getting started with Liblouis

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Yay!  Thank you very much!  I'm not in a great rush on this, so this is 
cool indeed!


Al


On 3/17/22 09:57, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 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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