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# ⛩️📰 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 +22,15 @@ 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
@@ -93,12 +106,14 @@ In every case, you may supply your own implementation by overriding the
- `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`)
@@ -155,31 +170,62 @@ 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/*`).
+
+- **`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.
- 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.
+ 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:
`$(THISDIR)/transforms/*.xslt`).
+- **`EXTRATRANSFORMS`:**
+ The value of this variable is appended to `TRANSFORMS` by default, to
+ enable additional transforms without overriding the existing ones.
+
- **`XMLTYPES`:**
A white·space‐separated list of media types to consider X·M·L
(default: `application/xml text/xml`).
+- **`THISREV`:**
+ The current version of ⛩️📰 书社 (default: derived from the current
+ git tag/branch/commit).
+
+- **`SRCREV`:**
+ The current version of the source files (default: derived from the
+ current git tag/branch/commit).
+
- **`VERBOSE`:**
If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be
printed when it runs (default: empty).
@@ -212,9 +258,12 @@ Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T
contain Ascii white·space, colons (`:`), semis (`;`), pipes (`|`),
bucks (`$`), percents (`%`), hashes (`#`), asterisks (`*`), brackets
(`[` or `]`), erotemes (`?`), backslashes (`\`), or control
- characters, and must not begin with a hyphen‐minus (`-`).**
+ 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,
- 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
@@ -224,16 +273,15 @@ 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
@@ -299,6 +347,26 @@ 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>`
@@ -315,6 +383,8 @@ 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.
@@ -337,14 +407,6 @@ 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
@@ -359,8 +421,8 @@ 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.
@@ -384,16 +446,21 @@ 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
+ `about:shushe`).
+
- **`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`:**
- The tag or hash of the current commit in `THISDIR` (if `GIT` is
- defined and `$(THISDIR)/.git` exists).
+- **`THISREV`:**
+ The value of the `THISREV` variable (if present).
The following params are only available in transforms :—
@@ -455,11 +522,36 @@ 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
-Source files are licensed under the terms of the Mozilla Public
- License, version 2.0.
-For more information, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
+This repository conforms to [REUSE][].
+
+Most source files are licensed under the terms of the Mozilla
+ Public License, version 2.0.
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+[REUSE]:
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