FILE2BRL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: January 2019
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NAME

file2brl - manual page for file2brl (liblouisutdml) 2.7.0

SYNOPSIS

file2brl [,OPTION/] [,inputFile/] [,outputFile/]

DESCRIPTION

Translate an xml 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 © 2013 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.