The translateString method takes input from memory and delivers output to memory. However, it is intended for relatively small inputs. A derivative of it will be used in dynamic translation. It could be expanded to handle several MB. John On Fri, Jan 04, 2013 at 01:22:02PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote: > Probably best not to address an internet URL from LibLouisUTDML. I take it > that for now LibLouisUTDML requires that input is from a file on disk? Would > it be that hard to fix it so that input can be via a memory buffer of some > sort? > > > > > Keith Creasy > Software Developer > American Printing House for the Blind > KCreasy@xxxxxxx > Phone: 502.895.2405 > Skype: keith537 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:26 PM > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [brailleblaster] Saving and input > > Two methods in Semantics.java have been updated to make saving a document > more flexible. saveWorkingFile and saveEnhanced document now take the > complete path to a file as a parameter. The first saves the working document > complete with UTDML. The second removes UTDml but keeps all editing changes > and "locked" braille which has been moved into the document. > > On input the makeDocumentModel method still takes a file generated by > liblouisutdml to which UTDML markup has been added. This will probably be a > temparary file. It is not needed once the document has been parsed. > > I think it is possible to add a function to liblouisutdml to retrieve a file > from the Internet. This would be called something like translateURL > > Perhaps something could also be added to the Java bindings to handle an > InputStream. > > John > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > Madison, Wisconsin USA > Developing software for people with disabilities > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities