getting started with Liblouis

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Hi Al and All,

I have tried to build liblouisxml pulled from git master (Debian source files).

Bad news: build failed on Slint64-14.2.1, some of the components being too old.

Good news: build succeeded on Slackware64-15.0 (building box for the upcoming
slint64-15.0), so a package for Slint64-15.0 is ready.

Unfortunately it can't be used on Slint64-14.2.1 as the programs lbx_devonly
and, more importantly xml2brl can't run because there the glibc version is not
the same as on 15.0

So, please be patient: this stuff (included all dependencies) will be shipped in
Slint 64-15.0.

Thanks to John for liblouisxml and to Samuel to have maintained it during the
last 11 years.

Cheers,
Didier
--
Didier Spaier
Slint maintainer

Le 16/03/2022 à 20:40, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> Hi, Didier.  Thanks for that information.  Yes, that seems to be what I need, if
> possible along with antiword and a couple of items the README mentions that I
> forget.  If those other items are more than you want to put in Slint, then I
> presume I'll get them by way of the other README information.
> 
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> On 3/16/22 13:37, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>> Hi Al,
>>
>> It appears that liblouis xml ins maintained for Debian by Samuel Thibault so
>> Debian based distributions get it too.
>>
>> I will build a Slint package for Slint using the same source files if you need
>> that.
>>
>> But please look first at this README:
>> https://salsa.debian.org/a11y-team/liblouisxml/-/blob/master/README
>>
>> and confirm or infirm that it is what you are looking for.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Didier
>> -- 
>> Didier Spaier
>> Slint maintainer.
>>
>> Le 16/03/2022 à 18:03, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
>>> Thanks, Jeff.  I'm using Slint.  I didn't see either of the programs you
>>> mention.  Maybe there's something else.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best!
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/16/22 03:30, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 15 Mar 2022, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm trying to find out how to use Liblouis to translate documents from print
>>>>> to Braille.  Specifically, my wife would like me to find out how to translate
>>>>> Russian documents into Braille ones.  At the moment, though, I haven't yet
>>>>> learned a command to run for translating anything:  the Liblouis
>>>>> documentation looks to have a lot of useful material, but I could find
>>>>> nothing about running a command, with whatever arguments and options I might
>>>>> need, to create a Braille output file from a print input file.
>>>> In Debian, I see liblouis-bin and liblouisxml-bin packages which can probably
>>>> help you.  Other distributions probably have something similar.
>>>>
>>>>> I read about a command called file2brl, apparently part of a program called
>>>>> Liblouisutdml, but that program's not on my system even though Liblouis
>>>>> itself is.
>>>> Apparently, UTDML is unified tactile document markup language, whcih is
>>>> presumably used for maps, diagrams, etc.  This is probably not what you need.
>>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>> Geoff.
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