add Railsbridge Open Workshops to README; ignore generated "doc" dir

Author: alexch

.gitignore

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ tmtags
 ## PROJECT::GENERAL
 coverage
 rdoc
+doc
 pkg
 *.gem
 .bundle

README.rdoc

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ hatred in my heart for Keynote and yet it is by far the best in the field.
 
 The idea is that you setup your markdown slide files in section subdirectories
 and then startup the showoff server in that directory.  It will read in your
-showoff.json file for which sections go in which order and then will give
+<tt>showoff.json</tt> file for which sections go in which order and then will give
 you a URL to present from.
 
 It can:
@@ -26,21 +26,24 @@ It might will can:
 
 * show a timer - elapsed / remaining
 * perform simple animations of images moving between keyframes
-* show syncronized, hidden notes on another browser (like an iphone)
+* show synchronized, hidden notes on another browser (like an iphone)
 * show audience questions / comments (twitter or direct)
 * let audience members go back / catch up as you talk
 * let audience members vote on sections (?)
 * broadcast itself on Bonjour
 * let audience members download slides, code samples or other supplementary material
 * let you write on the slide with your mouse, madden-style via canvas
+* automatically resize text to fit screen
 
 Some of the nice things are that you can easily version control it, you
 can easily move sections between presentations, and you can rearrange or
 remove sections easily.
 
 = Usage
 
-ShowOff is meant to be run in a ShowOff formatted repository - that means that it has a showoff.json file and a number of sections (subdirectories) with markdown files for the slides you're presenting.
+ShowOff is meant to be run in a ShowOff formatted repository - that means that
+it has a <tt>showoff.json</tt> file and a number of sections (subdirectories) with
+markdown files for the slides you're presenting.
 
     $ gem install showoff
     $ git clone (showoff-repo)
@@ -50,11 +53,16 @@ ShowOff is meant to be run in a ShowOff formatted repository - that means that i
 If you run 'showoff' in the example subdirectory of ShowOff itself, it will 
 show an example presentation, so you can see what it's like.
 
+You can also run 'showoff serve' inside a section subdirectory. If there is no
+<tt>showoff.json</tt> file then it will make its best guess, creating a presentation
+from all `.md` files in alphabetical order in the given (or current)
+directory.
+
 = Slide Format
 
 You can break your slides up into sections of however many subdirectories deep
 you need.  ShowOff will recursively check all the directories mentioned in
-your showoff.json file for any markdown files (.md).  Each markdown file can
+your <tt>showoff.json</tt> file for any markdown files (.md).  Each markdown file can
 have any number of slides in it, separating each slide with the '!SLIDE'
 keyword and optional slide styles.
 
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@ the following contents:
 That represents two slides, the first contains just a large title, and the
 second is faded into view showing the title and three bullets that are then
 incrementally shown. In order for ShowOff to see those slides, your
-showoff.json file needs to look something like this:
+<tt>showoff.json</tt> file needs to look something like this:
 
     [
       {"section":"one"}
@@ -147,13 +155,20 @@ The transitions are provided by jQuery Cycle plugin. See http://www.malsup.com/j
 You can manage the presentation with the following keys:
 
 * space, cursor right: next slide
-* cursor left: previous slide
+* shift-space, cursor left: previous slide
 * d: debug mode
-* c: table of contents (vi)
+* c, t: table of contents (vi)
 * f: toggle footer
-* z: toggle help
+* z, ?: toggle help
 * p: toggle preshow
 
+= Showing plain old markdown
+
+If a markdown file has no !SLIDE keywords, then showoff will treat every line
+beginning with a single hash -- i.e. every H1 -- as a new slide in "bullets"
+style. Remember that you can't specify classes or transitions in this mode,
+and as soon as you add one !SLIDE you need them everywhere.
+
 = Preshow
 
 If you want to show a slideshow while you wait to speak, you can run a preshow.  Add a +_preshow+ directory
@@ -166,7 +181,7 @@ audience in the meantime.  Press 'p' again to stop, or wait until the timer runs
 
 To insert custom JavaScript into your presentation you can either place it into
 a file (with extension .js) into the root directory of your presentation or you
-can embed a <script>-element directly into your slides. This JavaScript will be
+can embed a <+script+> element directly into your slides. This JavaScript will be
 executed—as usually—as soon as it is loaded.
 
 If you want to trigger some JavaScript as soon as a certain page is shown or
@@ -223,7 +238,7 @@ The same applies to the *showoff:prev* event, of course.
 
 To insert custom Stylesheets into your presentation you can either place it into
 a file (with extension .css) into the root directory of your presentation or
-you can embed a <+link+>-element directly into your slides. This stylesheet will
+you can embed a <+link+> element directly into your slides. This stylesheet will
 be applied as soon as it is loaded.
 
 The content generated by the slide is wrapped with a +div+ with the class .+content+ like this.
@@ -311,27 +326,34 @@ added where your cursor was.  Binding this to a keybinding can allow you to add
 [<tt>help</tt>] Shows list of commands or help for one command
 [<tt>heroku</tt>] Setup your presentation to serve on Heroku
 [<tt>github</tt>] Setup your presentation to serve on GitHub Pages
-[<tt>serve</tt>] Serves the showoff presentation in the current directory
+[<tt>serve</tt>] Serves the showoff presentation in the current directory (or a given dir)
 [<tt>static</tt>] Generate static version of presentation
 
-=== <tt>add [title]</tt>
+
+== <tt>showoff add [title]</tt>
 
 Add a new slide at the end in a given dir
 
 *Aliases*
 * <tt><b>new</b></tt>
 
-Outputs or creates a new slide.  With -d and -n, a new slide is created in the given dir, numbered to appear as the last slide in that dir (use -u to avoid numbering).  Without those, outputs the slide markdown to stdout (useful for shelling out from your editor). You may also specify a source file to use for a code slide
+Outputs or creates a new slide. With -d and -n, a new slide is created in the given dir, numbered to appear
+as the last slide in that dir (use -u to avoid numbering). Without those, outputs the slide markdown to
+stdout (useful for shelling out from your editor). You may also specify a source file to use for a code
+slide.
+
+=== options for add
 
-==== Options
 These options are specified *after* the command.
 
 [<tt>-d, --dir=dir</tt>] Slide dir (where to put a new slide file)
 [<tt>-n, --name=basename</tt>] Slide name (name of the new slide file)
 [<tt>-s, --source=path to file</tt>] Include code from the given file as the slide body
 [<tt>-t, --style, --type=valid showoff style/type</tt>] Slide Type/Style <i>( default: <tt>title</tt>)</i>
 [<tt>-u, --nonumber</tt>] Dont number the slide, use the given name verbatim
-=== <tt>create dir_name</tt>
+
+
+== <tt>showoff create dir_name</tt>
 
 Create new showoff presentation
 
@@ -340,57 +362,68 @@ Create new showoff presentation
 
 This command helps start a new showoff presentation by setting up the proper directory structure for you.  It takes the directory name you would like showoff to create for you.
 
-==== Options
+=== options for create
+
 These options are specified *after* the command.
 
 [<tt>-d, --slidedir=arg</tt>] sample slide directory name <i>( default: <tt>one</tt>)</i>
 [<tt>-n, --nosamples</tt>] Dont create sample slides
-=== <tt>help [command]</tt>
+
+
+== <tt>showoff help [command]</tt>
 
 Shows list of commands or help for one command
 
-=== <tt>heroku heroku_name</tt>
+
+== <tt>showoff heroku heroku_name</tt>
 
 Setup your presentation to serve on Heroku
 
 Creates the Gemfile and config.ru file needed to push a showoff pres to heroku.  It will then run heroku create for you to register the new project on heroku and add the remote for you.  Then all you need to do is commit the new created files and run git push heroku to deploy.
 
-=== <tt>github</tt>
+
+== <tt>showoff github</tt>
 
 Generates a static version of your site and puts it in a gh-pages branch for static serving on GitHub.
 
-==== Options
+=== options for github
 These options are specified *after* the command.
 
 [<tt>-f, --force</tt>] force overwrite of existing Gemfile/.gems and config.ru files if they exist
 [<tt>-g, --dotgems</tt>] Use older-style .gems file instead of bundler-style Gemfile
 [<tt>-p, --password=arg</tt>] add password protection to your heroku site
-=== <tt>serve </tt>
 
-Serves the showoff presentation in the current directory
 
+== <tt>showoff serve </tt>
 
+Serves the showoff presentation in the current directory
 
-==== Options
+==== options for serve
 These options are specified *after* the command.
 
+[<tt>-f, --pres_file=arg</tt>] Presentation file <i>(default: <tt>showoff.json</tt>)</i>
 [<tt>-h, --host=arg</tt>] Host or ip to run on <i>( default: <tt>localhost</tt>)</i>
 [<tt>-p, --port=arg</tt>] Port on which to run <i>( default: <tt>9090</tt>)</i>
-=== <tt>static name</tt>
+
+
+== <tt>showoff static name</tt>
 
 Generate static version of presentation
 
-=== PDF
+
+= PDF
 Append a "/pdf" to the end of your presentation URL, and a PDF will be generated within the browser. For example,
 http://localhost:9090/pdf
 
-=== ZSH completion
+
+= ZSH completion
 You can complete commands and options in ZSH, by installing a script:
 
     mkdir -p $HOME/.zsh/Completion
     cp script/_showoff $HOME/.zsh/Completion
     echo 'fpath=(~/.zsh/Completion $fpath)' >> $HOME/.zshrc
 
+
 = Real World Usage
 
 So far, ShowOff has been used in the following presentations (and many others):
@@ -426,6 +459,8 @@ So far, ShowOff has been used in the following presentations (and many others):
   http://github.com/nono/Presentations/tree/master/20100708_RMLL_Ruby_1.9/
 * Lone Star PHP 2011 - Drupal - Chris Christensen
   https://github.com/christianchristensen/Presentations/tree/master/20110611-lonestarphp-drupal
+* Railsbridge Open Workshops - Sarah Allen, Sarah Mei, and Alex Chaffee
+  http://github.com/alexch/workshop
 
 
 If you use it for something, please let me know so I can add it.