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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 26 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 94 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | README.Skribe | 69 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | TODO | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 10 |
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@@ -2,6 +2,32 @@ # arch-tag: automatic-ChangeLog--skribilo@sv.gnu.org--2006/skribilo--devo--1.2 # +2007-06-11 16:01:23 GMT Ludovic Court`es <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr> patch-114 + + Summary: + Updated the top-level documentation files. + Revision: + skribilo--devo--1.2--patch-114 + + * configure.ac: Changed the bug report address to + `skribilo-users@nongnu.org'. + + new files: + .arch-ids/README.id .arch-ids/TODO.id README TODO + + modified files: + ChangeLog configure.ac + + renamed files: + .arch-ids/README.id + ==> .arch-ids/README.Skribe.id + README + ==> README.Skribe + + new patches: + lcourtes@laas.fr--2006-libre/skribilo--devo--1.2--patch-73 + + 2007-06-11 16:00:19 GMT Ludovic Court`es <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr> patch-113 Summary: @@ -1,69 +1,79 @@ -What is Skribe -************** +Skribilo +======== -Skribe is programming language design for the production of electronic -documents. With Skribe one can: - - - Produce HTML web pages. - - Produce PS files. - - ... +Skribilo is a document authoring system allowing users to produce +documents in a variety of formats (HTML, PostScript, PDF, XML, etc.) +from a single source document, while still retaining fine-grain control +over the output. -One may also: +Beside rudimentary features provided by the `base' package, Skribilo +provides packages for the production of colored program source code, +bibliographies, pie charts, mathematical equations, and more. - - Translate Texinfo files into HTML. +Skribilo is based on the Scheme programming language and is highly +extensible: it is easy to define new documentation primitives (called +"markups") and their rendering in each output format. - - re-use BibTex bibliography databases. +Skribilo's core is written in mostly-portable Scheme (i.e., uses +standard APIs such as SRFIs rather than Guile-specific APIs whenever +that is possible), making it intelligible and hackable for most Scheme +programmers. +For more information, see: -Obtaining Skribe -**************** + http://www.nongnu.org/skribilo/ -New versions of Skribe may downloaded from: - ftp://ftp-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Skribe +Requirements +............ +You need at least: -Skribe distrubtion -****************** + * GNU Guile >= 1.8.x + http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/ -The Skribe distribution consists of several directories: + * Guile-Reader >= 0.3 + http://www.nongnu.org/guile-reader/ - INSTALL installation instructions. + * Guile-Lib (any version) + http://home.gna.org/guile-lib/ - Makefile the Makefile to compile Skribe. +Optionally, you may want to install one of the following document layout +programs to produce PS/PDF files: - README this document. + * Lout + http://lout.sourceforge.net/ - README.java specific information regarding the JVM port of Skribe. + * LaTeX + http://www.latex-project.org/ - etc private directory. + * ConTeXt + http://www.pragma-ade.nl/ - bin the directory where binary files are compiled to. +Optionally, to produce pie charts, you may want to use: - lib the directory where Skribe libraries are compiled to. + * Ploticus + http://ploticus.sourceforge.net/ - configure configuration driver script. - - emacs Skribe emacs mode. +This is it! - examples Various example of Skribe texts. - doc the Skribe sources for Skribe manuals. +History +....... - src the Scheme source code for Skribe. +Skribilo is based on the Skribe code base, written by Manuel Serrano and +Erick Gallesio. See `README.Skribe' for the original Skribe `README' +file, or visit: - skr the Skribe source code for the Skribe engines and styles. + http://www-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Skribe/ - tools the Bigloo source code for the Texi->Skribe and BibTex->Skribe - compilers. +I am thankful to them for implementing Skribe! -Acknowledgements -**************** +June 2007, +Ludovic Courtès <ludo@chbouib.org>. -We thank all the people who helped me while writing Skribe. My first -though goes to Frederic Boussinot who's the first pre-alpha-tester of -Skribe always volunteering for new testing new features ;-) I then -thanks all the people that send me fixes, suggestions and -improvements, that is, all the people that appear in the ChangeLog -file. Many thanks to all of you. +;;; Local Variables: +;;; mode: text +;;; coding: utf-8 +;;; End: diff --git a/README.Skribe b/README.Skribe new file mode 100644 index 0000000..db68b22 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.Skribe @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +What is Skribe +************** + +Skribe is programming language design for the production of electronic +documents. With Skribe one can: + + - Produce HTML web pages. + - Produce PS files. + - ... + +One may also: + + - Translate Texinfo files into HTML. + + - re-use BibTex bibliography databases. + + +Obtaining Skribe +**************** + +New versions of Skribe may downloaded from: + + ftp://ftp-sop.inria.fr/mimosa/fp/Skribe + + +Skribe distrubtion +****************** + +The Skribe distribution consists of several directories: + + INSTALL installation instructions. + + Makefile the Makefile to compile Skribe. + + README this document. + + README.java specific information regarding the JVM port of Skribe. + + etc private directory. + + bin the directory where binary files are compiled to. + + lib the directory where Skribe libraries are compiled to. + + configure configuration driver script. + + emacs Skribe emacs mode. + + examples Various example of Skribe texts. + + doc the Skribe sources for Skribe manuals. + + src the Scheme source code for Skribe. + + skr the Skribe source code for the Skribe engines and styles. + + tools the Bigloo source code for the Texi->Skribe and BibTex->Skribe + compilers. + + +Acknowledgements +**************** + +We thank all the people who helped me while writing Skribe. My first +though goes to Frederic Boussinot who's the first pre-alpha-tester of +Skribe always volunteering for new testing new features ;-) I then +thanks all the people that send me fixes, suggestions and +improvements, that is, all the people that appear in the ChangeLog +file. Many thanks to all of you. @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +-*- Outline -*- + +* Important Items (Release Blockers) + +** Have both a Skribe compat module and a "native" +In `(skribilo module)', it should be possible to create either a Skribe +compatibility module that pulls all the compatibility bindings, or a +Skribilo "native" module, with fewer bindings. This should translate +into a `--compat=XXX' command-line option. + +** Update the documentation, remove Skribe legacy stuff +** Have a PS/PDF version of the documentation (preferably using Lout) +** Remove calls to `skribe-error', use SRFI-35 exceptions +** Fix the HTML engine for `html-left-margin' +Left margin doesn't display well when CSS is being used. + + +* Longer-Term Items + +** Add a `if-engine' markup to avoid hacks with `engine-format?' +Expressions like `(if (engine-format? "lout") xxx yyy)' are wrong, +because they look at the value of `*current-engine*' rather than the +engine actually used during resolution and output. + +** Write an Info engine based on Scribe's one +** Write an XHTML engine +** Write a nice GUI based on Andy's STexi browser +** Render equations using MathML when rendering to HTML +** Add stand-alone tools +Such as `skribilo-to-bibtex', `bibtex-to-skribilo', etc. +** Provide better internationalization + diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 52f0b7b..21a73fc 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script. AC_PREREQ(2.59) -AC_INIT(skribilo, 1.2, ludovic.courtes@laas.fr) +AC_INIT(skribilo, 1.2, skribilo-users@nongnu.org) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(skribilo, 1.2) AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/guile/skribilo/reader.scm]) @@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ GUILE_MODULE_REQUIRED([system reader]) GUILE_MODULE_REQUIRED([srfi srfi-35]) # Look for Lout. -AC_PATH_PROG([LOUT], [lout], [not-found]) -AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LOUT], [test "x$LOUT" != "xnot-found"]) +AC_PATH_PROG([LOUT], [lout]) +AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_LOUT], [test "x$LOUT" != "x"]) # Look for Ploticus. -AC_PATH_PROGS([PLOTICUS], [ploticus pl], [not-found]) -AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PLOTICUS], [test "x$PLOTICUS" != "xnot-found"]) +AC_PATH_PROGS([PLOTICUS], [ploticus pl]) +AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PLOTICUS], [test "x$PLOTICUS" != "x"]) AC_SUBST([SKRIBILO_DOC_DIR], ["$datadir/doc/skribilo"]) |