2 This is the README file for the Emacs Muse.
4 The terms "the Emacs Muse", "Emacs Muse", and "Muse" are used
5 interchangeably throughout this document to refer to this software.
10 Emacs Muse is an authoring and publishing environment for Emacs. It
11 simplifies the process of writings documents and publishing them to
12 various output formats.
14 Emacs Muse consists of two main parts: an enhanced text-mode for
15 authoring documents and navigating within Muse projects, and a set of
16 publishing styles for generating different kinds of output.
21 Emacs Muse is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
22 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
23 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
26 Emacs Muse is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
27 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
28 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
29 General Public License for more details.
31 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
32 along with Emacs Muse; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
33 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
34 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
39 The directory structure is as follows.
41 The manual (muse.texi) is in the top-level directory.
43 contrib :: Files that are not a part of Muse proper, but are useful
44 enough to be bundled with Muse.
46 examples :: Example configuration files for use with Muse, a
47 publishable quickstart guide, and miscellaneous helper
50 experimental :: Source code that is not yet considered stable.
52 lisp :: Muse source code.
54 scripts :: Scripts that are used when compiling Muse and publishing
55 the QuickStart document; they might prove useful if you
56 want to automate the building of Muse documents.
64 This is an optional step, since Emacs Lisp source code does not
65 necessarily have to be byte-compiled. It will yield a speed increase,
68 A working copy of Emacs or XEmacs is needed in order to compile the
69 Emacs Muse. By default, the program that is installed with the name
72 If you want to use the `xemacs' binary to perform the compilation, you
73 would need to edit `Makefile.defs' in the top-level directory as
74 follows. You can put either a full path to an Emacs or XEmacs binary
75 or just the command name, as long as it is in the PATH.
78 SITEFLAG = -no-site-file
80 Running `make' should compile the Muse source files in the `lisp'
86 Muse may be installed into your file hierarchy by doing the following.
88 Edit the `Makefile.defs' file so that ELISPDIR points to where you
89 want the source and compiled Muse files to be installed and INFODIR
90 indicates where to put the Muse manual. Of course, you will want to
91 edit EMACS and SITEFLAG as shown in the Compilation section if you are
94 If you are installing Muse on a Debian or Ubuntu system, you might
95 want to change the value of INSTALLINFO as specified in
98 If you wish to install Muse to different locations than the defaults
99 specify, edit `Makefile.defs' accordingly.
101 Run `make' as a normal user.
103 Run `make install' as the root user if you have chosen installation
104 locations that require this.
109 Two things need to happen in order for Muse to be usable with your
110 version of Emacs or XEmacs.
112 1. The location of the Muse directory needs to be added to the load
113 path so that your variant of Emacs can find it.
115 2. You need to load whichever Muse files you wish to make use of.
117 A quick example that accomplishes both of these follows.
119 ;; Add this to your .emacs or .xemacs/init.el file.
120 (setq load-path (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/muse"))
126 The Muse manual may be generated by running `make doc'.
128 It will produce two files: an Info file called `muse.info' and an HTML
129 document called `muse.html'.
131 This manual is also available online in several forms.
133 - PDF: http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse.pdf
134 - HTML (single file): http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse.html
135 - HTML (multiple files): http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/
140 Type "make examples" to generate a quickstart guide for Muse. An HTML
141 document called QuickStart.html, an Info document called
142 QuickStart.info, and a PDF file called QuickStart.pdf will be created
143 in the `examples' directory.
145 If you do not have a working LaTeX installation with the proper fonts,
146 the PDF file will not be successfully generated.
148 To see the document that is interpreted in order to generate these
149 files, take a look at `examples/QuickStart.muse'.
151 To view the generated Info document from within Emacs, try the
154 C-u M-x info RET /path/to/muse/examples/QuickStart.info RET
156 Further Documentation
157 =====================
159 Please consult http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/MuseMode to find
160 more information on bugs, unimplemented features, and user-contributed
163 The current maintainer's website is at
164 http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html.
166 A mailing list for Muse and some related software exists; consult
167 http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsWikiMailingList for details
168 on joining it or viewing its contents.