18.1. General Description
“Pointless is a presentation tool primarily targeted at the
un*x world. Presentations are made using a simple
markup-language (best described as a mix between TeX and Pod,
and affectionately known as "The Pointless Language").
The resulting slideshow is rendered using FreeType and OpenGL
for optimal visual quality. Hardware accelerated OpenGL
is highly recommended but not required in order to run
pointless.
The pointless tool is designed in an extensible way,
allowing the user to make simple presentations with minimal
effort, yet providing for more complicated presentations
through the inclusion (or, if necessary, coding) of
extension modules.
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