SiSU - SiSU information Structuring Universe - Manual [0.58],
Ralph Amissah

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What is SiSU?

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Extracts from man 8 sisu

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43. Post Installation Setup

43. Post Installation Setup

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43.1 Post Installation Setup - Quick start

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After installation of sisu-complete, move to the document samples directory,

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cd /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg

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[this is not where you would normally work but provides sample documents for testing, you may prefer instead to copy the contents of that directory to a local directory before proceeding]

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and in that directory, initialise the output directory with the command

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sisu -CC

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then run:

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sisu -1 free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst

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or the same:

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sisu -NhwpoabxXyv free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst

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look at output results, see the "sisu_manifest" page created for the document

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for an overview of your current sisu setup, type:

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sisu --help env

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or

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sisu -V

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To generate a document from a remote url accessible location move to a writable directory, (create a work directory and cd into it) as the file will be downloaded there and e.g.

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sisu -1 <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/gpl3.fsf/gpl3.fsf.sst>

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sisu -3 <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/free_culture.lawrence_lessig.sst>

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examine source document, vim has syntax highlighting support

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gvim free_as_in_freedom.rms_and_free_software.sam_williams.sst

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additional markup samples in

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<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/2.html>

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it should also be possible to run sisu against sisupods (prepared zip files, created by running the command sisu -S [filename]), whether stored locally or remotely.

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sisu -3 <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/sisupod.zip>

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there is a security issue associated with the running of document skins that are not your own, so these are turned of by default, and the use of the following command, which switches on the associated skin is not recommended:

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sisu -3 --trust <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/free_culture.lawrence_lessig/sisupod.zip>

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For help

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man sisu

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sisu --help

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sisu --help env for the way sisu "sees/maps" your system

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sisu --help commands for list of commands and so on

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43.2 Document markup directory

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Perhaps the easiest way to begin is to create a directory for sisu marked up documents within your home directory, and copy the file structure (and document samples) provided in the document sample directory:

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mkdir ~/sisu_test

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cd ~/sisu_test

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cp -a /usr/share/doc/sisu/sisu_markup_samples/dfsg/* ~/sisu_test/.

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Tip: the markup syntax examples may be of interest

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<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sample/>

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Tip:

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sisu -U [sisu markup filename]

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should printout the different possible outputs and where sisu would place them.

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Tip: if you want to toggle ansi color add

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c

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to your flags.

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43.2.1 Configuration files

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SiSU configuration file search path is:

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./_sisu/sisurc.yaml

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~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml

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/etc/sisu/sisurc.yaml

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.\"%% Debian Installation Note

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43.2.2 Debian INSTALLATION Note

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It is best you see

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<http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html#debian>

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for up the most up to date information.

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notes taken from the Debian control file (end edited), gives an idea of additional packages that SiSU can make use of if available, (the use/requirement of some of which are interdependent for specific actions by SiSU):

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Package: sisu

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SiSU is a lightweight markup based, command line oriented, document structuring, publishing and search framework for document collections.

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With minimal preparation of a plain-text, (UTF-8) file, using its native markup syntax in your text editor of choice, SiSU can generate various document formats (most of which share a common object numbering system for locating content), including plain text, HTML, XHTML, XML, OpenDocument text (ODF:ODT), LaTeX, PDF files, and populate an SQL database with objects (roughly paragraph-sized chunks) so searches may be performed and matches returned with that degree of granularity: your search criteria is met by these documents and at these locations within each document. Object numbering is particularly suitable for "published" works (finalized texts as opposed to works that are frequently changed or updated) for which it provides a fixed means of reference of content. Document outputs also share semantic meta-data provided.

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SiSU also provides concordance files, document content certificates and manifests of generated output.

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A vim syntax highlighting file and an ftplugin with folds for sisu markup is provided, as are syntax highlighting files for kate, kwrite, gedit and diakonos. Vim 7 includes syntax highlighting for SiSU.

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man pages, and interactive help are provided.

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Dependencies for various features are taken care of in sisu related packages. The package sisu-complete installs the whole of SiSU.

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Additional document markup samples are provided in the package sisu-markup-samples which is found in the non-free archive the licenses for the substantive content of the marked up documents provided is that provided by the author or original publisher.

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Homepage: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu>

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43.2.3 Document Resource Configuration

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sisu resource configuration information is obtained from sources (where they exist):

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~/.sisu/sisurc.yaml

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/etc/sisu/[sisu version]/sisurc.yaml

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sisu program defaults

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43.2.4 Skins

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Skins default document appearance may be modified using skins contained in sub-directories located at the following paths:

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./_sisu/skin

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~/.sisu/skin

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/etc/sisu/skin

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more specifically, the following locations (or their /etc/sisu equivalent) should be used:

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~/.sisu/skin/doc

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skins for individual documents;

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~/.sisu/skin/dir

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skins for directories of matching names;

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~/.sisu/skin/site

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site-wide skin modifying the site-wide appearance of documents.

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Usually all skin files are placed in the document skin directory:

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~/.sisu/skin/doc

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with softlinks being made to the skins contained there from other skin directories as required.

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Output generated by SiSU 0.59.0 2007-09-23 (2007w38/0)
SiSU Copyright ^© Ralph Amissah 1997, current 2007. All Rights Reserved.
SiSU is software for document structuring, publishing and search,
www.jus.uio.no/sisu and www.sisudoc.org
w3 since October 3 1993 ralph@amissah.com

SiSU using:
Standard SiSU markup syntax,
Standard SiSU meta-markup syntax, and the
Standard SiSU object citation numbering and system, (object/text positioning system)
Copyright ^© Ralph Amissah 1997, current 2007. All Rights Reserved.

SiSU is released under GPLv3 or later, <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

SiSU, developed using Ruby on Debian/Gnu/Linux software infrastructure, with the usual GPL (or OSS) suspects.
Better - "performance, reliability, scalability, security & total cost of ownership" [not to mention flexibility & choice] use of and adherence to open standards (where practical and fair) and it is software libre.
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