https://github.com/rufuspollock-okfn/textus

A toolbox and web application for working with and presenting textual material from Shakespeare to Schopenhauer, and letters to literature.
https://github.com/rufuspollock-okfn/textus

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A toolbox and web application for working with and presenting textual material from Shakespeare to Schopenhauer, and letters to literature.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rufuspollock-okfn/textus
• Owner: rufuspollock-okfn
• License: mit
• Created: 2011-10-16T17:35:13.000Z (about 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: gh-pages
• Last Pushed: 2015-03-22T02:08:49.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-17T16:19:10.464Z (6 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: http://okfnlabs.org/textus/
• Size: 13.6 MB
• Stars: 149
• Watchers: 33
• Forks: 17
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
[Textus][] is an open-source platform for presenting and working with cultural

and historical texts.

**As of March 2013 Textus is undergoing a substantial refactor into smaller components. Please see the [website for details][Textus].**

[Textus]: http://okfnlabs.org/textus/

Textus represents the evolution of more than 6 years of software development,

building as it does on the OpenShakspeare platform (which powered

http://openshakespeare.org from 2005 until 2011) and the OpenCorrespondence

system (which powered http://opencorrespondence.org since 2009).

## Components

The Textus Platform is now being refactored composed of 4 separate components:

* [Textus Formatter][formatter] - this tool converts standard text formats to the Textus

  format

* [Textus Viewer][viewer] - this is a pure Javascript + HTML app that displays a text in

  Textus Format

* [Textus Wordpress][wordpress] - a plugin that uses the other Textus tools to turn

  Wordpress into a platform for hosting, presenting and collaborating on

  cultural texts

* [Textus API][api-component] - create an API for texts in Textus format

Note these components are under **active development** as of December 2013.

[formatter]: https://github.com/okfn/textus-formatter

[viewer]: https://github.com/okfn/textus-viewer

[wordpress]: http://github.com/okfn/textus-wordpress

[api-component]: http://github.com/okfn/textus-api

## Quick getting started guide

This is the version on beta.openphilosophy.org:

+ Install Node.js and NPM (Node Package Manager) and ElasticSearch

+ Configure and run an ElasticSearch server, making note of the connection protocol, port and host.

+ In a shell:

	* `git clone git://github.com/okfn/textus.git`

	* `cd textus`

	* `npm install`

	* `node src/server.js --help`

+ Call `node src/server.js` with appropriate options (see the message returned from the help option)

+ Point your web browser at localhost on whatever port you've configured for Textus (defaults to 8080 if not specified).

## Copyright and License

Copyright 2011-2013 Open Knowledge Foundation

Licensed under the [MIT License]:

A copy of the license can be found in the LICENSE file

[MIT License]: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php