2 This is the README file for the Emacs Muse.
4 The terms "the Emacs Muse", "Emacs Muse", and "Muse" will be 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 Muse consists of two main parts: an enhanced text-mode for authoring
15 documents and navigating within Muse projects, and a set of publishing
16 styles for generating different kinds of output.
21 When you unpack the Muse tarball, you will find the source files for
22 Muse in the top level of the newly-created directory. The directory
23 structure is as follows.
25 contrib :: Files that are not a part of Muse proper, but are useful
26 enough to be bundled with Muse.
28 examples :: Example configuration files for use with Muse, as well as
29 a publishable quickstart guide.
31 experimental :: Source code that is not yet considered stable.
33 scripts :: Scripts that are used when publishing the QuickStart
34 document; they might prove useful if you want to automate
35 the building of Muse documents.
43 This is an optional step, since Emacs Lisp source code does not
44 necessarily have to be byte-compiled. It will yield a speed increase,
47 A working copy of Emacs or XEmacs is needed in order to compile the
48 Emacs Muse. By default, the program that is installed with the name
51 If you want to use the `xemacs' binary to perform the compilation, we
52 would need to do the following.
54 - Change the second line of `Makefile' and `examples/Makefile' to:
58 - Change the use of "--no-site-file" in `Makefile' to
61 It is hoped that these steps will be unnecessary in future Muse
67 Two things need to happen in order for Muse to be usable with your
68 version of Emacs or XEmacs.
70 1. The location of the Muse directory needs to be added to the load
71 path so that your variant of Emacs can find it.
73 2. You need to load whichever Muse files you wish to make use of.
75 A quick example that accomplishes both of these follows.
77 ;; Add this to your .emacs or .xemacs/init.el file.
78 (setq load-path (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/muse"))
84 The Muse manual may be generated by running `make doc'.
86 It will produce two files: an Info file called `muse.info' and an HTML
87 document called `muse.html'.
92 Type "make examples" to generate a quickstart guide for Muse. An HTML
93 document called QuickStart.html, an Info document called
94 QuickStart.info, and a PDF file called QuickStart.pdf will be created
95 in the `examples' directory.
97 If you do not have a working LaTeX installation with the proper fonts,
98 the PDF file will not be successfully generated.
100 To see the document that is interpreted in order to generate these
101 files, take a look at `examples/QuickStart'.
103 To view the generated Info document from within Emacs, try the
106 C-u M-x info RET /path/to/muse/examples/QuickStart.info
108 Further Documentation
109 =====================
111 Please consult http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/MuseMode to find
112 more information on bugs, unimplemented features, and user-contributed
115 A TexInfo document is distributed with Muse in the `muse.texi' file.
116 It is currently incomplete, but may still be of use.
118 A mailing list for Muse and some related software exists; consult
119 http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsWikiMailingList for details
120 on joining it or viewing its contents.