NAME¶

file2brl - Translate an xml or a text file into an embosser-ready braille file

SYNOPSIS¶

file2brl [OPTION] [inputFile] [outputFile]

DESCRIPTION¶

Translate an xml, html or a text file into an embosser-ready braille file. This includes translation into grade two, if desired, mathematical codes, etc. It also includes formatting according to a built-in style sheet which can be modified by the user.

If inputFile is not specified or '-' input is taken from stdin. If outputFile is not specified the output is sent to stdout.

-h, --help

display this help and exit

-v, --version

display version information and exit

-f, --config-file

name a configuration file that specifies how to do the translation

-b, --backward

backward translation

-r, --reformat

reformat a braille file

-T, --text

Treat as text even if xml

-t, --html

html document, not xhtml

-p, --poorly-formatted

translate a poorly formatted file

-P, --paragraph-line

treat each block of text ending in a newline as a paragraph. If there are two newline characters a blank line will be inserted before the next paragraph

-C, --config-setting

specify particular configuration settings They override any settings that are specified in a config file

-w --writeable-path

path for temp files and log file

-l, --log-file

write errors to file2brl.log instead of stderr

AUTHOR¶

Written by John J. Boyer.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org>.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2023 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO¶

The full documentation for file2brl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and file2brl programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info liblouisutdml

should give you access to the complete manual.