module

Sunstone::Docs::B_AUTHORING::DeckManifest

Deck Manifest Specification

Executive Summary & Key Topics

Topic	Method / Anchor	Description
Structure of deck.yml	`.topic_01_manifest_structure`	Root fields and global options in deck manifests.
Footer Template Tags	`.topic_02_template_tags`	Dynamic placeholders available in footer strings.

Class methods

topic_01_manifest_structure

Structure of deckyml: Root fields and global options in deck manifests.

The deck.yml file defines your presentation's identity, resolution, footer templates, theme, and slide sequence:

title: "Building Microservices in Crystal"
subtitle: "Concurrency, Fiber Scheduling & Performance"
author: "Alex Morgan"
theme: "generic"
width: 1920
height: 1080

footer_left: "☀️ {title}"
footer_center: "{author} • {palette}"
footer_right: "Slide {slide_num} / {total_slides}"

slides:
  - slides/01_intro.yml
  - slides/02_architecture.yml
  - slides/03_benchmarks.yml
  - slides/04_closing.yml

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topic_02_template_tags

Footer Template Tags: Dynamic placeholders available in footer strings.

Footers support dynamic variable interpolation:

{title}: Presentation title.
{subtitle}: Presentation subtitle.
{author}: Deck author name.
{palette}: Human-readable name of the slide's active palette.
{palette_id}: Technical identifier of the active palette.
{slide_num}: Current slide number (1-indexed).
{total_slides}: Total slide count in the entire presentation.
{slide_title}: Current slide title.

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