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FILE2BRL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
AUTHOR
REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO

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.