file2brl1

Usage

Overview

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