Editing MagicPoint

{{Infobox Software
| name                   = MagicPoint
| logo                   =Mgplogo.jpg
| developer              = WIDE Project
| latest release version = 1.13a
| latest release date    = {{release date and age|2008|02|13}}
| operating system       = Any [[Unix-like]]
| genre                  = [[Presentation program]]
| license                = [[BSD license]]<ref>[http://directory.fsf.org/MagicPoint.html FSF Directory]</ref>
| website                = http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/
}}
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'''MagicPoint''' is one of several [[open-source software|open-source]] [[presentation program]]s,<ref name="dedicated">[http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/LinuxPresentations.html#dedicated Using Linux for Presentations Mini-HOWTO]</ref> often used to produce slides for conferences.<ref>[http://www.google.com/search?q=MagicPoint+presentation+foils List of MagicPoint presentation by Google]</ref> 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.

== History ==
MagicPoint was originally created in the autumn of 1997, at a WIDE Project camp. It was originally known as '''tp''', standing for TinyPoint,<ref>[http://www.die.net/doc/linux/man/man1/mgp.1.html MagicPoint man page]</ref> but in December the name was changed to MagicPoint.<ref>[[Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino]]: [http://www.itojun.org/diary/1997-4q.html itojun's pictorial diary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070414153239/http://www.itojun.org/diary/1997-4q.html|date=2007-04-14}}</ref>

== Features ==
* Content is written in text files and formatting is indicated by text features. For example, different level [[bullet point]]s can be created by simply indenting the text with [[tab character|tab]]s<ref>[https://lwn.net/Articles/101846/ The Grumpy Editor's guide to presentation programs [LWN.net&#93;<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Many image formats are supported<ref name=mgpuseful>[http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/useful/mgp.html David MacKay: Useful stuff: Magicpoint<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* Slides can be scaled to different screen sizes<ref>[http://lionel.kr.hs-niederrhein.de/~dalitz/data/software/mgp/mgp.html#Rescale MGP Toolbox<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
* External applications can be executed from inside the presentation
* A talk timer and slide guide are included<ref name=mgpuseful />
* Presentations can be exported to [[HTML]] or [[PostScript]] files.<ref>[http://www.linux.com/howtos/Event-HOWTO/creating.shtml (Linux) Event HOWTO]</ref>
Another feature of MagicPoint is the ability to draw on slides during a presentation.<ref name="dedicated"/> 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.

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/ Official homepage]
* [http://www.freeos.com/articles/3648/ Short review and tutorial]
* [http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/September2000/article158.shtml Primer] and [http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/mackay/mgp/SYNTAX Syntax]


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