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@@ -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`.
@@ -138,12 +159,20 @@ The following additional variables can be used to control the behaviour
 
 - **`FINDOPTS`:**
   Options to pass to `find` when searching for source files (default:
-    `-LE`).
+    `-PE`).
 
 - **`FINDRULES`:**
   Rules to use with `find` when searching for source files (default:
     `-flags -nohidden -and -not -name '.*'`).
 
+- **`FINDINCLUDEOPTS`:**
+  Options to pass to `find` when searching for includes (default:
+    `$(FINDOPTS)`).
+
+- **`FINDINCLUDERULES`:**
+  Rules to use with `find` when searching for includes (default:
+    `$(FINDRULES)`).
+
 - **`PARSERS`:**
   A white·space‐separated list of parsers to use (default:
     `$(THISDIR)/parsers/*.xslt`).
@@ -175,6 +204,8 @@ Supported magic numbers include :⁠—
 - `#!js` for `text/javascript` files
 - `@charset "` for `text/css` files
 - `#!tsv` for `text/tab-separated-values` files
+- `%%` for `text/record-jar` files (unregistered; see
+    [[draft-phillips-record-jar-01][]])
 
 Text formats with associated X·S·L·T parsers are wrapped in a H·T·M·L
   `<script>` element whose `@type` gives its media type, and then
@@ -182,18 +213,11 @@ 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 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.
 
 ## Parsers
 
@@ -203,14 +227,20 @@ 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 `<html:pre>` element.
+  Wraps `text/plain` contents in a `<html:pre class="plain">` element.
+
+- **`parsers/record-jar.xslt`:**
+  Converts `text/record-jar` contents into a
+    `<html:div class="record-jar">` of `<html:dl>` elements (one for
+    each record).
 
 - **`parsers/tsv.xslt`:**
-  Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an `<html:table>`
-    element.
+  Converts `text/tab-separated-values` contents into an
+    `<html:table class="tsv">` element.
 
-New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers should have a `<xslt:template>` element with no
-  `@name` or `@mode` and whose `@match` attribute…
+New ⛩️📰 书社 parsers which target plaintext formats should have an
+  `<xslt:template>` element with no `@name` or `@mode` and whose
+  `@match` attribute…
 
 - Starts with an appropriately‐namespaced qualified name for a
     `<html:script>` element.
@@ -242,10 +272,20 @@ For example, the trivial `text/plain` parser is defined as follows :⁠—
   the set of allowed plaintext file types.
 Multiple such `<xslt:template>` elements may be provided in a single
   parser, for example if the parser supports multiple media types.
+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).
+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 all templates in parsers other than
-  those described above be namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`), to avoid
-  conflicts between templates in multiple parsers.
+It is **strongly recommended** that auxillary templates in parsers be
+  namespaced (by `@name` or `@mode`) whenever possible, to avoid
+  conflicts between parsers.
 
 ## Embedding
 
@@ -276,18 +316,23 @@ 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 `<html:img>`.
+
 - **`transforms/asset.xslt`:**
-  Converts `<html:object type="text/css">` elements into corresponding
-    `<html:link rel="stylesheet">` elements and
-    `<html:object type="text/javascript">` elements into corresponding
-    `<html:script>` elements.
-  This transform enables embedding of `text/css` and `text/javascript`
-    files, which ordinarily are considered assets (as they lack
-    associated parsers).
+  Converts `<html:object>` elements which correspond to recognized
+    media types into the appropriate H·T·M·L elements, and deletes
+    `<html:style>` elements from the body of the document and moves
+    them to the head.
 
 - **`transforms/metadata.xslt`:**
   Provides basic `<html:head>` metadata.
-  This metadata is generated from `<html:meta>` elements with one o.
+  This metadata is generated from `<html:meta>` elements with one of
     the following `@itemprop` attributes :⁠—
 
   - **`urn:fdc:ladys.computer:20231231:Shu1She4:title`:**
@@ -310,6 +355,11 @@ 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
@@ -335,7 +385,7 @@ In addition to being called with the transform result, each of these
   modes will additionally be called with a `<xslt:include>` element
   corresponding to each transform.
 If a transform has a `<书社:id>` top‐level element whose value is an
-  i·r·i, its `<xslt:import>` element will have a corresponding
+  i·r·i, its `<xslt:include>` 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
@@ -368,3 +418,5 @@ Output wrapping can be entirely disabled by adding a
 Source files are licensed under the terms of the <cite>Mozilla Public
   License, version 2.0</cite>.
 For more information, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
+
+[draft-phillips-record-jar-01]: <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-phillips-record-jar-01>
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