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by stuzenz 1684 days ago
I like it - I am also a fan of Excaldraw.

I noticed some kind of error coming up in trying to export to pdf - other than that it seems to be working well.

I am using the following set up ``` uname -a Linux arch-t460p 5.14.16-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:22:59 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux (base) ~ via 🅒 base firefox --version Mozilla Firefox 94.0

```

I am not sure, but this message that pops up seems to suggest that it might not be establishing a good naming convention for the save.

``` application/vdn.excalideck+pdf (92.6 KB) ```

I will put an issue on the github project if I see it persists in the next day or two.

Thanks for sharing - great work! Between presentation tools like this and reveal-md we have some nice options for building out presentations.

Thinking about it. It would be great if it was possible to export each of the slides as independent png/svg as well. That would allow some possibilities to open up for using it with reveal-md

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> I noticed some kind of error coming up in trying to export to pdf

Ah sorry, not entirely unexpected actually, as for the moment the saving/loading functionality on Firefox and Safari is a bit broken.

The functionality relies on a newish Web API only fully supported by Chrome / Edge, and I haven't implemented proper fallbacks yet (the plan is to make an Electron app, which fully allows working with local files, but an adequate fallback should be provided for all browsers regardless).

> It would be great if it was possible to export each of the slides as independent png/svg as well.

Definitely an option. Supporting different export formats is on the horizon. Feel free to open an issue / discussion about independent png/svg as well!