# ⛩️📰 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.
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
corresponding (allcaps) variable (e·g, set `MKDIR` to supply your own
`mkdir` implementation).
+- `awk`
- `cat`
- `cp`
+- `date`
- `echo`
- `file`
- `find`
+- `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable)
- `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`)
- `mv`
+- `od` (requires support for `-t x1`)
- `printf`
+- `rm`
- `sed`
+- `sleep`
+- `stat`
- `test`
- `touch`
- `tr` (requires support for `-d`)
- `uuencode` (requires support for `-m` and `-r`)
+- `xargs` (requires support for `-0`)
- `xmlcatalog` (provided by `libxml2`)
- `xmllint` (provided by `libxml2`)
- `xsltproc` (provided by `libxslt`)
- **`SRCDIR`:**
The location of the source files (default: `sources`).
+ Multiple source directories can be provided, so long as the same
+ file subpath doesn’t exist in more than one of them.
- **`INCLUDEDIR`:**
- The location of the source files (default: `sources/includes`).
+ The location of source includes (default: `sources/includes`).
This can be inside of `SRCDIR`, but needn’t be.
+ Multiple include directories can be provided, so long as the same
+ file subpath doesn’t exist in more than one of them.
- **`BUILDDIR`:**
The location of the (temporary) build directory (default: `build`).
+ `make clean` will delete this, and it is recommended that it not be
+ used for programs aside from ⛩️📰 书社.
- **`DESTDIR`:**
The location of directory to output files to (default: `public`).
+ `make install` will overwrite files in this directory which
+ correspond to those in `SRCDIR`.
+ It *will not* touch other files, including those generated from files
+ in `SRCDIR` which have since been deleted.
+
+ Files are first compiled to `$(BUILDDIR)/public` before they are
+ copied to `DESTDIR`, so this folder is relatively quick and
+ inexpensive to re·create.
+ It’s reasonable to simply delete it before every `make install` to
+ ensure stale content is removed.
- **`THISDIR`:**
The location of the ⛩️📰 书社 `GNUmakefile`.
- **`MAGICDIR`:**
The location of the magic files to use (default: `$(THISDIR)/magic`).
-- **`FINDOPTS`:**
- Options to pass to `find` when searching for source files (default:
- `-LE`).
-
- **`FINDRULES`:**
- Rules to use with `find` when searching for source files (default:
- `-flags -nohidden -and -not -name '.*'`).
+ 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, backslash, or pipe.
+
+- **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:**
+ Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default:
+ `$(FINDRULES)`).
- **`PARSERS`:**
A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default:
- `#!js` for `text/javascript` files
- `@charset "` for `text/css` files
- `#!tsv` for `text/tab-separated-values` files
+- `%%` for `text/record-jar` files (unregistered; see
+ [[draft-phillips-record-jar-01][]])
Text formats with associated X·S·L·T parsers are wrapped in a H·T·M·L
`<script>` element whose `@type` gives its media type, and then
Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T
parser are considered “assets” and will not be transformed.
-For compatibility with this program, source filenames should conform to
- the following rules :—
-
-- They should not start with a hyphen‐minus.
- This is to prevent confusion between filenames and options on the
- commandline.
-
-- They should not contain spaces, colons, percent signs, backticks,
- question marks, hashes, or backslashes.
-
-In general, filenames should be such that they do not require
- percent‐encoding in the path component of an i·r·i.
+**☡ For compatibility with this program, source file·names must not
+ contain Ascii white·space, colons (`:`), semis (`;`), pipes (`|`),
+ bucks (`$`), percents (`%`), hashes (`#`), asterisks (`*`), brackets
+ (`[` or `]`), erotemes (`?`), backslashes (`\`), or control
+ characters, and must not begin with a hyphen‐minus (`-`).**
+The former characters have the potential to conflict with make syntax,
+ and a leading hyphen‐minus is confusable for a command‐line argument.
## Parsers
⛩️📰 书社 comes with some parsers; namely :—
- **`parsers/plain.xslt`:**
- Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `<html:pre>` element.
+ Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `<html:pre class="plain">` element.
+
+- **`parsers/record-jar.xslt`:**
+ Converts `text/record-jar` contents into a
+ `<html:div class="record-jar">` of `<html:dl>` elements (one for
+ each record).
- **`parsers/tsv.xslt`:**
- Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an `<html:table>`
- element.
+ Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an
+ `<html:table class="tsv">` element.
-New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers should have a `<xslt:template>` element with no
- `@name` or `@mode` and whose `@match` attribute…
+New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an
+ `<xslt:template>` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose
+ `@match` attribute…
- Starts with an appropriately‐namespaced qualified name for a
`<html:script>` element.
```xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<transform
- xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
- xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
- version="1.0"
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+ xmlns:书社="urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4"
+ version="1.0"
>
- <template match="html:script[@type='text/plain']">
- <html:pre><value-of select="."/></html:pre>
- </template>
+ <书社:id>example:text/plain</书社:id>
+ <template match="html:script[@type='text/plain']">
+ <html:pre><value-of select="."/></html:pre>
+ </template>
</transform>
```
the set of allowed plaintext file types.
Multiple such `<xslt:template>` elements may be provided in a single
parser, for example if the parser supports multiple media types.
-
-It is **strongly recommended** that all templates in parsers other than
- those described above be namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`), to avoid
- conflicts between templates in multiple parsers.
+Alternatively, you can set the `@书社:supported-media-types` attribute
+ on the root element of the parser to override media type support
+ detection.
+
+Even when `@书社:supported-media-types` is set, it is a requirement
+ that each parser transform any `<html:script>` elements with a
+ `@type` which matches their registered types into something else.
+Otherwise the parser will be stuck in an endless loop.
+The result tree of applying the transform to the `<html:script>`
+ element will be reparsed (in case any new `<html:script>` elements
+ were added in its subtree), and a `@书社:parsed-by` attribute will be
+ added to each toplevel element in the result.
+The value of this attribute will be the value of the `<书社:id>`
+ toplevel element in the parser.
+
+It is possible for parsers to support zero plaintext types.
+This is useful when targeting specific dialects of X·M·L; parsers in
+ this sense operate on the same basic principles as transforms
+ (described below).
+The major distinction between X·M·L parsers and transforms is where in
+ the process the transformation happens:
+Parsers are applied *prior* to embedding (and can be used to generate
+ embeds); transforms are applied *after*.
+
+It is **strongly recommended** that auxillary templates in parsers be
+ namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible, to avoid
+ conflicts between parsers.
## Embedding
and update them accordingly; it will signal an error if the
dependencies are recursive.
+## Output Redirection
+
+By default, ⛩️📰 书社 installs files to the same location in `DESTDIR`
+ as they were placed in their `SRCDIR`.
+This behaviour can be customized by setting the `@书社:destination`
+ attribute on the root element, whose value can give a different path.
+This attribute is read after parsing, but before transformation (where
+ it is silently dropped).
+
## Transforms
Transforms are used to convert X·M·L files into their final output,
after all necessary parsing and embedding has taken place.
⛩️📰 书社 comes with some transforms; namely :—
+- **`transforms/attributes.xslt`:**
+ Applies transforms to the children of any `<书社:apply-attributes>`
+ elements, and then applies the attributes of the
+ `<书社:apply-attributes>` to each result child, replacing the
+ element with the result.
+ This is useful in combination with image embeds to apply alt‐text to
+ the resulting `<html:img>`.
+
- **`transforms/asset.xslt`:**
- Converts `<html:object type="text/css">` elements into corresponding
- `<html:link rel="stylesheet">` elements and
- `<html:object type="text/javascript">` elements into corresponding
- `<html:script>` elements.
- This transform enables embedding of `text/css` and `text/javascript`
- files, which ordinarily are considered assets (as they lack
- associated parsers).
+ Converts `<html:object>` elements which correspond to recognized
+ media types into the appropriate H·T·M·L elements, and deletes
+ `<html:style>` elements from the body of the document and moves
+ them to the head.
- **`transforms/metadata.xslt`:**
Provides basic `<html:head>` metadata.
- This metadata is generated from `<html:meta>` descendants of the
- first element with an `@itemscope` attribute (recommended to just
- be the root element).
- Such elements can provide metadata using the following `@itemprop`
- attributes :—
+ This metadata is generated from `<html:meta>` elements with one of
+ the following `@itemprop` attributes :—
- **`urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4:title`:**
Provides the title of the page.
+ ⛩️📰 书社 automatically encapsulates embeds so that their metadata
+ does not propogate up to the embedding document.
+ To undo this behaviour, remove the `@itemscope` and `@itemtype`
+ attributes from the embed during the transformation phase.
+
The following are recommendations on effective creation of
transforms :—
- Set `@exclude-result-prefixes` on the root `xslt:transform` element
to reduce the number of declared namespaces in the final result.
+## Global Params
+
+The following params are made available globally in parsers and
+ transforms :—
+
+- **`BUILDTIME`:**
+ The current time.
+
+- **`SRCREV`:**
+ The tag or hash of the current commit in the working directory (if
+ `GIT` is defined and `./.git` exists).
+
+- **`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 following params are only available in transforms :—
+
+- **`CATALOG`:**
+ The path of the catalog file (within `BUILDDIR`).
+
+- **`PATH`:**
+ The path of the output file (within `DESTDIR`).
+
## Output Wrapping
⛩️📰 书社 will wrap the final output of the transforms in appropriate
`<html:html>` and `<html:body>` elements, so it is not necessary for
transforms to do this explicitly.
-The `<html:head>` of the output will contain the result tree generated
- by matching the root node in the `书社:metadata` mode; the provided
- `transforms/metadata.xslt` transform uses this mode to generate basic
- metadata, but it is possible for other transforms to add their own.
+After performing the initial transform, ⛩️📰 书社 will match the root
+ node of the result in the following modes to fill in areas of the
+ wrapper :—
+
+- **`书社:header`:**
+ The result of matching in this mode is prepended into the
+ `<html:body>` of the output (before the transformation result).
+
+- **`书社:footer`:**
+ The result of matching in this mode is appended into the
+ `<html:body>` of the output (after the transformation result).
+
+- **`书社:metadata`:**
+ The result of matching in this mode is inserted into the
+ `<html:head>` of the output.
+
+In addition to being called with the transform result, each of these
+ modes will additionally be called with a `<xslt:include>` element
+ corresponding to each transform.
+If a transform has a `<书社:id>` top‐level element whose value is an
+ i·r·i, its `<xslt:include>` element will have a corresponding
+ `@书社:id` attribute.
+This mechanism can be used to allow transforms to insert content
+ without matching any elements in the result; for example, the
+ following transform adds a link to a stylesheet to the `<html:head>`
+ of every page :—
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<transform
+ xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+ xmlns:xslt="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
+ xmlns:书社="urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4"
+ exclude-result-prefixes="书社"
+ version="1.0"
+>
+ <书社:id>example:add-stylesheet-links.xslt</书社:id>
+ <template match="xslt:include[@书社:id='example:add-stylesheet-links.xslt']" mode="书社:metadata">
+ <html:link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style.css"/>
+ </template>
+</transform>
+```
+
+Output wrapping can be entirely disabled by adding a
+ `@书社:disable-output-wrapping` attribute to the top‐level element in
+ the result tree.
## License
Source files are licensed under the terms of the <cite>Mozilla Public
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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