Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: bruce
Version: 3.0beta2
Summary: Bruce, the Presentation Tool
Home-page: http://r1chardj0n3s.googlepages.com/bruce
Author: Richard Jones
Author-email: richard@mechanicalcat.net
License: UNKNOWN
Description: 
        Bruce, the Presentation Tool is for people who are tired of
        fighting with presentation tools. Presentations are composed
        (edited) in plain text files. It allows text, code, image,
        interative Python sessions and video. It uses pyglet to render
        in OpenGL.
        
        Changes in this release:
        
        - IMPORTANT: "decoration" is now called "layout"
        - mention docutils requirement
        - fixed page count / timer display
        - allow default style to affect footer style
        - display is now managed using Cocos
        - add page transitions (experimental)
        - nicely handle resize when switching to fullscreen
        - fixed bullet symbol consistency
        - fixed sub-list first item indentation
        - better detection of mouse click vs. drag
        
        
        Bruce, the Presentation Tool version 3.0 Features
        =================================================
        
        - displays ReStructuredText content with one page per section or transition
        - handling of *most* of ReStructuredText, including:
        
        * inline markup for emphasis, strong and literal
        * literal and line blocks
        * block quotes
        * definition, bullet and enumerated lists (including nesting)
        * images - inline and stand-alone, including scaling
        * page titles (section headings)
        
        - page layout and decorations
        - scrolling of content larger than a screenful
        - sensible resource location (images, video, sound from the same directory
        as the presentation file)
        - and some extensions of ReST:
        
        * embedded Python interative interpreter sessions
        * videos (embedded just like images) with optional looping
        * stylesheet and layout changes on the fly (eg. multiple fonts
        per page)
        * transitions between pages
        
        - timer and page count display for practicing
        - may specify which screen to open on in multihead
        - runs fullscreen at native resolution
        - may switch to/from fullscreen quickly
        
        
        
        Installation
        ============
        
        Bruce REQUIRES:
        
        - Python 2.5
        - docutils 0.4.1 or later
        - pyglet 1.1 beta 2 or later
        - Cocos 0.3 rc0 or later
        
        To install Bruce, run::
        
        # python setup.py install
        
        How to use Bruce, the Presentation Tool
        =======================================
        
        To invoke bruce, run::
        
        % bruce <presentation source.txt>
        
        There's a number of command-line controls - use ``bruce -h`` to
        learn what they do.
        
        
        Controls
        ========
        
        left, right arrows; left, right mouse button; space bar (forward)
        Move back and forward pages.
        page up, page down
        Move back and forward 5 pages.
        mouse scroll wheel
        Scroll large page content. You may also drag the contents up or down
        by dragging a left mouse button press up and down the screen. If a
        page has an embedded Python Interpreter you may use the scroll-wheel
        to scroll its contents (when the mouse is over the interpreter).
        Clicking and dragging always scrolls the whole page.
        control-F
        Switch between fullscreen and windowed mode
        escape
        Exit presentation
        home, end
        Go to the first or last page
        
        
        How to write presentations using Bruce, the Presentation Tool
        =============================================================
        
        Bruce presentations are written as plain-text files in the
        ReStructuredText format with some extensions. See the examples
        folder \*.rst files for some samples, the simplest being
        "simple.rst" which displays plain text sentences centered
        on a white background (using the "big-centered" style)::
        
        .. load-style:: big-centered
        
        Text displayed centered on the default white background.
        
        ----
        
        A new page, separated from the previous using the four
        dashes.
        
        Ut enim ad minim veniam.
        
        A Page Title
        ------------
        
        Pages may optionally have titles which are displayed
        centered at the top by default.
        
        and so on. For more information see the HOWTO__ at the Bruce
        website and the examples directory.
        
        __ http://r1chardj0n3s.googlepages.com/howto
        
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
Classifier: Topic :: Multimedia :: Graphics :: Presentation
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: MacOS :: MacOS X
Classifier: Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows
Classifier: Operating System :: POSIX
