#RISE

Reveal.js - Jupyter/IPython Slideshow Extension, also known as live_reveal

Installation

To install this nbextension, simply run python setup.py install from the RISE repository.

You also have some interesting optional arguments, such as:

  --develop          Install livereveal as a symlink to the source.
  --profile PROFILE  The name of the profile to use.

Note: We are now (27 Feb 2015) using the new frontend config system, so if you installed RISE with the --develop option before, please reinstall it again. Thanks.

RISE live demo

My talk about RISE at SciPy 2014 (click on the image to see it):

About

As you now... I love Jupyter/IPython and I like Reveal.js a lot.

Previously, I developed a "converter" for the IPython.nbconvert library to export ipynb to a STATIC html slideshow based in Reveal.js library.

But now, here, you don't have a STATIC version anymore, you have a LIVE version... I mean, a notebook rendered as a Reveal.js-based slideshow, where you can execute code or show to the audience whatever you can show/do inside the plain notebook (but in a nicer way).

NOTES

1- RISE master branch will be following the Jupyter/IPython master codebase. There is also a released RISE 2.x version compatible with the IPython 2.x series, but this version will be not mainteined after IPython 3.0 release.

2- I am still learning JS to do that, so probably the code is ugly. I will try to improve it, the good notice: it is working!!

3- You have an example presentation as a gist here: https://gist.github.com/damianavila/6345426. You can test the extension with it or use it as a template... or make your own presentaion ;-)

4: I tested the extension without losing any ipynb for more than one year now, but I am touching your ipynb in a complex way... so, make sure you have a backup of your ipynb to prevent any possible loss.

5: There are some issues in Firefox (if you use it, please report me any issue because I want to support both browsers), so I recommend to use Chromium/Chrome during your talks).

Usage

In the notebook toolbar, a new button ("Enter/Exit Live Reveal Slideshow") will be available.

The notebook toolbar also contains a "Cell Toolbar" dropdown menu that gives you access to metadata for each cell. If you select the Slideshow preset, you will see in the right corner of each cell a little box where you can select the cell type (similar as for the static reveal slides with nbconvert).

Some notes:

1: Use spacebar to go forward and shift+spacebar to go backward (or the controller in the bottom right corner). Up and down arrows are reserved to interact with notebook cells and cannot be used to navigate the slides.

2: You can know more about the reveal-specific shortcuts just pressing the help button at the bottom left of your slideshow.

3: In contrast to the traditional IPython/Jupyter notebook, the Shift-Enter shortcut does not select the next cell, but will only run the cell (similar to Ctrl-Enter). This is intentional to not switch slides by running a cell. A current shortcoming, however, is that this adapted behaviour is not reset after leaving the live slideshow mode.

Manual installation

I encourage you to use the setup.py-based installation (see above), but if you insist about doing it manually, you need to put the livereveal folderfrom the repo into your .ipython/nbextensions folder and run this python code to enable it:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('notebook', {"load_extensions": {"livereveal/main": True}})

or this python code to disable it:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('notebook', {"load_extensions": {"livereveal/main": False}})

Configure your own options

You can configure the theme and the transition of your slides, and where slideshows start from, by running this python code:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('livereveal', {
              'theme': 'serif',
              'transition': 'zoom',
              'start_slideshow_at': 'selected',
})

With these options, your slides will get the serif theme and the zoom transition, and slideshows will start from the selected cell (instead of from the beginning, which is the default).

You can use a similar piece of python code to change the width and height of your slides:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('livereveal', {
              'width': 1024,
              'height': 768,
})

There are also options for controls, progress, history, minScale and slideNumber.

Note: The use of the minScale option (values other then 1.0) can cause problems with codemirror.

Usage with Leap Motion

Reveal.js supports the Leap Motion controller. To control RISE slideshows with the Leap, put the reveal leap plugin options in your config by running this Python code:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('livereveal', {
    'leap_motion': {
        'naturalSwipe'  : True,     # Invert swipe gestures
        'pointerOpacity': 0.5,      # Set pointer opacity to 0.5
        'pointerColor'  : '#d80000',# Red pointer
    }
})

To disable it:

from IPython.html.services.config import ConfigManager
from IPython.utils.path import locate_profile
cm = ConfigManager(profile_dir=locate_profile(get_ipython().profile))
cm.update('livereveal', {'leap_motion': None})

Feedback

If you have any feedback, or find any bugs, please let me know just opening an issue.

Thanks!

Damián.