Pipe id function instead of calling in subshell

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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # ⛩️📰 书社
 
 # ⛩️📰 书社
 

-<b>An X·S·L·T‐based static site generator.</b>
+<b>A make·file for X·M·L.</b>

 
 <dfn>⛩️📰 书社</dfn> aims to make it easy to generate websites with
   X·S·L·T and G·N·U Make.
 
 <dfn>⛩️📰 书社</dfn> aims to make it easy to generate websites with
   X·S·L·T and G·N·U Make.


@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ It makes things easier by :⁠—
 
 It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already
   installed on your computer.
 
 It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already
   installed on your computer.

+(On Linux machines, you may need to install `libxml2-utils` to get the
+  commandline programs from `libxml2`.)
+
+**Note:**
+⛩️📰 书社 requires functionality present in G·N·U Make 3.81 (or later)
+  and will not work in previous versions, or other implementations of
+  Make.
+Compatibility with later versions of G·N·U Make is assumed, but not
+  tested.

 
 ## Nomenclature
 
 
 ## Nomenclature
 


@@ -99,6 +108,7 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the
 - `file`
 - `find`
 - `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable)
 - `file`
 - `find`
 - `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable)

+- `ln`

 - `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`)
 - `mv`
 - `od` (requires support for `-t x1`)
 - `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`)
 - `mv`
 - `od` (requires support for `-t x1`)


@@ -155,31 +165,65 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour
   This variable is used to find the ⛩️📰 书社 `lib/` folder, which is
     expected to be in the same location.
 
   This variable is used to find the ⛩️📰 书社 `lib/` folder, which is
     expected to be in the same location.
 

-- **`MAGICDIR`:**
-  The location of the magic files to use (default: `$(THISDIR)/magic`).
+- **`MAGIC`:**
+  A white·space‐separated list of magic files to use (default:
+    `$(THISDIR)/magic/*`).
+
+- **`EXTRAMAGIC`:**
+  The value of this variable is appended to `MAGIC` by default, to
+    enable additional magic files without overriding the existing ones.

 
 - **`FINDRULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for source files.
 
 - **`FINDRULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for source files.

-  The default ignores files that start with a period or hyphen‐minus
-    and those which contain a hash, buck, percent, asterisk, colon,
-    semi, eroteme, bracket, or pipe.
+  The default ignores files that start with a period or hyphen‐minus,
+    those which end with a cloparen, and those which contain a hash,
+    buck, percent, asterisk, colon, semi, eroteme, bracket, backslash,
+    or pipe.
+
+- **`EXTRAFINDRULES`:**
+  The value of this variable is appended to `FINDRULES` by default, to
+    enable additional rules without overriding the existing ones.

 
 - **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default:
     `$(FINDRULES)`).
 
 
 - **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default:
     `$(FINDRULES)`).
 

+- **`EXTRAFINDINCLUDERULES`:**
+  The value of this variable is appended to `FINDINCLUDERULES` by
+    default, to enable additional rules without overriding the existing
+    ones.
+

 - **`PARSERS`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default:
     `$(THISDIR)/parsers/*.xslt`).
 
 - **`PARSERS`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default:
     `$(THISDIR)/parsers/*.xslt`).
 

+- **`EXTRAPARSERS`:**
+  The value of this variable is appended to `PARSERS` by default, to
+    enable additional parsers without overriding the existing ones.
+

 - **`TRANSFORMS`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of transforms to use (default:
     `$(THISDIR)/transforms/*.xslt`).
 
 - **`TRANSFORMS`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of transforms to use (default:
     `$(THISDIR)/transforms/*.xslt`).
 

+- **`EXTRATRANSFORMS`:**
+  The value of this variable is appended to `TRANSFORMS` by default, to
+    enable additional transforms without overriding the existing ones.
+

 - **`XMLTYPES`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of media types to consider X·M·L
     (default: `application/xml text/xml`).
 
 - **`XMLTYPES`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of media types to consider X·M·L
     (default: `application/xml text/xml`).
 

+- **`GENERATOR`:**
+  The name of the generator program (default: `⛩️📰 书社`).
+
+- **`VERSION`:**
+  The current version of `GENERATOR` (default: derived from the current
+    git tag/branch/commit).
+
+- **`SRCREV`:**
+  The current version of the source files (default: derived from the
+    current git tag/branch/commit).
+

 - **`VERBOSE`:**
   If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be
     printed when it runs (default: empty).
 - **`VERBOSE`:**
   If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be
     printed when it runs (default: empty).


@@ -211,10 +255,13 @@ Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T
 **☡ For compatibility with this program, source file·names must not
   contain Ascii white·space, colons (`:`), semis (`;`), pipes (`|`),
   bucks (`$`), percents (`%`), hashes (`#`), asterisks (`*`), brackets
 **☡ For compatibility with this program, source file·names must not
   contain Ascii white·space, colons (`:`), semis (`;`), pipes (`|`),
   bucks (`$`), percents (`%`), hashes (`#`), asterisks (`*`), brackets

-  (`[` or `]`), erotemes (`?`), or control characters, and must not
-  begin with a hyphen‐minus (`-`).**
+  (`[` or `]`), erotemes (`?`), backslashes (`\`), or control
+  characters, must not begin with a hyphen‐minus (`-`), and must not
+  end with a cloparen (`)`).**

 The former characters have the potential to conflict with make syntax,
 The former characters have the potential to conflict with make syntax,

-  and a leading hyphen‐minus is confusable for a command‐line argument.
+  a leading hyphen‐minus is confusable for a command‐line argument, and
+  a trailing cloparen [activates a bug in G·N·U Make
+  3.81](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17148468/capturing-filenames-including-parentheses-with-gnu-makes-wildcard-function#comment24825307_17148894).

 
 ## Parsers
 
 
 ## Parsers
 


@@ -384,16 +431,17 @@ The following params are made available globally in parsers and
 - **`BUILDTIME`:**
   The current time.
 
 - **`BUILDTIME`:**
   The current time.
 

+- **`GENERATOR`:**
+  The value of the `GENERATOR` variable (if present).
+

 - **`SRCREV`:**
 - **`SRCREV`:**

-  The tag or hash of the current commit in the working directory (if
-    `GIT` is defined and `./.git` exists).
+  The value of the `SRCREV` variable (if present).

 
 - **`SRCTIME`:**
   The time at which the source file was last modified.
 
 - **`VERSION`:**
 
 - **`SRCTIME`:**
   The time at which the source file was last modified.
 
 - **`VERSION`:**

-  The tag or hash of the current commit in `THISDIR` (if `GIT` is
-    defined and `$(THISDIR)/.git` exists).
+  The value of the `VERSION` variable (if present).

 
 The following params are only available in transforms :⁠—
 
 
 The following params are only available in transforms :⁠—
 


@@ -462,4 +510,4 @@ Source files are licensed under the terms of the <cite>Mozilla Public
   License, version 2.0</cite>.
 For more information, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
 
   License, version 2.0</cite>.
 For more information, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
 

-[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-phillips-record-jar-01>
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+[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-phillips-record-jar-01>