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.

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.

liblouisutdml 2.12.0                               March 2024                                        FILE2BRL(1)