A. Command Summary

Below is a list of all pll commands in pllbasics.py.

pll Command  Description 
=slide Make new slide.
=slide title Make new slide using title as title.
=par text Make paragraph of text
=br New line
=center text Center text
=item text Make text an item
=subitem text Make text a subitem
=subsubitem text Make text a subsubitem
=step Insert step marker
=nostep Suppress next automatically generated step marker
=import(file) Import module from file
=include(file) Insert content of file
=macro(m) exp Define macro m to expand to exp
=comment text Make a comment which will not appear in the slideshow.
=setcolor(r,g,b,a) Use color defined by r, g, b and a
=setcolor(0xRGB) Use color defined by the hex-values R, G, B and assume that A=0xFF
=setcolor(0xRGBA) Use color defined by the hex-values R, G, B and A
=setcolor("color-string") Use color defined by the string, allowed values are described in the manual
=red Use red color
=green Use green color
=blue Use blue color
=yellow Use yellow color
=white Use white color
=black Use black color
=hrule(w) Horizontal rule of width w
=background_image(file) Use the image from file as a background image
=background_image_stretch(file) Stretch the image from file onto the background
=background_image_tile(file) Tile the image from file onto the background
=background_color(color) Use color defined by color, cf. =setcolor, as background color
=background_vertex_colors(cll, clr, cur, cul) Use color ci at vertex vi
=image(file) Insert image from file file
=absolute_image(file, x,y,z) Insert image from file file at location (x,y,z)
=eps(file) Insert encapsulated postscript from file
=latex(input) Apply latex on the input and insert the output in the presentation
=gnuplot(input) Appy GnuPlot on the input and insert the output in the presentation
=mpost(input) Apply metapost on the input and insert the output in the presentation
=code(input) Apply a2ps on the input and insert the output in the presentation
=hskip(s) Insert horizontal skip amounting to s
=vskip(s) Insert vertical skip amounting to s
=smallskip A small vertical skip
=medskip A medium vertical skip
=bigskip A big vertical skip
=make_font_family(id,r,b,i,m) Make font family identified by id contain roman font from TrueType font file r, bold font from file b, italic font from file i and mono spaced font from file m
=font_family(id) Choose font family id
=setfont(font) Load font from file font
=rm Use roman font
=roman Use roman font
=bf Use bold font
=bold Use bold font
=it Use italic font
=italic Use italic font
=tt Use monospaced font
=mono Use monospaced font
=setsize(s) Set font size to s
=setbasesize(s) Set font base size to s
=setfactor(size,factor) Use factor as a factor on the font base size, when using command =<size>
=normal Use normal size font
=large Use large size font
=huge Use huge size font
=small Use small size font
=tiny Use tiny size font
=verb text Set text verbatim
=unicode(c) Insert symbol defined by unicode c

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