FILE2BRL(1) User Commands FILE2BRL(1)
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, mathemati-
cal 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 out-
putFile 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 transla-
tion
-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 set-
tings 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. Li-
cense GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/li-
censes/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.
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