From 3dcd083585b3f486ece3cfaa0780a6e2ec5b43fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralph Amissah Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2020 20:51:27 -0400 Subject: help & manpages, start work --- doc/man/man1/spine.1 | 4088 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 4088 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/man/man1/spine.1 (limited to 'doc/man/man1/spine.1') diff --git a/doc/man/man1/spine.1 b/doc/man/man1/spine.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..255119a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/man/man1/spine.1 @@ -0,0 +1,4088 @@ +.TH "spine" "1" "2020-04-05" "0.10.0" "Spine" +.br +.SH NAME +.br +sisu - documents: markup, structuring, publishing in multiple standard formats, and search +.br +.SH SYNOPSIS +.br +sisu [--options] [filename/wildcard] + +.br +sisu --txt --html --epub --odt --pdf --wordmap --sqlite --manpage --texinfo --sisupod --source --qrcode [filename/wildcard] + +.br +sisu --pg (--createdb|update [filename/wildcard]|--dropall) + +.SH SISU - MANUAL, +RALPH AMISSAH + +.SH WHAT IS SISU? + +.SH INTRODUCTION - WHAT IS SISU? + +.BR + +.B SiSU +is a 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 +From a single lightly prepared document (plain-text +.I UTF-8 +) sisu custom builds several standard output formats which share a common (text +object) numbering system for citation of content within a document (that also +has implications for search). The sisu engine works with an abstraction of the +document's structure and content from which it is possible to generate +different forms of representation of the document. +.B SiSU +produces: plain-text, +.I HTML, +.I XHTML, +.I XML, +.I EPUB, +.I ODF: +.I ODT +(Opendocument), +.I LaTeX, +.I PDF, +and populates an +.I SQL +database ( +.I PostgreSQL +or +.I SQLite +) with text objects, roughly, paragraph sized chunks so that document searches +are done at this level of granularity. + +.BR +Outputs share a common citation numbering system, associated with text objects +and any semantic meta-data provided about the document. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of +generated output. Book indexes may be made. + +.BR +Some document markup samples are provided in the package sisu -markup-samples. +Homepages: + +- + +- + +.SH COMMANDS SUMMARY + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +.BR + +.B SiSU +is a document publishing system, that from a simple single marked-up document, +produces multiple output formats including: +.I plaintext, +.I HTML, +.I XHTML, +.I XML, +.I EPUB, +.I ODT +( +.I OpenDocument +( +.I ODF +) text), +.I LaTeX, +.I PDF, +info, and +.I SQL +( +.I PostgreSQL +and +.I SQLite +) , which share text object numbers ("object citation numbering") and the same +document structure information. For more see: or + +.SH DOCUMENT PROCESSING COMMAND FLAGS + +.TP +.B --abstraction [path + filename] +run document abstraction +.TP +.B --act[s0-9] [path + filename] +--act0 to --act9 configurable shortcuts for multiple flags, -0 to -9 synonyms, +configure in sisurc.yml; sisu default action on a specified file where no flag +is provided is --act0; --act or --acts for information on current actions +ascribed to --act0 to --act9 +.TP +.B --asciidoc [path + filename] +asciidoc, smart text (not available) +.TP +.B --cgi-search-form-codegen + generate d code search form to search db specfied needs --output=[path] and +--sqlite-db-filename=[cgi search form name] or path to configuration file +--config=[full path to config file] +.TP +.B --cgi-sqlite-search-filename=[filename] +name to give cgi-search form, (it generates a [filename].d file that requires +subsequent compilation) also required is the name of the sqlite db to be +searched by the form. +.TP +.B --concordance [path + filename] +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --config=[path to config file + filename] +.TP +.B --dark + alternative theme for html and epub output, a light (default) theme is + also provided +.TP +.B --digest (not implemented) +.TP +.B --delete [path + filename] +see --zap +.TP +.B --digests [path + filename] +not implemented +.TP +.B --epub [path + filename] +produces an epub document +.TP +.B --harvest [path to files] +extract and present info on authors & topics from document header metadata. +makes two lists of sisu output based on the sisu markup documents in a +directory: list of author and authors works (year and titles), and; list by +topic with titles and author. Makes use of header metadata fields (author, +title, date, topic_register). +.TP +.B --harvest-authors [path to files] +extract and present info on authors from metadata in document headers +.TP +.B --harvest-topics [path to files] +extract and present info on topics from metadata in document headers +.TP +.B --hide-ocn +turn visibility of object numbers off +.TP +.B --html [path + filename] +produces html output in two forms (i) segmented text with table of contents +(toc.html and index.html) and (ii) the document in a single file (scroll.html). +.TP +.B --html-link-harvest +within html output creates link to the document set metadata harvest output +part of --html output instruction and assumes that --harvest has been or will + be run +.TP +.B --html-link-search +within html output creates a search form for submission, requires information +on the name of the search form --search part of --html output instruction it +assumes there is a cgi search form and related document database +.TP +.B --html-scroll [path + filename] +produces html output, the document in a single file (scroll.html) only. Compare +--html-seg and --html +.TP +.B --html-seg [path + filename] +produces html output, segmented text with table of contents (toc.html and +index.html). Compare --html-scroll and --html +.TP +.B --lang=[language code, e.g. =en or =en,es] +provide language code of document +.TP +.B --latex [path + filename] +.I LaTeX +output for different document sizes (a4, a5, b4, letter) and orientations +(portrait, landscape) for downstream (processing and) conversion to pdf, (used +with xetex no direct link between programs provided as this is a much slower +process) +.TP +.B --latex-color-links +monochrome or color links within pdf, toggle (mono better for printing), +the default is mono for portrait and color for landscape documents +.TP +.B --light theme +for html and epub output, default, a dark alternative is provided +.TP +.B --manifest [path + filename] +produces an html summary of output generated (hyperlinked to content) and +document specific metadata (sisu_manifest.html). This step is assumed for most +processing flags. +.TP +.B --markdown [path + filename] +markdown smart text (not available) +.TP +.B --no-* +negate a toggle +.TP +.B --ocn-off +object numbers off (the c in ocn is for citation). See --hide-ocn +.TP +.B --odf [path + filename] +see --odt +.TP +.B --odt [path + filename] +produce open document output +.TP +.B --output=[path to output directories] +where to place document output +.TP +.B --parallel +parallelization on (the default except for sqlite) +.TP +.B --parallel-subprocesses +nested parallelization on (the default except for sqlite) +.TP +.B --papersize-(a4|a5|b5|letter|legal) +in conjunction with --pdf set pdf papersize, overriding any configuration +settings, to set more than one papersize repeat the option --pdf --papersize-a4 +--papersize-letter. See also --papersize=* (NOT implemented) +.BR +.B --papersize=a4,a5,b5,letter,legal +in conjunction with --pdf set pdf papersize, overriding any configuration +settings, to set more than one papersize list after the equal sign with a comma +separator --papersize=a4,letter. See also --papersize-* (NOT implemented) +.TP +.B --pdf [path + filename] +produces +.I LaTeX +see --latex +.TP +.B --pdf-color-links +monochrome or color links within latex for pdf. See --latex-color-links +.TP +.B --pod +markup source bundled in a zip file. +Produces a zipped file of the prepared document specified along with associated +images This provides a quick way of gathering the relevant +parts of a sisu document which can then for example be emailed. A sisupod +includes sisu markup source file, (along with associated documents if a master +file, or available in multilingual versions), together with related images. +(it should be possible in future to run spine commands directly against a pod). +.TP +.B --qrcode [path + filename] +generate QR code image of metadata (used in manifest). (not implemented) +.TP +.B --quiet +quiet less output to terminal. +.TP +.B --section-* +provides finer grain control over which parts of the document are processed +to produce output, toc, body, endnotes, glossary, biblio, bookindex and blurb +.TP +.B --section-biblio +produce document bibliography output, toggle +.TP +.B --section-blurb +produce document blurb output, toggle +.TP +.B --section-body +produce document body output, toggle +.TP +.B --section-bookindex +produce document bookindex output, toggle +.TP +.B --section-endnotes +produce document endnotes output, toggle +.TP +.B --section-endnotes +produce document glossary output, toggle +.TP +.B --serial +serial processing --no-parallel +.TP +.B --show-config +show site and document configuration instructions. Requires path to +configuration file or path to documents to be processed. +.TP +.B --show-make +show document make instructions +.TP +.B --show-metadata +show document metadata +.TP +.B --show-summary +show document summary +.TP +.B --source [path + filename] +document markup source +.TP +.B --sha256 +set hash digest where used to sha256 (not implemented) +.TP +.B --sha512 +set hash digest where used to sha512 (not implemented) +.TP +.B --sqlite-discrete [path + filename] +create a per document sqlite db +.TP +.B --sqlite-db-create --sqlite-db-filename="[db filename]" --output="[output path]" +create a shared db and its tables. Requires a db filename, which may be set in the configuration file or on the command line as shown +.TP +.B --sqlite-db-drop [path + db filename] +drop (remove) db and its tables +.TP +.B --sqlite-db-recreate [path + filename] +drop and re-create a shared db and its tables. Requires a db filename, which may be set in the configuration file or on the command line with --sqlite-db-filename="[db name]" +.TP +.B --sqlite-db-filename="[db name]" +provide name of sqlite db, to be created, dropped, populated or for which a search form is to be made. This information may also be set in the configuration file. +.TP +.B --sqlite-delete [path + filename] +process sqlite output, remove file +.TP +.B --sqlite-insert [path + filename] +process sqlite output, insert file. See --sqlite-update +.TP +.B --sqlite-update [path + filename] +process sqlite output, update file +.TP +.B --source [filename/wildcard] +copies sisu markup file to output directory. Alias -s +.TP +.B --text [filename/wildcard] +produces +.I plaintext +output +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --theme-dark +See --dark +.TP +.B --theme-light +See --light +.TP +.B --txt [filename/wildcard] +produces +.I plaintext +output +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --txt-asciidoc [filename/wildcard] +see --asciidoc +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --txt-markdown [filename/wildcard] +see --markdown +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --txt-rst [filename/wildcard] +see --rst +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --txt-textile [filename/wildcard] +see --textile +(not implemented) +.TP +.B -v +on its own, provides +.B SiSU +version information +.TP +.B -v [filename/wildcard] +see --verbose +.TP +.B --verbose [filename/wildcard] +provides verbose output of what is being generated, where output is placed (and +error messages if any). Alias -v +.TP +.B --very-verbose [filename/wildcard] +provides more verbose output of what is being generated. See --verbose. Alias +-V +.TP +.B --version +spine version +(not implemented) +.TP +.B --xhtml +xhtml output +(not implemented) + +.SH COMMAND LINE MODIFIERS + +.TP +.B --no-ocn +[with --html --pdf or --epub] switches off +.I object citation numbering. +Produce output without identifying numbers in margins of html or +.I LaTeX +/pdf output. +.SH DATABASE COMMANDS + +.BR + +.B dbi - database interface + +.BR + +.B --pg or --pgsql +set for +.I PostgreSQL +.B --sqlite +default set for +.I SQLite +-d is modifiable with --db=[database type (PgSQL or +.I SQLite +) ] +.TP +.B --pg -v --createall +initial step, creates required relations (tables, indexes) in existing +.I PostgreSQL +database (a database should be created manually and given the same name as +working directory, as requested) (rb.dbi) [ -dv --createall +.I SQLite +equivalent] it may be necessary to run sisu -Dv --createdb initially NOTE: at +the present time for +.I PostgreSQL +it may be necessary to manually create the database. The command would be +'createdb [database name]' where database name would be SiSU_[present working +directory name (without path)]. Please use only alphanumerics and underscores. +.TP +.B --pg -v --import +[filename/wildcard] imports data specified to +.I PostgreSQL +db (rb.dbi) [ -dv --import +.I SQLite +equivalent] +.TP +.B --pg -v --update +[filename/wildcard] updates/imports specified data to +.I PostgreSQL +db (rb.dbi) [ -dv --update +.I SQLite +equivalent] +.TP +.B --pg --remove +[filename/wildcard] removes specified data to +.I PostgreSQL +db (rb.dbi) [ -d --remove +.I SQLite +equivalent] +.TP +.B --pg --dropall +kills data" and drops ( +.I PostgreSQL +or +.I SQLite +) db, tables & indexes [ -d --dropall +.I SQLite +equivalent] + +.BR +The -v is for verbose output. +.SH CONFIGURATION + +.BR + +default location: +.TP +~/.dr/config_local_site +.TP +.nf +flag: + act0: "--html" + act1: "--html --epub" +output: + path: "/var/www/html" +default: + language: "en" + papersize: "a4" + text_wrap: "80" + digest: "sha256" +webserv: + http: "http" + domain: "localhost" + data_http: "http" + data_domain: "localhost" + data_root_url: "http://localhost" + data_root_path: "/var/www/html" + data_root_part: "" + images_root_part: "image" + cgi_title: "≅ SiSU Spine search" + cgi_http: "http" + cgi_domain: "localhost" + cgi_bin_url: "http://localhost/cgi-bin" + cgi_bin_part: "cgi-bin" + cgi_bin_path: "/usr/lib/cgi-bin" + cgi_search_script: "spine-search" + cgi_search_script_raw_fn_d: "spine_search.d" + cgi_port: "" + cgi_user: "" + cgi_action: "http://localhost/cgi-bin/spine-search" + db_sqlite: "spine.search.db" + db_pg_table: "" + db_pg_user: "" +.fi + +.BR +.SH SAMPLE POD DIRECTORY STRUCTURE +.BR +.TP +.nf + +pod (directory may contain multiple documents) + └── the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler + ├── conf + │   └── sisu_document_make + ├── media + │   ├── image + │   │   ├── won_benkler_2_1.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_6_1.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_1.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_2.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_3a.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_3b.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_4.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_5.png + │   │   ├── won_benkler_7_6.png + │   │   └── won_benkler_9_1.png + │   └── text + │   └── en + │   └── the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst + └── pod.manifest + +.fi +.SH COMMAND LINE EXAMPLES + +.TP +note: ~webDocRoot should be the path to web doc root, provide a suitable output path. +.TP +spine -v --html --html-link-search --html-link-harvest --harvest --output=`echo ~webDocRoot` ~spineMarkupSamples/pod/* +.TP +spine -v --html --html-link-search --html-link-harvest --epub --harvest --output=`echo ~webDocRoot` ~spineMarkupSamples/pod/* +.TP +spine -v --sqlite-db-create --sqlite-db-filename="spine.search.db" --output=`echo ~webDocRoot` ~spineMarkupSamples/pod +.TP +spine -v --sqlite-db-create ~spineMarkupSamples/pod +.TP +spine -v --sqlite-update --sqlite-db-filename="spine.search.db" --output=`echo ~webDocRoot` ~spineMarkupSamples/pod/* +.TP +spine -v --sqlite-update ~spineMarkupSamples/pod/* +.TP +spine -v --show-config +.TP +spine -v --show-config --config= ~spineMarkupSamples/pod/.dr/config_local_site_test +.TP +spine -v --show-config --config=~spineMarkupSamples/pod/.dr +.TP +spine -v --cgi-search-form-codegen --config=~spineMarkupSamples/pod/.dr/config_local +.TP +cd ~webDocRoot/cgi +.TP +dub --force --compiler=ldc2 && sudo cp -v cgi-bin/spine-search /usr/lib/cgi-bin/. +.TP + +.BR +Running sisu (alone without any flags, filenames or wildcards) brings up the +interactive help, as does any sisu command that is not recognised. Enter to +escape. +.SH HELP + +.SH SISU MANUAL + + +.BR +The most up to date information on sisu should be contained in the sisu_manual, +available at: + +.BR + + +.BR +The manual can be generated from source, found respectively, either within the +.B SiSU +tarball or installed locally at: + +.BR + ./data/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual + +.BR + /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual + +.BR +move to the respective directory and type e.g.: + +.BR + sisu sisu_manual.ssm +.SH SISU MAN PAGES + + +.BR +If +.B SiSU +is installed on your system usual man commands should be available, try: + +.BR + man sisu + +.BR +Most +.B SiSU +man pages are generated directly from sisu documents that are used to prepare +the sisu manual, the sources files for which are located within the +.B SiSU +tarball at: + +.BR + ./data/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual + +.BR +Once installed, directory equivalent to: + +.BR + /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples/sisu_manual + +.BR +Available man pages are converted back to html using man2html: + +.BR + /usr/share/doc/sisu/html/ + +.BR + ./data/doc/sisu/html + +.BR +An online version of the sisu man page is available here: + +.BR + +- various sisu man pages [^1] + +.BR +- sisu.1 [^2] +.SH SISU BUILT-IN INTERACTIVE HELP, [DISCONTINUED] + + +.BR +This fell out of date and has been discontinued. +.SH INTRODUCTION TO SISU MARKUP[^3] + +.SH SUMMARY + +.BR + +.B SiSU +source documents are +.I plaintext +( +.I UTF-8 +)[^4] files + +.BR +All paragraphs are separated by an empty line. + +.BR +Markup is comprised of: + +.BR +- at the top of a document, the document header made up of semantic meta-data +about the document and if desired additional processing instructions (such an +instruction to automatically number headings from a particular level down) + +.BR +- followed by the prepared substantive text of which the most important single +characteristic is the markup of different heading levels, which define the +primary outline of the document structure. Markup of substantive text includes: + +.BR + * heading levels defines document structure + +.BR + * text basic attributes, italics, bold etc. + +.BR + * grouped text (objects), which are to be treated differently, such as code + blocks or poems. + +.BR + * footnotes/endnotes + +.BR + * linked text and images + +.BR + * paragraph actions, such as indent, bulleted, numbered-lists, etc. +.SH MARKUP RULES, DOCUMENT STRUCTURE AND METADATA REQUIREMENTS + + +.BR +minimal content/structure requirement: + +.BR +[metadata] +.nf +A~ (level A [title]) + +1~ (at least one level 1 [segment/(chapter)]) +.fi + + +.BR +structure rules (document heirarchy, heading levels): + +.BR +there are two sets of heading levels ABCD (title & parts if any) and 123 +(segment & subsegments if any) + +.BR +sisu has the fllowing levels: +.nf +A~ [title] . + required (== 1) followed by B~ or 1~ +B~ [part] * + followed by C~ or 1~ +C~ [subpart] * + followed by D~ or 1~ +D~ [subsubpart] * + followed by 1~ +1~ [segment (chapter)] + + required (>= 1) followed by text or 2~ +text * + followed by more text or 1~, 2~ + or relevant part *() +2~ [subsegment] * + followed by text or 3~ +text * + followed by more text or 1~, 2~ or 3~ + or relevant part, see *() +3~ [subsubsegment] * + followed by text +text * + followed by more text or 1~, 2~ or 3~ or relevant part, see *() + +*(B~ if none other used; + if C~ is last used: C~ or B~; + if D~ is used: D~, C~ or B~) +.fi + +.nf +- level A~ is the tile and is mandatory +- there can only be one level A~ + +- heading levels BCD, are optional and there may be several of each + (where all three are used corresponding to e.g. Book Part Section) + * sublevels that are used must follow each other sequentially + (alphabetically), +- heading levels A~ B~ C~ D~ are followed by other heading levels rather + than substantive text + which may be the subsequent sequential (alphabetic) heading part level + or a heading (segment) level 1~ +- there must be at least one heading (segment) level 1~ + (the level on which the text is segmented, in a book would correspond + to the Chapter level) +- additional heading levels 1~ 2~ 3~ are optional and there may be several + of each +- heading levels 1~ 2~ 3~ are followed by text (which may be followed by + the same heading level) + and/or the next lower numeric heading level (followed by text) + or indeed return to the relevant part level + (as a corollary to the rules above substantive text/ content + must be preceded by a level 1~ (2~ or 3~) heading) +.fi + +.SH MARKUP EXAMPLES + +.SH ONLINE + + +.BR +Online markup examples are available together with the respective outputs +produced from or from + + +.BR +There is of course this document, which provides a cursory overview of sisu +markup and the respective output produced: + + +.BR +an alternative presentation of markup syntax: +/usr/share/doc/sisu/on_markup.txt.gz +.SH INSTALLED + + +.BR +With +.B SiSU +installed sample skins may be found in: /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples (or +equivalent directory) and if sisu -markup-samples is installed also under: +/usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples-non-free + +.SH MARKUP OF HEADERS + +.BR +Headers contain either: semantic meta-data about a document, which can be used +by any output module of the program, or; processing instructions. + +.BR +Note: the first line of a document may include information on the markup +version used in the form of a comment. Comments are a percentage mark at the +start of a paragraph (and as the first character in a line of text) followed by +a space and the comment: +.nf +% this would be a comment +.fi + +.SH SAMPLE HEADER + + +.BR +This current document is loaded by a master document that has a header similar +to this one: +.nf +% SiSU master 4.0 + +title: SiSU + subtitle: Manual + +creator: + author: Amissah, Ralph + +publisher: [publisher name] + +rights: Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3 + +classify: + topic_register: SiSU:manual;electronic documents:SiSU:manual + subject: ebook, epublishing, electronic book, electronic publishing, + electronic document, electronic citation, data structure, + citation systems, search + +% used_by: manual + +date: + published: 2008-05-22 + created: 2002-08-28 + issued: 2002-08-28 + available: 2002-08-28 + modified: 2010-03-03 + +make: + num_top: 1 + breaks: new=C; break=1 + bold: /Gnu|Debian|Ruby|SiSU/ + home_button_text: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org + footer: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org + manpage: name=sisu - documents: markup, structuring, publishing in multiple standard formats, and search; + synopsis=sisu [-abcDdeFhIiMmNnopqRrSsTtUuVvwXxYyZz0-9] [filename/wildcard ] + . sisu [-Ddcv] [instruction] + . sisu [-CcFLSVvW] + +@links: + { SiSU Homepage }http://www.sisudoc.org/ + { SiSU Manual }http://www.sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_manual/ + { Book Samples & Markup Examples }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/examples.html + { SiSU Download }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html + { SiSU Changelog }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/changelog.html + { SiSU Git repo }http://git.sisudoc.org/gitweb/?p=code/sisu.git;a=summary + { SiSU List Archives }http://lists.sisudoc.org/pipermail/sisu/ + { SiSU @ Debian }http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sisu.html + { SiSU Project @ Debian }http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=sisu@lists.sisudoc.org + { SiSU @ Wikipedia }http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiSU +.fi + +.SH AVAILABLE HEADERS + + +.BR +Header tags appear at the beginning of a document and provide meta information +on the document (such as the +.I Dublin Core +) , or information as to how the document as a whole is to be processed. All +header instructions take the form @headername: or on the next line and indented +by once space :subheadername: All +.I Dublin Core +meta tags are available + +.BR + +.B @identifier: +information or instructions + +.BR +where the "identifier" is a tag recognised by the program, and the +"information" or "instructions" belong to the tag/identifier specified + +.BR +Note: a header where used should only be used once; all headers apart from +@title: are optional; the @structure: header is used to describe document +structure, and can be useful to know. + +.BR +This is a sample header +.nf +% SiSU 2.0 [declared file-type identifier with markup version] +.fi + +.nf +@title: [title text] [this header is the only one that is mandatory] + subtitle: [subtitle if any] + language: English +.fi + +.nf +creator: + author: [Lastname, First names] + illustrator: [Lastname, First names] + translator: [Lastname, First names] + prepared_by: [Lastname, First names] +.fi + +.nf +date: + published: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + created: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + issued: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + available: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + modified: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + valid: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + added_to_site: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] + translated: [year or yyyy-mm-dd] +.fi + +.nf +rights: + copyright: Copyright (C) [Year and Holder] + license: [Use License granted] + text: [Year and Holder] + translation: [Name, Year] + illustrations: [Name, Year] +.fi + +.nf +classify: + topic_register: SiSU:markup sample:book;book:novel:fantasy + type: + subject: + description: + keywords: + abstract: + loc: [Library of Congress classification] + dewey: [Dewey classification +.fi + +.nf +identify: + :isbn: [ISBN] + :oclc: +.fi + +.nf +links: { SiSU }http://www.sisudoc.org + { FSF }http://www.fsf.org +.fi + +.nf +make: + num_top: 1 + headings: [text to match for each level + (e.g. PART; Chapter; Section; Article; or another: none; BOOK|FIRST|SECOND; none; CHAPTER;) + breaks: new=:C; break=1 + promo: sisu, ruby, sisu_search_libre, open_society + bold: [regular expression of words/phrases to be made bold] + italics: [regular expression of words/phrases to italicise] + home_button_text: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org + footer: {SiSU}http://sisudoc.org; {git}http://git.sisudoc.org +.fi + +.nf +original: + language: [language] +.fi + +.nf +notes: + comment: + prefix: [prefix is placed just after table of contents] +.fi + +.SH MARKUP OF SUBSTANTIVE TEXT + +.SH HEADING LEVELS + + +.BR +Heading levels are :A~ ,:B~ ,:C~ ,1~ ,2~ ,3~ ... :A - :C being part / section +headings, followed by other heading levels, and 1 -6 being headings followed by +substantive text or sub-headings. :A~ usually the title :A~? conditional level +1 heading (used where a stand-alone document may be imported into another) + +.BR + +.B :A~ [heading text] +Top level heading [this usually has similar content to the title @title: ] +NOTE: the heading levels described here are in 0.38 notation, see heading + +.BR + +.B :B~ [heading text] +Second level heading [this is a heading level divider] + +.BR + +.B :C~ [heading text] +Third level heading [this is a heading level divider] + +.BR + +.B 1~ [heading text] +Top level heading preceding substantive text of document or sub-heading 2, the +heading level that would normally be marked 1. or 2. or 3. etc. in a document, +and the level on which sisu by default would break html output into named +segments, names are provided automatically if none are given (a number), +otherwise takes the form 1~my_filename_for_this_segment + +.BR + +.B 2~ [heading text] +Second level heading preceding substantive text of document or sub-heading 3 , +the heading level that would normally be marked 1.1 or 1.2 or 1.3 or 2.1 etc. +in a document. + +.BR + +.B 3~ [heading text] +Third level heading preceding substantive text of document, that would normally +be marked 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 or 1.2.1 or 2.1.1 etc. in a document +.nf +1~filename level 1 heading, + +% the primary division such as Chapter that is followed by substantive text, and may be further subdivided (this is the level on which by default html segments are made) +.fi + +.SH FONT ATTRIBUTES + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text, *{emphasis}*, !{bold text}!, /{italics}/, _{underscore}_, "{citation}", +^{superscript}^, ,{subscript},, +{inserted text}+, -{strikethrough}-, #{monospace}# + +normal text + +*{emphasis}* [note: can be configured to be represented by bold, italics or underscore] + +!{bold text}! + +/{italics}/ + +_{underscore}_ + +"{citation}" + +^{superscript}^ + +,{subscript}, + ++{inserted text}+ + +-{strikethrough}- + +#{monospace}# +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text, +.B emphasis, +.B bold text +, +.I italics, +.I underscore, +"citation", ^superscript^, [subscript], ++inserted text++, --strikethrough--, +monospace + +.BR +normal text + +.BR + +.B emphasis +[note: can be configured to be represented by bold, italics or underscore] + +.BR + +.B bold text + +.BR + +.I italics + +.BR +.I underscore + +.BR +"citation" + +.BR +^superscript^ + +.BR +[subscript] + +.BR +++inserted text++ + +.BR +--strikethrough-- + +.BR +monospace +.SH INDENTATION AND BULLETS + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +ordinary paragraph + +_1 indent paragraph one step + +_2 indent paragraph two steps + +_9 indent paragraph nine steps +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +ordinary paragraph + +.BR + indent paragraph one step + +.BR + indent paragraph two steps + +.BR + indent paragraph nine steps + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +_* bullet text + +_1* bullet text, first indent + +_2* bullet text, two step indent +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +- bullet text + +.BR + * bullet text, first indent + +.BR + * bullet text, two step indent + +.BR +Numbered List (not to be confused with headings/titles, (document structure)) + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +# numbered list numbered list 1., 2., 3, etc. + +_# numbered list numbered list indented a., b., c., d., etc. +.fi + +.SH HANGING INDENTS + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +_0_1 first line no indent, +rest of paragraph indented one step + +_1_0 first line indented, +rest of paragraph no indent + +in each case level may be 0-9 +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no + indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of + paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented + one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first + line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, + rest of paragraph indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph + indented one step; first line no indent, rest of paragraph indented one step; + +.BR +A regular paragraph. + +.BR +first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of +paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line +indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no +indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, +rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent +first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of +paragraph no indent first line indented, rest of paragraph no indent + +.BR +in each case level may be 0-9 + +.BR + +.B live-build + A collection of scripts used to build customized +.B Debian + Livesystems. + .I live-build + was formerly known as live-helper, and even earlier known as live-package. + +.BR + +.B live-build + + A collection of scripts used to build customized +.B Debian + Livesystems. +.I live-build + was formerly known as live-helper, and even earlier known as live-package. +.SH FOOTNOTES / ENDNOTES + + +.BR +Footnotes and endnotes are marked up at the location where they would be +indicated within a text. They are automatically numbered. The output type +determines whether footnotes or endnotes will be produced + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +~{ a footnote or endnote }~ +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +[^5] + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text~{ self contained endnote marker & endnote in one }~ continues +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text[^6] continues + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text ~{* unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote, insert multiple asterisks if required }~ continues + +normal text ~{** another unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote }~ continues +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text [^*] continues + +.BR +normal text [^**] continues + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text ~[* editors notes, numbered asterisk footnote/endnote series ]~ continues + +normal text ~[+ editors notes, numbered plus symbol footnote/endnote series ]~ continues +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text [^*3] continues + +.BR +normal text [^+2] continues + +.BR + +.B Alternative endnote pair notation for footnotes/endnotes: +.nf +% note the endnote marker "~^" + +normal text~^ continues + +^~ endnote text following the paragraph in which the marker occurs +.fi + + +.BR +the standard and pair notation cannot be mixed in the same document +.SH LINKS + +.SH NAKED URLS WITHIN TEXT, DEALING WITH URLS + + +.BR +urls found within text are marked up automatically. A url within text is +automatically hyperlinked to itself and by default decorated with angled +braces, unless they are contained within a code block (in which case they are +passed as normal text), or escaped by a preceding underscore (in which case the +decoration is omitted). + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text http://www.sisudoc.org/ continues +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text continues + +.BR +An escaped url without decoration + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +normal text _http://www.sisudoc.org/ continues + +deb _http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +normal text <_http://www.sisudoc.org/> continues + +.BR +deb <_http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive> unstable main non-free + +.BR +where a code block is used there is neither decoration nor hyperlinking, code +blocks are discussed later in this document + +.BR + +.B resulting output: +.nf +deb http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free +deb-src http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/archive unstable main non-free +.fi + +.SH LINKING TEXT + + +.BR +To link text or an image to a url the markup is as follows + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +about { SiSU }http://url.org markup +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +aboutSiSU markup + +.BR +A shortcut notation is available so the url link may also be provided +automatically as a footnote + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +about {~^ SiSU }http://url.org markup +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +aboutSiSU [^7] markup + +.BR +Internal document links to a tagged location, including an ocn + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +about { text links }#link_text +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +about ⌠text links⌡⌈link_text⌋ + +.BR +Shared document collection link + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +about { SiSU book markup examples }:SiSU/examples.html +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +about ⌠ +.B SiSU +book markup examples⌡⌈:SiSU/examples.html⌋ +.SH LINKING IMAGES + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +{ tux.png 64x80 }image + +% various url linked images + +{tux.png 64x80 "a better way" }http://www.sisudoc.org/ + +{GnuDebianLinuxRubyBetterWay.png 100x101 "Way Better - with Gnu/Linux, Debian and Ruby" }http://www.sisudoc.org/ + +{~^ ruby_logo.png "Ruby" }http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +[ tux.png ] + +.BR +tux.png 64x80 "Gnu/Linux - a better way" + +.BR +GnuDebianLinuxRubyBetterWay.png 100x101 "Way Better - with Gnu/Linux, Debian +and Ruby" + +.BR +ruby_logo.png 70x90 "Ruby" [^8] + +.BR + +.B linked url footnote shortcut +.nf +{~^ [text to link] }http://url.org + +% maps to: { [text to link] }http://url.org ~{ http://url.org }~ + +% which produces hyper-linked text within a document/paragraph, with an endnote providing the url for the text location used in the hyperlink +.fi + +.nf +text marker *~name +.fi + + +.BR +note at a heading level the same is automatically achieved by providing names +to headings 1, 2 and 3 i.e. 2~[name] and 3~[name] or in the case of +auto-heading numbering, without further intervention. +.SH LINK SHORTCUT FOR MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF A SISU DOCUMENT IN THE SAME DIRECTORY +TREE + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +!_ /{"Viral Spiral"}/, David Bollier + +{ "Viral Spiral", David Bollier [3sS]}viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst +.fi + + +.BR + +.B +.I "Viral Spiral", +David Bollier +"Viral Spiral", David Bollier + document manifest + ⌠html, segmented text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」 + ⌠html, scroll, document in one⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」 + ⌠epub⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/epub/viral_spiral.david_bollier.epub」 + ⌠pdf, landscape⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pdf/viral_spiral.david_bollier.pdf」 + ⌠pdf, portrait⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pdf/viral_spiral.david_bollier.pdf」 + ⌠odf: odt, open document text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/odt/viral_spiral.david_bollier.odt」 + ⌠xhtml scroll⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xhtml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xhtml」 + ⌠xml, sax⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xml」 + ⌠xml, dom⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/xml/viral_spiral.david_bollier.xml」 + ⌠concordance⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/html/viral_spiral.david_bollier.html」 + ⌠dcc, document content certificate (digests)⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/digest/viral_spiral.david_bollier.txt」 + ⌠markup source text⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/src/viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst」 + ⌠markup source (zipped) pod⌡「http://corundum/sisu_manual/en/pod/viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst.zip」 + +.SH GROUPED TEXT / BLOCKED TEXT + + +.BR +There are two markup syntaxes for blocked text, using curly braces or using +tics +.SH BLOCKED TEXT CURLY BRACE SYNTAX + + +.BR +at the start of a line on its own use name of block type with an opening curly +brace, follow with the content of the block, and close with a closing curly +brace and the name of the block type, e.g. +.nf +code{ + +this is a code block + +}code +.fi + +.nf + +poem{ + +this here is a poem + +}poem +.fi + +.SH BLOCKED TEXT TIC SYNTAX + +.nf +``` code +this is a code block + +``` + +``` poem +this here is a poem + +``` +.fi + + +.BR +start a line with three backtics, a space followed by the name of the name of +block type, follow with the content of the block, and close with three back +ticks on a line of their own, e.g. +.SH TABLES + + +.BR +Tables may be prepared in two either of two forms + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +table{ c3; 40; 30; 30; + +This is a table +this would become column two of row one +column three of row one is here + +And here begins another row +column two of row two +column three of row two, and so on + +}table +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: +This is a table|this would become column two of row one|column three of row one is here』And here begins another row|column two of row two|column three of row two, and so on』 + + +.BR +a second form may be easier to work with in cases where there is not much +information in each column + +.BR + +.B markup example: +[^9] +.nf +!_ Table 3.1: Contributors to Wikipedia, January 2001 - June 2005 + +{table~h 24; 12; 12; 12; 12; 12; 12;} + |Jan. 2001|Jan. 2002|Jan. 2003|Jan. 2004|July 2004|June 2006 +Contributors* | 10| 472| 2,188| 9,653| 25,011| 48,721 +Active contributors** | 9| 212| 846| 3,228| 8,442| 16,945 +Very active contributors*** | 0| 31| 190| 692| 1,639| 3,016 +No. of English language articles| 25| 16,000| 101,000| 190,000| 320,000| 630,000 +No. of articles, all languages | 25| 19,000| 138,000| 490,000| 862,000|1,600,000 + +- Contributed at least ten times; ** at least 5 times in last month; *** more than 100 times in last month. +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR + +.B Table 3.1: Contributors to Wikipedia, January 2001 - June 2005 +|Jan. 2001|Jan. 2002|Jan. 2003|Jan. 2004|July 2004|June 2006』Contributors*|10|472|2,188|9,653|25,011|48,721』Active contributors**|9|212|846|3,228|8,442|16,945』Very active contributors***|0|31|190|692|1,639|3,016』No. of English language articles|25|16,000|101,000|190,000|320,000|630,000』No. of articles, all languages|25|19,000|138,000|490,000|862,000|1,600,000』 + + +.BR +- Contributed at least ten times; ** at least 5 times in last month; *** more +than 100 times in last month. +.SH POEM + + +.BR + +.B basic markup: +.nf +poem{ + + Your poem here + +}poem + +Each verse in a poem is given an object number. +.fi + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +poem{ + + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' + +}poem +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' + + +.SH GROUP + + +.BR + +.B basic markup: +.nf +group{ + + Your grouped text here + +}group + +A group is treated as an object and given a single object number. +.fi + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +group{ + + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' + +}group +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' + + +.SH CODE + + +.BR +Code tags code{ ... }code (used as with other group tags described above) are +used to escape regular sisu markup, and have been used extensively within this +document to provide examples of +.B SiSU +markup. You cannot however use code tags to escape code tags. They are however +used in the same way as group or poem tags. + +.BR +A code-block is treated as an object and given a single object number. [an +option to number each line of code may be considered at some later time] + +.BR + +.B use of code tags instead of poem compared, resulting output: +.nf + `Fury said to a + mouse, That he + met in the + house, + "Let us + both go to + law: I will + prosecute + YOU. --Come, + I'll take no + denial; We + must have a + trial: For + really this + morning I've + nothing + to do." + Said the + mouse to the + cur, "Such + a trial, + dear Sir, + With + no jury + or judge, + would be + wasting + our + breath." + "I'll be + judge, I'll + be jury," + Said + cunning + old Fury: + "I'll + try the + whole + cause, + and + condemn + you + to + death."' +.fi + + +.BR +From +.B SiSU +2.7.7 on you can number codeblocks by placing a hash after the opening code tag +code{# as demonstrated here: +.nf +1 | `Fury said to a +2 | mouse, That he +3 | met in the +4 | house, +5 | "Let us +6 | both go to +7 | law: I will +8 | prosecute +9 | YOU. --Come, +10 | I'll take no +11 | denial; We +12 | must have a +13 | trial: For +14 | really this +15 | morning I've +16 | nothing +17 | to do." +18 | Said the +19 | mouse to the +20 | cur, "Such +21 | a trial, +22 | dear Sir, +23 | With +24 | no jury +25 | or judge, +26 | would be +27 | wasting +28 | our +29 | breath." +30 | "I'll be +31 | judge, I'll +32 | be jury," +33 | Said +34 | cunning +35 | old Fury: +36 | "I'll +37 | try the +38 | whole +39 | cause, +40 | and +41 | condemn +42 | you +43 | to +44 | death."' +.fi + +.SH ADDITIONAL BREAKS - LINEBREAKS WITHIN OBJECTS, COLUMN AND PAGE-BREAKS + +.SH LINE-BREAKS + + +.BR +To break a line within a "paragraph object", two backslashes \e\e +with a space before and a space or newline after them +may be used. +.nf +To break a line within a "paragraph object", +two backslashes \e\e with a space before +and a space or newline after them \e\e +may be used. +.fi + + +.BR +The html break br enclosed in angle brackets (though undocumented) is available +in versions prior to 3.0.13 and 2.9.7 (it remains available for the time being, +but is depreciated). + +.BR +To draw a dividing line dividing paragraphs, see the section on page breaks. +.SH PAGE BREAKS + + +.BR +Page breaks are only relevant and honored in some output formats. A page break +or a new page may be inserted manually using the following markup on a line on +its own: + +.BR +page new =\e= breaks the page, starts a new page. + +.BR +page break -\- breaks a column, starts a new column, if using columns, else +breaks the page, starts a new page. + +.BR +page break line across page -..- draws a dividing line, dividing paragraphs + +.BR +page break: +.nf +-\e\e- +.fi + + +.BR +page (break) new: +.nf +=\e\e= +.fi + + +.BR +page (break) line across page (dividing paragraphs): +.nf +-..- +.fi + +.SH BIBLIOGRAPHY / REFERENCES + + +.BR +There are three ways to prepare a bibliography using sisu (which are mutually +exclusive): (i) manually preparing and marking up as regular text in sisu a +list of references, this is treated as a regular document segment (and placed +before endnotes if any); (ii) preparing a bibliography, marking a heading level +1~!biblio (note the exclamation mark) and preparing a bibliography using +various metadata tags including for author: title: year: a list of which is +provided below, or; (iii) as an assistance in preparing a bibliography, marking +a heading level 1~!biblio and tagging citations within footnotes for inclusion, +identifying citations and having a parser attempt to extract them and build a +bibliography of the citations provided. + +.BR +For the heading/section sequence: endnotes, bibliography then book index to +occur, the name biblio or bibliography must be given to the bibliography +section, like so: +.nf +1~!biblio~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing] +.fi + +.SH A MARKUP TAGGED METADATA BIBLIOGRAPHY SECTION + + +.BR +Here instead of writing your full citations directly in footnotes, each time +you have new material to cite, you add it to your bibliography section (if it +has not been added yet) providing the information you need against an available +list of tags (provided below). + +.BR +The required tags are au: ti: and year: [^10] an short quick example might be +as follows: +.nf +1~!biblio~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing] + +au: von Hippel, E. +ti: Perspective: User Toolkits for Innovation +lng: (language) +jo: Journal of Product Innovation Management +vo: 18 +ed: (editor) +yr: 2001 +note: +sn: Hippel, /{User Toolkits}/ (2001) +id: vHippel_2001 +% form: + +au: Benkler, Yochai +ti: The Wealth of Networks +st: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom +lng: (language) +pb: Harvard University Press +edn: (edition) +yr: 2006 +pl: U.S. +url: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page +note: +sn: Benkler, /{Wealth of Networks}/ (2006) +id: Benkler2006 + +au: Quixote, Don; Panza, Sancho +ti: Taming Windmills, Keeping True +jo: Imaginary Journal +yr: 1605 +url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote +note: made up to provide an example of author markup for an article with two authors +sn: Quixote & Panza, /{Taming Windmills}/ (1605) +id: quixote1605 +.fi + + +.BR +Note that the section name !biblio (or !bibliography) is required for the +bibliography to be treated specially as such, and placed after the +auto-generated endnote section. + +.BR +Using this method, work goes into preparing the bibliography, the tags author +or editor, year and title are required and will be used to sort the +bibliography that is placed under the Bibliography section + +.BR +The metadata tags may include shortname (sn:) and id, if provided, which are +used for substitution within text. Every time the given id is found within the +text it will be replaced by the given short title of the work (it is for this +reason the short title has sisu markup to italicize the title), it should work +with any page numbers to be added, the short title should be one that can +easily be used to look up the full description in the bibliography. +.nf +The following footnote~{ quixote1605, pp 1000 - 1001, also Benkler2006 p 1. }~ +.fi + + +.BR +would be presented as: + +.BR +Quixote and Panza, +.I Taming Windmills +(1605), pp 1000 - 1001 also, Benkler, +.I Wealth of Networks, +(2006) p 1 or rather[^11] +.nf +au: author Surname, FirstNames (if multiple semi-colon separator) + (required unless editor to be used instead) +ti: title (required) +st: subtitle +jo: journal +vo: volume +ed: editor (required if author not provided) +tr: translator +src: source (generic field where others are not appropriate) +in: in (like src) +pl: place/location (state, country) +pb: publisher +edn: edition +yr: year (yyyy or yyyy-mm or yyyy-mm-dd) (required) +pg: pages +url: http://url +note: note +id: create_short_identifier e.g. authorSurnameYear + (used in substitutions: when found within text will be + replaced by the short name provided) +sn: short name e.g. Author, /{short title}/, Year + (used in substitutions: when an id is found within text + the short name will be used to replace it) +.fi + +.SH TAGGING CITATIONS FOR INCLUSION IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY + + +.BR +Here whenever you make a citation that you wish be included in the +bibliography, you tag the citation as such using special delimiters (which are +subsequently removed from the final text produced by sisu) + +.BR +Here you would write something like the following, either in regular text or a +footnote +.nf +See .: Quixote, Don; Panza, Sancho /{Taming Windmills, Keeping True}/ (1605) :. +.fi + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +will parse for a number of patterns within the delimiters to try make out the +authors, title, date etc. and from that create a Bibliography. This is more +limited than the previously described method of preparing a tagged +bibliography, and using an id within text to identify the work, which also +lends itself to greater consistency. +.SH GLOSSARY + + +.BR +Using the section name 1~!glossary results in the Glossary being treated +specially as such, and placed after the auto-generated endnote section (before +the bibliography/list of references if there is one). + +.BR +The Glossary is ordinary text marked up in a manner deemed suitable for that +purpose. e.g. with the term in bold, possibly with a hanging indent. +.nf +1~!glossary~ [Note: heading marker::required title missing] + +_0_1 *{GPL}* An abbreviation that stands for "General Purpose License." ... + +_0_1 [provide your list of terms and definitions] +.fi + + +.BR +In the given example the first line is not indented subsequent lines are by one +level, and the term to be defined is in bold text. +.SH BOOK INDEX + + +.BR +To make an index append to paragraph the book index term relates to it, using +an equal sign and curly braces. + +.BR +Currently two levels are provided, a main term and if needed a sub-term. +Sub-terms are separated from the main term by a colon. +.nf + Paragraph containing main term and sub-term. + ={Main term:sub-term} +.fi + + +.BR +The index syntax starts on a new line, but there should not be an empty line +between paragraph and index markup. + +.BR +The structure of the resulting index would be: +.nf + Main term, 1 + sub-term, 1 +.fi + + +.BR +Several terms may relate to a paragraph, they are separated by a semicolon. If +the term refers to more than one paragraph, indicate the number of paragraphs. +.nf + Paragraph containing main term, second term and sub-term. + ={first term; second term: sub-term} +.fi + + +.BR +The structure of the resulting index would be: +.nf + First term, 1, + Second term, 1, + sub-term, 1 +.fi + + +.BR +If multiple sub-terms appear under one paragraph, they are separated under the +main term heading from each other by a pipe symbol. +.nf + Paragraph containing main term, second term and sub-term. + ={Main term: + sub-term+2|second sub-term; + Another term + } + + A paragraph that continues discussion of the first sub-term +.fi + + +.BR +The plus one in the example provided indicates the first sub-term spans one +additional paragraph. The logical structure of the resulting index would be: +.nf + Main term, 1, + sub-term, 1-3, + second sub-term, 1, + Another term, 1 +.fi + +.SH COMPOSITE DOCUMENTS MARKUP + + +.BR +It is possible to build a document by creating a master document that requires +other documents. The documents required may be complete documents that could be +generated independently, or they could be markup snippets, prepared so as to be +easily available to be placed within another text. If the calling document is a +master document (built from other documents), it should be named with the +suffix +.B .ssm +Within this document you would provide information on the other documents that +should be included within the text. These may be other documents that would be +processed in a regular way, or markup bits prepared only for inclusion within a +master document +.B .sst +regular markup file, or +.B .ssi +(insert/information) A secondary file of the composite document is built prior +to processing with the same prefix and the suffix +.B ._sst + +.BR +basic markup for importing a document into a master document +.nf +<< filename1.sst + +<< filename2.ssi +.fi + + +.BR +The form described above should be relied on. Within the +.I Vim +editor it results in the text thus linked becoming hyperlinked to the document +it is calling in which is convenient for editing. +.SH SUBSTITUTIONS + + +.BR + +.B markup example: +.nf +The current Debian is ${debian_stable} the next debian will be ${debian_testing} + +Configure substitution in _sisu/sisu_document_make + +make: + substitute: /${debian_stable}/,'*{Wheezy}*' /${debian_testing}/,'*{Jessie}*' +.fi + + +.BR + +.B resulting output: + +.BR +The current +.B Debian +is +.B Jessie +the next debian will be +.B Stretch + +.BR +Configure substitution in _sisu/sisu_document_make +.SH SISU FILETYPES + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +has +.I plaintext +and binary filetypes, and can process either type of document. +.SH .SST .SSM .SSI MARKED UP PLAIN TEXT + +.TP +.B SiSU +documents are prepared as plain-text (utf-8) files with +.B SiSU +markup. They may make reference to and contain images (for example), which are +stored in the directory beneath them _sisu/image. 〔b¤SiSU +.I plaintext +markup files are of three types that may be distinguished by the file extension +used: regular text .sst; master documents, composite documents that incorporate +other text, which can be any regular text or text insert; and inserts the +contents of which are like regular text except these are marked .ssi and are +not processed. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +processing can be done directly against a sisu documents; which may be located +locally or on a remote server for which a url is provided. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +source markup can be shared with the command: + +.BR + sisu -s [filename] +.SH SISU TEXT - REGULAR FILES (.SST) + + +.BR +The most common form of document in +.B SiSU, +see the section on +.B SiSU +markup. +.SH SISU MASTER FILES (.SSM) + + +.BR +Composite documents which incorporate other +.B SiSU +documents which may be either regular +.B SiSU +text .sst which may be generated independently, or inserts prepared solely for +the purpose of being incorporated into one or more master documents. + +.BR +The mechanism by which master files incorporate other documents is described as +one of the headings under under +.B SiSU +markup in the +.B SiSU +manual. + +.BR +Note: Master documents may be prepared in a similar way to regular documents, +and processing will occur normally if a .sst file is renamed .ssm without +requiring any other documents; the .ssm marker flags that the document may +contain other documents. + +.BR +Note: a secondary file of the composite document is built prior to processing +with the same prefix and the suffix ._sst +.SH SISU INSERT FILES (.SSI) + + +.BR +Inserts are documents prepared solely for the purpose of being incorporated +into one or more master documents. They resemble regular +.B SiSU +text files (.sst). Since sisu -5.5.0 (6.1.0) .ssi files can like .ssm files +include other .sst or .ssm files. .ssi files cannot be called by the sisu +processor directly and can only be incorporated in other documents. Making a +file a .ssi file is a quick and convenient way of breaking up a document that +is to be included in a master document, and flagging that the file to be +incorporated .ssi is not intended that the file should be processed on its own. +.SH SISUPOD, ZIPPED BINARY CONTAINER (SISUPOD.ZIP, .SSP) + + +.BR +A sisupod is a zipped +.B SiSU +text file or set of +.B SiSU +text files and any associated images that they contain (this will be extended +to include sound and multimedia-files) +.TP +.B SiSU +.I plaintext +files rely on a recognised directory structure to find contents such as images +associated with documents, but all images for example for all documents +contained in a directory are located in the sub-directory _sisu/image. Without +the ability to create a sisupod it can be inconvenient to manually identify all +other files associated with a document. A sisupod automatically bundles all +associated files with the document that is turned into a pod. + +.BR +The structure of the sisupod is such that it may for example contain a single +document and its associated images; a master document and its associated +documents and anything else; or the zipped contents of a whole directory of +prepared +.B SiSU +documents. + +.BR +The command to create a sisupod is: + +.BR + sisu -S [filename] + +.BR +Alternatively, make a pod of the contents of a whole directory: + +.BR + sisu -S + +.BR + +.B SiSU +processing can be done directly against a sisupod; which may be located locally +or on a remote server for which a url is provided. + +.BR + + +.BR + +.SH CONFIGURATION + +.SH CONFIGURATION FILES + +.SH CONFIG.YML + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +configration parameters are adjusted in the configuration file, which can be +used to override the defaults set. This includes such things as which directory +interim processing should be done in and where the generated output should be +placed. + +.BR +The +.B SiSU +configuration file is a yaml file, which means indentation is significant. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +resource configuration is determined by looking at the following files if they +exist: + +.BR + ./_sisu/v7/sisurc.yml + +.BR + ./_sisu/sisurc.yml + +.BR + ~/.sisu/v7/sisurc.yml + +.BR + ~/.sisu/sisurc.yml + +.BR + /etc/sisu/v7/sisurc.yml + +.BR + /etc/sisu/sisurc.yml + +.BR +The search is in the order listed, and the first one found is used. + +.BR +In the absence of instructions in any of these it falls back to the internal +program defaults. + +.BR +Configuration determines the output and processing directories and the database +access details. + +.BR +If +.B SiSU +is installed a sample sisurc.yml may be found in /etc/sisu/sisurc.yml +.SH SISU_DOCUMENT_MAKE + + +.BR +Most sisu document headers relate to metadata, the exception is the @make: +header which provides processing related information. The default contents of +the @make header may be set by placing them in a file sisu_document_make. + +.BR +The search order is as for resource configuration: + +.BR + ./_sisu/v7/sisu_document_make + +.BR + ./_sisu/sisu_document_make + +.BR + ~/.sisu/v7/sisu_document_make + +.BR + ~/.sisu/sisu_document_make + +.BR + /etc/sisu/v7/sisu_document_make + +.BR + /etc/sisu/sisu_document_make + +.BR +A sample sisu_document_make can be found in the _sisu/ directory under along +with the provided sisu markup samples. +.SH CSS - CASCADING STYLE SHEETS (FOR HTML, XHTML AND XML) + + +.BR +CSS files to modify the appearance of +.B SiSU +html, +.I XHTML +or +.I XML +may be placed in the configuration directory: ./_sisu/css ; ~/.sisu/css or; +/etc/sisu/css and these will be copied to the output directories with the +command sisu -CC. + +.BR +The basic CSS file for html output is html. css, placing a file of that name in +directory _sisu/css or equivalent will result in the default file of that name +being overwritten. + +.BR + +.I HTML: +html. css + +.BR + +.I XML +DOM: dom.css + +.BR + +.I XML +SAX: sax.css + +.BR + +.I XHTML: +xhtml. css + +.BR +The default homepage may use homepage.css or html. css + +.BR +Under consideration is to permit the placement of a CSS file with a different +name in directory _sisu/css directory or equivalent.[^12] +.SH ORGANISING CONTENT - DIRECTORY STRUCTURE AND MAPPING + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +v3 has new options for the source directory tree, and output directory +structures of which there are 3 alternatives. +.SH DOCUMENT SOURCE DIRECTORY + + +.BR +The document source directory is the directory in which sisu processing +commands are given. It contains the sisu source files (.sst .ssm .ssi), or (for +sisu v3 may contain) subdirectories with language codes which contain the sisu +source files, so all English files would go in subdirectory en/, French in fr/, +Spanish in es/ and so on. ISO 639-1 codes are used (as varied by po4a). A list +of available languages (and possible sub-directory names) can be obtained with +the command "sisu --help lang" The list of languages is limited to langagues +supported by XeTeX polyglosia. +.SH GENERAL DIRECTORIES + +.nf + ./subject_name/ + +% files stored at this level e.g. sisu_manual.sst or +% for sisu v3 may be under language sub-directories +% e.g. + + ./subject_name/en + + ./subject_name/fr + + ./subject_name/es + + ./subject_name/_sisu + + ./subject_name/_sisu/css + + ./subject_name/_sisu/image +.fi + +.SH DOCUMENT OUTPUT DIRECTORY STRUCTURES + +.SH OUTPUT DIRECTORY ROOT + + +.BR +The output directory root can be set in the sisurc.yml file. Under the root, +subdirectories are made for each directory in which a document set resides. If +you have a directory named poems or conventions, that directory will be created +under the output directory root and the output for all documents contained in +the directory of a particular name will be generated to subdirectories beneath +that directory (poem or conventions). A document will be placed in a +subdirectory of the same name as the document with the filetype identifier +stripped (.sst .ssm) + +.BR +The last part of a directory path, representing the sub-directory in which a +document set resides, is the directory name that will be used for the output +directory. This has implications for the organisation of document collections +as it could make sense to place documents of a particular subject, or type +within a directory identifying them. This grouping as suggested could be by +subject (sales_law, english_literature); or just as conveniently by some other +classification (X University). The mapping means it is also possible to place +in the same output directory documents that are for organisational purposes +kept separately, for example documents on a given subject of two different +institutions may be kept in two different directories of the same name, under a +directory named after each institution, and these would be output to the same +output directory. Skins could be associated with each institution on a +directory basis and resulting documents will take on the appropriate different +appearance. +.SH ALTERNATIVE OUTPUT STRUCTURES + + +.BR +There are 3 possibile output structures described as being, by language, by +filetype or by filename, the selection is made in sisurc.yml +.nf +#% output_dir_structure_by: language; filetype; or filename +output_dir_structure_by: language #(language & filetype, preferred?) +#output_dir_structure_by: filetype +#output_dir_structure_by: filename #(default, closest to original v1 & v2) +.fi + +.SH BY LANGUAGE + + +.BR +The by language directory structure places output files + +.BR +The by language directory structure separates output files by language code +(all files of a given language), and within the language directory by filetype. + +.BR +Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml + +.BR +output_dir_structure_by: language +.nf + |-- en + |-- epub + |-- hashes + |-- html + | |-- viral_spiral.david_bollier + | |-- manifest + | |-- qrcode + | |-- odt + | |-- pdf + | |-- sitemaps + | |-- txt + | |-- xhtml + | `-- xml + |-- po4a + | `-- live-manual + | |-- po + | |-- fr + | `-- pot + `-- _sisu + |-- css + |-- image + |-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys + `-- xml + |-- rnc + |-- rng + `-- xsd +.fi + + +.BR +#by: language subject_dir/en/manifest/filename.html +.SH BY FILETYPE + + +.BR +The by filetype directory structure separates output files by filetype, all +html files in one directory pdfs in another and so on. Filenames are given a +language extension. + +.BR +Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml + +.BR +output_dir_structure_by: filetype +.nf + |-- epub + |-- hashes + |-- html + |-- viral_spiral.david_bollier + |-- manifest + |-- qrcode + |-- odt + |-- pdf + |-- po4a + |-- live-manual + | |-- po + | |-- fr + | `-- pot + |-- _sisu + | |-- css + | |-- image + | |-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys + | `-- xml + | |-- rnc + | |-- rng + | `-- xsd + |-- sitemaps + |-- txt + |-- xhtml + `-- xml +.fi + + +.BR +#by: filetype subject_dir/html/filename/manifest.en.html +.SH BY FILENAME + + +.BR +The by filename directory structure places most output of a particular file +(the different filetypes) in a common directory. + +.BR +Its selection is configured in sisurc.yml + +.BR +output_dir_structure_by: filename +.nf + |-- epub + |-- po4a + |-- live-manual + | |-- po + | |-- fr + | `-- pot + |-- _sisu + | |-- css + | |-- image + | |-- image_sys -> ../../_sisu/image_sys + | `-- xml + | |-- rnc + | |-- rng + | `-- xsd + |-- sitemaps + |-- src + |-- pod + `-- viral_spiral.david_bollier +.fi + + +.BR +#by: filename subject_dir/filename/manifest.en.html +.SH REMOTE DIRECTORIES + +.nf + ./subject_name/ + +% containing sub_directories named after the generated files from which they are made + + ./subject_name/src + +% contains shared source files text and binary e.g. sisu_manual.sst and sisu_manual.sst.zip + + ./subject_name/_sisu + +% configuration file e.g. sisurc.yml + + ./subject_name/_sisu/skin + +% skins in various skin directories doc, dir, site, yml + + ./subject_name/_sisu/css + + ./subject_name/_sisu/image + +% images for documents contained in this directory + + ./subject_name/_sisu/mm +.fi + +.SH SISUPOD + +.nf + ./sisupod/ + +% files stored at this level e.g. sisu_manual.sst + + ./sisupod/_sisu + +% configuration file e.g. sisurc.yml + + ./sisupod/_sisu/skin + +% skins in various skin directories doc, dir, site, yml + + ./sisupod/_sisu/css + + ./sisupod/_sisu/image + +% images for documents contained in this directory + + ./sisupod/_sisu/mm +.fi + +.SH HOMEPAGES + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +is about the ability to auto-generate documents. Home pages are regarded as +custom built items, and are not created by +.B SiSU. +More accurately, +.B SiSU +has a default home page, which will not be appropriate for use with other +sites, and the means to provide your own home page instead in one of two ways +as part of a site's configuration, these being: + +.BR +1. through placing your home page and other custom built documents in the +subdirectory _sisu/home/ (this probably being the easier and more convenient +option) + +.BR +2. through providing what you want as the home page in a skin, + +.BR +Document sets are contained in directories, usually organised by site or +subject. Each directory can/should have its own homepage. See the section on +directory structure and organisation of content. +.SH HOME PAGE AND OTHER CUSTOM BUILT PAGES IN A SUB-DIRECTORY + + +.BR +Custom built pages, including the home page index.html may be placed within the +configuration directory _sisu/home/ in any of the locations that is searched +for the configuration directory, namely ./_sisu ; ~/_sisu ; /etc/sisu From +there they are copied to the root of the output directory with the command: + +.BR + sisu -CC +.SH MARKUP AND OUTPUT EXAMPLES + +.SH MARKUP EXAMPLES + + +.BR +Current markup examples and document output samples are provided off + or and in the sisu +-markup-sample package available off + +.BR +For some documents hardly any markup at all is required at all, other than a +header, and an indication that the levels to be taken into account by the +program in generating its output are. +.SH SISU MARKUP SAMPLES + + +.BR +A few additional sample books prepared as sisu markup samples, output formats +to be generated using +.B SiSU +are contained in a separate package sisu -markup-samples. sisu -markup-samples +contains books (prepared using sisu markup), that were released by their +authors various licenses mostly different Creative Commons licences that do not +permit inclusion in the +.B Debian +Project as they have requirements that do not meet the +.B Debian +Free Software Guidelines for various reasons, most commonly that they require +that the original substantive text remain unchanged, and sometimes that the +works be used only non-commercially. + +.BR + +.I Accelerando, +Charles Stross (2005) +accelerando.charles_stross.sst + +.BR + +.I Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, +Lewis Carroll (1865) +alices_adventures_in_wonderland.lewis_carroll.sst + +.BR + +.I CONTENT, +Cory Doctorow (2008) +content.cory_doctorow.sst + +.BR + +.I Democratizing Innovation, +Eric von Hippel (2005) +democratizing_innovation.eric_von_hippel.sst + +.BR + +.I Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, +Cory Doctorow (2003) +down_and_out_in_the_magic_kingdom.cory_doctorow.sst + +.BR + +.I For the Win, +Cory Doctorow (2010) +for_the_win.cory_doctorow.sst + +.BR + +.I Free as in Freedom - Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software, +Sam Williams (2002) +free_as_in_freedom.richard_stallman_crusade_for_free_software.sam_williams.sst + +.BR + +.I Free as in Freedom 2.0 - Richard Stallman and the Free Software Revolution, +Sam Williams (2002), Richard M. Stallman (2010) +free_as_in_freedom_2.richard_stallman_and_the_free_software_revolution.sam_williams.richard_stallman.sst + +.BR + +.I Free Culture - How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down +Culture and Control Creativity, +Lawrence Lessig (2004) +free_culture.lawrence_lessig.sst + +.BR + +.I Free For All - How Linux and the Free Software Movement Undercut the High +Tech Titans, +Peter Wayner (2002) +free_for_all.peter_wayner.sst + +.BR + +.I GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v2, +Free Software Foundation (1991) +gpl2.fsf.sst + +.BR + +.I GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3, +Free Software Foundation (2007) +gpl3.fsf.sst + +.BR + +.I Gulliver's Travels, +Jonathan Swift (1726 / 1735) +gullivers_travels.jonathan_swift.sst + +.BR + +.I Little Brother, +Cory Doctorow (2008) +little_brother.cory_doctorow.sst + +.BR + +.I The Cathederal and the Bazaar, +Eric Raymond (2000) +the_cathedral_and_the_bazaar.eric_s_raymond.sst + +.BR + +.I The Public Domain - Enclosing the Commons of the Mind, +James Boyle (2008) +the_public_domain.james_boyle.sst + +.BR + +.I The Wealth of Networks - How Social Production Transforms Markets and +Freedom, +Yochai Benkler (2006) +the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst + +.BR + +.I Through the Looking Glass, +Lewis Carroll (1871) +through_the_looking_glass.lewis_carroll.sst + +.BR + +.I Two Bits - The Cultural Significance of Free Software, +Christopher Kelty (2008) +two_bits.christopher_kelty.sst + +.BR + +.I UN Contracts for International Sale of Goods, +UN (1980) +un_contracts_international_sale_of_goods_convention_1980.sst + +.BR + +.I Viral Spiral, +David Bollier (2008) +viral_spiral.david_bollier.sst +.SH SISU SEARCH - INTRODUCTION + + +.BR +Because the document structure of sites created is clearly defined, and the +text +.I object citation system +is available hypothetically at least, for all forms of output, it is possible +to search the sql database, and either read results from that database, or map +the results to the html or other output, which has richer text markup. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +can populate a relational sql type database with documents at an object level, +including objects numbers that are shared across different output types. Making +a document corpus searchable with that degree of granularity. Basically, your +match criteria is met by these documents and at these locations within each +document, which can be viewed within the database directly or in various output +formats. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +can populate an sql database (sqlite3 or postgresql) with documents made up of +their objects. It also can generate a cgi search form that can be used to query +the database. + +.BR +In order to use the built in search functionality you would take the following +steps. + +.BR +- use sisu to populate an sql database with with a sisu markup content + +.BR + * sqlite3 should work out of the box + +.BR + * postgresql may require some initial database configuration + +.BR +- provide a way to query the database, which sisu can assist with by + +.BR + * generating a sample ruby cgi search form, required (sisu configuration + recommended) + +.BR + * adding a query field for this search form to be added to all html files + (sisu configuration required) +.SH SQL + +.SH POPULATE THE DATABASE + + +.BR +TO populate the sql database, run sisu against a sisu markup file with one of +the following sets of flags +.nf +sisu --sqlite filename.sst +.fi + + +.BR +creates an sqlite3 database containing searchable content of just the sisu +markup document selected +.nf +sisu --sqlite --update filename.sst +.fi + + +.BR +creates an sqlite3 database containing searchable content of marked up +document(s) selected by the user from a common directory +.nf +sisu --pg --update filename.sst +.fi + + +.BR +fills a postgresql database with searchable content of marked up document(s) +selected by the user from a common directory + +.BR +For postgresql the first time the command is run in a given directory the user +will be prompted to create the requisite database, at the time of writing the +prompt sisu provides is as follows: +.nf +no connection with pg database established, you may need to run: + createdb "SiSU.7a.current" + after that don't forget to run: + sisu --pg --createall + before attempting to populate the database +.fi + + +.BR +The named database that sisu expects to find must exist and if necessary be +created using postgresql tools. If the database exist but the database tables +do not, sisu will attempt to create the tables it needs, the equivalent of the +requested sisu --pg --createall command. + +.BR +Once this is done, the sql database is populated and ready to be queried. +.SH SQL TYPE DATABASES + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +feeds sisu markup documents into sql type databases +.I PostgreSQL +[^13] and/or +.I SQLite +[^14] database together with information related to document structure. + +.BR +This is one of the more interesting output forms, as all the structural data of +the documents are retained (though can be ignored by the user of the database +should they so choose). All site texts/documents are (currently) streamed to +four tables: + +.BR + * one containing semantic (and other) headers, including, title, author, + subject, (the + .I Dublin Core. + ..); + +.BR + * another the substantive texts by individual "paragraph" (or object) - along + with structural information, each paragraph being identifiable by its + paragraph number (if it has one which almost all of them do), and the + substantive text of each paragraph quite naturally being searchable (both in + formatted and clean text versions for searching); and + +.BR + * a third containing endnotes cross-referenced back to the paragraph from + which they are referenced (both in formatted and clean text versions for + searching). + +.BR + * a fourth table with a one to one relation with the headers table contains + full text versions of output, eg. pdf, html, xml, and + .I ascii. + +.BR +There is of course the possibility to add further structures. + +.BR +At this level +.B SiSU +loads a relational database with documents chunked into objects, their smallest +logical structurally constituent parts, as text objects, with their object +citation number and all other structural information needed to construct the +document. Text is stored (at this text object level) with and without +elementary markup tagging, the stripped version being so as to facilitate ease +of searching. + +.BR +Being able to search a relational database at an object level with the +.B SiSU +citation system is an effective way of locating content generated by +.B SiSU. +As individual text objects of a document stored (and indexed) together with +object numbers, and all versions of the document have the same numbering, +complex searches can be tailored to return just the locations of the search +results relevant for all available output formats, with live links to the +precise locations in the database or in html/xml documents; or, the structural +information provided makes it possible to search the full contents of the +database and have headings in which search content appears, or to search only +headings etc. (as the +.I Dublin Core +is incorporated it is easy to make use of that as well). +.SH POSTGRESQL + +.SH NAME + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +- Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system, +postgresql dependency package +.SH DESCRIPTION + + +.BR +Information related to using postgresql with sisu (and related to the +sisu_postgresql dependency package, which is a dummy package to install +dependencies needed for +.B SiSU +to populate a postgresql database, this being part of +.B SiSU +- man sisu) . +.SH SYNOPSIS + + +.BR + sisu -D [instruction] [filename/wildcard if required] + +.BR + sisu -D --pg --[instruction] [filename/wildcard if required] +.SH COMMANDS + + +.BR +Mappings to two databases are provided by default, postgresql and sqlite, the +same commands are used within sisu to construct and populate databases however +-d (lowercase) denotes sqlite and -D (uppercase) denotes postgresql, +alternatively --sqlite or --pgsql may be used + +.BR + +.B -D or --pgsql +may be used interchangeably. +.SH CREATE AND DESTROY DATABASE + +.TP +.B --pgsql --createall +initial step, creates required relations (tables, indexes) in existing +(postgresql) database (a database should be created manually and given the same +name as working directory, as requested) (rb.dbi) +.TP +.B sisu -D --createdb +creates database where no database existed before +.TP +.B sisu -D --create +creates database tables where no database tables existed before +.TP +.B sisu -D --Dropall +destroys database (including all its content)! kills data and drops tables, +indexes and database associated with a given directory (and directories of the +same name). +.TP +.B sisu -D --recreate +destroys existing database and builds a new empty database structure +.SH IMPORT AND REMOVE DOCUMENTS + +.TP +.B sisu -D --import -v [filename/wildcard] +populates database with the contents of the file. Imports documents(s) +specified to a postgresql database (at an object level). +.TP +.B sisu -D --update -v [filename/wildcard] +updates file contents in database +.TP +.B sisu -D --remove -v [filename/wildcard] +removes specified document from postgresql database. +.SH SQLITE + +.SH NAME + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +- Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system. +.SH DESCRIPTION + + +.BR +Information related to using sqlite with sisu (and related to the sisu_sqlite +dependency package, which is a dummy package to install dependencies needed for +.B SiSU +to populate an sqlite database, this being part of +.B SiSU +- man sisu) . +.SH SYNOPSIS + + +.BR + sisu -d [instruction] [filename/wildcard if required] + +.BR + sisu -d --(sqlite|pg) --[instruction] [filename/wildcard if required] +.SH COMMANDS + + +.BR +Mappings to two databases are provided by default, postgresql and sqlite, the +same commands are used within sisu to construct and populate databases however +-d (lowercase) denotes sqlite and -D (uppercase) denotes postgresql, +alternatively --sqlite or --pgsql may be used + +.SH CREATE AND DESTROY DATABASE + +.TP +.B --sqlite --createall +initial step, creates required relations (tables, indexes) in existing (sqlite) +database (a database should be created manually and given the same name as +working directory, as requested) (rb.dbi) +.TP +.B sisu -d --createdb +creates database where no database existed before +.TP +.B sisu -d --create +creates database tables where no database tables existed before +.TP +.B sisu -d --dropall +destroys database (including all its content)! kills data and drops tables, +indexes and database associated with a given directory (and directories of the +same name). +.TP +.B sisu -d --recreate +destroys existing database and builds a new empty database structure +.SH IMPORT AND REMOVE DOCUMENTS + +.TP +.B sisu -d --import -v [filename/wildcard] +populates database with the contents of the file. Imports documents(s) +specified to an sqlite database (at an object level). +.TP +.B sisu -d --update -v [filename/wildcard] +updates file contents in database +.TP +.B sisu -d --remove -v [filename/wildcard] +removes specified document from sqlite database. +.SH CGI SEARCH FORM + + +.BR +For the search form, which is a single search page + +.BR +- configure the search form + +.BR +- generate the sample search form with the sisu command, (this will be based on +the configuration settings and existing found sisu databases) + +.BR +For postgresql web content you may need to edit the search cgi script. Two +things to look out for are that the user is set as needed, and that the any +different databases that you wish to be able to query are listed. + +.BR +correctly, you may want www-data rather than your username. +.nf +@user='www-data' +.fi + + +.BR +- check the search form, copy it to the appropriate cgi directory and set the +correct permissions + +.BR +For a search form to appear on each html page, you need to: + +.BR +- rely on the above mentioned configuration of the search form + +.BR +- configure the html search form to be on + +.BR +- run the html command +.SH SETUP SEARCH FORM + + +.BR +You will need a web server, httpd with cgi enabled, and a postgresql database +to which you are able to create databases. + +.BR +Setup postgresql, make sure you are able to create and write to the database, +e.g.: +.nf +sudo su postgres + createuser -d -a ralph +.fi + + +.BR +You then need to create the database that sisu will use, for sisu manual in the +directory manual/en for example, (when you try to populate a database that does +not exist sisu prompts as to whether it exists): +.nf +createdb SiSU.7a.manual +.fi + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +is then able to create the required tables that allow you to populate the +database with documents in the directory for which it has been created: +.nf +sisu --pg --createall -v +.fi + + +.BR +You can then start to populate the database, in this example with a single +document: +.nf +sisu --pg --update -v en/sisu_manual.ssm +.fi + + +.BR +To create a sample search form, from within the same directory run: +.nf +sisu --sample-search-form --db-pg +.fi + + +.BR +and copy the resulting cgi form to your cgi-bin directory + +.BR +A sample setup for nginx is provided that assumes data will be stored under +/srv/www and cgi scripts under /srv/cgi +.SH SEARCH - DATABASE FRONTEND SAMPLE, UTILISING DATABASE AND SISU FEATURES, +INCLUDING OBJECT CITATION NUMBERING (BACKEND CURRENTLY POSTGRESQL) + + +.BR +Sample search frontend [^15] A small database and +sample query front-end (search from) that makes use of the citation system, .I +object citation numbering +to demonstrates functionality.[^16] + +.BR + +.B SiSU +can provide information on which documents are matched and at what locations +within each document the matches are found. These results are relevant across +all outputs using +.I object citation numbering, +which includes html, +.I XML, +.I EPUB, +.I LaTeX, +.I PDF +and indeed the +.I SQL +database. You can then refer to one of the other outputs or in the +.I SQL +database expand the text within the matched objects (paragraphs) in the +documents matched. + +.BR +Note you may set results either for documents matched and object number +locations within each matched document meeting the search criteria; or display +the names of the documents matched along with the objects (paragraphs) that +meet the search criteria.[^17] +.TP +.B sisu -F --webserv-webrick +builds a cgi web search frontend for the database created + +.BR +The following is feedback on the setup on a machine provided by the help +command: + +.BR + sisu --help sql +.nf +Postgresql + user: ralph + current db set: SiSU_sisu + port: 5432 + dbi connect: DBI:Pg:database=SiSU_sisu;port=5432 + +sqlite + current db set: /home/ralph/sisu_www/sisu/sisu_sqlite.db + dbi connect DBI:SQLite:/home/ralph/sisu_www/sisu/sisu_sqlite.db +.fi + +.BR +Note on databases built + +.BR +By default, [unless otherwise specified] databases are built on a directory +basis, from collections of documents within that directory. The name of the +directory you choose to work from is used as the database name, i.e. if you are +working in a directory called /home/ralph/ebook the database SiSU_ebook is +used. [otherwise a manual mapping for the collection is necessary] + +.SH SEARCH FORM + +.TP +.B sisu -F +generates a sample search form, which must be copied to the web-server cgi +directory +.TP +.B sisu -F --webserv-webrick +generates a sample search form for use with the webrick server, which must be +copied to the web-server cgi directory +.TP +.B sisu -W +starts the webrick server which should be available wherever sisu is properly +installed + +.BR +The generated search form must be copied manually to the webserver directory as +instructed +.SH SISU_WEBRICK + +.SH NAME + + +.BR + +.B SiSU +- Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system +.SH SYNOPSIS + + +.BR +sisu_webrick [port] + +.BR +or + +.BR +sisu -W [port] +.SH DESCRIPTION + + +.BR +sisu_webrick is part of +.B SiSU +(man sisu) sisu_webrick starts +.B Ruby +' s Webrick web-server and points it to the directories to which +.B SiSU +output is written, providing a list of these directories (assuming +.B SiSU +is in use and they exist). + +.BR +The default port for sisu_webrick is set to 8081, this may be modified in the +yaml file: ~/.sisu/sisurc.yml a sample of which is provided as +/etc/sisu/sisurc.yml (or in the equivalent directory on your system). +.SH SUMMARY OF MAN PAGE + + +.BR +sisu_webrick, may be started on it's own with the command: sisu_webrick [port] +or using the sisu command with the -W flag: sisu -W [port] + +.BR +where no port is given and settings are unchanged the default port is 8081 +.SH DOCUMENT PROCESSING COMMAND FLAGS + + +.BR +sisu -W [port] starts +.B Ruby +Webrick web-server, serving +.B SiSU +output directories, on the port provided, or if no port is provided and the +defaults have not been changed in ~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml then on port 8081 +.SH SUMMARY OF FEATURES + + +.BR +- sparse/minimal markup (clean utf-8 source texts). Documents are prepared in a +single +.I UTF-8 +file using a minimalistic mnemonic syntax. Typical literature, documents like +"War and Peace" require almost no markup, and most of the headers are optional. + +.BR +- markup is easily readable/parsable by the human eye, (basic markup is simpler +and more sparse than the most basic +.I HTML +) , [this may also be converted to +.I XML +representations of the same input/source document]. + +.BR +- markup defines document structure (this may be done once in a header +pattern-match description, or for heading levels individually); basic text +attributes (bold, italics, underscore, strike-through etc.) as required; and +semantic information related to the document (header information, extended +beyond the Dublin core and easily further extended as required); the headers +may also contain processing instructions. +.B SiSU +markup is primarily an abstraction of document structure and document metadata +to permit taking advantage of the basic strengths of existing alternative +practical standard ways of representing documents [be that browser viewing, +paper publication, sql search etc.] (html, epub, xml, odf, latex, pdf, sql) + +.BR +- for output produces reasonably elegant output of established industry and +institutionally accepted open standard formats.[3] takes advantage of the +different strengths of various standard formats for representing documents, +amongst the output formats currently supported are: + +.BR +* +.I HTML +- both as a single scrollable text and a segmented document + +.BR +* +.I XHTML + +.BR +* +.I EPUB + +.BR +* +.I XML +- both in sax and dom style xml structures for further development as required + +.BR +* +.I ODT +- Open Document Format text, the iso standard for document storage + +.BR +* +.I LaTeX +- used to generate pdf + +.BR +* +.I PDF +(via +.I LaTeX +) + +.BR +* +.I SQL +- population of an sql database ( +.I PostgreSQL +or +.I SQLite +) , (at the same object level that is used to cite text within a document) + +.BR +Also produces: concordance files; document content certificates (md5 or sha256 +digests of headings, paragraphs, images etc.) and html manifests (and sitemaps +of content). (b) takes advantage of the strengths implicit in these very +different output types, (e.g. PDFs produced using typesetting of +.I LaTeX, +databases populated with documents at an individual object/paragraph level, +making possible +.I granular search +(and related possibilities)) + +.BR +- ensuring content can be cited in a meaningful way regardless of selected +output format. Online publishing (and publishing in multiple document formats) +lacks a useful way of citing text internally within documents (important to +academics generally and to lawyers) as page numbers are meaningless across +browsers and formats. sisu seeks to provide a common way of pinpoint the text +within a document, (which can be utilized for citation and by search engines). +The outputs share a common numbering system that is meaningful (to man and +machine) across all digital outputs whether paper, screen, or database +oriented, (pdf, +.I HTML, +.I EPUB, +xml, sqlite, postgresql) , this numbering system can be used to reference +content. + +.BR +- Granular search within documents. +.I SQL +databases are populated at an object level (roughly headings, paragraphs, +verse, tables) and become searchable with that degree of granularity, the +output information provides the object/paragraph numbers which are relevant +across all generated outputs; it is also possible to look at just the matching +paragraphs of the documents in the database; [output indexing also work well +with search indexing tools like hyperestraier]. + +.BR +- long term maintainability of document collections in a world of changing +formats, having a very sparsely marked-up source document base. there is a +considerable degree of future-proofing, output representations are +"upgradeable", and new document formats may be added. e.g. addition of odf +(open document text) module in 2006, epub in 2009 and in future html5 output +sometime in future, without modification of existing prepared texts + +.BR +* +.I SQL +search aside, documents are generated as required and static once generated. + +.BR +- documents produced are static files, and may be batch processed, this needs +to be done only once but may be repeated for various reasons as desired +(updated content, addition of new output formats, updated technology document +presentations/representations) + +.BR +- document source ( +.I plaintext +utf-8) if shared on the net may be used as input and processed locally to +produce the different document outputs + +.BR +- document source may be bundled together (automatically) with associated +documents (multiple language versions or master document with inclusions) and +images and sent as a zip file called a sisupod, if shared on the net these too +may be processed locally to produce the desired document outputs + +.BR +- generated document outputs may automatically be posted to remote sites. + +.BR +- for basic document generation, the only software dependency is +.B Ruby, +and a few standard Unix tools (this covers +.I plaintext, +.I HTML, +.I EPUB, +.I XML, +.I ODF, +.I LaTeX +) . To use a database you of course need that, and to convert the +.I LaTeX +generated to pdf, a latex processor like tetex or texlive. + +.BR +- as a developers tool it is flexible and extensible + +.BR +Syntax highlighting for +.B SiSU +markup is available for a number of text editors. + +.BR + +.B SiSU +is less about document layout than about finding a way with little markup to be +able to construct an abstract representation of a document that makes it +possible to produce multiple representations of it which may be rather +different from each other and used for different purposes, whether layout and +publishing, or search of content + +.BR +i.e. to be able to take advantage from this minimal preparation starting point +of some of the strengths of rather different established ways of representing +documents for different purposes, whether for search (relational database, or +indexed flat files generated for that purpose whether of complete documents, or +say of files made up of objects), online viewing (e.g. html, xml, pdf) , or +paper publication (e.g. pdf) ... + +.BR +the solution arrived at is by extracting structural information about the +document (about headings within the document) and by tracking objects (which +are serialized and also given hash values) in the manner described. It makes +possible representations that are quite different from those offered at +present. For example objects could be saved individually and identified by +their hashes, with an index of how the objects relate to each other to form a +document. +.TP +.BI *1. +square brackets + +.BR +.TP +.BI *2. +square brackets + +.BR +.TP +.BI +1. +square brackets + +.BR +.TP +.BI 1. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 2. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 3. +From sometime after SiSU 0.58 it should be possible to describe SiSU markup +using SiSU, which though not an original design goal is useful. + +.BR +.TP +.BI 4. +files should be prepared using UTF-8 character encoding + +.BR +.TP +.BI 5. +a footnote or endnote + +.BR +.TP +.BI 6. +self contained endnote marker & endnote in one + +.BR +.TP +.BI *. +unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote, insert multiple asterisks if required + +.BR +.TP +.BI **. +another unnumbered asterisk footnote/endnote + +.BR +.TP +.BI *3. +editors notes, numbered asterisk footnote/endnote series + +.BR +.TP +.BI +2. +editors notes, numbered plus symbol footnote/endnote series + +.BR +.TP +.BI 7. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 8. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 9. +Table from the Wealth of Networks by Yochai Benkler + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 10. +for which you may alternatively use the full form author: title: and year: + +.BR +.TP +.BI 11. +Quixote and Panza, Taming Windmills (1605), pp 1000 - 1001 also, Benkler, Wealth of Networks (2006), p 1 + +.BR +.TP +.BI 12. +SiSU has worked this way in the past, though this was dropped as it was +thought the complexity outweighed the flexibility, however, the balance was +rather fine and this behaviour could be reinstated. + +.BR +.TP +.BI 13. + + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 14. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 15. + + +.BR +.TP +.BI 16. +(which could be extended further with current back-end). As regards scaling +of the database, it is as scalable as the database (here Postgresql) and +hardware allow. + +.BR +.TP +.BI 17. +of this feature when demonstrated to an IBM software innovations evaluator +in 2004 he said to paraphrase: this could be of interest to us. We have large +document management systems, you can search hundreds of thousands of documents +and we can tell you which documents meet your search criteria, but there is no +way we can tell you without opening each document where within each your +matches are found. + +.BR + +.TP +.SH SEE ALSO + sisu(1), + sisu-epub(1), + sisu-harvest(1), + sisu-html(1), + sisu-odf(1), + sisu-pdf(1), + sisu-pg(1), + sisu-sqlite(1), + sisu-txt(1). + sisu_vim(7) +.TP +.SH HOMEPAGE + More information about SiSU can be found at or +.TP +.SH SOURCE + +.TP +.SH AUTHOR + SiSU is written by Ralph Amissah -- cgit v1.2.3