--- author: - Robert Alessi title: 'The ekdosis package – README file' --- Overview ======== `ekdosis` is a LuaLaTeX package designed for multilingual critical editions. It can be used to typeset texts and different layers of critical notes in any direction accepted by LuaTeX. Texts can be arranged in running paragraphs or on facing pages, in any number of columns which in turn can be synchronized or not. In addition to printed texts, `ekdosis` can convert `.tex` source files so as to produce `TEI xml`-compliant critical editions. Database-driven encoding under LaTeX then allows extraction of texts entered segment by segment according to various criteria: main edited text, variant readings, translations or annotated borrowings between texts. It is published under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3. License and Disclamer ===================== ekdosis – Typesetting TEI xml-Compliant Critical Editions Copyright ⓒ 2020--2021 Robert Alessi Please send error reports and suggestions for improvements to Robert Alessi: - email: - website: - comments, feature requests, bug reports: - mailing list, support: [[mailing list archives](http://www.robertalessi.net/pipermail/ekdosis/)] This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . This release of ekdosis consists of the following source files: - `ekdosis.dtx` - `ekdosis.ins` - `ekdosis.el` - `Makefile` License Applicable to the Documentation --------------------------------------- Copyright ⓒ 2020--2021 Robert Alessi The documentation file `ekdosis.pdf` that is generated from the `ekdosis.dtx` source file is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, as follows:--- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. Installation ============ 1. Run `'latex ekdosis.ins'` to produce the `ekdosis.sty` and `ekdosis.lua` files. 2. To finish the installation you have to move the `ekdosis.sty` and `ekdosis.lua` files into a directory where LaTeX can find them. See the FAQ on `texfaq.org` at for more on this. Development, Git Repository =========================== Browse the Code --------------- You can browse ekdosis repository on the web: From this page, you can download all the releases of `ekdosis`. For instructions on how to install `ekdosis`, please see above. Comments, Feature Requests, Bug Reports --------------------------------------- Download the Repository ----------------------- `ekdosis` development is facilitated by git, a distributed version control system. You will need to install git (most GNU/Linux distributions package it in their repositories). Use this command to download the repository git clone http://git.robertalessi.net/ekdosis A new directory named ekdosis will have been created, containing `ekdosis`. Git Hosting ----------- Make an account on and navigate (while logged in) to . Click *Fork* and you will have in your account your own repository of `ekdosis` where you will be able to make whatever changes you like to.