1LOU_TRANSLATE(1) User Commands LOU_TRANSLATE(1)
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6 lou_translate - A Braille translator for large scale testing of li‐
7 blouis Braille translation tables
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10 lou_translate [OPTIONS] TABLE[,TABLE,...]
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13 Translate whatever is on standard input and print it on standard out‐
14 put. It is intended for large-scale testing of the accuracy of Braille
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18 -h, --help
19 display this help and exit
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21 -v, --version
22 display version information and exit
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24 -f, --forward
25 forward translation using the given table
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28 backward translation using the given table If neither -f nor -b
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32 lou_translate --forward en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
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34 Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The resulting
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37 lou_translate unicode.dis,en-us-g2.ctb < input.txt
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39 Do a forward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb. The resulting
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42 echo ",! qk br{n fox" | lou_translate --backward en-us-g2.ctb
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44 Do a backward translation with table en-us-g2.ctb.
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47 Written by John J. Boyer.
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50 Report bugs to liblouis-liblouisxml@freelists.org.
51 Liblouis home page: <http://www.liblouis.io>
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54 Copyright © 2022 ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. and JJB Software, Inc.
55 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/li‐
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57 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
58 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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61 The full documentation for lou_translate is maintained as a Texinfo
62 manual. If the info and lou_translate programs are properly installed
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71Liblouis 3.25.0 July 2023 LOU_TRANSLATE(1)