From: Gerald Bauer <geraldbauer2007@...>
Date: 2008-05-19T13:27:37+09:00
Subject: [ANN] Slide Show (S9) Gem Now Supports Syntax Highlighting and Headers for Gradients, Title, etc

Hello,

  I've published an update to Slide Show (S9) - a Ruby gem that lets
you create slide shows and author slides in plain text using a
wiki-style markup language that's easy-to-write and easy-to-read.

  What's new?

  The Slide Show (S9) gem now supports headers that let you set
options in your source e.g. use

 title: Microformats - Adding Semantics to Your Web Site - Web 3.0 in Action

  to set the web page title. Use

 gradient-colors: green lime
 gradient-colors: #0e1f5b #3b5998
 gradient: top-bottom black grey

  to set the style and/or colors for your gradient background theme.

  Use

 code-theme: blackboard
 code-line-numbers: false

  to select the Ultraviolet syntax highlighting theme and turn off
line numbering. Thanks to zimbatm (*1) for sending in patches for
fixing the slideshow gem executable on Unix and on getting started
with syntax highlighting using the Ultraviolet (*2) gem.

  To use/turn on the experimental syntax highlighting in your slide
shows specify the language using #! ruby after the code block e.g.:

{{{
#!ruby
puts "syntaxes:"
puts Uv.syntaxes.join( ", " )

puts "themes:"
puts Uv.themes.join( ", " )
}}}

  Finally, I've created a new mailing list/forum for free web slide
show alternatives such as S5, S9, FullerScreen and friends. Join us @
http://groups.google.com/group/webslideshow

  Find out more about the Slide Show (S9) gem @ http://slideshow.rubyforge.org

  Cheers.


(*1) http://oree.ch
(*2) http://ultraviolet.rubyforge.org

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