From: ThoML <micathom@...>
Date: 2008-07-05T01:21:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Slide Show (S9) Gem Now Includes S5 Support (Including Built-In 	Gradient Themes)

>   The Ruby Slide Show (S9) gem that lets you create slide shows and
> author slides in plain text using a wiki-style markup language

How difficult would it be to plug in another input filter instead of
textile?

I currently use a somewhat clumsy, homegrown solution for such kind of
presentations when I don't have to impress powerpoint-minded people
with fancy animations and stuff.

See here for a simple example: http://deplate.sourceforge.net/presentation.html

I like the graphical layout of your solution but would like to keep
the viki/deplate input syntax. I would also like to still be able to
generate slides via deplate so that I could use the plain html version
if the browser doesn't support slideshow (in cases when you have to
use the computer provided by the hosts/organizers).

For ideas about how to embed LaTeX formulas see here:
http://deplate.sourceforge.net/Modules.html#hd008005002
http://mathml.rubyforge.org

Regards,
Thomas.