Developer(s) | WIDE Project |
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Stable release | 1.13a / February 13, 2008 |
Operating system | Any Unix-like |
Type | Presentation program |
License | BSD license [1] |
Website | http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/ |
MagicPoint is one of several open-source presentation programs, [2] often used to produce slides for conferences. [3] Unlike most presentation programs, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, where a GUI is used to create slides, MagicPoint slides are created by writing text files using a simple markup language. The resulting file is then displayed with MagicPoint's X11-based viewer.
MagicPoint was originally created in the autumn of 1997, at a WIDE Project camp. It was originally known as tp, standing for TinyPoint, [4] but in December the name was changed to MagicPoint. [5]
Another feature of MagicPoint is the ability to draw on slides during a presentation. [2] By pressing x on the keyboard, the slide can temporarily be scribbled on with red "ink". Shift x allows you to cycle through other pen colours.
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