This is my scaffolding for composing presentations on the Reveal.js framework.
First, install dependencies (including Reveal.js):
npm install
Next, install Decktape for pixel-perfect export to PDF.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/astefanutti/decktape.git
Decktape uses a custom build of PhantomJS. See Decktape installation for the appropriate platform-specific version, or the following command for OSX.
curl -L http://astefanutti.github.io/decktape/downloads/phantomjs-osx-cocoa-x86-64 -o decktape/bin/phantomjs
Make it executable:
chmod +x decktape/bin/phantomjs
To begin working on a new presentation, this creates a new directory containing a Markdown file slides.md and a subdirectory for assets.
./new-dir /path/to/new/dir
Next, run the server command:
./serve /path/to/new/dir
To export to PDF, keep the server running and execute:
./export /path/to/file.pdf