How to create slides with Emacs Org mode and Reveal.js

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Feb 15, 2018

Like many speakers, I use slides when presenting. Mine are quite minimal—either a couple of words or an image per slide. I use Reveal.js to create those slides, which also gives me a chance to embrace my inner geek a bit and hand-code some HTML.

So, where does the fusion of Emacs and Reveal.js happen? That comes in the form of an Emacs package called Org-Reveal. Let’s take a look at how to use Emacs, Org-Reveal, and Reveal.js to create simple presentation slides.

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