Classy Slideshows From Emacs Org Mode + org-reveal - Straightforward Emacs

In this video I show you how to use Org Mode and org-reveal to create classy reveal.js slideshows from your Org Mode files. We'll get a minimum working example, go over basic options to adjust the export to your liking, and then go into some more org-reveal features. Feel free to leave a comment with any questions, I try to reply to all of them!
Links:
Link to resources file: jakebox.github.io/youtube/org...
Org-reveal: github.com/yjwen/org-reveal
Revealjs: revealjs.com/
Table of Contents:
0:00 - Introduction
0:38 - Installing org-reveal
1:00 - Basic export
2:52 - Slideshow navigation
3:38 - Basic configuration options
5:30 - Frags
6:37 - Images
7:24 - Speaker notes
8:22 - Conclusion

[@martinpetersen3187]

Perfect KZbin presentation. No useless talking head, no distracting background music - just a very well prepared short tutorial everyone can easy follow.

[@JakeBox0]

That's my goal, pleased to hear that! Thank you.

[@branquinho8444]

I loved the presentation. Thank you. I'm using in an interview tomorrow!

[@JakeBox0]

So glad to hear that! You're welcome.

[@realMenta]

Thank you for creating these amazing tutorial showcases. Loving your channel!

[@codebitcookie8053]

One of your best videos and most well explained one so far! Good job!

[@JakeBox0]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it, and that it was the best so far! Thanks :)

[@fabianyanez4105]

si, que video tan bueno. Yo hice 20 presentations para mi clase de teclados. Me ayudo mucho este video porque nada mas tenia un dia para completarlo todo. Eso es porque me enborache toda la semana. Gracias.

[@JakeBox0]

¡De nada amigo!

[@bencepaul3497]

Excellent introduction! Thanks for making these videos.

[@jrgomez]

Wow! I never thought that this could be done using Emacs! Thanks!

[@sophiebosio8171]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you for the tidy and helpful explanation!

[@JakeBox0]

Glad I could help!

[@RoryDavidWatts]

This is a fantastic video, really well explained and timed, thank you.

[@JakeBox0]

Thanks so much for the nice comment.

[@ShadwTrooper]

This is pretty cool. Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna try it out!

[@sousupercurioso9567]

tbh this video was really great, I enjoy so much Emacs (I prefer doom emacs fork tho) and being able to create slide presentations like this, so easily, just makes it worth it a lot using emacs + 1 subscriber!

[@JakeBox0]

Thank you very much, and I agree.

[@chiasung]

This is the great feature. Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@JakeBox0]

You are welcome, thanks for the comment.

[@NoName-fp2nd]

Your 1000th subscriber. Thank you!

[@JakeBox0]

Congratulations and thank you! You win this heart!

[@navmou]

Nice video! Many thanks for sharing!

[@JakeBox0]

Thank you.

[@aronoco]

Would love to see a video on emacs-reveal!

[@JakeBox0]

Just looked it up, I remember trying to use it when I was first getting into org-reveal. Nothing about it seemed particularly superior for my personal usecase. Anything stand out to you?

[@mystisification]

Excellent video!

[@enriquekesslermartinez724]

Loved the video! Keep it up!

[@JakeBox0]

Thank you! Will do.

[@VivekHaldar]

Succinct and super-useful!

[@JakeBox0]

Thanks!

[@airbus5717]

Thanks for this video

[@mohammedalbatati5529]

Interesting way to make a quick good looking presentation, sometimes it’s better to be minimalistic and avoid all the bloat like other softwares

[@JakeBox0]

Agreed, what matters is the content. Orgmode + reveal makes it easy to focus on content while still making a visually pleasing presentation.

[@tonibat59]

Thanks for this great presentation, pun intended. Does it also export to ppt powerpoint format?

[@roguegenesis7020]

Hey Jake you should make more videos on emacs, also can I get your config?

[@sandeshthakuri2117]

Great video. This looks better than power point slides. But the fontsize is too big. How do we change font size?

[@memorial2k8]

love ur channel

[@JakeBox0]

Thank you :)

[@MMABeijing]

Hi Jake, thank you for the video, it was very clear. I like reveal, and would like to use the plugins it has ( namely blackboard and slide sound recording). Have you played with plugins? thank you

[@JakeBox0]

You're welcome, thanks for the comment. Unfortunately I don't know anything about those plugins. I imagine they would work.

[@adrien-barret]

we need more of this kind of stuff in OSS world ! ty for the video !! Is it a way to split title in two line and to make collumns ? seems #begin_Collumns is not working with it, put a image in background.... ? the official doc is not working anymore so if you want new ideas for a video about thos ... :)

[@JakeBox0]

Thanks for the nice comment. Split title in two lines, maybe try like in HTML? As for columns, is this helpful? github.com/yjwen/org-reveal/issues/309

[@vivaldomendes6194]

Hi, lovely video. I have a question that is related to Org-mode files. Someone passed me a set of slides that have been saved as org files. I am using VSCode on a Windows machine, and I have no idea how to export them to pdf. I have installed the VSCode extension to read org files, and I can have them displayed on my computer. After searching like mad on the internet, the only problem I have is how to export them to pdf or Html using VScode. Help will be very much appreciated.

[@JakeBox0]

As far as I know, you'll need to use Emacs to export them like I do in my video. Good luck.

[@vivaldomendes6194]

@@JakeBox0 I was expecting a miracle. But there are no miracles. Let's try Emacs. Thanks a lot.

[@gamewarrior010]

Hey I'm having trouble setting up the notes do you have any updates on what the current way of doing notes is?

[@JakeBox0]

Unfortunately I do not. Maybe take a look at the reveal.js site, or wherever their code is hosted. Sorry I can't be more helpful.

[@justvasili3483]

can these slides be exported to pdf in the same format as it is shown in the html? if someone asks for the presentation slides giving them a pdf would be more convenient

[@JakeBox0]

It seems like yes. Just off of some Googling: github.com/astefanutti/decktape

[@fzap2970]

Yes, there's an option - you can find it on the reveal.js project site: revealjs.com/pdf-export/

[@chillydonuts]

This was incredibly easy to follow! However, I did run into an issue with bringing up the speaker notes. Pressing `s` doesn't bring up anything for me. I've also tried inserting `#+REVEAL_PLUGINS: (notes)` as mentioned in the documentation, but the speaker notes still wouldn't show. It's not a very big deal for me now, but any suggestions would be appreciated! :D

[@JakeBox0]

Thanks for the comment. Unfortunately I'm not completely sure. Have you tried a different browser? Have you checked if your browser is blocking pop-ups? That is a likely reason.

[@chillydonuts]

​@@JakeBox0 Thank you for the suggestion! I tried on Firefox and Chrome, disabled my extensions, allowed pop-ups - still no speaker notes. But I did find a solution that worked for me! 1. Install the latest release of Reveal.js (4.5.0). I downloaded the .zip file and extracted it to my Downloads folder. 2. In your config (.emacs.el) file, add this statement: `(setq org-reveal-root "file:///home//Downloads/reveal.js-4.5.0")`. The file path points to the extracted Reveal.js file from Step 1. 3. In your orgmode file, under `:REVEAL_PROPERTIES:`, remove the `#+REVEAL_ROOT` statement. This is because we already told the computer where Reveal.js is on our computer in Step 2. 4. Export your orgmode file! Hitting `s` should bring up the speaker notes. This worked on Ubuntu 22.04.03 LTS and on Firefox and Chrome, if that's relevant! Hopefully I was clear. If not, please let me know!

[@mmxgn]

Do not forget to specify: #+REVEAL_REVEAL_JS_VERSION: 4 This fixed it for me.

[@sandeshthakuri2117]

I have been needing to make presentations for my college. I came to know it can be done in emacs using org mode. Is this the best way to make a presentation in org mode? Can you give me some more info.

[@JakeBox0]

I'm not sure how to answer this. There are many ways to do everything in Emacs. Does this method work for you? If so, use it.

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

When I used reveal js with my org mode documents, they were too long and had too much text, so they just went off the bottom of the page. How do you manage that without or l breaking up slides?

[@JakeBox0]

Yeah, there's some way to basically change the size of the slides (the frame size and the font size), I think I did it once a while ago but can't seem to find how I did it. This might point you in the right direction: github.com/yjwen/org-reveal/issues/468#issuecomment-994406490 Edit: actually I think this is how I did it before.

[@MoonstarGaming]

Not sure if you will respond to this, but I was wondering if you could weigh in on an issue I am having with Speaker Notes. I followed your guide, and everything works as intended with no JavaScript Errors, but for some reason, the Speaker Notes will not launch no matter what I try. Any tips on the subject matter?

[@JakeBox0]

Happy to help! It might be that your browser is blocking popups. Try with Firefox, and when you open the Speaker Notes, look around the top left of the search bar to see if it mentions the window trying to open a pop-up. I can't offer help for other browsers, but I have to go through this procedure sometimes with Firefox. support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pop-blocker-settings-exceptions-troubleshooting Good luck!

[@MoonstarGaming]

@@JakeBox0 Sadly, that was not the case. I already added the file to a pop-up exclusion list. Shame it doesn't work, would have been really helpful.

[@mycityofsky]

Normal bullet points are just asterisks. I saw that your bullet points have circles, arrows, etc. How do you do it?

[@JakeBox0]

I use org-superstar-mode to do that. github.com/integral-dw/org-superstar-mode

[@mycityofsky]

@@JakeBox0 Thanks!

[@tartarusdivision1054]

Noob here but I'm not able to get the dispatch command to run on doom emacs, what am I missing? I've installed the ox reveal package through the melpa installer btw

[@JakeBox0]

Hi, sorry, just saw this. Are you able to run the command using M-x?

[@Gonfalon88]

It seems org-reveal takes the first #+TITLE / #+AUTHOR / #+OPTIONS it finds in an org file and then applies that property to the whole file. Which is a bit disappointing because when I want to make a reveal presentation of a subsection of my org file, I can't give a title for just that subsection. Instead the first title (probably from a previous subsection I wanted to present) will be applied -_-

[@JakeBox0]

I see. But shouldn’t a presentation have just one title? Titles for subsections are really just the name of the heading they are under, no? I think you can achieve what you want by shifting the way you look at the structure.

[@aryakiran256]

nice video! BTW can you share your config?

[@JakeBox0]

I will soon, watch out for a video soon.

[@aryakiran256]

nice

[@Ziiip7]

@@JakeBox0 Any update on this? I'm dying to read your config and steal some tweaks from it ;)

[@Bbdu75yg]

did anyone managed to use latex equation in reveal.js and orgmode ?