X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Shushe/blobdiff_plain/c6779bb65edc0232b3dbac696a001a89770c5e65..7774c4b6785613043477b9b05216762e680385fd:/README.markdown?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown index 0941b52..e99255b 100644 --- a/README.markdown +++ b/README.markdown @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ + # ⛩️📰 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. @@ -17,7 +21,28 @@ It makes things easier by :⁠— - Enabling easy inclusion of source files within each other. It aims to do this with zero dependencies beyond the programs already - installed on your computer. + installed on your computer†. + +† The only non‐Posix programs‡ required are those provided by `libxml2` + and `libxslt` (which most operating systems provide), but on Linux + machines the commandline utilities may need to be installed + separately as **`libxml2-utils`** and **`xsltproc`**. +Additionally, not all Linux distributions bundle all necessary Posix + programs; on Debian (for example) you may need to separately install + **`sharutils`** for `uudecode` and `uuencode` and **`pax`** for + archiving. + +‡ This make·file also currently depends on non‐Posix `stat` but + attempts to handle both the G·N·U and B·S·D variants. +It expects `xargs` to accept a `-0` option, which, while widely + supported, is not a part of the Posix standard. + +**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 @@ -60,9 +85,13 @@ Compilation involves the following steps :⁠— 5. ⛩️📰 书社 uses the dependency tree to establish prerequisites for each output file. -6. ⛩️📰 书社 compiles each output file to `build/public`. +6. ⛩️📰 书社 compiles each output file to `build/result`. -7. ⛩️📰 书社 copies the output files to `public`. +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`. You can use `make list` to list each identified source file or include alongside its computed type and dependencies. @@ -70,19 +99,23 @@ As this is a Make‐based program, steps will only be run if the corresponding buildfile or output file is older than its prerequisites. -## Namespaces +## Name·spaces -The ⛩️📰 书社 namespace is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`. +The ⛩️📰 书社 name·space is `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4`. -This document uses a few namespace prefixes, with the following +This document uses a few name·space prefixes, with the following meanings :⁠— -| Prefix | Expansion | -| -------: | :----------------------------------------- | -| `html:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml` | -| `xlink:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink` | -| `xslt:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform` | -| `书社:` | `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4` | +| Prefix | Expansion | +| ---------: | :-------------------------------------------- | +| `catalog:` | `urn:oasis:names:tc:entity:xmlns:xml:catalog` | +| `exsl:` | `http://exslt.org/common` | +| `exslstr:` | `http://exslt.org/strings` | +| `html:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml` | +| `svg:` | `http://www.w3.org/2000/svg` | +| `xlink:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink` | +| `xslt:` | `http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform` | +| `书社:` | `urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4` | ## Setup and Configuration @@ -93,24 +126,29 @@ 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) -- `mkdir` (requires support for `-p`) +- `grep` +- `ln` +- `mkdir` - `mv` -- `od` (requires support for `-t x1`) +- `od` +- `pax` (only when generating archives) - `printf` - `rm` - `sed` - `sleep` -- `stat` +- `stat` (BSD *or* GNU) - `test` - `touch` -- `tr` (requires support for `-d`) -- `uuencode` (requires support for `-m` and `-r`) +- `tr` +- `uuencode` +- `uudecode` - `xargs` (requires support for `-0`) - `xmlcatalog` (provided by `libxml2`) - `xmllint` (provided by `libxml2`) @@ -155,31 +193,62 @@ 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: `$(THISDIR)/transforms/*.xslt`). +- **`EXTRATRANSFORMS`:** + The value of this variable is appended to `TRANSFORMS` by default, to + enable additional transforms without overriding the existing ones. + - **`XMLTYPES`:** A white·space‐separated list of media types to consider X·M·L (default: `application/xml text/xml`). +- **`THISREV`:** + The current version of ⛩️📰 书社 (default: derived from the current + git tag/branch/commit). + +- **`SRCREV`:** + The current version of the source files (default: derived from the + current git tag/branch/commit). + - **`VERBOSE`:** If this variable has a value, every recipe instruction will be printed when it runs (default: empty). @@ -212,9 +281,12 @@ Source files whose media type does not have an associated X·S·L·T contain Ascii white·space, colons (`:`), semis (`;`), pipes (`|`), bucks (`$`), 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 @@ -224,22 +296,21 @@ 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 `@match` attribute… -- Starts with an appropriately‐namespaced qualified name for a +- Starts with an appropriately‐name·spaced qualified name for a `` element. - Follows this with the string `[@type=`. @@ -296,9 +367,29 @@ 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 + name·spaced (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 +406,8 @@ 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 +430,6 @@ 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 @@ -359,11 +444,38 @@ 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. +- **`transforms/serialization.xslt`:** + Replaces `<书社:serialize-xml>` elements with the (escaped) + serialized X·M·L of their contents. + This replacement happens during the application phase, after most + other transformations have taken place. + + If a `@with-namespaces` attribute is provided, any name·space nodes + on the toplevel serialized elements whose U·R·I’s correspond to the + definitions of the provided prefixes, as defined for the + `<书社:serialize-xml>` element, will be declared using name·space + attributes on the serialized elements. + Otherwise, only name·space nodes which _differ_ from the definitions + on the `<书社:serialize-xml>` element will be declared. + The string `#default` may be used to represent the default + 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 + 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. + + `<书社:raw-output>` elements may be used inside of + `<书社:serialize-xml>` elements to inject raw output into the + serialized X·M·L. + The following are recommendations on effective creation of transforms :⁠— @@ -371,10 +483,10 @@ The following are recommendations on effective creation of It is likely an error if two transforms have templates which match the same element (unless the templates have different priority). -- Namespace templates (with `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible. +- Name·space templates (with `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible. - Set `@exclude-result-prefixes` on the root `xslt:transform` element - to reduce the number of declared namespaces in the final result. + to reduce the number of declared name·spaces in the final result. ## Global Params @@ -384,16 +496,21 @@ 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 +572,62 @@ 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. +It will not be performed on outputs whose root elements are + `<书社:archive>`, `<书社:base64-binary>`, or `<书社:raw-text>` + (described below). + +## 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:` name·space, 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`. + +## Other Kinds of Output + +There are a few special elements in the `书社:` name·space which, if + they appear as the toplevel element in a transformation result, cause + ⛩️📰 书社 to produce something other than an X·M·L file. +They are :⁠— + +- **`<书社:archive>`:** + Each child element with a `@书社:archived-as` attribute will be + archived as a separate file in a resulting tarball (this attribute + gives the file name). + These elements will be processed the same as the root elements of any + other file (e·g, they will be wrapped; they can themselves specify + non X·M·L output types, ⁊·c). + Other child elements will be ignored. + +- **`<书社:base64-binary>`:** + The text nodes in the transformation result will, after removing all + Ascii whitespace, be treated as a Base·64 string, which is then + decoded. + +- **`<书社:raw-text>`:** + A plaintext (U·T·F‐8) file will be produced from the text nodes in + the transformation result. ## 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. -[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: \ No newline at end of file +[REUSE]: +[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: