RE: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
- From: "Ken Perry" <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:54:49 -0400
It will compile on windows they are trying to get someone to make a windows
release of it. It would compile quite easy if someone wanted to do it.
Much easier Than NFBtrans. In fact it probably has a lot more good stuff
than NFZBtrans. For example uni code support and multiple language support.
Ken
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[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 11:39 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
liblouis is a good project, but in the latest distribution from
http://code.google.com/p/liblouis/
I could not find any executable that runs on Windows. The documentation
mentions a Windows DLL, but that is not included in the distribution
either, nor is there documentation about how to use it. In general, the
project appears to be Linux-oriented. Also, there are Python bindings,
but they do not include support for the back translation part of the
liblouis API (going from a .brf string to plain text).
For these reasons, I used NFBTrans as a converter in EdSharp, and am now
hoping that I can get a version that runs on Win64 (by compiling it as
32-bit rather than 16-bit).
If any C programmers can use the liblouis source code to create a 32-bit
Windows executable, including back translation support, please go for it
and share your results. Such a translator would probably be better than
NFBTrans, but since the latter already existed as a 16-bit Windows
executable, I thought it may be easier for voluntary C programmers to
start from there.
Jamal
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Ken Perry wrote:
> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:03:45 -0400
> From: Ken Perry <whistler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
>
> Is there a reason your going back to an old bit of source when Liblouis is
> maintained so well?
>
> Ken
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal Mazrui
> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 7:22 AM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Arthur Pirika
> Subject: Re: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
>
> Cool -- thanks for working on this. Hopefully, the result can be a
> better NFBTrans, not just a 32-bit compatible one.
>
> Jamal
>
>
> On 7/30/2010 7:02 AM, Arthur Pirika wrote:
>> I've also taken a look at this code, and while it does seem pretty
>> portable, the only part that looked fishy at first was an asm file, but
>> all it does is pc speaker sound output.
>> However, the code's a wash with #defines, #ifdef DOS's and unixes,
>> djgpp's, etc. Also, for instance, it sets some hard limits on path
>> lengths. 127 if it's dos, and 1024 if it's unix. Btw, I'm looking into
>> this with open watcom, using it's win32 compilers.
>>
>> Just some thoughts,
>> Arthur.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Joseph Lee" <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 10:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
>>
>>
>>> Thanks. Please share any notes from your efforts. If you run into a
>>> problem and report it here, someone else may be able to help.
>>>
>>> Jamal
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/29/2010 10:32 AM, Joseph Lee wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'll try it via VS2008 (I have 32-bit machine).
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamal
Mazrui
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:33 AM
>>>> To: programmingblind
>>>> Subject: Seeking someone to compile 32-bit version of NFBTrans
>>>>
>>>> NFBTrans is a free, open source braille translator available at
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nfb.org/nfb/nfbtrans.asp
>>>>
>>>> The last version released is a 16-bit process, so will not run on
64-bit
>>>> Windows. I am looking for a C programmer who can compile a 32-bit
>>>> version using the included source code. The distribution does include
>>>> make files for Unix-like systems, so my hope is that the code is
written
>>>> in a portable enough manner that a skilled C programmer would be able
to
>>>> recompile it for platforms of today without much difficulty.
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone do this via MinGW, or if not, with another C compiler? I
>>>> would gladly post an updated distribution for anyone to use freely.
>>>>
>>>> As an option in the Open Other Format command, Control+Shift+O, EdSharp
>>>> uses the existing NFBTrans for back translation of .brf or .brl files
>>>> into plain text (e.g., books downloaded from BookShare or NLS). This
>>>> does not work on Win64, however.
>>>>
>>>> Jamal
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