% SiSU insert 2.0

@title: SiSU
 :subtitle: Skins

@creator:
 :author: Amissah, Ralph

@rights:
 :copyright: Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3

@classify:
 :type: information
 :topic_register: electronic documents:SiSU:document:skins;SiSU:manual:skins;electronic documents:SiSU:manual:skins;SiSU:document:skins;SiSU:document:skins
 :subject: ebook, epublishing, electronic book, electronic publishing, electronic document, electronic citation, data structure, citation systems, search

% used_by: sisu_manual.ssm SiSU.ssm

@date:
 :published: 2007-09-16
 :created: 2002-11-12
 :issued: 2002-11-12
 :available: 2002-11-12
 :modified: 2011-02-07

@make:
 :num_top: 1
 :breaks: new=C; break=1
 :skin: skin_sisu_manual
 :bold: /Gnu|Debian|Ruby|SiSU/

@links:
 { SiSU Homepage }http://www.sisudoc.org/
 { SiSU Manual }http://www.sisudoc.org/sisu/sisu_manual/
 { Book Samples & Markup Examples }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/examples.html
 { SiSU Download }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/download.html
 { SiSU Changelog }http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/SiSU/changelog.html
 { SiSU Git repo }http://git.sisudoc.org/?p=code/sisu.git;a=summary
 { SiSU List Archives }http://lists.sisudoc.org/pipermail/sisu/
 { SiSU @ Debian }http://packages.qa.debian.org/s/sisu.html
 { SiSU Project @ Debian }http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=sisu@lists.sisudoc.org
 { SiSU @ Wikipedia }http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiSU

:A~? @title @creator

:B~? Document Skins - configuration

1~skins Skins

% .SH "SKINS \- document, directory and site skins"

Skins modify the default appearance of document output on a document, directory, or site wide basis. Skins are looked for in the following locations:

_1 ./_sisu/skin

_1 ~/.sisu/skin

_1 /etc/sisu/skin

!_ Within the skin directory
are the following the default sub-directories for document skins:

_1 ./skin/doc

_1 ./skin/dir

_1 ./skin/site

A skin is placed in the appropriate directory and the file named skin_[name].rb

The skin itself is a ruby file which modifies the default appearances set in the program.

2~ Document Skin

Documents take on a document skin, if the header of the document specifies a skin to be used.

code{

@skin: skin_united_nations

}code

2~ Directory Skin

A directory may be mapped on to a particular skin, so all documents within that directory take on a particular appearance. If a skin exists in the skin/dir with the same name as the document directory, it will automatically be used for each of the documents in that directory, (except where a document specifies the use of another skin, in the skin/doc directory).

A personal habit is to place all skins within the doc directory, and symbolic links as needed from the site, or dir directories as required.

2~ Site Skin

A site skin, modifies the program default skin.

2~ Sample Skins

With SiSU installed sample skins may be found in:

_1 /etc/sisu/skin/doc and /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples/samples/_sisu/skin/doc

(or equivalent directory) and if sisu-markup-samples is installed also under:

_1 /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples-non-free/samples/_sisu/skin/doc

Samples of list.yml and promo.yml (which are used to create the right column list) may be found in:

_1 /usr/share/doc/sisu/markup-samples-non-free/samples/_sisu/skin/yml (or equivalent directory)

