This Demo is an example of a major issue in Java. They seriously need to at least give the user a warning before fullscreening. I mean, that demo could have been really bad. Hint: goatse.
On the other hand, this would be AWESOME for presentations.
I stumbled upon KeyJNote today, and was very intrigued. I could use this for presentations! So, I figured I’d write up a little tutorial on how to make one. I’m going to use LaTeX and Beamer to create my presentation, but you can use whatever PDF-exporting software you would like. This is Ubuntu/Debian specific, so if you don’t use one of those, figure out the package install commands on your own.
First, install stuff:
sudo apt-get install keyjnote latex-beamer
Now that we have everything installed, lets make a simple presentation.
$ vim example_presentation.tex
Here’s where the fun begins. Beamer is great for presentations.
\documentclass{beamer}
\usepackage{beamerthemesplit}
\title{Why I love Chicken}
\author{Hank}
\date{\today}
\begin{document}
\frame{\titlepage}
\section{Introduction}
\subsection{Where did chicken come from?}
\frame
{
\frametitle{The egg}
\begin{itemize}
\item<1-> Which came first?
\item<2-> Did it evolve from dinosaurs?
\item<3-> Why don't we find dinosaurs in chicken fossils together?
\end{itemize}
}
\frame
{
\frametitle{Feathers}
\begin{itemize}
\item<1-> Why do chickens have them? They can't fly!
\item<2-> What if chickens could fly...
\end{itemize}
}
\end{document}
Then a simple build with latex:
$ pdflatex example_presentation.tex
And now for the grand finale:
$ keyjnote example_presenation.pdf
The screen flickers weird colors during the transitions on my machine. Maybe something to do with Beryl or the NVidia proprietary drivers? I don’t know. But it’s still pretty cool. I’ll probably stick to XUL if I can ever get it working again.
