X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shushe/blobdiff_plain/2d4cbd1e2235a49728ca6ccb5a73c15fb34736d6..b2cc96f23ec5a34e75775f0431236597d1db02b0:/README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 28b8b46..f6a0864 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # ⛩️📰 书社 -An X·S·L·T‐based static site generator. +A make·file for X·M·L. ⛩️📰 书社 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. +(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 @@ -91,14 +100,19 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the corresponding (allcaps) variable (e·g, set `MKDIR` to supply your own `mkdir` implementation). +- `awk` - `cat` +- `cksum` - `cp` - `date` - `echo` - `file` - `find` +- `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable) +- `ln` - `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`) - `mv` +- `od` (requires support for `-t x1`) - `printf` - `rm` - `sed` @@ -108,6 +122,7 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the - `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`) @@ -117,10 +132,14 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour - **`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`). @@ -147,29 +166,62 @@ 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. -- **`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/*`). -- **`FINDOPTS`:** - Options to pass to `find` when searching for source files (default: - `-LE`). +- **`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 (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, + 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: + `$(FINDRULES)`). + +- **`EXTRAFINDINCLUDERULES`:** + The value of this variable is appended to `FINDINCLUDERULES` by + default, to enable additional rules without overriding the existing + ones. - **`PARSERS`:** A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default: `$(THISDIR)/parsers/*.xslt`). +- **`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: `$(THISDIR)/transforms/*.xslt`). +- **`EXTRATRANSFORMS`:** + The value of this variable is appended to `TRANSFORMS` by default, to + enable additional transforms without overriding the existing ones. + - **`XMLTYPES`:** A white·space‐separated list of media types to consider X·M·L (default: `application/xml text/xml`). +- **`THISREV`:** + The current version of ⛩️📰 书社 (default: derived from the current + git tag/branch/commit). + +- **`SRCREV`:** + The current version of the source files (default: derived from the + current git tag/branch/commit). + - **`VERBOSE`:** If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be printed when it runs (default: empty). @@ -198,11 +250,16 @@ Text formats with associated X·S·L·T parsers are wrapped in a H·T·M·L Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T parser are considered “assets” and will not be transformed. -For compatibility with this program, source filenames should not - contain Ascii whitespace or any of the following Ascii characters: - ``!"#$%&()-:<>?\^`{|}``. -These characters are either invalid in u·r·i’s or conflict with aspects - of the Make or commandline syntax. +**☡ 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, 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, + 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 @@ -212,16 +269,15 @@ Parsers are used to convert plaintext files into X·M·L trees, as well ⛩️📰 书社 comes with some parsers; namely :⁠— - **`parsers/plain.xslt`:** - Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `` element. + Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `` element. - **`parsers/record-jar.xslt`:** - Converts `text/record-jar` contents into a - `` of `` elements (one for - each record). + Converts `text/record-jar` contents into a `` of + `` elements (one for each record). - **`parsers/tsv.xslt`:** - Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an - `` element. + Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an `` + element. New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an `` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose @@ -245,8 +301,10 @@ For example, the trivial `text/plain` parser is defined as follows :⁠— + <书社:id>example:text/plain @@ -261,8 +319,21 @@ Alternatively, you can set the `@书社:supported-media-types` attribute on the root element of the parser to override media type support detection. -Parsers can also target specific dialects of X·M·L, in which case they - operate on the same basic principles as transforms (described below). +Even when `@书社:supported-media-types` is set, it is a requirement + that each parser transform any `` 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 `` + element will be reparsed (in case any new `` 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 @@ -272,6 +343,26 @@ It is **strongly recommended** that auxillary templates in parsers be namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible, to avoid conflicts between parsers. +### Attributes added during parsing + +⛩️📰 书社 will add a few attributes to the output of the parsing step, + namely :⁠— + +- A `@书社:cksum` attribute on toplevel result elements, giving the + `cksum` checksum of the corresponding source file. + +- For the elements which result from parsing plaintext `` + elements :⁠— + + - A `@书社:parsed-by` attribute, giving a space‐separated list of + parsers which parsed the node. + (Generally, this will be a list of one, but it is possible for the + result of a parse to be another plaintext node, which may be + parsed by a different parser.) + + - A `@书社:media-type` attribute, giving the identified media type of + the plaintext node. + ## Embedding Documents can be embedded in other documents using a `<书社:link>` @@ -288,6 +379,8 @@ Embeds are replaced with the parsed contents of a file, unless the file is an asset, in which case an `` element is produced instead (with the contents of the asset file provided as a base64 `data:` u·r·i). +Embed replacements will be given a `@书社:identifier` attribute whose + value will match the `@xlink:href` of the embed. Embedding takes place after parsing but before transformation, so parsers are able to generate their own embeds. @@ -295,20 +388,21 @@ Embedding takes place after parsing but before transformation, so 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 ``. - - **`transforms/asset.xslt`:** Converts `` elements which correspond to recognized media types into the appropriate H·T·M·L elements, and deletes @@ -323,8 +417,8 @@ Transforms are used to convert X·M·L files into their final output, - **`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. + ⛩️📰 书社 automatically encapsulates H·T·M·L 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. @@ -340,10 +434,37 @@ The following are recommendations on effective creation of - Set `@exclude-result-prefixes` on the root `xslt:transform` element to reduce the number of declared namespaces in the final result. -The params `$buildtime`, `$srctime`, and `$path` are available within - transforms and are initialized to the current time, the time that the - source file was last modified, and the path of the output file within - $(DESTDIR). +## Global Params + +The following params are made available globally in parsers and + transforms :⁠— + +- **`BUILDTIME`:** + The current time. + +- **`CKSUM`:** + The checksum of the source file (⅌ `cksum`). + +- **`IDENTIFIER`:** + The ⛩️📰 书社 identifier of the source file (a u·r·i beginning with + `about:shushe`). + +- **`SRCREV`:** + The value of the `SRCREV` variable (if present). + +- **`SRCTIME`:** + The time at which the source file was last modified. + +- **`THISREV`:** + The value of the `THISREV` variable (if present). + +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 @@ -370,7 +491,7 @@ In addition to being called with the transform result, each of these modes will additionally be called with a `` element corresponding to each transform. If a transform has a `<书社:id>` top‐level element whose value is an - i·r·i, its `` element will have a corresponding + i·r·i, its `` 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 @@ -397,6 +518,29 @@ This mechanism can be used to allow transforms to insert content Output wrapping can be entirely disabled by adding a `@书社:disable-output-wrapping` attribute to the top‐level element in the result tree. +This attribute will also prevent wrapping non‐H·T·M·L embeds with an + ``. + +## Applying Attributes + +The `<书社:apply-attributes>` element will apply any attributes on the + element to the element(s) it wraps. +It is especially useful in combination with embeds. + +The `<书社:apply-attributes-to-root>` element will apply any attributes + on the element to the root node of the final transformation result. +It is especially useful in combination with output wrapping. + +In both cases, attributes from various sources are combined with + white·space between them. +Attribute application takes place after all ordinary transforms have + completed. + +Both elements ignore attributes in the `xml:` namespace, except for + `@xml:lang`, which ignores all but the first definition (including + any already present on the root element). +On H·T·M·L and S·V·G elements, `@lang` has the same behaviour as + `@xml:lang`. ## License @@ -404,4 +548,4 @@ Source files are licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public License, version 2.0. For more information, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE). -[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: \ No newline at end of file +[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: