree-slide-mode is recommended.

(global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-mode)
(global-set-key (kbd "S-<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle)

OR

(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-mode)
(define-key org-mode-map (kbd "S-<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle)

4. Profiles

Three useful profiles are available. Please select a profile that is the most suitable for your using scenario.

If you select simple profile, call the following command while org-tree-slide-mode is ON.

M-x org-tree-slide-simple-profile

If you want to use this setting as the default, put the following configuration including recommended settings into your .emacs.

(when (require 'org-tree-slide nil t)
  (global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-mode)
  (global-set-key (kbd "S-<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle)
  (org-tree-slide-simple-profile))

org-tree-slide-presentation-profile and org-tree-slide-narrowing-control-profile are also available.

4-1. `Simple’

This profile will display trees in your org buffer by simple narrowing. You can change trees without widen command. Most of the visual effect is disabled.

Type M-x org-tree-slide-simple-profile while org-tree-slide-mode is ON.

1. No header display
2. No slide-in effect
3. The cursor will move to the head of the buffer when exit
4. No slide number display in mode line
5. Display every type of tree except org-comment-string (e.g. COMMENT)

4-2. `Presentation’

This profile is the default setting of org-tree-slide. If an org buffer includes #+title:, #+email:, and #+author:, org-tree-slide attempts to use those variables in the slide header. A date in the header will be set with the presentation of the day. You can enjoy a slide-in effect, the current slide number in mode line.

If you want to show the content of your presentation, type C-x s c or M-x org-tree-slide-content. All of the headings will be shown in a buffer like a Table Of Content except some headings configured as skipping by org-tree-slide-skip-outline-level. Find a heading that you want to show, and type C->, the presentation will be resumed.

It is possible to skip slides when a heading level is higher than or equal to a value of org-tree-slide-skip-outline-level. see User variables.

To exit a presentation, set org-tree-slide-mode OFF. The cursor move to the head of the buffer and the trees will be rendered according to the value of #+startup: if possible.

M-x org-tree-slide-presentation-profile

1. Display header
2. Enable slide-in effect
3. The cursor will move to the head of buffer when exit
4. Display slide number in mode line
5. Display every type of tree except org-comment-string (e.g. COMMENT)

4-3. `TODO Pursuit with narrowing’

This profile will display trees restricted to TODO status without a header and slide-in effect. It is very useful to concentrate your focus on the current TODO item that is not done, and go to the next task by typing of C->. This is “TODO Pursuit with narrowing”. If you want to track every kind of tree including finished items, toggle M-x org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle OFF.

When you exit org-tree-slide-mode, the cursor will keep the same position, it is therefore possible to focus again by toggle M-x org-tree-slide-mode.

If you feel the cursor moving is very slow, please change a value of org-tree-slide-modeline-display to =’outside= or nil.

M-x org-tree-slide-narrowing-control-profile

1. No header display
2. No slide-in effect
3. The cursor will keep the same position when exit
4. Display slide number in mode line
5. Display TODO trees only except org-comment-string (e.g. COMMENT)

5. User variables

[*1] { nil| ‘lighter | ‘outside } ‘outside: shown in the mode line outside of lighter ‘lighter: shown in lighter (slow) nil: nothing to be shown”

[*2] ‘(:next ” Next >>” :previous “<< Previous” :content “<< CONTENT >>”) If you prefer to show nothing for entering content mode, then specify as ‘(:next ” Next >>” :previous “<< Previous” :content nil)

5-1. Useful settings for experts

If you like this elisp, the following setting is more useful. Try it!

In this case, <f8> / <f9> / <f10> / <f11> are assigned in order to control org-tree-slide.

(when (require 'org-tree-slide nil t)
  (global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-mode)
  (global-set-key (kbd "S-<f8>") 'org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle)
  (define-key org-tree-slide-mode-map (kbd "<f9>")
    'org-tree-slide-move-previous-tree)
  (define-key org-tree-slide-mode-map (kbd "<f10>")
    'org-tree-slide-move-next-tree)
  (define-key org-tree-slide-mode-map (kbd "<f11>")
    'org-tree-slide-content)
  (setq org-tree-slide-skip-outline-level 4)
  (org-tree-slide-narrowing-control-profile)
  (setq org-tree-slide-skip-done nil))

6. Functions

Control functions

• org-tree-slide-move-next-tree (C->)
• org-tree-slide-move-previous-tree (C-<)
• org-tree-slide-content (C-x s c)

Startup options

These functions will toggle org-tree-slide-mode ON, automatically.

• org-tree-slide-without-init-play
• org-tree-slide-play-with-timer

Toggle variables

• org-tree-slide-display-header-toggle
• org-tree-slide-slide-in-effect-toggle
• org-tree-slide-skip-done-toggle
• org-tree-slide-skip-comments-toggle
• org-tree-slide-heading-emphasis-toggle

Batch setting of user variables

• org-tree-slide-simple-profile
• org-tree-slide-presentation-profile
• org-tree-slide-narrowing-control-profile

Hooks

• org-tree-slide-play-hook
• org-tree-slide-stop-hook
• org-tree-slide-before-narrow-hook
• org-tree-slide-after-narrow-hook
• org-tree-slide-before-move-next-hook
• org-tree-slide-before-move-previous-hook

NOTE: For senior user, some hook were renamed, please update your configurations

7. Additional settings

Hide org-meta-line

The following code could be useful if you want to make #+ lines invisible during presentation.

(with-eval-after-load "org-tree-slide"
  (defvar my-hide-org-meta-line-p nil)
  (defun my-hide-org-meta-line ()
    (interactive)
    (setq my-hide-org-meta-line-p t)
    (set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line nil
			                  :foreground (face-attribute 'default :background)))
  (defun my-show-org-meta-line ()
    (interactive)
    (setq my-hide-org-meta-line-p nil)
    (set-face-attribute 'org-meta-line nil :foreground nil))

  (defun my-toggle-org-meta-line ()
    (interactive)
    (if my-hide-org-meta-line-p
	      (my-show-org-meta-line) (my-hide-org-meta-line)))

  (add-hook 'org-tree-slide-play-hook #'my-hide-org-meta-line)
  (add-hook 'org-tree-slide-stop-hook #'my-show-org-meta-line))

8. History

see also ChangeLog for details

9. Contact

The author is Takaaki ISHIKAWA ([email protected]). Feel free to email me or use a mention of twitter (@takaxp)

10. Videos

We can watch some videos that kindly introduce org-tree-slide.el:

• Emacs Tips - How to Give Presentations with Org Mode (presented by System Crafters)
• Show presentation using Org Mode (presented by Blackberry Boy)

Thank you!