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>.

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