X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shushe/blobdiff_plain/c37b4d6b8b17a0e2b0f6a8edd54eec025eb9a9d7..dfa704e1220e80795f3e47907a4f1d800a6897c5:/README.markdown?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index b83d49e..37cc7f7 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Lady SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 --> -# ⛩️📰 书社 +# ⛩📰 书社 A make·file for X·M·L. -⛩️📰 书社 aims to make it easy to generate websites with +⛩📰 书社 aims to make it easy to generate websites with X·S·L·T and G·N·U Make. It is consequently only a good choice for people who like X·S·L·T and G·N·U Make and wish it were easier to make websites with them. @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already installed on your computer†. † Assuming an operating system with a fairly featureful, and - Posix‐compliant, development setup (e·g, macOS). + Posix‐compliant, development setup (e·g, Macintosh ≥ version 10.8). In fact, on Linux you will probably need to install a few programs: `libxml2-utils`, `xsltproc`, `sharutils`, and `pax`. @@ -45,29 +45,39 @@ In Japanese, it is an alternate spelling for やしろ, The name 书社 was chosen to play on this pun, as it is intended as a publishing program for webshrines. -In Ascii environments, ⛩️📰 书社 should be written `Shushe`, following +In Ascii environments, ⛩📰 书社 should be written `Shushe`, following the pinyin transliteration. ## Prerequisites -In most cases, ⛩️📰 书社 aims to require only functionality which is - present in all Posix‐compliant operating systems. +In most cases, ⛩📰 书社 aims to require only functionality which is + present in all Posix‐compliant (`POSIX.1-2001`) operating systems. There are a few exceptions. Details on particular programs are given below; if a program is not listed, it is assumed that any Posix‐compliant implementation will work. -### `date` - -This is a Posix utility, but ⛩️📰 书社 currently depends on - unspecified behaviour. -When the G·N·U version of `stat` is being used, then the G·N·U version - of `date` is also expected. +### `diff` + +This is a Posix utility, but ⛩📰 书社 depends on functionality + introduced after `POSIX.1-2001` (the `-u` option, introduced in + `POSIX.1-2008`). +Macintosh systems somewhat interestingly implement this option + correctly in legacy mode (`COMMAND_MODE=legacy`) but incorrectly by + default (despite claiming `POSIX.1-2008` conformance for this + utility). +[Note this erroneous comment claiming nanosecond & timezone are + extensions rather than standardized.][rdar-92753335] +Despite this, the default Macintosh implementation will still work with + ⛩📰 书社, with the caveat that the timestamp will only include a + fractional component when a Posix⹀compliant (e·g, Macintosh legacy or + G·N·U) implementation is used. ### `file` -This is a Posix utility, but ⛩️📰 书社 currently depends on - unspecified behaviour. +This is a Posix utility, but it was considered optional in + `POSIX.1-2001` (altho it was made mandatory in `POSIX.1-2008`) and + ⛩📰 书社 currently depends on unspecified behaviour. It requires support for the following additional options :⁠— - **`-C`**, when supplied with `-m`, must be useable to compile a @@ -95,43 +105,40 @@ To disable it, set `GIT=`. ### `make` -This is a Posix utility, but ⛩️📰 书社 currently depends on - unspecified behaviour. -⛩️📰 书社 requires specifically the G·N·U version of `make`, and +This is a Posix utility, but it is considered an optional Software + Development utility and ⛩📰 书社 currently depends on unspecified + behaviour. +⛩📰 书社 requires specifically the G·N·U version of `make`, and depends on functionality present in version 3.81 or later. It is not expected to work in previous versions, or with other implementations of Make. ### `pax` -This is a Posix utility, but not included in the Linux Standard Base or - installed by default in many distributions. -Only `ustar` format support is required. - -### `stat` - -This is not a Posix utility, and nor is it particularly portable. -To get around incompatibilities, ⛩️📰 书社 attempts to recognize G·N·U - `stat` by searching for the string `GNU` when invoked with the - `--version` option, and falls back to B·S·D behaviour otherwise. +This is a Posix utility, but it is not included in the Linux Standard + Base or installed by default in many distributions. +⛩📰 书社 only requires support for the `ustar` format. ### `uudecode` and `uuencode` -These are Posix utilities, but not included in the Linux Standard Base - or installed by default in many distributions. +These are Posix utilities, but they were considered optional in + `POSIX.1-2001` (altho they are made mandatory in `POSIX.1-2008`) and + they are not included in the Linux Standard Base or installed by + default in many distributions. The G·N·U [Sharutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/) package - can be installed to access them. + provides one implementation. ### `xmlcatalog` and `xmllint` These are not a Posix utilities. -They is a part of `libxml2`, but may need to be installed separately - (e·g by the name `libxml2-utils`). +They are a part of `libxml2`, but may need to be installed separately + on some platforms (e·g by the name `libxml2-utils`). ### `xsltproc` This is not a Posix utility. -It is a part of `libxslt`, but may need to be installed separately. +It is a part of `libxslt`, but may need to be installed separately on + some platforms. ## Basic Usage @@ -139,28 +146,28 @@ Place source files in `sources/` and run `make install` to compile the result to `public/`. Compilation involves the following steps :⁠— -1. ⛩️📰 书社 compiles all of the magic files in `magic/` into a single +1. ⛩📰 书社 compiles all of the magic files in `magic/` into a single file, `build/magic.mgc`. -2. ⛩️📰 书社 processes all of the parsers in `parsers/` and determines +2. ⛩📰 书社 processes all of the parsers in `parsers/` and determines the list of supported plaintext types. -3. ⛩️📰 书社 identifies all of the source files and includes and uses +3. ⛩📰 书社 identifies all of the source files and includes and uses `build/magic.mgc` to classify them by media type. -4. ⛩️📰 书社 parses all plaintext and X·M·L source files and includes +4. ⛩📰 书社 parses all plaintext and X·M·L source files and includes and then builds a dependency tree between them. -5. ⛩️📰 书社 uses the dependency tree to establish prerequisites for +5. ⛩📰 书社 uses the dependency tree to establish prerequisites for each output file. -6. ⛩️📰 书社 compiles each output file to `build/result`. +6. ⛩📰 书社 compiles each output file to `build/result`. -7. ⛩️📰 书社 copies most output files from `build/result` to +7. ⛩📰 书社 copies most output files from `build/result` to `build/public`, but it does some additional processing instead on those which indicate a non‐X·M·L desired final output form. -8. ⛩️📰 书社 copies the final resulting files to `public`. +8. ⛩📰 书社 copies the final resulting files to `public`. You can use `make list` to list each identified source file or include alongside its computed type and dependencies. @@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ As this is a Make‐based program, steps will only be run if the ## Name·spaces -The ⛩️📰 书社 name·space is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`. +The ⛩📰 书社 name·space is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`. This document uses a few name·space prefixes, with the following meanings :⁠— @@ -188,23 +195,23 @@ This document uses a few name·space prefixes, with the following ## Setup and Configuration -⛩️📰 书社 depends on the following programs to run. +⛩📰 书社 depends on the following programs to run. 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` +- `cd` - `cksum` - `cp` - `date` -- `echo` +- `diff` - `file` - `find` - `git` (optional; set `GIT=` to disable) - `grep` - `ln` -- `ls` - `mkdir` - `mv` - `od` @@ -213,7 +220,6 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the - `rm` - `sed` - `sleep` -- `stat` (BSD *or* GNU) - `test` - `touch` - `tr` @@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the - `xsltproc` (provided by `libxslt`) The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour - of ⛩️📰 书社 :⁠— + of ⛩📰 书社 :⁠— - **`SRCDIR`:** The location of the source files (default: `sources`). @@ -241,7 +247,7 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour - **`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. + used for programs aside from ⛩📰 书社. - **`DESTDIR`:** The location of directory to output files to (default: `public`). @@ -257,10 +263,10 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour ensure stale content is removed. - **`THISDIR`:** - The location of the ⛩️📰 书社 `GNUmakefile`. + The location of the ⛩📰 书社 `GNUmakefile`. This should be set automatically when calling Make and shouldn’t ever need to be set manually. - This variable is used to find the ⛩️📰 书社 `lib/` folder, which is + This variable is used to find the ⛩📰 书社 `lib/` folder, which is expected to be in the same location. - **`MAGIC`:** @@ -277,6 +283,8 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour those which end with a cloparen, and those which contain a hash, buck, percent, asterisk, colon, semi, eroteme, bracket, backslash, or pipe. + It is important that these rules not produce any output, as anything + printed to `stdout` will be considered a result of the find. - **`EXTRAFINDRULES`:** The value of this variable is appended to `FINDRULES` by default, to @@ -308,17 +316,31 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour 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`). + A white·space‐separated list of media types or media type suffixes to + consider X·M·L (default: `application/xml text/xml +xml`). + +- **`FINALIZE`:** + A program to run on (unspecial) X·M·L files after they are + transformed (default: `xmllint --nonet --nsclean`). + This variable can be used for postprocessing. - **`THISREV`:** - The current version of ⛩️📰 书社 (default: derived from the current + 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). +- **`QUIET`:** + If this variable has a value, informative messages will not be + printed (default: empty). + Informative messages print to stderr, not stdout, so disabling them + usually shouldn’t be necessary. + This does not (cannot) disable messages from Make itself, for which + the `-s`, `--silent` ∕ `--quiet` Make option is more likely to be + useful. + - **`VERBOSE`:** If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be printed when it runs (default: empty). @@ -351,21 +373,19 @@ Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T 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 (`-`), must not end - with a cloparen (`)`), and must not contain quoted braces (`"{` or - `}"`).** + 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, a + a leading hyphen‐minus is confusable for a commandline 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), - and quoted braces are used internally by the program. + 3.81](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17148468/capturing-filenames-including-parentheses-with-gnu-makes-wildcard-function#comment24825307_17148894). ## Parsers Parsers are used to convert plaintext files into X·M·L trees, as well as convert plaintext formats which are already included inline in existing source X·M·L documents. -⛩️📰 书社 comes with some parsers; namely :⁠— +⛩📰 书社 comes with some parsers; namely :⁠— - **`parsers/plain.xslt`:** Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `` element. @@ -378,7 +398,7 @@ Parsers are used to convert plaintext files into X·M·L trees, as well Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an `` element. -New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an +New ⛩📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an `` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose `@match` attribute… @@ -410,7 +430,7 @@ For example, the trivial `text/plain` parser is defined as follows :⁠— ``` -⛩️📰 书社 will scan the provided parsers for this pattern to determine +⛩📰 书社 will scan the provided parsers for this pattern to determine the set of allowed plaintext file types. Multiple such `` elements may be provided in a single parser, for example if the parser supports multiple media types. @@ -444,23 +464,27 @@ It is **strongly recommended** that auxillary templates in parsers be ### Attributes added during parsing -⛩️📰 书社 will add a few attributes to the output of the parsing step, - namely :⁠— +⛩📰 书社 will add a few attributes to elements which result from + parsing plaintext `` elements. +These include :⁠— -- A `@书社:cksum` attribute on toplevel result elements, giving the - `cksum` checksum of the corresponding source file. +- 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.) -- For the elements which result from parsing plaintext `` - elements :⁠— +- A `@书社:media-type` attribute, giving the identified media type of + the plaintext node. - - 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.) +## Output Redirection - - A `@书社:media-type` attribute, giving the identified media type of - the plaintext node. +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). ## Embedding @@ -483,24 +507,40 @@ Embed replacements will be given a `@书社:identifier` attribute whose Embedding takes place after parsing but before transformation, so parsers are able to generate their own embeds. -⛩️📰 书社 is able to detect the transitive embed dependencies of files +⛩📰 书社 is able to detect the transitive embed dependencies of files and update them accordingly; it will signal an error if the dependencies are recursive. -## Output Redirection +### Attributes added during expansion -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). +⛩📰 书社 will add a few attributes to toplevel result elements, both + in the main document and any embedded documents, during the expansion + phase prior to the main transformation. +These include :⁠— + +- A `@书社:cksum` attribute giving the `cksum` checksum of the + corresponding source file. + +- A `@书社:mtime` attribute giving the last modified time of the + corresponding source file. + +- A `@书社:identifier` attribute giving the ⛩📰 书社 identifier + (i·e, starting with `about:shushe?`) of the corresponding source + file. + +- For elements in the `html` namespace, an `itemscope` attribute and an + `itemtype` attribute with a value of + `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4:document` (for the main + document) or `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4:embed` (for + embedded documents). + These attributes are used to scope any nested `` elements + with `@itemprop` attributes to their containing documents. ## 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 :⁠— +⛩📰 书社 comes with some transforms; namely :⁠— - **`transforms/asset.xslt`:** Converts `` elements which correspond to recognized @@ -516,7 +556,7 @@ 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 H·T·M·L embeds so that their + ⛩📰 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. @@ -538,8 +578,8 @@ Transforms are used to convert X·M·L files into their final output, name·space. Multiple prefixes may be provided, separated by white·space. - When it comes to name·spaces used internally by ⛩️📰 书社, the - prefix used by ⛩️📰 书社 may be declared _in addition to_ the + When it comes to name·spaces used internally by ⛩📰 书社, the + prefix used by ⛩📰 书社 may be declared _in addition to_ the prefix(es) used in the source document(s). It is not possible to selectively only declare one prefix for a name·space to the exclusion of others. @@ -568,37 +608,29 @@ The following params are made available globally in parsers and - **`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 + 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 -⛩️📰 书社 will wrap the final output of the transforms in appropriate - `` and `` elements, so it is not necessary for - transforms to do this explicitly. -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 +Provided at least one toplevel result element belongs to the H·T·M·L + namespace, ⛩📰 书社 will wrap the final output of the transforms in + appropriate `` and `` elements, so it is not + necessary for transforms to do this explicitly. +If a toplevel result element _is_ a `` and `` + element, it will be merged with the one that ⛩📰 书社 creates. +Consequently, wrapping the result in a `` element can be + used to enable wrapping for non‐H·T·M·L content, when desired. + +As a part of this process, after performing the initial transform + ⛩📰 书社 will match in the following modes to fill in areas of the wrapper :⁠— - **`书社:header`:** @@ -613,16 +645,13 @@ After performing the initial transform, ⛩️📰 书社 will match the root The result of matching in this mode is inserted into the `` of the output. -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 - `@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 `` - of every page :⁠— +The document being matched will contain the full transform result + prior to wrapping as well as an `<书社:id>` element for each + transform. +The latter elements can be matched to enable transforms to provide + content _without_ matching any elements in the result; for example, + the following transform adds a link to a stylesheet to the + `` of every page :⁠— ```xml @@ -635,7 +664,7 @@ This mechanism can be used to allow transforms to insert content version="1.0" > <书社:id>example:add-stylesheet-links.xslt -