X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shushe/blobdiff_plain/51a6b89322b4148793c40398443029bceac8a315..56637a1e803cab7a53a1259d1fa4b84513a1c5b1:/README.markdown diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 6870c4d..4c1f1d6 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -91,21 +91,26 @@ 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` - `cp` +- `date` - `echo` - `file` - `find` - `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`) @@ -115,16 +120,32 @@ 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`). + `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 `$(BUILDDIR)/public` before they are + copied to `DESTDIR`, so this folder is relatively quick and + inexpensive to re·create. + It’s reasonable to simply delete it before every `make install` to + ensure stale content is removed. - **`THISDIR`:** The location of the ⛩️📰 书社 `GNUmakefile`. @@ -136,13 +157,15 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour - **`MAGICDIR`:** The location of the magic files to use (default: `$(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 hidden files, those that start with a period or + hyphen‐minus, and those which contain a pipe, buck, percent, or + colon. + +- **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:** + Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default: + `$(FINDRULES)`). - **`PARSERS`:** A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default: @@ -184,18 +207,12 @@ Text formats with associated X·S·L·T parsers are wrapped in a H·T·M·L Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T parser are considered “assets” and will not be transformed. -For compatibility with this program, source filenames should conform to - the following rules :⁠— - -- They should not start with a hyphen‐minus. - This is to prevent confusion between filenames and options on the - commandline. - -- They should not contain spaces, colons, percent signs, backticks, - question marks, hashes, or backslashes. - -In general, filenames should be such that they do not require - percent‐encoding in the path component of an i·r·i. +**☡ For compatibility with this program, source filenames must not + contain Ascii whitespace, colons (`:`), pipes (`|`), bucks (`$`), + percents (`%`) 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 @@ -205,14 +222,20 @@ 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). - **`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 should have a `` element with no - `@name` or `@mode` and whose `@match` attribute… +New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an + `` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose + `@match` attribute… - Starts with an appropriately‐namespaced qualified name for a `` element. @@ -248,9 +271,16 @@ Alternatively, you can set the `@书社:supported-media-types` attribute on the root element of the parser to override media type support detection. -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. +Parsers can also target specific dialects of X·M·L, in which case they + 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 @@ -275,12 +305,29 @@ 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 @@ -289,7 +336,7 @@ Transforms are used to convert X·M·L files into their final output, - **`transforms/metadata.xslt`:** Provides basic `` metadata. - This metadata is generated from `` elements with one o. + This metadata is generated from `` elements with one of the following `@itemprop` attributes :⁠— - **`urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4:title`:** @@ -312,6 +359,11 @@ 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). + ## Output Wrapping ⛩️📰 书社 will wrap the final output of the transforms in appropriate @@ -337,7 +389,7 @@ 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