.TH "sisu_howto" "1" "2007-09-16" "0.59.1" "SiSU" .SH SISU \- TECHNICAL, HOWTO, RALPH AMISSAH .BR .SH SISU SOME TECHNICAL INFORMATION .BR .SH HOWTO .BR .SH 1. GETTING HELP .BR .BR An online manual of sorts should be available at: .BR .BR The manual pages provided with .B SiSU are also available online, and there is an interactive help, which is being superseded by the man page, and possibly some document which contains this component. .SH 1.1 SISU \"MAN\" PAGES .BR If .B SiSU is installed on your system usual man commands should be available, try: .BR man sisu .BR The .B SiSU man pages can be viewed online at:[^1] .BR An online version of the sisu man page is available here: .BR * various sisu man pages \ [^2] .BR * sisu.1 \ [^3] .BR * sisu.8 \ [^4] .BR * sisu_examples.1 \ [^5] .BR * sisu_webrick.1 \ [^6] .SH 1.2 SISU BUILT\-IN HELP .BR sisu \-\-help .BR sisu \-\-help \ [subject] .BR sisu \-\-help env \ [for \ feedback \ on \ the \ way \ your \ system \ is \ setup \ with \ regard \ to \ sisu] .BR sisu \-V \ [same \ as \ above \ command] .BR sisu \-\-help commands .BR sisu \-\-help markup .SH 1.3 COMMAND LINE WITH FLAGS \- BATCH PROCESSING .BR Running sisu (alone without any flags, filenames or wildcards) brings up the interactive help, as does any sisu command that is not recognised. .BR In the data directory run sisu \-mh filename or wildcard eg. \"sisu \-h cisg.sst\" or \"sisu \-h *.{sst,ssm}\" to produce html version of all documents. .SH 2. SETUP, INITIALISATION .BR .SH 2.1 INITIALISE OUTPUT DIRECTORY .BR Images, css files for a document directory are copied to their respective locations in the output directory. .BR while within your document markup/preparation directory, issue the following command .BR sisu \-CC .SH 2.1.1 USE OF SEARCH FUNCTIONALITY, AN EXAMPLE USING SQLITE .BR .B SiSU can populate PostgreSQL and Sqlite databases and provides a sample search form for querying these databases. .BR This note provides an example to get you started and will use sqlite .BR It is necessary to: .BR (1) make sure the required dependencies have been installed .BR (2) have a directory with sisu markup samples that is writable .BR (3) use sisu to create a database .BR (4) use sisu tp populate a database .BR (5) use sisu to start the webrick (httpd) server .BR (6) use sisu to create a search form .BR (7) copy the search form to the cgi directory .BR (8) open up the form in your browser .BR (9) query the database using the search form .BR .B (1) make sure the required dependencies have been installed .BR if you use .B Debian , the following command will install the required dependencies .BR aptitude install sisu\-sqlite .BR .B (2) have a directory with sisu markup samples that is writable .BR ideally copy the sisu\-examples directory to your home directory (because the directory in which you run this example should be writable) .BR cp \-rv /usr/share/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup ~/. .BR .B (3) use sisu to create an sqlite database .BR within the sisu\-examples directory .BR sisu \-dv createall .BR .B (4) use sisu tp populate a database with some text .BR within the sisu\-examples directory .BR sisu \-div free_*.sst .BR or .BR sisu \-dv import free_*.sst debian_constitution_v1.2.sst debian_social_contract_v1.1.sst gpl2.fsf.sst .BR .B (5) use sisu to start the webrick (httpd) server (if it has not already been started): .BR sisu \-W .BR .B (6) use sisu to create a search form (for use with the webrick server, and your sample documents) .BR within the sisu\-examples directory .BR sisu \-F webrick .BR #here i run into a problem, you are working from a read only #directory..., not my usual mode of operation, to complete the example #the following is necessary sudo touch sisu_sqlite.cgi sisu_pgsql.cgi sudo \-P chown $USER sisu_sqlite.cgi sisu_pgsql.cgi .BR #now this should be possible: sisu \-F webrick .BR .B (7) copy the search form to the cgi directory .BR the string should be provided as output from the previous command .BR sudo cp \-vi /usr/share/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup/sisu_sqlite.cgi /usr/lib/cgi\-bin .BR sudo chmod \-v 755 /usr/lib/cgi\-bin/sisu_sqlite.cgi .BR .B (8) open up the form in your browser and query it .BR url: .BR .BR or as instructed by command sisu \-F webrick .BR .B (9) query the database using the search form .BR if there are other options in the dropdown menu select .BR document_samples_sisu_markup .BR and search for some text, e.g.: .BR aim OR project .BR * selecting the .B index radio button gives an index of results using the object numbers .BR * selecting the .B text radio button gives the content of the matched paragraphs with the match highlighted .BR .B (10) to start again with a new database .BR to start from scratch you can drop the database with the command .BR sisu \-dv dropall .BR and go to step 3 .BR to get to step 3 in one step with a single command .BR sisu \-dv recreate .BR continue subsequent steps .SH 2.2 MISC .SH 2.2.1 URL FOR OUTPUT FILES \-U \-U .BR sisu \-uv[and \ other \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .BR sisu \-Uv \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 2.2.2 TOGGLE SCREEN COLOR .BR sisu \-cv[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 2.2.3 VERBOSE MODE .BR sisu \-v[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .BR sisu \-V[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 2.2.4 QUIET MODE .BR sisu \-q[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 2.2.5 MAINTENANCE MODE INTERMEDIATE FILES KEPT \-M .BR sisu \-Mv[and \ other \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 2.2.6 START THE WEBRICK SERVER .BR sisu \-W .SH 2.3 REMOTE PLACEMENT OF OUTPUT .BR configuration is necessary .BR scp .BR sisu \-vr[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .BR rsync .BR sisu \-vR[and \ processing \ flags] \ [filename/wildcard] .SH 3. CONFIGURATION FILES .BR .BR Sample provided, on untarring the source tarball: .BR conf/sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR and on installation under: .BR /etc/sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR The following paths are searched: .BR \./_sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR ~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR \./etc/sisu/sisurc.yaml .SH 4. MARKUP .BR .BR See sample markup provided on .BR .BR .BR .BR in particular for each of the document output samples provided, the source document is provided as well .BR .BR on untarring the source tarball: .BR data/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup/ .BR or the same once source is installed (or sisu\-examples) under: .BR /usr/share/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup/ .BR Some notes are contained within the man page, .B man sisu and within sisu help via the commands .B sisu help markup and .B sisu help headers .BR .B SiSU is for literary and legal text, also for some social science material. In particular it does not do formula, and is not particularly suited to technical documentation. Despite the latter caveat, some notes will be provided here and added to over time: .SH 4.1 HEADERS .BR Headers @headername: provide information related to the document, this may relate to .BR 1. how it is to be processed, such as whether headings are to be numbered, what skin is to be used and markup instructions, such as the document structure, or words to be made bold within the document .BR 2. semantic information about the document including the dublin core .SH 4.2 FONT FACE .BR Defaults are set. You may change the face to: bold, italics, underscore, strikethrough, \... .SH 4.2.1 BOLD .BR \@bold: \ [list \ of \ words \ that \ should \ be \ made \ bold \ within \ document] .BR .B bold line .BR !_ bold line .BR .B bold word or sentence .BR !{ bold word or sentence }! .BR *{ bold word or sentence }* .BR .B boldword or .B boldword .BR *boldword* or !boldword! .SH 4.2.2 ITALICS .BR \@italics: \ [list \ of \ words \ that \ should \ be \ italicised \ within \ document] .BR .I italicise word or sentence .BR /{ italicise word or sentence }/ .BR .I italicisedword .BR /italicisedword/ .SH 4.2.3 UNDERSCORE .BR .I underscore word or sentence .BR _{ underscore word or sentence }_ .BR .I underscoreword .SH 4.2.4 STRIKETHROUGH .BR strikethrough word or sentence .BR \-{ strikethrough word or sentence }\- .BR strikeword .BR \-strikeword\- .SH 4.3 ENDNOTES .BR There are two forms of markup for endnotes, they cannot be mixed within the same document .BR here[^7] .BR 1. preferred endnote markup .BR here~{ this is an endnote }~ .BR 2. alternative markup equivalent, kept because it is possible to search and replace to get markup in existing texts such as Project Gutenberg .BR here~^ .BR ^~ this is an endote .SH 4.4 LINKS .BR SiSU .BR { .B SiSU }http://sisudoc.org .BR sisu.png 120x39 .BR {sisu.png }http://sisudoc.org .BR [ tux.png ] .BR { tux.png 64x80 }image .BR SiSU \ [^8] .BR { .B SiSU }http://sisudoc.org .BR is equivalent to: .BR { .B SiSU }http://sisudoc.org ~{ }~ .BR the same can be done with an image: .BR sisu.png 120x39 \"SiSU\" \ [^10] .BR { sisu.png \" .B SiSU \" }http://sisudoc.org .SH 4.5 NUMBER TITLES .BR Set with the header @markup: .SH 4.6 LINE OPERATIONS .BR Line Operations (marker placed at start of line) .BR !_ bold line .BR .B bold line .BR _1 indent paragraph one level .BR indent paragraph one level .BR _2 indent paragraph two steps .BR indent paragraph two steps .BR _* bullet paragraph .BR * bullet paragraph .BR # number paragraph (see headers for numbering document headings) .BR 1. number paragraph (see headers for numbering document headings) .BR _# number paragraph level 2 (see headers for numbering document headings) .BR a. number paragraph level 2 (see headers for numbering document headings) .SH 4.7 TABLES .BR Table markup sample table{~h c3; 26; 32; 32; .P This is a table, column1 .P this would become row one of column two .P column three of row one is here .P column one row 2 .P column two of row two .P column three of row two, and so on .P column one row three .P and so on .P here .P }table .P .BR Alternative form of table markup .nf {t\~h} |Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * 1 | * | * | * | * | | | 2 | \- | * | * | * | * | * | 3 | \- | * | * | * | * | * | * 4 | \- | | | * | * | * | 5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * .fi .SH 4.8 GROUPED TEXT .nf 5.times { puts \'Ruby\' } .fi .BR code{ .nf 5.times { puts \'Ruby\' } .fi .BR }code A Limerick .P There was a young lady from Clyde, .P who ate a green apple and died, .P but the apple fermented inside the lamented, .P and made cider inside her inside. .P poem{ .P There was a young lady from Clyde, .P who ate a green apple and died, .P but the apple fermented inside the lamented, .P and made cider inside her inside. .P }\poem .P .SH 4.9 COMPOSITE DOCUMENT .BR To import another document, the master document or importing document should be named filename.r3 (r for require) .BR << { filename.sst } .BR << { filename.ssi } .SH 5. CHANGE APPEARANCE .BR .SH 5.1 SKINS .BR \"Skins\" may be used to change various aspects related to the output documents appearance, including such things as the url for the home page on which the material will be published, information on the credit band, and for html documents colours and icons used in navigation bars. Skins are ruby files which permit changing of the default values set within the program for .B SiSU output. .BR There are a few examples provided, on untarring the source tarball: .BR conf/sisu/skin/doc/ .BR data/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup/_sisu/skin/doc .BR and on installation under: .BR /etc/sisu/skin/doc/ .BR /usr/share/sisu\-examples/sample/document_samples_sisu_markup/_sisu/skin/doc .BR The following paths are searched: .BR \./_sisu/skin .BR ~/.sisu/skin .BR /etc/sisu/skin .BR Skins under the searched paths in a per document directory, a per directory directory, or a site directory, named: .BR doc \ [may \ be \ specified \ individually \ in \ each \ document] .BR dir \ [used \ if \ identifier \ part \ of \ name \ matches \ markup \ directory \ name] .BR site .BR It is usual to place all skins in the document directory, with symbolic links as required from dir or site directories. .SH 5.2 CSS .BR The appearance of html and XML related output can be changed for an ouput collection directory by prepareing and placing a new css file in one of the sisu css directories searched in the sisu configuration path. These are located at: .BR _./_sisu/css .BR ~/.sisu/css .BR and .BR /etc/sisu/css .BR The contents of the first directory found in the search path are copied to the corresponding sisu output directory with the commnd: .BR sisu \-CC .BR The .B SiSU standard css files for .B SiSU output are: .BR dom.css html.css html_tables.css index.css sax.css xhtml.css .BR A document may specify its own/bespoke css file using the css header. .BR \@css: .BR [expand] .SH EXTRACTS FROM THE README .BR .SH 6. README .BR .BR .B SiSU 0.55 2007w27/6 2007\-07\-07 .BR Homepage: .BR .B Description .BR .B SiSU is lightweight markup based document creation and publishing framework that is controlled from the command line. Prepare documents for .B SiSU using your text editor of choice, then use .B SiSU to generate various output document formats. .BR With minimal preparation of a plain\-text (UTF\-8) file using its native markup\-syntax, .B SiSU produces: plain\-text, HTML, XHTML, XML, ODF:ODT (Opendocument), LaTeX, PDF, and populates an SQL database (PostgreSQL or SQLite) in paragraph sized chunks so that document searches are done at this \"atomic\" level of granularity. .BR Outputs share a common citation numbering system, and any semantic meta\-data provided about the document. .BR .B SiSU also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of generated output. .BR .B SiSU takes advantage of well established open standard ways of representing text, and provides a bridge to take advantage of the strengths of each, while remaining simple. .B SiSU implements across document formats a \"useful common feature set\" \ [coming \ from \ a \ humanities, \ law, \ and \ possibly \ social \ sciences \ perspective, \ rather \ than \ technical \ or \ scientific \ writing] \... focus is primarily on content and data integrity rather than appearance, (though outputs in the various formats are respectable). .BR A vim syntax highlighting file and an ftplugin with folds for sisu markup is provided. Vim 7 includes syntax highlighting for .B SiSU . .BR man pages, and interactive help are provided. .BR Dependencies for various features are taken care of in sisu related packages. The package sisu\-complete installs the whole of .B SiSU . .BR Additional document markup samples are provided in the package sisu\-markup\-samples which is found in the non\-free archive the licenses for the substantive content of the marked up documents provided is that provided by the author or original publisher. .BR Homepage: .BR .B SiSU \- simple information structuring universe, is a publishing tool, document generation and management, (and search enabling) tool primarily for literary, academic and legal published works. .BR .B SiSU can be used for Internet, Intranet, local filesystem or cd publishing. .BR .B SiSU can be used directly off the filesystem, or from a database. .BR .B SiSU \'s scalability, is be dependent on your hardware, and filesystem (in my case Reiserfs), and/or database Postgresql. .BR Amongst it\'s characteristics are: .BR * simple mnemonoic markup style, .BR * the ability to produce multiple output formats, including html, structured XML, LaTeX, pdf (via LaTeX), stream to a relational database whilst retaining document structure \- Postgresql and Sqlite, .BR * that all share a common citation system (a simple idea from which much good), possibly most exciting, the following: if fed into a relational database (as it can be automatically), the document set is searchable, with results displayed at a paragraph level, or the possibility of an indexed display of documents in which the match is found together with a hyperlinked listing for each of each paragraph in which the match is found. In any event citations using this system (with or without the relational database) are relevant for all output formats. .BR * it is command line driven, and can be set up on a remote server .BR * Documents are marked up in .B SiSU syntax in your favourite editor. .B SiSU syntax may be regarded as a type of smart ascii \- which in its basic form is simpler than the most elementary html. There is currently a syntax highlighter, and folding for Vim. Syntax highlighters for other editors are welcome. .BR Input files should be UTF\-8 .BR Once set up it is simple to use. .SH 6.1 ONLINE INFORMATION, PLACES TO LOOK .BR .BR Download Sources: .BR .BR .SH 6.2 INSTALLATION .BR NB. Platform is Unix / Linux. .SH 6.2.1 DEBIAN .BR If you use .B Debian use the .B Debian packages, check the information at: .BR .BR (A) .B SiSU is available directly off the .B Debian archives for Sid and testing. It should necessary only to run as root: .BR aptitude update .BR aptitude install sisu\-complete .BR (B) If there are newer versions of .B SiSU upstream of the .B Debian archives, they will be available by adding the following to your /etc/apt/sources.list .BR deb unstable main non\-free .BR deb\-src unstable main non\-free .BR [the \ non\-free \ line \ is \ for \ document \ markup \ samples, \ for \ which \ the \ substantive \ text \ is \ provided \ under \ the \ author \ or \ original \ publisher\'s \ license \ and \ which \ in \ most \ cases \ will \ not \ be \ debian \ free \ software \ guideline \ compliant] .BR Then as root run: .BR aptitude update .BR aptitude install sisu\-complete .SH 6.2.2 RPM .BR RPMs are provided though untested, they are prepared by running alien against the source package, and against the debs. .BR They may be downloaded from: .BR .SH 6.2.3 SOURCE PACKAGE \.TGZ .BR Otherwise to install .B SiSU from source, check information at: .BR .BR alternative modes of installation from source are provided, setup.rb (by Minero Aoki), rake (by Jim Weirich) built install file, rant (by Stefan Lang) built install file, .BR .B Ruby is the essential dependency for the basic operation of .B SiSU .BR 1. Download the latest source (information available) from: .BR .BR 2. Unpack the source .BR Note however, that additional external package dependencies, such as texlive or postgresql should you desire to use it are not taken care of for you. .SH 6.2.4 TO USE SETUP.RB .BR this is a three step process, in the root directory of the unpacked .B SiSU as root type: .BR ruby setup.rb config .BR ruby setup.rb setup .BR as root: .BR ruby setup.rb install .BR further information: .BR .BR .SH 6.2.5 TO USE INSTALL (PRAPARED WITH \"RAKE\") .BR Rake must be installed on your system: .BR .BR .BR in the root directory of the unpacked .B SiSU as root type: .BR rake .BR or .BR rake base .BR This makes use of Rake (by Jim Weirich) and the provided Rakefile .BR For a list of alternative actions you may type: .BR rake help .BR rake \-T .SH 6.2.6 TO USE INSTALL (PRAPARED WITH \"RANT\") .BR (you may use the instructions above for rake substituting rant if rant is installed on your system, or you may use an independent installer created using rant as follows:) .BR in the root directory of the unpacked .B SiSU as root type: .BR ruby \./sisu\-install .BR or .BR ruby \./sisu\-install base .BR This makes use of Rant (by Stefan Lang) and the provided Rantfile. It has been configured to do post installation setup setup configuration and generation of first test file. Note however, that additional external package dependencies, such as tetex\-extra are not taken care of for you. .BR further information: .BR .BR .BR For a list of alternative actions you may type: .BR ruby \./sisu\-install help .BR ruby \./sisu\-install \-T .SH 6.3 DEPENDENCIES .BR Once installed see \'man 8 sisu\' for some information on additional programs that sisu makes use of, and that you may need or wish to install. (this will depend on such factors as whether you want to generate pdf, whether you will be using .B SiSU with or without a database, \...) \'man sisu_markup\-samples\' may also be of interest if the sisu\-markup\-samples package has also been installed. .BR The information in man 8 may not be most up to date, and it is possible that more useful information can be gleaned from the following notes taken from the .B Debian control file (end edited), gives an idea of additional packages that .B SiSU can make use of if available, (the use/requirement of some of which are interdependent for specific actions by .B SiSU ). .BR The following is from the debian/control file of sisu\-0.58.2, which amongst other things provides the dependencies of sisu within .B Debian . .nf Package: sisu Architecture: all Depends: ruby (>= 1.8.2), libwebrick\-ruby, unzip, zip Conflicts: vim\-sisu, sisu\-vim, sisu\-remote Replaces: vim\-sisu, sisu\-vim Recommends: sisu\-pdf, sisu\-sqlite, sisu\-postgresql, librmagick\-ruby, trang, tidy, librexml\-ruby, openssl, rsync, openssh\-client | lsh\-client, keychain, hyperestraier, kdissert, vim\-addon\-manager Suggests: rcs | cvs, lv, texinfo, pinfo Package: sisu\-complete Depends: ruby (>= 1.8.4), sisu, sisu\-pdf, sisu\-postgresql, sisu\-sqlite Recommends: hyperestraier Package: sisu\-pdf Architecture: all Depends: sisu, texlive\-latex\-base, texlive\-fonts\-recommended, texlive\-latex\-recommended, texlive\-latex\-extra Suggests: evince, xpdf Package: sisu\-postgresql Depends: sisu, postgresql\-8.1, libdbi\-ruby, libdbm\-ruby, libdbd\-pg\-ruby Suggests: pgaccess, libdbd\-pgsql, postgresql\-contrib\-8.1 Package: sisu\-sqlite Depends: sisu, sqlite, libdbi\-ruby, libdbm\-ruby, libdbd\-sqlite\-ruby Suggests: libdbd\-sqlite Package: sisu\-markup\-samples Depends: sisu .fi .nf Source: sisu Section: text Priority: optional Maintainer: Ralph Amissah Build\-Depends: debhelper (>= 5) Standards\-Version: 3.7.2 Package: sisu Architecture: all Depends: ruby (>= 1.8.2), ruby (<< 1.9), libwebrick\-ruby, unzip, zip Conflicts: vim\-sisu, sisu\-vim, sisu\-remote Replaces: vim\-sisu, sisu\-vim Recommends: sisu\-doc, sisu\-pdf, sisu\-sqlite, sisu\-postgresql, hyperestraier, keychain, librmagick\-ruby, librexml\-ruby, openssl, openssh\-client | lsh\-client, rsync, tidy, vim\-addon\-manager Suggests: kdissert, lv, rcs | cvs, pinfo, texinfo, trang Description: documents \- structuring, publishing in multiple formats and search SiSU is a lightweight markup based, command line oriented, document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. With minimal preparation of a plain\-text, (UTF\-8) file, using its native markup syntax in your text editor of choice, SiSU can generate various document formats (most of which share a common object numbering system for locating content), including plain text, HTML, XHTML, XML, OpenDocument text (ODF:ODT), LaTeX, PDF files, and populate an SQL database with objects (roughly paragraph\-sized chunks) so searches may be performed and matches returned with that degree of granularity: your search criteria is met by these documents and at these locations within each document. Object numbering is particularly suitable for \"published\" works (finalized texts as opposed to works that are frequently changed or updated) for which it provides a fixed means of reference of content. Document outputs also share semantic meta\-data provided. \. SiSU also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of generated output. \. A vim syntax highlighting file and an ftplugin with folds for sisu markup is provided, as are syntax highlighting files for kate, kwrite, gedit and diakonos. Vim 7 includes syntax highlighting for SiSU. \. man pages, and interactive help are provided. \. Dependencies for various features are taken care of in sisu related packages. The package sisu\-complete installs the whole of SiSU. \. Additional document markup samples are provided in the package sisu\-markup\-samples which is found in the non\-free archive the licenses for the substantive content of the marked up documents provided is that provided by the author or original publisher. \. Homepage: .fi .nf Package: sisu\-complete Architecture: all Depends: ruby (>= 1.8.2), ruby (<< 1.9), sisu, sisu\-doc, sisu\-pdf, sisu\-postgresql, sisu\-sqlite Recommends: hyperestraier Description: installs all SiSU related packages This package installs SiSU and related packages that enable sisu to produce pdf and to populate postgresql and sqlite databases. \. SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. See sisu for a description of the package. \. Homepage: .fi .nf Package: sisu\-doc Architecture: all Depends: sisu Recommends: sisu\-pdf, sisu\-postgresql, sisu\-sqlite Description: sisu manual and other documentation for sisu Multiple file formats generated output of sisu documentation generated from sisu markup source documents included in the main package \. SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. Homepage: .fi .nf Package: sisu\-pdf Architecture: all Depends: sisu, texlive\-latex\-base, texlive\-fonts\-recommended, texlive\-latex\-recommended, texlive\-latex\-extra Recommends: sisu\-doc Description: dependencies to convert SiSU LaTeX output to pdf This package enables the conversion of SiSU LaTeX output to pdf. \. SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. Homepage: .fi .nf Package: sisu\-postgresql Architecture: all Depends: sisu, libdbd\-pg\-ruby, libdbi\-ruby, libdbm\-ruby, postgresql Recommends: sisu\-doc, libfcgi\-ruby Suggests: postgresql\-contrib Description: SiSU dependencies for use with postgresql database This package enables SiSU to populate a postgresql database. This is done at an object/paragraph level, making granular searches of documents possible. \. This relational database feature of SiSU is not required but provides interesting possibilities, including that of granular searches of documents for matching units of text, primarily paragraphs that can be displayed or identified by object citation number, from which an index of documents matched and each matched paragraph within them can be displayed. \. SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. Homepage: .fi .nf Package: sisu\-sqlite Architecture: all Depends: sisu, sqlite, libdbd\-sqlite\-ruby, libdbi\-ruby, libdbm\-ruby Recommends: sisu\-doc, libfcgi\-ruby Description: SiSU dependencies for use with sqlite database This package enables SiSU to populate an sqlite database. This is done at an object/paragraph level, making granular searches of documents possible. \. This relational database feature of SiSU is not required but provides interesting possibilities, including that of granular searches of documents for matching units of text, primarily paragraphs that can be displayed or identified by object citation number, from which an index of documents matched and each matched paragraph within them can be displayed. \. SiSU is a lightweight markup based document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. \. Homepage: .fi .SH 6.4 QUICK START .BR Most of the installation should be taken care of by the aptitude or rant install. (The rant install if run in full will also test run the generation of the first document). .BR After installation of sisu\-complete, move to the document samples directory .BR cd /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg .BR and run .BR sisu \-3 free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR or the same: .BR sisu \-NhwpoabxXyv free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR look at output results, see the \"sisu_manifest\" page created for the document .BR or to generate an online document move to a writable directory, as the file will be downloaded there and e.g. .BR sisu \-3 .BR the database stuff is extra perhaps, the latex stuff could be considered extra perhaps but neither needs to be installed for most of sisu output to work .BR examine source document, vim has syntax support .BR gvim free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR additional markup samples in .BR .BR For help .BR man sisu .BR or .BR sisu \-\-help .BR e.g. .BR for the way sisu \"sees/maps\" your system .BR sisu \-\-help env .BR for list of commands and so on .BR sisu \-\-help commands .SH 6.5 CONFIGURATION FILES .BR The default configuration/setup is contained within the program and is altered by configuration settings in .I etc [sisu \ version]/sisurc.yml or in ~/.sisu/sisurc.yml .BR * configuration file \- a yaml file .BR /etc/sisu/[sisu \ version]/sisurc.yml .BR ~/.sisu/sisurc.yml .BR * directory structure \- setting up of output and working directory. .BR * skins \- changing the appearance of a project, directory or individual documents within ~/.sisu/skin .BR ~/.sisu/skin/doc contains individual skins, with symbolic links from .BR ~/.sisu/skin/dir if the contents of a directory are to take a particular document skin. .BR * additional software \- eg. Tex and LaTeX (tetex, tetex\-base, tetex\-extra on .B Debian ), Postgresql, \ [sqlite], trang, tidy, makeinfo, \... none of which are required for basic html or XML processing. .BR * if you use Vim as editor there is a syntax highlighter and fold resource config file for .B SiSU . I hope more syntax highlighters follow. .BR There are post installation steps (which are really part of the overall installation) .BR sisu \-C in your marked up document directory, should do some auto\-configuring provided you have the right permissions for the output directories. (and provided the output directories have already been specified if you are not using the defaults). .SH 6.6 USE GENERAL OVERVIEW .BR Documents are marked up in .B SiSU syntax and kept in an ordinary text editable file, named with the suffix \.sst, or \.ssm .BR Marked up .B SiSU documents are usually kept in a sub\-directory of your choosing .BR use the interactive help and man pages .BR sisu \-\-help .BR man sisu .SH 6.7 HELP .BR interactive help described below, or man page: .BR man sisu .BR man 8 sisu .BR \'man sisu_markup\-samples\' \ [if \ the \ sisu\-markup\-samples \ package \ is \ also \ installed] .BR Once installed an interactive help is available typing \'sisu\' (without) any flags, and select an option: .BR sisu .BR alternatively, you could type e.g. .BR sisu \-\-help commands .BR sisu \-\-help env .BR sisu \-\-help headers .BR sisu \-\-help markup .BR sisu \-\-help headings .BR etc. .BR for questions about mappings, output paths etc. .BR sisu \-\-help env .BR sisu \-\-help path .BR sisu \-\-help directory .SH 6.8 DIRECTORY STRUCTURE .BR Once installed, type: .BR sisu \-\-help env .BR or .BR sisu \-V .SH 6.9 CONFIGURATION FILE .BR The defaults can be changed via .B SiSU \'s configure file sisurc.yml which the program expects to find in \./_sisu ~/.sisu or /etc/sisu (searched in that order, stopping on the first one found) .SH 6.10 MARKUP .BR See man pages. .BR man sisu .BR man 8 sisu .BR Once installed there is some information on .B SiSU Markup in its help: .BR sisu \-\-help markup .BR and .BR sisu \-\-help headers .BR Sample marked up document are provided with the download tarball in the directory: .BR \./data/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg .BR These are installed on the system usually at: .BR /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg .BR More markup samples are available in the package sisu\-markup\-samples .BR .BR Many more are available online off: .BR .SH 6.11 ADDITIONAL THINGS .BR There is syntax support for some editors provided (together with a README file) in .BR \./data/sisu/conf/syntax .BR usually installed to: .BR /usr/share/sisu/conf/syntax .SH 6.12 LICENSE .BR License: GPL 3 or later see the copyright file in .BR \./data/doc/sisu .BR usually installed to: .BR /usr/share/doc/sisu .SH 6.13 SISU STANDARD .BR .B SiSU uses: .BR * Standard .B SiSU markup syntax, .BR * Standard .B SiSU meta\-markup syntax, and the .BR * Standard .B SiSU object citation numbering and system .BR © Ralph Amissah 1997, current 2006 All Rights Reserved. .BR * however note the License section .BR CHANGELOG .BR \./CHANGELOG .BR and see .BR .BR .SH EXTRACTS FROM MAN 8 SISU .BR .SH 7. POST INSTALLATION SETUP .BR .SH 7.1 POST INSTALLATION SETUP \- QUICK START .BR After installation of sisu\-complete, move to the document samples directory, .BR cd /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg .BR [this \ is \ not \ where \ you \ would \ normally \ work \ but \ provides \ sample \ documents \ for \ testing, \ you \ may \ prefer \ instead \ to \ copy \ the \ contents \ of \ that \ directory \ to \ a \ local \ directory \ before \ proceeding] .BR and in that directory, initialise the output directory with the command .BR sisu \-CC .BR then run: .BR sisu \-1 free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR or the same: .BR sisu \-NhwpoabxXyv free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR look at output results, see the \"sisu_manifest\" page created for the document .BR for an overview of your current sisu setup, type: .BR sisu \-\-help env .BR or .BR sisu \-V .BR To generate a document from a remote url accessible location move to a writable directory, (create a work directory and cd into it) as the file will be downloaded there and e.g. .BR sisu \-1 .BR sisu \-3 .BR examine source document, vim has syntax highlighting support .BR gvim free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst .BR additional markup samples in .BR .BR it should also be possible to run sisu against sisupods (prepared zip files, created by running the command sisu \-S \ [filename]), whether stored locally or remotely. .BR sisu \-3 .BR there is a security issue associated with the running of document skins that are not your own, so these are turned of by default, and the use of the following command, which switches on the associated skin is not recommended: .BR sisu \-3 \-\-trust .BR For help .BR man sisu .BR sisu \-\-help .BR sisu \-\-help env for the way sisu \"sees/maps\" your system .BR sisu \-\-help commands for list of commands and so on .SH 7.2 DOCUMENT MARKUP DIRECTORY .BR Perhaps the easiest way to begin is to create a directory for sisu marked up documents within your home directory, and copy the file structure (and document samples) provided in the document sample directory: .BR mkdir ~/sisu_test .BR cd ~/sisu_test .BR cp \-a /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg/* ~/sisu_test/. .BR .B Tip: the markup syntax examples may be of interest .BR .BR .B Tip: .BR sisu \-U \ [sisu \ markup \ filename] .BR should printout the different possible outputs and where sisu would place them. .BR .B Tip: if you want to toggle ansi color add .BR c .BR to your flags. .SH 7.2.1 CONFIGURATION FILES .BR .B SiSU configuration file search path is: .BR \./_sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR ~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR /etc/sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR .\\"%% .B Debian Installation Note .SH 7.2.2 DEBIAN INSTALLATION NOTE .BR It is best you see .BR .BR for up the most up to date information. .BR notes taken from the .B Debian control file (end edited), gives an idea of additional packages that .B SiSU can make use of if available, (the use/requirement of some of which are interdependent for specific actions by .B SiSU ): .BR Package: sisu .BR .B SiSU is a lightweight markup based, command line oriented, document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections. .BR With minimal preparation of a plain\-text, (UTF\-8) file, using its native markup syntax in your text editor of choice, .B SiSU can generate various document formats (most of which share a common object numbering system for locating content), including plain text, HTML, XHTML, XML, OpenDocument text (ODF:ODT), LaTeX, PDF files, and populate an SQL database with objects (roughly paragraph\-sized chunks) so searches may be performed and matches returned with that degree of granularity: your search criteria is met by these documents and at these locations within each document. Object numbering is particularly suitable for \"published\" works (finalized texts as opposed to works that are frequently changed or updated) for which it provides a fixed means of reference of content. Document outputs also share semantic meta\-data provided. .BR .B SiSU also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of generated output. .BR A vim syntax highlighting file and an ftplugin with folds for sisu markup is provided, as are syntax highlighting files for kate, kwrite, gedit and diakonos. Vim 7 includes syntax highlighting for .B SiSU . .BR man pages, and interactive help are provided. .BR Dependencies for various features are taken care of in sisu related packages. The package sisu\-complete installs the whole of .B SiSU . .BR Additional document markup samples are provided in the package sisu\-markup\-samples which is found in the non\-free archive the licenses for the substantive content of the marked up documents provided is that provided by the author or original publisher. .BR Homepage: .SH 7.2.3 DOCUMENT RESOURCE CONFIGURATION .BR .B sisu resource configuration information is obtained from sources (where they exist): .BR ~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml .BR /etc/sisu/[sisu \ version]/sisurc.yaml .BR sisu program defaults .SH 7.2.4 SKINS .BR .B Skins default document appearance may be modified using skins contained in sub\-directories located at the following paths: .BR \./_sisu/skin .BR ~/.sisu/skin .BR /etc/sisu/skin .BR more specifically, the following locations (or their /etc/sisu equivalent) should be used: .BR ~/.sisu/skin/doc .BR skins for individual documents; .BR ~/.sisu/skin/dir .BR skins for directories of matching names; .BR ~/.sisu/skin/site .BR site\-wide skin modifying the site\-wide appearance of documents. .BR Usually all skin files are placed in the document skin directory: .BR ~/.sisu/skin/doc .BR with softlinks being made to the skins contained there from other skin directories as required. .SH DOCUMENT INFORMATION (METADATA) .BR .SH METADATA .BR .BR Document Manifest @ .BR .B Dublin Core (DC) .BR .I DC tags included with this document are provided here. .BR DC Title: .I SiSU \- Technical, Howto .BR DC Creator: .I Ralph Amissah .BR DC Rights: .I Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3 .BR DC Type: .I information .BR DC Date created: .I 2002\-11\-12 .BR DC Date issued: .I 2002\-11\-12 .BR DC Date available: .I 2002\-11\-12 .BR DC Date modified: .I 2007\-09\-16 .BR DC Date: .I 2007\-09\-16 .BR .B Version Information .BR Sourcefile: .I sisu_howto.sst .BR Filetype: .I SiSU text insert 0.57 .BR Sourcefile Digest, MD5(sisu_howto.sst)= .I c0491e0093434f4d962ce3b59e4985ca .BR Skin_Digest: MD5(/home/ralph/grotto/theatre/dbld/builds/sisu/sisu/data/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/sisu_manual/_sisu/skin/doc/skin_sisu_manual.rb)= .I 20fc43cf3eb6590bc3399a1aef65c5a9 .BR .B Generated .BR Document (metaverse) last generated: .I Tue Sep 25 02:54:45 +0100 2007 .BR Generated by: .I SiSU .I 0.59.1 of 2007w39/2 (2007\-09\-25) .BR Ruby version: .I ruby 1.8.6 (2007\-06\-07 patchlevel 36) \ [i486\-linux] .TP .BI 1. generated from source using rman With regard to .B SiSU man pages the formatting generated for markup syntax is not quite right, for that you might prefer the links under: .TP .BI 2. .TP .BI 3. .TP .BI 4. .TP .BI 5. .TP .BI 6. .TP .BI 7. this is an endnote .TP .BI 8. .TP .BI 10. .TP Other versions of this document: .TP manifest: .TP html: .TP pdf: .TP pdf: ." .TP ." manpage: http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_howto/sisu_howto.1 .TP at: .TP .TP * Generated by: SiSU 0.59.1 of 2007w39/2 (2007-09-25) .TP * Ruby version: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-06-07 patchlevel 36) [i486-linux] .TP * Last Generated on: Tue Sep 25 02:54:51 +0100 2007 .TP * SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu