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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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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 &mdash; 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
+ &ldquo;difficult&rdquo; 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>&rsquo;s macros included. As a result, it&rsquo;s pretty
+ robust against the macros you include in your document, and it&rsquo;s
+ also pretty fast.
+<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&rsquo;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 &ldquo;filters&rdquo; to
+HTML, with sections on (La)TeX and BibTeX &mdash; 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://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/support/latex2html/">support/latex2html/</a>
+<dt><tt><i>tex4ht</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip">support/TeX4ht/tex4ht-all.zip</a>
+<dt><tt><i>tth</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/nonfree/support/tth/dist/tth_C.tgz">nonfree/support/tth/dist/tth_C.tgz</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>
+</body>