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 de‐ sired, 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. SEE ALSO The full documentation for file2brl is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and file2brl programs are properly in‐ stalled at your site, the command info liblouisutdml should give you access to the complete manual. liblouisutdml 2.11.0 January 2023 FILE2BRL(1)