getting started with Liblouis

[Linux for blind general discussion]

I have packaged version 3.20.0, will upgrade to 3.21.0 right now.

Thanks John for the heads-up!

Cheers,
Didier

Le 17/03/2022 à 20:10, John J. Boyer a écrit :
> Do you have the latest liblouis release? It came out about a week ago. I can forward the release announcement. It includes all URLs.
> 
> John
> 
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 02:57:03PM +0100, Didier Spaier 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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