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\hypertarget{introduction}{%
\section{Introduction}\label{introduction}}
\texttt{make4ht} is a build system for
\href{https://tug.org/tex4ht/}{\TeX4ht}, \TeX~to XML converter. It
provides a command line tool that drives the conversion process. It also
provides a library that can be used to create customized conversion
tools. An example of such a tool is
\href{https://github.com/michal-h21/tex4ebook}{tex4ebook}, a tool for
conversion from \TeX~to ePub and other e-book formats.
See section \ref{sec:htlatex} for some reasons why you should consider
to use \texttt{make4ht} instead of \texttt{htlatex},\\
section \ref{sec:output} talks about supported output formats and
extensions and section \ref{sec:buildfiles} describes build files, which
can be used to execute additional commands or post-process the generated
files.
\hypertarget{usage}{%
\section{Usage}\label{usage}}
The basic conversion from \LaTeX~to \texttt{HTML} using \texttt{make4ht}
can be executed using the following command:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
It will produce a file named \texttt{filename.html} if the compilation
goes without fatal errors.
\hypertarget{clioptions}{%
\subsection{Command line options}\label{clioptions}}
\label{sec:clioptions}
\begin{verbatim}
make4ht - build system for TeX4ht
Usage:
make4ht [options] filename ["tex4ht.sty op." "tex4ht op."
"t4ht op" "latex op"]
-a,--loglevel (default status) Set log level.
possible values: debug, info, status, warning, error, fatal
-b,--backend (default tex4ht) Backend used for xml generation.
possible values: tex4ht or lua4ht
-c,--config (default xhtml) Custom config file
-d,--output-dir (default "") Output directory
-e,--build-file (default nil) If the build filename is different
than `filename`.mk4
-f,--format (default nil) Output file format
-j,--jobname (default nil) Set the jobname
-l,--lua Use lualatex for document compilation
-m,--mode (default default) Switch which can be used in the makefile
-n,--no-tex4ht Disable DVI file processing with tex4ht command
-s,--shell-escape Enables running external programs from LaTeX
-u,--utf8 For output documents in utf8 encoding
-x,--xetex Use xelatex for document compilation
-v,--version Print version number
<filename> (string) Input filename
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{option-handling}{%
\subsection{Option handling}\label{option-handling}}
It is possible to invoke \texttt{make4ht} in the same way as
\texttt{htlatex}:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht filename "customcfg, charset=utf-8" "-cunihtf -utf8" "-dfoo"
\end{verbatim}
Note that this will not use \texttt{make4ht} routines for the output
directory handling. See section \ref{sec:output-dir} for more
information about this issue. To use these routines, change the previous
listing to:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -d foo filename "customcfg, charset=utf-8" "-cunihtf -utf8"
\end{verbatim}
This call has the same effect as the following:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -u -c customcfg -d foo filename
\end{verbatim}
Output directory does not have to exist, it \texttt{make4ht} creates it
automatically. Specified path can be relative to the current directory,
or absolute:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -d use/current/dir/ filename
$ make4ht -d ../gotoparrentdir filename
$ make4ht -d ~/gotohomedir filename
$ make4ht -d c:\documents\windowspathsareworkingtoo filename
\end{verbatim}
The short options that do not take parameters can be collapsed:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -ulc customcfg -d foo filename
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{input-from-the-standard-input}{%
\subsection{Input from the standard
input}\label{input-from-the-standard-input}}
To pass the output from other commands to \texttt{make4ht}, use the
\texttt{-} character as a filename. It is best to use this feature
together with the \texttt{-\/-jobname} or \texttt{-j} option.
\begin{verbatim}
$ cat hello.tex | make4ht -j world -
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{change-amount-of-information-printed-on-the-command-line}{%
\subsection{Change amount of information printed on the command
line}\label{change-amount-of-information-printed-on-the-command-line}}
By default, \texttt{make4ht} tries to be quiet, so it hides most of the
command line messages and output from the executed commands. It displays
status messages, warnings, and errors. The logging level can be selected
using the \texttt{-\/-loglevel} or \texttt{-a} options. If the
compilation fails, it may be useful to display more information using
the \texttt{info} or \texttt{debug} levels.
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -a debug faulty.tex
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{difference-of-make4ht-from-htlatex}{%
\section{\texorpdfstring{Difference of \texttt{make4ht} from
\texttt{htlatex}}{Difference of make4ht from htlatex}}\label{difference-of-make4ht-from-htlatex}}
\label{sec:htlatex}
\TeX4ht~system supports several output formats, most notably
\texttt{XHTML}, \texttt{HTML\ 5} and \texttt{ODT}, but it also supports
\texttt{TEI} or \texttt{Docbook}.
The conversion can be invoked using several scripts, which are
distributed with \TeX4ht. They differ in parameters passed to the
underlying commands.
These scripts invoke \LaTeX~or Plain \TeX~with special instructions to
load the \texttt{tex4ht.sty} package. The \TeX~run produces a special
\texttt{DVI} file that contains the code for the desired output format.
The produced \texttt{DVI} file is then processed using the
\texttt{tex4ht} command, which in conjunction with the \texttt{t4ht}
command produces the desired output files.
\hypertarget{passing-of-command-line-arguments-to-low-level-commands-used-in-the-conversion}{%
\subsection{Passing of command line arguments to low-level commands used
in the
conversion}\label{passing-of-command-line-arguments-to-low-level-commands-used-in-the-conversion}}
The basic conversion script provided by \TeX4ht~system is named
\texttt{htlatex}. It compiles \LaTeX~ files to \texttt{HTML} with this
command sequence:
\begin{verbatim}
$ latex $latex_options 'code for loading tex4ht.sty \input{filename}'
$ latex $latex_options 'code for loading tex4ht.sty \input{filename}'
$ latex $latex_options 'code for loading tex4ht.sty \input{filename}'
$ tex4ht $tex4ht_options filename
$ t4ht $t4ht_options filename
\end{verbatim}
The options for various parts of the system can be passed on the command
line:
\begin{verbatim}
$ htlatex filename "tex4ht.sty options" "tex4ht_options" "t4ht_options" "latex_options"
\end{verbatim}
For basic \texttt{HTML} conversion it is possible to use the most basic
invocation:
\begin{verbatim}
$ htlatex filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
It can be much more involved for the \texttt{HTML\ 5} output in
\texttt{UTF-8} encoding:
\begin{verbatim}
$ htlatex filename.tex "xhtml,html5,charset=utf-8" " -cmozhtf -utf8"
\end{verbatim}
\texttt{make4ht} can simplify it:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -u filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
The \texttt{-u} option requires the \texttt{UTF-8} encoding.
\texttt{HTML\ 5} is used as the default output format by
\texttt{make4ht}.
More information about the command line arguments can be found in
section \ref{sec:clioptions}.
\hypertarget{compilation-sequence}{%
\subsection{Compilation sequence}\label{compilation-sequence}}
\texttt{htlatex} has a fixed compilation order and a hard-coded number
of \LaTeX~invocations.
It is not possible to execute additional commands during the
compilation. When we want to run a program that interacts with \LaTeX,
such as \texttt{Makeindex} or \texttt{Bibtex}, we have two options. The
first option is to create a new script based on \texttt{htlatex} and add
the wanted commands to the modified script. The second option is to
execute \texttt{htlatex}, then the additional and then \texttt{htlatex}
again. The second option means that \LaTeX~will be invoked six times, as
each call to \texttt{htlatex} executes three calls to \LaTeX. This can
lead to significantly long compilation times.
\texttt{make4ht} provides a solution for this issue using a build file,
or extensions. These can be used for interaction with external tools.
\texttt{make4ht} also provides compilation modes, which enables to
select commands that should be executed using a command line option.
There is a built-in \texttt{draft} mode, which invokes \LaTeX~only once,
instead of the default three invocations. It is useful for the
compilations of the document before its final stage, when it is not
important that all cross-references work. It can save quite a lot of the
compilation time:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -um draft filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
Another buil-in mode is \texttt{clean}. It executes the
\texttt{Make:clean()} command to remove all generated and temporary
files from the current directory. No \LaTeX~compilation happens in this
mode.
It should be used in this way:
\begin{verbatim}
# copy generated files to a direcory
$ make4ht -d outdir filename.tex
# remove all generated files in the current dir
# the -a info option will print files that are removed
$ make4ht -m clean -a info filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
More information about the build files can be found in section
\ref{sec:buildfiles}.
\hypertarget{handling-of-the-generated-files}{%
\subsection{Handling of the generated
files}\label{handling-of-the-generated-files}}
\label{sec:output-dir}
There are also issues with the behavior of the \texttt{t4ht}
application. It reads the \texttt{.lg} file generated by the
\texttt{tex4ht} command. This file contains information about the
generated files, \texttt{CSS} instructions, calls to the external
applications, instructions for image conversions, etc.
\texttt{t4ht} can be instructed to copy the generated files to an output
directory, but it doesn't preserve the directory structure. When the
images are placed in a\\
subdirectory, they will be copied to the output directory, losing the
directory structure. Links will be pointing to a non-existing
subdirectory. The following command should copy all output files to the
correct destinations.
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -d outputdir filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{image-conversion-and-postprocessing-of-the-generated-files}{%
\subsection{Image conversion and postprocessing of the generated
files}\label{image-conversion-and-postprocessing-of-the-generated-files}}
\TeX4ht~can convert parts of the document to images. This is useful for
diagrams or complicated math, for example.
By default, the image conversion is configured in a
\href{https://www.tug.org/applications/tex4ht/mn34.html\#mn35.html}{\texttt{.env}
file}. It has a bit of strange syntax, with operating system dependent
rules. \texttt{make4ht} provides simpler means for the image conversion
in the build files. It is possible to change the image conversion
parameters without a need to modify the \texttt{.env} file. The process
is described in section \ref{sec:imageconversion}.
It is also possible to post-process the generated output files. The
post-processing can be done either using external programs such as
\texttt{XSLT} processors and \texttt{HTML\ Tidy} or using \texttt{Lua}
functions. More information can be found in section
\ref{sec:postprocessing}.
\hypertarget{output-file-formats-and-extensions}{%
\section{Output file formats and
extensions}\label{output-file-formats-and-extensions}}
\label{sec:output}
The default output format used by \texttt{make4ht} is \texttt{html5}. A
different format can be requested using the \texttt{-\/-format} option.
Supported formats are:
\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
\texttt{xhtml}
\item
\texttt{html5}
\item
\texttt{odt}
\item
\texttt{tei}
\item
\texttt{docbook}
\end{itemize}
The \texttt{-\/-format} option can be also used for extension loading.
\hypertarget{extensions}{%
\subsection{Extensions}\label{extensions}}
Extensions can be used to modify the build process without the need to
use a build file. They may post-process the output files or request
additional commands for the compilation.
The extensions can be enabled or disabled by appending
\texttt{+EXTENSION} or \texttt{-EXTENSION} after the output format name:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -uf html5+tidy filename.tex
\end{verbatim}
Available extensions:
\begin{description}
\item[common\_filters]
clean the output HTML files using filters.
\item[common\_domfilters]
clean the HTML file using DOM filters. It is more powerful than
\texttt{common\_filters}. Used DOM filters are \texttt{fixinlines},
\texttt{idcolons}, \texttt{joincharacters}, \texttt{sectionid} and
\texttt{tablerows}.
\item[detect\_engine]
detect engine and format necessary for the document compilation from the
magic comments supported by \LaTeX~editors such as TeXShop or TeXWorks.
Add something like the following line at the beginning of the main
\TeX~file:
\texttt{\%!TEX\ TS-program\ =\ xelatex}
It supports also Plain \TeX, use for example \texttt{tex} or
\texttt{luatex} as the program name.
\item[dvisvgm\_hashes]
efficient generation of SVG pictures using Dvisvgm. It can utilize
multiple processor cores and generates only changed images.
\item[join\_colors]
load the \texttt{joincolors} domfilter for all HTML files.
\item[latexmk\_build]
use \href{https://ctan.org/pkg/latexmk?lang=en}{Latexmk} for the
\LaTeX~compilation.
\item[mathjaxnode]
(\textbf{deprecated}, use \texttt{mjcli} extension instead) Old
information: use
\href{https://github.com/pkra/mathjax-node-page/}{mathjax-node-page} to
convert from MathML code to HTML + CSS or SVG. See
\protect\hyperlink{mathjaxsettings}{the available settings}.
\item[mjcli]
use \href{https://github.com/michal-h21/mjcli}{mjcli} to convert math in
MathML or \LaTeX~ format to plain HTML + CSS. MathML is used by default.
If you want to use \LaTeX~math, add ``mathjax'' option on the command
line (like \texttt{make4ht\ -f\ html5+mjcli\ filename.tex\ "mathjax"}).
See \protect\hyperlink{mathjaxsettings}{the available settings}.
\item[odttemplate]
it automatically loads the \texttt{odttemplate} filter (page
\pageref{sec:odttemplate}).
\item[preprocess\_input]
compilation of the formats supported by
\href{https://yihui.name/knitr/}{Knitr} (\texttt{.Rnw}, \texttt{.Rtex},
\texttt{.Rmd}, \texttt{.Rrst}) and also Markdown and reStructuredText
formats. It requires \href{https://www.r-project.org/}{R} +
\href{https://yihui.name/knitr/}{Knitr} installation, it requires also
\href{https://pandoc.org/}{Pandoc} for formats based on Markdown or
reStructuredText.
\item[staticsite]
build the document in a form suitable for static site generators like
\href{https://jekyllrb.com/}{Jekyll}.
\item[tidy]
clean the \texttt{HTML} files using the \texttt{tidy} command.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{build-files}{%
\section{Build files}\label{build-files}}
\label{sec:buildfiles}
\texttt{make4ht} supports build files. These are \texttt{Lua} scripts
that can adjust the build process. They can request external
applications like \texttt{BibTeX} or \texttt{Makeindex}, pass options to
the commands, modify the image conversion process, or post-process the
generated files.
\texttt{make4ht} tries to load default build file named as
\texttt{filename\ +\ .mk4\ extension}. It is possible to select a
different build file with \texttt{-e} or \texttt{-\/-build-file} command
line option.
Sample build file:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:htlatex()
Make:match("html$", "tidy -m -xml -utf8 -q -i ${filename}")
\end{verbatim}
\texttt{Make:htlatex()} is preconfigured command for calling \LaTeX~with
the \texttt{tex4ht.sty} package loaded. In this example, it will be
executed only once. After the compilation, the \texttt{tidy} command is
executed on the output \texttt{HTML} files.
Note that it is not necessary to call \texttt{tex4ht} and \texttt{t4ht}
commands explicitly in the build file, they are called automatically.
\hypertarget{user-commands}{%
\subsection{User commands}\label{user-commands}}
It is possible to add more commands like \texttt{Make:htlatex} using the
\texttt{Make:add} command:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:add("name", "command", {settings table}, repetition)
\end{verbatim}
This defines the \texttt{name} command, which can be then executed using
\texttt{Make:name()} command in the build file.
The \texttt{name} and \texttt{command} parameters are required, the rest
of the parameters are optional.
The defined command receives a table with settings as a parameter at the
call time. The default settings are provided by \texttt{make4ht}.
Additional settings can be declared in the \texttt{Make:add} commands,
user can also override the default settings when the command is executed
in the build file:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:name({hello="world"})
\end{verbatim}
More information about settings, including the default settings provided
by \texttt{make4ht}, can be found in section \ref{sec:settings} on page
\pageref{sec:settings}.
\hypertarget{the-command-function}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{command}
function}{The command function}}\label{the-command-function}}
\label{sec:commandfunction}
The \texttt{command} parameter can be either a string template or
function:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:add("text", "echo hello, input file: ${input}")
\end{verbatim}
The template can get a variable value from the parameters table using a
\texttt{\$\{var\_name\}} placeholder. Templates are executed using the
operating system, so they should invoke existing OS commands.
\hypertarget{the-settings-table-table}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{settings\ table}
table}{The settings table table}}\label{the-settings-table-table}}
The \texttt{settings\ table} parameter is optional. If it is present, it
should be a table with new settings available in the command. It can
also override the default \texttt{make4ht} settings for the defined
command.
\begin{verbatim}
Make:add("sample_function", function(params)
for k, v in pairs(params) do
print(k..": "..v)
end, {custom="Hello world"}
)
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{repetition}{%
\subsubsection{Repetition}\label{repetition}}
The \texttt{repetition} parameter specifies the maximum number of
executions of the particular command. This is used for instance for
\texttt{tex4ht} and \texttt{t4ht} commands, as they should be executed
only once in the compilation. They would be executed multiple times when
they are included in the build file, as they are called by
\texttt{make4ht} by default. Because these commands allow only one
\texttt{repetition}, the second execution is blocked.
\hypertarget{expected-exit-code}{%
\subsubsection{Expected exit code}\label{expected-exit-code}}
You can set the expected exit code from a command with a
\texttt{correct\_exit} key in the settings table. The compilation will
be terminated when the command returns a different exit code.
\begin{verbatim}
Make:add("biber", "biber ${input}", {correct_exit=0})
\end{verbatim}
Commands that execute lua functions can return the numerical values
using the \texttt{return} statement.
This mechanism isn't used for \TeX, because it doesn't differentiate
between fatal and non-fatal errors. It returns the same exit code in all
cases. Because of this, log parsing is used for a fatal error detection
instead. Error code value \texttt{1} is returned in the case of a fatal
error, \texttt{0} is used otherwise. The \texttt{Make.testlogfile}
function can be used in the build file to detect compilation errors in
the TeX log file.
\hypertarget{provided-commands}{%
\subsection{Provided commands}\label{provided-commands}}
\begin{description}
\item[\texttt{Make:htlatex}]
One call to the TeX engine with special configuration for loading of the
\texttt{tex4ht.sty} package.
\item[\texttt{Make:clean}]
This command removes all generated files, including images, HTML files
and various auxilary files, from the current directory. It keeps files
whose file names don't match the input file name. It is preferable to
use \texttt{make4ht\ -m\ clean\ filename.tex} to clean output files.
\item[\texttt{Make:httex}]
Variant of \texttt{Make:htlatex} suitable for Plain \TeX.
\item[\texttt{Make:latexmk}]
Use \texttt{Latexmk} for the document compilation. \texttt{tex4ht.sty}
will be loaded automatically.
\item[\texttt{Make:tex4ht}]
Process the \texttt{DVI} file and create output files.
\item[\texttt{Make:t4ht}]
Create the CSS file and generate images.
\item[\texttt{Make:biber}]
Process bibliography using the \texttt{biber} command.
\item[\texttt{Make:pythontex}]
Process the input file using \texttt{pythontex}.
\item[\texttt{Make:bibtex}]
Process bibliography using the \texttt{bibtex} command.
\item[\texttt{Make:xindy}]
Generate index using Xindy index processor.
\item[\texttt{Make:makeindex}]
Generate index using the Makeindex command.
\item[\texttt{Make:xindex}]
Generate index using the Xindex command.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{file-matches}{%
\subsection{File matches}\label{file-matches}}
\label{sec:postprocessing}
Another type of action that can be specified in the build file is
\texttt{Make:match}. It can be used to post-process the generated files:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:match("html$", "tidy -m -xml -utf8 -q -i ${filename}")
\end{verbatim}
The above example will clean all output \texttt{HTML} files using the
\texttt{tidy} command.
The \texttt{Make:match} action tests output filenames using a
\texttt{Lua} pattern matching function.\\
It executes a command or a function, specified in the second argument,
on files whose filenames match the pattern.
The commands to be executed can be specified as strings. They can
contain \texttt{\$\{var\_name\}} placeholders, which are replaced with
corresponding variables from the \texttt{settings} table. The templating
system was described in subsection \ref{sec:commandfunction}. There is
an additional variable available in this table, called
\texttt{filename}. It contains the name of the current output file.
If a function is used instead, it will get two parameters. The first one
is the current filename, the second one is the \texttt{settings} table.
\begin{verbatim}
Make:match("html$", function(filename, settings)
print("Post-processing file: ".. filename)
print("Available settings")
for k,v in pairs(settings)
print(k,v)
end
return true
\end{verbatim}
end)
Multiple post-processing actions can be executed on each filename. The
Lua action functions can return an exit code. If the exit code is false,
the execution of the post-processing chain for the current file will be
terminated.
\hypertarget{filters}{%
\subsubsection{Filters}\label{filters}}
\label{sec:filters}
To make it easier to post-process the generated files using the
\texttt{match} actions, \texttt{make4ht} provides a filtering mechanism
thanks to the \texttt{make4ht-filter} module.
The \texttt{make4ht-filter} module returns a function that can be used
for the filter chain building. Multiple filters can be chained into a
pipeline. Each filter can modify the string that is passed to it from
the previous filters. The changes are then saved to the processed file.
Several built-in filters are available, it is also possible to create
new ones.
Example that use only the built-in filters:
\begin{verbatim}
local filter = require "make4ht-filter"
local process = filter{"cleanspan", "fixligatures", "hruletohr"}
Make:htlatex()
Make:match("html$",process)
\end{verbatim}
Function \texttt{filter} accepts also function arguments, in this case
this function takes file contents as a parameter and modified contents
are returned.
Example with custom filter:
\begin{verbatim}
local filter = require "make4ht-filter"
local changea = function(s) return s:gsub("a","z") end
local process = filter{"cleanspan", "fixligatures", changea}
Make:htlatex()
Make:match("html$",process)
\end{verbatim}
In this example, spurious span elements are joined, ligatures are
decomposed, and then all letters ``a'' are replaced with ``z'' letters.
Built-in filters are the following:
\begin{description}
\item[cleanspan]
clean spurious span elements when accented characters are used
\item[cleanspan-nat]
alternative clean span filter, provided by Nat Kuhn
\item[fixligatures]
decompose ligatures to base characters
\item[hruletohr]
\texttt{\textbackslash{}hrule} commands are translated to series of
underscore characters by \TeX4ht, this filter translates these
underscores to \texttt{\textless{}hr\textgreater{}} elements
\item[entites]
convert prohibited named entities to numeric entities (only
\texttt{\ } currently).
\item[fix-links]
replace colons in local links and \texttt{id} attributes with
underscores. Some cross-reference commands may produce colons in
internal links, which results in a validation error.
\item[mathjaxnode]
(\textbf{deprecated}, use \texttt{mjcli} extension instead) Old
information: use
\href{https://github.com/pkra/mathjax-node-page/}{mathjax-node-page} to
convert from MathML code to HTML + CSS or SVG. See
\protect\hyperlink{mathjaxsettings}{the available settings}.
\item[mjcli]
use \href{https://github.com/michal-h21/mjcli}{mjcli} to convert math in
MathML or \LaTeX~ format to plain HTML + CSS. See
\protect\hyperlink{mathjaxsettings}{the available settings}.
\item[odttemplate]
use styles from another \texttt{ODT} file serving as a template in the
current document. It works for the \texttt{styles.xml} file in the
\texttt{ODT} file. During the compilation, this file is named as
\texttt{\textbackslash{}jobname.4oy}. \label{sec:odttemplate}
\item[staticsite]
create HTML files in a format suitable for static site generators such
as \href{https://jekyllrb.com/}{Jekyll}
\item[svg-height]
some SVG images produced by \texttt{dvisvgm} seem to have wrong
dimensions. This filter tries to set the correct image size.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{dom-filters}{%
\subsubsection{DOM filters}\label{dom-filters}}
DOM filters are variants of filters that use the
\href{https://ctan.org/pkg/luaxml}{\texttt{LuaXML}} library to modify
directly the XML object. This enables more powerful operations than the
regex-based filters from the previous section.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
local domfilter = require "make4ht-domfilter"
local process = domfilter {"joincharacters"}
Make:match("html$", process)
\end{verbatim}
Available DOM filters:
\begin{description}
\item[aeneas]
\href{https://www.readbeyond.it/aeneas/}{Aeneas} is a tool for
automagical synchronization of text and audio. This filter modifies the
HTML code to support synchronization.
\item[booktabs]
fix lines produced by the \texttt{\textbackslash{}cmidrule} command
provided by the Booktabs package.
\item[collapsetoc]
collapse table of contents to contain only top-level sectioning level
and sections on the current page.
\item[fixinlines]
put all inline elements which are direct children of the
\texttt{\textless{}body\textgreater{}} elements to a paragraph.
\item[idcolons]
replace the colon (\texttt{:}) character in internal links and
\texttt{id} attributes. They cause validation issues.
\item[joincharacters]
join consecutive \texttt{\textless{}span\textgreater{}} or
\texttt{\textless{}mn\textgreater{}} elements. This DOM filter
supersedes the \texttt{cleanspan} filter.
\item[joincolors]
many \texttt{\textless{}span\textgreater{}} elements with unique
\texttt{id} attributes are created when \LaTeX~colors are being used in
the document. A CSS rule is added for each of these elements, which may
result in substantial growth of the CSS file. This filter replaces these
rules with a common one for elements with the same color value.
\item[odtimagesize]
set correct dimensions for images in the ODT format. It is no longer
used, as the dimensions are set by TeX4ht itself.
\item[odtpartable]
resolve tables nested inside paragraphs, which is invalid in the ODT
format.
\item[tablerows]
remove spurious rows from HTML tables.
\item[mathmlfixes]
fix common issues for MathML.
\item[sectionid]
create \texttt{id} attribute for HTML sectioning elements derived from
the section title. It also updates links to these sections. Use the
\texttt{notoc} command line option to prevent that.
\item[t4htlinks]
fix hyperlinks in the ODT format.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{image-conversion}{%
\subsection{Image conversion}\label{image-conversion}}
\label{sec:imageconversion}
It is possible to convert parts of the \LaTeX~input as pictures. It can
be used for preserving the appearance of math or diagrams, for example.
These pictures are stored in a special \texttt{DVI} file, which can be
processed by a \texttt{DVI} to image commands, such as \texttt{dvipng}
or \texttt{dvisvgm}.
This conversion is normally configured in the \texttt{tex4ht.env} file.
This file is system dependent and it has quite an unintuitive syntax.
The configuration is processed by the \texttt{t4ht} application and the
conversion command is called for all pictures.
It is possible to disable \texttt{t4ht} image processing and configure
image conversion in the build file using the \texttt{image} action:
\begin{verbatim}
Make:image("png$",
"dvipng -bg Transparent -T tight -o ${output} -pp ${page} ${source}")
\end{verbatim}
\texttt{Make:image} takes two parameters, a \texttt{Lua} pattern to
match the image name, and the action.
Action can be either a string template with the conversion command or a
function that takes a table with parameters as an argument.
There are three parameters:
\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
\texttt{output} - output image filename
\item
\texttt{source} - \texttt{DVI} file with the pictures
\item
\texttt{page} - page number of the converted image
\end{itemize}
\hypertarget{the-mode-variable}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{mode}
variable}{The mode variable}}\label{the-mode-variable}}
The \texttt{mode} variable available in the build process contains
contents of the \texttt{-\/-mode} command line option. It can be used to
run some commands conditionally. For example:
\begin{verbatim}
if mode == "draft" then
Make:htlatex{}
else
Make:htlatex{}
Make:htlatex{}
Make:htlatex{}
end
\end{verbatim}
In this example (which is the default configuration used by
\texttt{make4ht}), \LaTeX~is called only once when \texttt{make4ht} is
called with the \texttt{draft} mode:
\begin{verbatim}
make4ht -m draft filename
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-settings-table}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{settings}
table}{The settings table}}\label{the-settings-table}}
\label{sec:settings}
It is possible to access the parameters outside commands, file matches
and image conversion functions. For example, to convert the document to
the \texttt{OpenDocument\ Format\ (ODT)}, the following settings can be
used. They are based on the \texttt{oolatex} command:
\begin{verbatim}
settings.tex4ht_sty_par = settings.tex4ht_sty_par ..",ooffice"
settings.tex4ht_par = settings.tex4ht_par .. " ooffice/! -cmozhtf"
settings.t4ht_par = settings.t4ht_par .. " -cooxtpipes -coo "
\end{verbatim}
(Note that it is possible to use the \texttt{-\/-format\ odt} option
which is superior to the previous code. This example is intended just as
an illustration)
There are some functions to simplify access to the settings:
\begin{description}
\item[\texttt{set\_settings\{parameters\}}]
overwrite settings with values from a passed table
\item[\texttt{settings\_add\{parameters\}}]
add values to the current settings
\item[\texttt{filter\_settings\ "filter\ name"\ \{parameters\}}]
set settings for a filter
\item[\texttt{get\_filter\_settings(name)}]
get settings for a filter
\end{description}
For example, it is possible to simplify the sample from the previous
code listings:
\begin{verbatim}
settings_add {
tex4ht_sty_par =",ooffice",
tex4ht_par = " ooffice/! -cmozhtf",
t4ht_par = " -cooxtpipes -coo "
}
\end{verbatim}
Settings for filters and extensions can be set using
\texttt{filter\_settings}:
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "test" {
hello = "world"
}
\end{verbatim}
These settings can be retrieved in the extensions and filters using the
\texttt{get\_filter\_settings} function:
\begin{verbatim}
function test(input)
local options = get_filter_settings("test")
print(options.hello)
return input
end
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{default-settings}{%
\subsubsection{Default settings}\label{default-settings}}
The default parameters are the following:
\begin{description}
\item[\texttt{htlatex}]
used \TeX~engine
\item[\texttt{input}]
content of \texttt{\textbackslash{}jobname}, see also the
\texttt{tex\_file} parameter.
\item[\texttt{interaction}]
interaction mode for the \TeX~engine. The default value is
\texttt{batchmode} to suppress user input on compilation errors. It also
suppresses most of the \TeX~ compilation log output. Use the
\texttt{errorstopmode} for the default behavior.
\item[\texttt{tex\_file}]
input \TeX~filename
\item[\texttt{latex\_par}]
command line parameters to the \TeX~engine
\item[\texttt{packages}]
additional \LaTeX~code inserted before
\texttt{\textbackslash{}documentclass}. Useful for passing options to
packages used in the document or to load additional packages.
\item[\texttt{tex4ht\_sty\_par}]
options for \texttt{tex4ht.sty}
\item[\texttt{tex4ht\_par}]
command line options for the \texttt{tex4ht} command
\item[\texttt{t4ht\_par}]
command line options for the \texttt{t4ht} command
\item[\texttt{outdir}]
the output directory
\item[\texttt{correct\_exit}]
expected \texttt{exit\ code} from the command. The compilation will be
terminated if the exit code of the executed command has a different
value.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{configfile}{%
\section{\texorpdfstring{\texttt{make4ht} configuration
file}{make4ht configuration file}}\label{configfile}}
It is possible to globally modify the build settings using the
configuration file. It is a special version of a build file where the
global settings can be set.
Common tasks for the configuration file can be a declaration of the new
commands, loading of the default filters or specification of a default
build sequence.
One additional functionality not available in the build files are
commands for enabling and disabling of extensions.
\hypertarget{location}{%
\subsection{Location}\label{location}}
The configuration file can be saved either in the
\texttt{\$HOME/.config/make4ht/config.lua} file, or in the
\texttt{.make4ht} file placed in the current directory or it's parent
directories (up to the \texttt{\$HOME} directory).
\hypertarget{additional-commands}{%
\subsection{Additional commands}\label{additional-commands}}
There are two additional commands:
\begin{description}
\item[\texttt{Make:enable\_extension(name)}]
require extension
\item[\texttt{Make:disable\_extension(name)}]
disable extension
\end{description}
\hypertarget{example}{%
\subsection{Example}\label{example}}
The following example of the configuration file adds support for the
\texttt{biber} command, requires \texttt{common\_domfilters} extension
and requires MathML output for math.
\begin{verbatim}
Make:add("biber", "biber ${input}")
Make:enable_extension "common_domfilters"
settings_add {
tex4ht_sty_par =",mathml"
}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{list-of-available-settings-for-filters-and-extensions.}{%
\section{List of available settings for filters and
extensions.}\label{list-of-available-settings-for-filters-and-extensions.}}
These settings may be set using \texttt{filter\_settings} function in a
build file or in the \texttt{make4ht} configuration file.
\hypertarget{indexing-commands}{%
\subsection{Indexing commands}\label{indexing-commands}}
The indexing commands (like \texttt{xindy} or \texttt{makeindex}) use
some common settings.
\begin{description}
\item[idxfile]
name of the \texttt{.idx} file. Default value is
\texttt{\textbackslash{}jobname.idx}.
\item[indfile]
name of the \texttt{.ind} file. Default value is the same as
\texttt{idxfile} with the file extension changed to \texttt{.ind}.
\end{description}
Each indexing command can have some additional settings.
\hypertarget{the-xindy-command}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{xindy}
command}{The xindy command}}\label{the-xindy-command}}
\begin{description}
\item[encoding]
text encoding of the \texttt{.idx} file. Default value is \texttt{utf8}.
\item[language]
index language. Default language is English.
\item[modules]
table with names of additional \texttt{Xindy} modules to be used.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-makeindex-command}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{makeindex}
command}{The makeindex command}}\label{the-makeindex-command}}
\begin{description}
\item[options]
additional command line options for the Makeindex command.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-xindex-command}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{xindex}
command}{The xindex command}}\label{the-xindex-command}}
\begin{description}
\item[options]
additional command line options for the Xindex command.
\item[language]
document language
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-tidy-extension}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{tidy}
extension}{The tidy extension}}\label{the-tidy-extension}}
\begin{description}
\item[options]
command line options for the \texttt{tidy} command. Default value is
\texttt{-m\ -utf8\ -w\ 512\ -q}.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-collapsetoc-dom-filter}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{collapsetoc} dom
filter}{The collapsetoc dom filter}}\label{the-collapsetoc-dom-filter}}
\begin{description}
\item[\texttt{toc\_query}]
CSS selector for selection of element that contains the table of
contents.
\item[\texttt{title\_query}]
CSS selector for selecting all elements that contain the section ID
attribute.
\item[\texttt{toc\_levels}]
table containing a hierarchy of classes used in TOC
\item[\texttt{max\_depth}]
set detph of displayed children TOC levels
\end{description}
Default values:
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "collapsetoc" {
toc_query = ".tableofcontents",
title_query = "h1 a, h2 a, h3 a, h4 a, h5 a, h6 a",
max_depth = 1,
toc_levels = {
tocpart = 1,
toclikepart = 1,
tocappendix = 1,
toclikechapter = 2,
tocchapter = 2,
tocsection = 3,
toclikesection = 3,
tocsubsection = 4,
toclikesubsection = 4,
tocsubsubsection = 5,
toclikesubsubsection = 5,
tocparagraph = 6,
toclikeparagraph = 6,
tocsubparagraph = 7,
toclikesubparagraph = 7,
}
}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-fixinlines-dom-filter}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{fixinlines} dom
filter}{The fixinlines dom filter}}\label{the-fixinlines-dom-filter}}
\begin{description}
\item[inline\_elements]
table of inline elements that shouldn't be direct descendants of the
\texttt{body} element. The element names should be table keys, the
values should be true.
\end{description}
Example
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "fixinlines" {inline_elements = {a = true, b = true}}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-joincharacters-dom-filter}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{joincharacters} dom
filter}{The joincharacters dom filter}}\label{the-joincharacters-dom-filter}}
\begin{description}
\item[charclasses]
table of elements that should be concatenated when two or more of such
elements with the same value of the \texttt{class} attribute are placed
one after another.
\end{description}
Example
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "joincharacters" { charclasses = { span=true, mn = true}}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{mathjaxsettings}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{mjcli} filter and
extension}{The mjcli filter and extension}}\label{mathjaxsettings}}
\texttt{mjcli} detects whether to use MathML or \LaTeX~input by use of
the \texttt{mathjax} option for \texttt{make4ht}. By default, it uses
MathML. \LaTeX~input can be required using:
\begin{verbatim}
make4ht -f html5+mjcli filename.tex "mathjax"
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{available-settings}{%
\subsubsection{Available settings}\label{available-settings}}
\begin{description}
\item[options]
command line options for the \texttt{mjcli} command.
\end{description}
Example
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "mjcli" {
options="--svg"
}
\end{verbatim}
\begin{description}
\item[cssfilename]
the \texttt{mjcli} command puts some CSS code into the HTML pages. The
\texttt{mjcli} filter extracts this information and saves it to a
standalone CSS file. Default name of this CSS file is
\texttt{\$\{input\}-mathjax.css}
\item[fontdir]
directory with MathJax font files. This option enables the use of local
fonts, which is useful in the conversion to ePub, for example. The font
directory should be sub-directory of the current directory. Only
\TeX~font is supported at the moment.
\end{description}
Example
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "mjcli" {
fontdir="fonts/TeX/woff/"
}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-staticsite-filter-and-extension}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{staticsite} filter and
extension}{The staticsite filter and extension}}\label{the-staticsite-filter-and-extension}}
\begin{description}
\item[site\_root]
directory where generated files should be copied.
\item[map]
a hash table where keys contain patterns that match filenames and values
contain destination directory for the matched files. The destination
directories are relative to the \texttt{site\_root} (it is possible to
use \texttt{..} to switch to a parent directory).
\item[file\_pattern]
a pattern used for filename generation. It is possible to use string
templates and format strings for \texttt{os.date} function. The default
pattern \texttt{\%Y-\%m-\%d-\$\{input\}} creates names in the form of
\texttt{YYYY-MM-DD-file\_name}.
\item[header]
table with variables to be set in the YAML header in HTML files. If the
table value is a function, it is executed with current parameters and
HTML page DOM object as arguments.
\item[remove\_maketitle]
the \texttt{staticsite} extension removes text produced by the
\texttt{\textbackslash{}maketitle} command by default. Set this option
to \texttt{false} to disable the removal.
\end{description}
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
-- set the environmental variable 'blog_root' with path to
-- the directory that should hold the generated HTML files
local outdir = os.getenv "blog_root"
filter_settings "staticsite" {
site_root = outdir,
map = {
[".css$"] = "/css/"
},
header = {
layout="post",
date = function(parameters, dom)
return os.date("!%Y-%m-%d %T", parameters.time)
end
}
}
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-dvisvgm_hashes-extension}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{dvisvgm\_hashes}
extension}{The dvisvgm\_hashes extension}}\label{the-dvisvgm_hashes-extension}}
\begin{description}
\item[options]
command line options for Dvisvgm. The default value is
\texttt{-n\ -\/-exact\ -c\ 1.15,1.15}.
\item[cpu\_cnt]
the number of processor cores used for the conversion. The extension
tries to detect the available cores automatically by default.
\item[parallel\_size]
the number of pages used in each Dvisvgm call. The extension detects
changed pages in the DVI file and constructs multiple calls to Dvisvgm
with only changed pages.
\item[scale]
SVG scaling.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-odttemplate-filter-and-extension}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{odttemplate} filter and
extension}{The odttemplate filter and extension}}\label{the-odttemplate-filter-and-extension}}
\begin{description}
\item[template]
filename of the template \texttt{ODT} file
\end{description}
\texttt{odttemplate} can also get the template filename from the
\texttt{odttemplate} option from \texttt{tex4ht\_sty\_par} parameter. It
can be set using the following command line call:
\begin{verbatim}
make4ht -f odt+odttemplate filename.tex "odttemplate=template.odt"
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{the-aeneas-filter}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{aeneas}
filter}{The aeneas filter}}\label{the-aeneas-filter}}
\begin{description}
\item[skip\_elements]
List of CSS selectors that match elements that shouldn't be processed.
Default value: \texttt{\{\ "math",\ "svg"\}}.
\item[id\_prefix]
prefix used in the ID attribute forming.
\item[sentence\_match]
Lua pattern used to match a sentence. Default value:
\texttt{"({[}\^{}\%.\^{}\%?\^{}!{]}*)({[}\%.\%?!{]}?)"}.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{the-make4ht-aeneas-config-package}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{The \texttt{make4ht-aeneas-config}
package}{The make4ht-aeneas-config package}}\label{the-make4ht-aeneas-config-package}}
Companion for the \texttt{aeneas} DOM filter is the
\texttt{make4ht-aeneas-config} plugin. It can be used to write the
Aeneas configuration file or execute Aeneas on the generated HTML files.
Available functions:
\begin{description}
\item[write\_job(parameters)]
write Aenas job configuration to \texttt{config.xml} file. See the
\href{https://www.readbeyond.it/aeneas/docs/clitutorial.html\#processing-jobs}{Aeneas
documentation} for more information about jobs.
\item[execute(parameters)]
execute Aeneas.
\item[process\_files(parameters)]
process the audio and generated subtitle files.
\end{description}
By default, a \texttt{SMIL} file is created. It is assumed that there is
an audio file in the \texttt{mp3} format, named as the \TeX~file. It is
possible to use different formats and filenames using mapping.
The configuration options can be passed directly to the functions or set
using \texttt{filter\_settings\ "aeneas-config"\ \{parameters\}}
function.
\hypertarget{available-parameters}{%
\subsubsection{Available parameters}\label{available-parameters}}
\begin{description}
\item[lang]
document language. It is interfered from the HTML file, so it is not
necessary to set it.
\item[map]
mapping between HTML, audio and subtitle files. More info below.
\item[text\_type]
type of input. The \texttt{aeneas} DOM filter produces an
\texttt{unparsed} text type.
\item[id\_sort]
sorting of id attributes. The default value is \texttt{numeric}.
\item[id\_regex]
regular expression to parse the id attributes.
\item[sub\_format]
generated subtitle format. The default value is \texttt{smil}.
\end{description}
\hypertarget{additional-parameters-for-the-job-configuration-file}{%
\subsubsection{Additional parameters for the job configuration
file}\label{additional-parameters-for-the-job-configuration-file}}
\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
description
\item
prefix
\item
config\_name
\item
keep\_config
\end{itemize}
It is possible to generate multiple HTML files from the \LaTeX~source.
For example, \texttt{tex4ebook} generates a separate file for each
chapter or section. It is possible to set options for each HTML file, in
particular names of the corresponding audio files. This mapping is done
using the \texttt{map} parameter.
Example:
\begin{verbatim}
filter_settings "aeneas-config" {
map = {
["sampleli1.html"] = {audio_file="sample.mp3"},
["sample.html"] = false
}
}
\end{verbatim}
Table keys are the configured filenames. It is necessary to insert them
as \texttt{{[}"filename.html"{]}}, because of Lua syntax rules.
This example maps audio file \texttt{sample.mp3} to a section subpage.
The main HTML file, which may contain title and table of contents
doesn't have a corresponding audio file.
Filenames of the subfiles correspond to the chapter numbers, so they are
not stable when a new chapter is added. It is possible to request
filenames derived from the chapter titles using the
\texttt{sec-filename} option for \texttt{tex4ht.sty}.
\hypertarget{available-map-options}{%
\subsubsection{\texorpdfstring{Available \texttt{map}
options}{Available map options}}\label{available-map-options}}
\begin{description}
\item[audio\_file]
the corresponding audio file
\item[sub\_file]
name of the generated subtitle file
\end{description}
The following options are the same as their counterparts from the main
parameters table and generally, don't need to be set:
\begin{itemize}
\tightlist
\item
prefix
\item
file\_desc
\item
file\_id
\item
text\_type
\item
id\_sort
\item
id\_prefix
\item
sub\_format
\end{itemize}
\hypertarget{full-example}{%
\subsubsection{Full example}\label{full-example}}
\begin{verbatim}
local domfilter = require "make4ht-domfilter"
local aeneas_config = require "make4ht-aeneas-config"
filter_settings "aeneas-config" {
map = {
["krecekli1.xhtml"] = {audio_file="krecek.mp3"},
["krecek.xhtml"] = false
}
}
local process = domfilter {"aeneas"}
Make:match("html$", process)
if mode == "draft" then
aeneas_config.process_files {}
else
aeneas_config.execute {}
end
\end{verbatim}
\hypertarget{troubleshooting}{%
\section{Troubleshooting}\label{troubleshooting}}
\hypertarget{incorrect-handling-of-command-line-arguments-for-tex4ht-t4ht-or-latex}{%
\subsection{\texorpdfstring{Incorrect handling of command line arguments
for \texttt{tex4ht}, \texttt{t4ht} or
\texttt{latex}}{Incorrect handling of command line arguments for tex4ht, t4ht or latex}}\label{incorrect-handling-of-command-line-arguments-for-tex4ht-t4ht-or-latex}}
Sometimes, you may get a similar error:
\begin{verbatim}
make4ht:unrecognized parameter: i
\end{verbatim}
It may be caused by a following \texttt{make4ht} invocation:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht hello.tex "customcfg,charset=utf-8" "-cunihtf -utf8" -d foo
\end{verbatim}
The command line option parser is confused by mixing options for
\texttt{make4ht} and \TeX4ht~in this case. It tries to interpret the
\texttt{-cunihtf\ -utf8}, which are options for the \texttt{tex4ht}
command, as \texttt{make4ht} options. To fix that, try to move the
\texttt{-d\ foo} directly after the \texttt{make4ht} command:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht -d foo hello.tex "customcfg,charset=utf-8" "-cunihtf -utf8"
\end{verbatim}
Another option is to add a space before the \texttt{tex4ht} options:
\begin{verbatim}
$ make4ht hello.tex "customcfg,charset=utf-8" " -cunihtf -utf8" -d foo
\end{verbatim}
The former way is preferable, though.
\hypertarget{table-of-contents-points-to-a-wrong-destination}{%
\subsection{Table of Contents points to a wrong
destination}\label{table-of-contents-points-to-a-wrong-destination}}
The \texttt{sectionid} DOM filter creates better link destinations for
sectioning commands. In some cases, for example if you use Pandoc, the
document may already contain the link destination with the same name. In
such cases the original destination is preserved in the file. In this
case links to the section will point to that place, instead of correct
destination in the section. This may happen for example if you use
Pandoc for the Markdown to \LaTeX~conversion. It creates
\texttt{\textbackslash{}hypertarget} commands that are placed just
before section. The links points to that place, instead of the actual
section.
In this case you don't want to update links. Use the \texttt{notoc}
option to prevent that.
\hypertarget{filenames-containing-spaces}{%
\subsection{Filenames containing
spaces}\label{filenames-containing-spaces}}
\texttt{tex4ht} command cannot handle filenames containing spaces. to
fix this issue, \texttt{make4ht} replaces spaces in the input filenames
with underscores. The generated XML filenames use underscores instead of
spaces as well.
\hypertarget{filenames-containing-non-ascii-characters}{%
\subsection{Filenames containing non-ASCII
characters}\label{filenames-containing-non-ascii-characters}}
The \texttt{odt} output doesn't support accented filenames, it is best
to stick to ASCII characters in filenames.
\hypertarget{license}{%
\section{License}\label{license}}
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this software
under the terms of the LaTeX Project Public License, version 1.3.
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