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Usage

SliDesk has many options

slidesk -h

will render something like this:

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(SliDesk) v:2.16.0

slidesk 2.16.0
Your presentation companion

Usage: slidesk [options] [arguments]

Subcommands:
  create      tool to help you to instanciate a talk
  plugin      slidesk plugin management
  component   slidesk component management
  link        command to interact with slidesk.link
  template    slidesk template management
  theme       slidesk theme management
  deploy      create a deploy file for your presentation
  save        save your prensentation into a html & assets
  present     serve your presentation

Options:
  -h, --help                show help
  -v, --version             show version

Arguments:
  talk  directory of your talk

We can see that there are several options, that the "talk" consists of a directory (if not specified, SliDesk takes the current directory) and that there is a command to create talks.

slidesk present -h

Options:
  -h, --help           show help
  -v, --version        show version
  -n, --notes <param>  open with speakers notes  (default: notes.html)
  -g, --hidden         remove help information  (default: false)
  -c, --conf <param>   use a specific slidesk.toml file  (default: )
  -o, --open           open a browser with the presentation or notes view  (default: false)
  -l, --lang <param>   specify the language version (per default, it will use the .lang.json file with default information)  (default: )
  -t, --telnet         serve a telnet version  (default: false)

Arguments:
  talk  directory of your talk

As far as options are concerned, the one that will undoubtedly be most frequently used is -n, which generates the Speaker view. Coupled with the -t option, this will enable you to better manage your time via the checkpoints defined in your presentation, as seen above.

To simplify the call, you can use a simplified syntax:

slidesk present -tn

Which combines the -t and -n options.

present is the default subcommand, so slidesk present -tn can be simplified with slidesk -tn