getting started with Liblouis

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Follow-up: done.

While I am at it, I will also package liblouisutdml 2.11.0 for Slint64-15.0.

Cheers,
Didier

PS For folks who do not know who is John, here is a link to his autobiography:
http://abilitiessoft.org/founders-autobiography.html

Cheers,
Didier

Le 17/03/2022 à 20:54, Linux for blind general discussion a écrit :
> 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.