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. _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
