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## Name

sisu - package to install what sisu needs to generate pdf (latex to pdf dependency component)

## Synopsis

sisu -pv [filename/wildcard ] SISU - PDF, RALPH AMISSAH

1. SISU PDF

1.1 NAME

SiSU - Structured information, Serialized Units - a document publishing system.

1.2 DESCRIPTION

Information creating pdf output with sisu (and related to the sisu_pdf dependency package, which is a dummy package to install dependencies needed for SiSU to generate pdfs (primarily related to LaTeX), sisu_pdf being part of SiSU - man sisu).

SiSU generates LaTeX which is converted by LaTeX tools to pdf.

1.3 SYNOPSIS

sisu -pv [filename/wildcard]

1.4 COMMANDS

sisu -pv [filename/wildcard]
  creates two pdf documents: vertical (portrait.pdf) and; horizontal (landscape.pdf). SiSU generates LaTeX output which is converted to pdf if the appropriate LaTeX dependencies are met on the system.

sisu -pv --papersize-a4 [filename/wildcard]
  overrides the default papersize set to A4. Preset alternative sizes include: ’A4’, U.S. ’letter’ and ’legal’ and book sizes ’A5’ and ’B5’ (system defaults to A4).

1.5 SETTING PAPER

SIZE

The paper-size may be set to any of the following sizes: ’A4’, U.S. ’letter’ and ’legal’ and book sizes: ’A5’ and ’B5’

1. The preset default if not otherwise given in the configuration file or elsewhere is A4.

2. The default paper size may be set in the configuration file sisurc.yml. See sisu_configuration:

      #% papersize, (LaTeX/pdf) current values A4, US_letter, book_b5, book_a5,
    US_legal
      default:
        papersize:    ’A4’

3. Paper size may be set in a document header:

      @papersize: (A4|US_letter|book_B5|book_A5|US_legal)

4. or provided with additional command line parameter, e.g.

sisu -pv --papersize-a4 [filename/wildcard]

DOCUMENT INFORMATION (METADATA)

METADATA

Document Manifest @ <http://sisudoc.org/sisu_manual/sisu_pdf/sisu_manifest.html >

Dublin Core (DC)

DC tags included with this document are provided here.

DC Title: SiSU - PDF

DC Creator: Ralph Amissah

DC Rights: Copyright (C) Ralph Amissah 2007, part of SiSU documentation, License GPL 3

DC Type: information

DC Date created: 2002-08-28

DC Date issued: 2002-08-28

DC Date available: 2002-08-28

DC Date modified: 2007-09-16

DC Date: 2007-09-16

Version Information

Sourcefile: sisu_pdf.sst

Filetype: SiSU text 0.58

Sourcefile Digest, MD5(sisu_pdf.sst)= bed13854370b5daf1b1541527e8946b7

Skin_Digest: MD5(skin_sisu_manual.rb)= 20fc43cf3eb6590bc3399a1aef65c5a9

Generated

Document (metaverse) last generated: Sat Sep 29 17:05:37

+0100 2007

Generated by: SiSU 0.59.1 of 2007w39/2 (2007-09-25)

Ruby version: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-06-07 patchlevel 36) [i486-linux]

Other versions of this document:
manifest: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_pdf/sisu_manifest.html >
html: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_pdf/toc.html >
pdf: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_pdf/portrait.pdf >
pdf: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu/sisu_pdf/landscape.pdf >
at: <http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu >
* Generated by: SiSU 0.59.1 of 2007w39/2 (2007-09-25)
* Ruby version: ruby 1.8.6 (2007-06-07 patchlevel 36) [i486-linux]
* Last Generated on: Sat Sep 29 17:05:39 +0100 2007
* SiSU http://www.jus.uio.no/sisu

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