Using pandoc to produce reveal.js slides

You can use pandoc to produce beautiful slides using reveal.js.

Setup

Download the latest supported reveal.js for your version of Pandoc and place it in a folder called reveal.js:

Pandoc 2.9.2.2 and later can use reveal.js 4.x:

wget https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/archive/master.tar.gz
tar -xzvf master.tar.gz
mv reveal.js-master reveal.js

Pandoc 2.9.2.1 and earlier must use reveal.js 3.x:

wget https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/archive/3.9.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf 3.9.2.tar.gz
mv reveal.js-3.9.2 reveal.js

To provide local reveal assets to the slide deck, add a flag like -V revealjs-url=./reveal.js to your pandoc call.

You can skip the above step by referencing the reveal.js URL when calling pandoc later. To do that, add the -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/reveal.js@3.9.2/ option in your pandoc call. Note: in this case, you will require Internet access to show your slides, and that they will not be standalone. Use the latest 4.x version if you're using a newer version of Pandoc.

Now, create a file called myslides.md with your content. It may optionally include a YAML front matter for title, author, and date:

---
author: John Doe
title: Demo Slide
date: June 21, 2017
---
# Foo
```python
print("hello world")
```
# Bar
* test
* test

Creating the Slides

Use this command to produce your slideshow:

pandoc -t revealjs -s -o myslides.html myslides.md -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/reveal.js@3.9.2/

Themes

You can use -V theme=$theme to set your theme as $theme, with the following options:

• beige
• black
• blood
• league
• moon
• night
• serif
• simple
• sky
• solarized
• white

Here are some example presentations using reveal.js.

Transitions

You can use -V transition=$transition to set your theme as $transition, with the following options:

• cube