Libre Impress auto loop by default

[Trickdya]

I’ve got a Pi set up as a coming soon device displaying a slideshow. There’s a bash script that copies the latest file from a folder to auto play that slide show at boot.

Problem is Libre Impress won’t recognise that there’s a play until esc property in the PowerPoint created presentation and just ends after the last slide.

I know I can alter this in the presentation settings, but the point of the setup is for it to be a drag, drop and forget about it process.

If anyone knows how to set an auto loop for all presentations as a default value in Libre, I’d be incredibly grateful.

Thanks

[klricks]

Impress does not appear to have loop default. The transitions and loop setting must be set and then saved as part of the document.*
This command will play repeatedly until [Esc] key is pressed. Impress will then immediately exit to the command line.

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libreoffice --impress --show  /home/pi/Documents/your_slide_show.odp

If you want to automate this then install xdotool. With xdotool you can send keyboard and/or mouse actions from a script.
*xdotool commands could also be used to change the transition and loop settings if they were not already saved in the document.

[Trickdya]

Thanks klricks, I’ll give xdotool a try. I had a running loop with a .odp, but as other staff will be adding to the directory it would be likely someone would accidentally save the slideshow as a .pptx and have it not loop.

Thanks