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-<head>
-<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label LaTeX2HTML</title>
-</head><body>
-<h3>Conversion from (La)TeX to HTML</h3>
-<p/>TeX and LaTeX are well suited to producing electronically publishable
-documents. However, it is important to realize the difference
-between page layout and functional markup. TeX is capable of
-extremely detailed page layout; HTML is not, because HTML is a
-functional markup language not a page layout language. HTML&#8217;s exact
-rendering is not specified by the document that is published but is, to
-some degree, left to the discretion of the browser. If you require your
-readers to see an exact replication of what your document looks like
-to you, then you cannot use HTML and you must use some other
-publishing format such as PDF. That is true for any HTML
-authoring tool.
-<p/>TeX&#8217;s excellent mathematical capabilities remain a challenge in the
-business of conversion to HTML. There are only two generally
-reliable techniques for generating mathematics on the web: creating
-bitmaps of bits of typesetting that can&#8217;t be translated, and using
-symbols and table constructs. Neither technique is entirely
-satisfactory. Bitmaps lead to a profusion of tiny files, are slow to
-load, and are inaccessible to those with visual disabilities. The
-symbol fonts offer poor coverage of mathematics, and their use
-requires configuration of the browser. The future of mathematical
-browsing may be brighter &#8212; see
-
-<a href="FAQ-mathml.html">future Web technologies</a>.
-<p/>For today, possible packages are:
-<dl>
-<dt><i>LaTeX2HTML</i><dd>a <i>Perl</i> script package that
- supports LaTeX only, and generates mathematics (and other
- &#8220;difficult&#8221; things) using bitmaps. The original version was
- written by Nikos Drakos for Unix systems, but the package now sports
- an illustrious list of co-authors and is also available for Windows
- systems. Michel Goossens and Janne Saarela published a detailed
- discussion of <i>LaTeX2HTML</i>, and how to tailor it, in
- <i>TUGboat</i> 16(2).
-<p/> A mailing list for users may be found via
- <a href="http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/latex2html">http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/latex2html</a>
-<dt><i>TtH</i><dd>a compiled program that supports either LaTeX
- or Plain TeX, and uses the font/table technique for representing
- mathematics. It is written by Ian Hutchinson, using
- <i>flex</i>. The distribution consists of a single C
- source (or a compiled executable), which is easy to install and very
- fast-running.
-<dt><i>TeX4ht</i><dd>a compiled program that supports either
- LaTeX or Plain TeX, by processing a DVI file; it uses
- bitmaps for mathematics, but can also use other technologies where
- appropriate. Written by Eitan Gurari, it parses the DVI
- file generated when you run (La)TeX over your file with
- <i>tex4ht</i>&#8217;s macros included. As a result, it&#8217;s pretty
- robust against the macros you include in your document, and it&#8217;s
- also pretty fast.
-<dt><i>plasTeX</i><dd>a Python-based LaTeX document processing
- framework. It gives DOM-like access to a LaTeX document, as
- well as the ability to generate mulitple output formats
- (e.g. HTML, DocBook, tBook, etc.).
-<dt><i>TeXpider</i><dd>a commercial program from
- <a href="FAQ-commercial.html">Micropress</a>, which is
- described on <a href="http://www.micropress-inc.com/webb/wbstart.htm">http://www.micropress-inc.com/webb/wbstart.htm</a>;
- it uses bitmaps for equations.
-<dt><i>Hevea</i><dd> a compiled program that supports LaTeX
- only, and uses the font/table technique for equations (indeed its
- entire approach is very similar to <i>TtH</i>). It is written
- in Objective CAML by Luc Maranget. <i>Hevea</i> isn&#8217;t
- archived on CTAN; details (including download points) are
- available via <a href="http://pauillac.inria.fr/~maranget/hevea/">http://pauillac.inria.fr/~maranget/hevea/</a>
-</dl>
-An interesting set of samples, including conversion of the same text
-by the four free programs listed above, is available at
-<a href="http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/samples/example.htm">http://www.mayer.dial.pipex.com/samples/example.htm</a>; a linked
-page gives lists of pros and cons, by way of comparison.
-<p/>The World Wide Web Consortium maintains a list of &#8220;filters&#8221; to
-HTML, with sections on (La)TeX and BibTeX &#8212; see
-<a href="http://www.w3.org/Tools/Word_proc_filters.html">http://www.w3.org/Tools/Word_proc_filters.html</a>
-<dl>
-<dt><tt><i>latex2html</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/latex2html">support/latex2html</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/latex2html.html">catalogue entry</a>
-<dt><tt><i>plasTeX</i></tt><dd>Browse <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/plastex">support/plastex</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/plastex.html">catalogue entry</a>
-<dt><tt><i>tex4ht</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/obsolete/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip">obsolete/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip</a>; <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org//help/Catalogue/entries/tex4ht.html">catalogue entry</a> (but see <a href="http://tug.org/tex4ht/">http://tug.org/tex4ht/</a>)
-<dt><tt><i>tth</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tth/dist.zip">support/tth/dist</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/support/tth/dist/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/tth.html">catalogue entry</a>
-</dl>
-<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeX2HTML">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=LaTeX2HTML</a>
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