2 This is the README file for Emacs Muse.
4 The terms "Emacs Muse", and "Muse" are used interchangeably throughout
5 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 The directory structure is as follows.
23 etc :: Miscellaneous files like the emacs-wiki migration guide, the
24 list of ideas for the future, and a RelaxNG schema for Muse XML.
26 contrib :: Files that are not a part of Muse proper, but are useful
27 enough to be bundled with Muse.
29 examples :: Example configuration files for use with Muse, a
30 publishable quickstart guide, and miscellaneous helper stuff.
32 experimental :: Source code that is not yet considered stable.
34 lisp :: Muse source code.
36 scripts :: Scripts that are used when compiling Muse and publishing
37 the QuickStart document; they might prove useful if you want to
38 automate the building of Muse documents.
40 texi :: The manual (muse.texi) and any supplemental sections.
48 You need either Emacs (21.1 or greater), XEmacs (21.4 or greater), or
49 SXEmacs (warning: Muse has not been tested with SXEmacs). The current
50 maintainer recommend using Emacs.
55 This is an optional step, since Emacs Lisp source code does not
56 necessarily have to be byte-compiled. It will yield a speed increase,
59 A working copy of Emacs or XEmacs is needed in order to compile the
60 Emacs Muse. By default, the program that is installed with the name
63 If you want to use the `xemacs' binary to perform the compilation, you
64 would need to edit `Makefile.defs' in the top-level directory as
65 follows. You can put either a full path to an Emacs or XEmacs binary
66 or just the command name, as long as it is in the PATH.
69 SITEFLAG = -no-site-file
71 Running `make' should compile the Muse source files in the `lisp'
77 Muse may be installed into your file hierarchy by doing the following.
79 Edit the `Makefile.defs' file so that ELISPDIR points to where you
80 want the source and compiled Muse files to be installed and INFODIR
81 indicates where to put the Muse manual. Of course, you will want to
82 edit EMACS and SITEFLAG as shown in the Compilation section if you are
85 If you are installing Muse on a Debian or Ubuntu system, you might
86 want to change the value of INSTALLINFO as specified in
89 If you wish to install Muse to different locations than the defaults
90 specify, edit `Makefile.defs' accordingly.
92 Run `make' as a normal user.
94 Run `make install' as the root user if you have chosen installation
95 locations that require this.
100 Two things need to happen in order for Muse to be usable with your
101 version of Emacs or XEmacs.
103 1. The location of the Muse directory needs to be added to the load
104 path so that your variant of Emacs can find it.
106 2. You need to load whichever Muse files you wish to make use of.
108 A quick example that accomplishes both of these follows.
110 ;; Add this to your .emacs or .xemacs/init.el file.
111 (setq load-path (add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/muse"))
113 (require 'muse-publish)
114 (require 'muse-html) ;; and so on
119 The Muse manual may be generated by running `make doc'.
121 It will produce two files: an Info file called `muse.info' and an HTML
122 document called `muse.html'. Both of these will be created in the
125 This manual is also available online in several forms.
127 - PDF: http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse.pdf
128 - HTML (single file): http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse.html
129 - HTML (multiple files): http://www.mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/
134 Type "make examples" to generate a quickstart guide for Muse. An HTML
135 document called QuickStart.html, an Info document called
136 QuickStart.info, and a PDF file called QuickStart.pdf will be created
137 in the `examples' directory.
139 If you do not have a working LaTeX installation with the proper fonts,
140 the PDF file will not be successfully generated.
142 To see the document that is interpreted in order to generate these
143 files, take a look at `examples/QuickStart.muse'.
145 To view the generated Info document from within Emacs, try the
148 C-u M-x info RET /path/to/muse/examples/QuickStart.info RET
150 Further Documentation
151 =====================
153 Please consult http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsMuse to find
154 more information on bugs, unimplemented features, and user-contributed
157 The current maintainer's webpage for Muse is at
158 http://www.mwolson.org/projects/EmacsMuse.html.
163 Mailing lists for Muse exist.
166 Low-traffic list for Muse-related announcements.
168 You can join this mailing list (muse-el-announce@gna.org)
169 using the subscription form at
170 http://mail.gna.org/listinfo/muse-el-announce/.
172 This mailing list is also available via Gmane (http://gmane.org/).
174 gmane.emacs.muse.announce.
177 Discussion, bugfixes, suggestions, tips, and the like for Muse.
178 This mailing list also includes the content of muse-el-announce.
180 You can join this mailing list (muse-el-discuss@gna.org)
181 using the subscription form at
182 http://mail.gna.org/listinfo/muse-el-discuss/.
184 This mailing list is also available via Gmane with the identifier
185 gmane.emacs.muse.general.
188 Log messages for commits made to Muse.
190 You can join this mailing list (muse-el-logs@gna.org) using
191 the subscription form at
192 http://mail.gna.org/listinfo/muse-el-logs/.
194 This mailing list is also available via Gmane with the identifier
195 gmane.emacs.muse.scm.
198 Generated bug reports for Emacs Muse. If you use our bug-tracker at
199 https://gna.org/bugs/?group=muse-el, the bug reports will be sent to
200 this list automatically.
202 You can join this mailing list (muse-el-commits@gna.org) using
203 the subscription form at
204 http://mail.gna.org/listinfo/muse-el-commits/.
206 This mailing list is also available via Gmane with the identifier
207 gmane.emacs.muse.cvs.
212 Emacs Muse is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
213 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
214 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
217 Emacs Muse is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
218 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
219 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
220 General Public License for more details.
222 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
223 along with Emacs Muse; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
224 Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
225 Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
227 The Muse manual is available under the terms of the GNU Free
228 Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by
229 the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, and with the
230 Front-Cover texts and Back-Cover Texts as specified in the manual. A
231 copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free
232 Documentation License" in the Muse manual. All Emacs Lisp code
233 contained in the manual may be used, distributed, and modified without
236 The PNG images included in the examples/ directory may be used,
237 distributed, and modified without restriction.