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<H1>FILE2BRL</H1>
Section: User Commands (1)<BR>Updated: December 2019<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
file2brl - Translate an xml or a text file into an embosser-ready braille file
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>file2brl</B>
[<I>,OPTION/</I>] [<I>,inputFile/</I>] [<I>,outputFile/</I>]
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
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.
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If inputFile is not specified or '-' input is taken from stdin. If outputFile
is not specified the output is sent to stdout.
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<DT id="1"><B>-h</B>, <B>--help</B><DD>
display this help and exit
<DT id="2"><B>-v</B>, <B>--version</B><DD>
display version information and exit
<DT id="3"><B>-f</B>, <B>--config-file</B><DD>
name a configuration file that specifies
how to do the translation
<DT id="4"><B>-b</B>, <B>--backward</B><DD>
backward translation
<DT id="5"><B>-r</B>, <B>--reformat</B><DD>
reformat a braille file
<DT id="6"><B>-T</B>, <B>--text</B><DD>
Treat as text even if xml
<DT id="7"><B>-t</B>, <B>--html</B><DD>
html document, not xhtml
<DT id="8"><B>-p</B>, <B>--poorly-formatted</B><DD>
translate a poorly formatted file
<DT id="9"><B>-P</B>, <B>--paragraph-line</B><DD>
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
<DT id="10"><B>-C</B>, <B>--config-setting</B><DD>
specify particular configuration settings
They override any settings that are specified in a
config file
<DT id="11"><B>-w</B> <B>--writeable-path</B><DD>
path for temp files and log file
<DT id="12"><B>-l</B>, <B>--log-file</B><DD>
write errors to file2brl.log instead of stderr
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<H2>AUTHOR</H2>
Written by John J. Boyer.
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<H2>REPORTING BUGS</H2>
Report bugs to &lt;<A HREF="mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org">liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org</A>&gt;.
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<H2>COPYRIGHT</H2>
Copyright &#169; 2013 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later &lt;<A HREF="http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</A>&gt;.
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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
The full documentation for
<B>file2brl</B>
is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
<B>info</B>
and
<B>file2brl</B>
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
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<B>info liblouisutdml</B>
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should give you access to the complete manual.
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<A NAME="index">&nbsp;</A><H2>Index</H2>
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<DT id="14"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="15"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="16"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="17"><A HREF="#lbAE">AUTHOR</A><DD>
<DT id="18"><A HREF="#lbAF">REPORTING BUGS</A><DD>
<DT id="19"><A HREF="#lbAG">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
<DT id="20"><A HREF="#lbAH">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
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