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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
- "xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
+ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd-->
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
>
-<head><title>overview</title>
+<head><title>driver</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
-<meta name="generator" content="TeX4ht (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn.html)" />
-<meta name="originator" content="TeX4ht (http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~gurari/TeX4ht/mn.html)" />
+<meta name="generator" content="TeX4ht (https://tug.org/tex4ht/)" />
+<meta name="originator" content="TeX4ht (https://tug.org/tex4ht/)" />
<!-- xhtml,th4,index -->
<meta name="src" content="mn.tex" />
-<meta name="date" content="2004-02-11 18:07:00" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mn.css" />
</head><body
>
<a
- href="mn37.html#mn38.html" >exit overview</a>
+ href="mn31.html#mn38.html" >exit driver</a>
<h3 class="SubSectionHead"><a
- name="QQ1-38-48"></a>The Translation Process</h3>
+ name="QQ1-38-78"></a>Driving the Translation of Pictures and Other Tasks</h3>
<a
- name="index38-48001"></a> <a
- name="index38-48002"></a> <a
- name="index38-48003"></a> <a
- name="index38-48004"></a> <a
- name="index38-48005"></a>The system can be activated with a sequence of commands of the following form, typically embedded within
-a script.
-<div class="Verbatim"><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;latex</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(or</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;`tex</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x')</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;latex</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;latex</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;tex4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;t4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /></div>
-<!--l. 6011--><p class="indent"> The three compilations with La(TeX) are needed to ensure proper links. The approach is illustrated in the
-following picture.
-
-</p><!--l. 6016--><p class="indent"> <img
-src="mn4x.gif" alt=" --html
- | files
- ----| -------| |
- ----| |---- ---- ---- --
-x.tex TeX | x.dvi |tex4ht | | x.idv | ----|
- ----- ------- | --t4ht---gif &amp; css
- | | ----- files
- ---x.lg---
-" />
-</p><!--l. 6051--><p class="indent">
-</p><dl > <dt>x.tex</dt><dd>
-<!--l. 6054--><p class="indent"> This is a source TeX/LaTeX/OtherTeX file that imports the style files <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.sty </span>and <span class="cmtt-10">*.4ht</span>. The style files
-define the features for the output.
-</p>
- </dd><dt>tex4ht</dt><dd>
-<!--l. 6060--><p class="indent"> <a
- name="index38-48006"></a> <a
- name="index38-48007"></a>The output of TeX is a standard dvi file interleaved with special instructions for the postprocessor <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht </span>to
-use. The special instructions come from implicit and explicit requests made in the source file through commands of
-TeX4ht.
-</p><!--l. 6067--><p class="indent"> The utility <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht </span>translates the dvi code into standard text, while obeying the requests it gets from the
-special instructions. The special instructions may request the creation of files, insertion of html code, filtering of
-pictures, and so forth.
-</p><!--l. 6072--><p class="indent"> In the extreme case that the source code contains no commands of TeX4ht, tex4ht gets pure dvi code and it
-outputs (almost) plain text with no hypertext elements in it.
-</p><!--l. 6076--><p class="indent"> The special (<span class="cmtt-10">\special</span>) instructions seeded in the dvi code are not understood by dvi processors other than
-those of TeX4ht.
-</p>
- </dd><dt>x.idv</dt><dd>
-<!--l. 6081--><p class="indent"> <a
- name="index38-48008"></a> <a
- name="index38-48009"></a>This is a dvi file extracted from <span class="cmtt-10">x.dvi</span>, and it contains the pictures needed in the html files.
+ name="index38-78001"></a> <a
+ name="index38-78002"></a> <a
+ name="index38-78003"></a>TeX4ht outputs a script file (&#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">.lg</span>&#8217;) describing how the dvi file (extension &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">.idv</span>&#8217;) of pictures should
+be processed, the CSS instructions to be included for the file, and user-initiated requests from the
+operating system. In the default setting, the script file holds abstract commands similar to the following
+ones.
+<dl > <dt><span class="cmtt-10">--- needs --- source.idv[i] ==&#x003E; target.png ---</span></dt><dd>
+<!--l. 8576--><p class="indent" > An abstract command of this form requests that the i&#8217;th page in the dvi file will be translated into a target file
+whose name is provided.
</p>
- </dd><dt>x.lg</dt><dd>
-<!--l. 6088--><p class="indent"> <a
- name="index38-48010"></a>This is a log file listing the pictures of x.idv, the gif files that should be created, CSS information, and user
-directives introduced through the &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">\Needs{...}</span>&#8217; command.
-</p>
- </dd><dt>t4ht</dt><dd>
-<!--l. 6095--><p class="indent"> This is an interpreter for executing the requests made in the <span class="cmtt-10">x.lg </span>script.
+ </dd><dt><span class="cmtt-10">--- characters --- </span></dt><dd>
+<!--l. 8584--><p class="indent" > This abstract command is a identifies where the requests for pictorial characters start.
</p>
</dd></dl>
- <h3 class="SubSectionHead"><a
- name="QQ1-38-49"></a>A Reflection at the System Messages</h3>
-<div class="Verbatim"><span class="cmtt-10">This</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;is</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;TeX,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;Version</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;3.14159</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(Web2C</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;7.3.1)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmsy-10"><img src="cmsy10-28.gif" alt="&lt;==" class="cmsy10--28" /> </span><span class="cmbx-10">invoke</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;&#8216;latex</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;x&#8217;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">LaTeX2e</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;&lt;1998/12/01&gt;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;patch</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;level</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;1</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Babel</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;&lt;v3.6x&gt;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;and</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;hyphenation</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;patterns</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;for</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;american,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;french,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;german,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;ngerman,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;n</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">ohyphenation,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;loaded.</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(x.tex</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/article.cls</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Document</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;Class:</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;article</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;1999/01/07</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;v1.4a</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;Standard</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;LaTeX</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;document</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;class</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/tex4ht.sty)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/tex4ht.sty</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">---</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;needs</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;---</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;tex4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;---</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(tex4ht.tmp)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(x.xref)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(n/tex4ht.dir/html4.4ht)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/picmath4.4ht)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/latex.4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(n/tex4ht.dir/html4.4ht)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/picmath4.4ht))</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/fontmath.4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/html4.4ht)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/picmath4.4ht))</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/article.4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(n/tex4ht.dir/html4.4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(n/tex4ht.dir/picmath4.4ht)))</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(x.aux)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">---</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;file</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.css</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;---</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">[1]</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(x.aux)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Output</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;written</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;on</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.dvi</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(1</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;page,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;4460</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;bytes).</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Transcript</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;written</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;on</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.log.</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">This</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;is</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;TeX,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;Version</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;3.14159</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(Web2C</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;7.3.1)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmsy-10"><img src="cmsy10-28.gif" alt="&lt;==" class="cmsy10--28" /> </span><span class="cmbx-10">invoke</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;&#8216;latex</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;x&#8217;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">LaTeX2e</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;&lt;1998/12/01&gt;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;patch</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;level</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;1</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">.......................</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">This</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;is</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;TeX,</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;Version</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;3.14159</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(Web2C</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;7.3.1)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmsy-10"><img src="cmsy10-28.gif" alt="&lt;==" class="cmsy10--28" /> </span><span class="cmbx-10">invoke</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;&#8216;latex</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;x&#8217;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">LaTeX2e</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;&lt;1998/12/01&gt;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;patch</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;level</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;1</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">.......................</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.c</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(1999-11-10-03-50)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmsy-10"><img src="cmsy10-28.gif" alt="&lt;==" class="cmsy10--28" /> </span><span class="cmbx-10">invoke</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;&#8216;tex4ht</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;x&#8217;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(tex4ht.env)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/tex4ht.fls)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(/usr/share/texmf/fonts/tfm/public/cm/cmr10.tfm)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">(n/tex4ht.dir/ht-fonts/iso8859/cm/cmr.htf)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">[1</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;file</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.html</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;file</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.css</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;file</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;tex4ht.tmp</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">]</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Execute</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;script</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;`x.lg'</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">t4ht.c</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;(1999-12-30-21-14)</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span><span class="cmsy-10"><img src="cmsy10-28.gif" alt="&lt;==" class="cmsy10--28" /> </span><span class="cmbx-10">invoke</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;&#8216;t4ht</span><span class="cmbx-10">&nbsp;x&#8217;</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Entering</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;tex4ht.env</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Entering</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;x.lg</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /><span class="cmtt-10">.......................</span><span class="cmtt-10">&nbsp;</span>
-<br /></div>
+<!--l. 8589--><p class="indent" > A manual brute-force execution of the abstract commands can be a tedious job for large number of pictures.
+The <span class="cmtt-10">t4ht </span>is in essence an interpreter for these abstract commands.
+</p><!--l. 8594--><p class="indent" > Another possible approach for automating the process is to request lg scripts in the form of shell scripts or
+batch files.
+</p><!--l. 8601--><p class="indent" > <big><span class="cmbx-10">Alternatives to &#8216;</span><span class="cmtt-10">--- needs --- source.idv[i] ==&#x003E; target.png ---</span><span class="cmbx-10">&#8217;</span></big>
+</p><!--l. 8604--><p class="indent" > The default setting is made with a request of the form &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">--- needs --- %%1.idv[%%2] ==&#x003E; %%3.png ---</span>&#8217;,
+where the parameters <span class="cmtt-10">%%1</span>, <span class="cmtt-10">%%2</span>, and <span class="cmtt-10">%%3 </span>respectively represent the name of the source file without
+its extension, a page number, and a name of the target file. Alternative patterns to these abstract
+commands can be requested in the following locations, with the order reflecting on the priority given to the
+requests.
+</p><!--l. 8613--><p class="indent" >
+</p><ul type="disc" >
+<li>In the <a
+ href="mn39.html" >command line</a> of <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht</span>, where the pattern should be prefixed with &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">-s</span>&#8217;.
+<!--l. 8617--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
+<li>In the environment file <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env </span>within a block of consecutive lines, where the lines should be identified with the
+character <a
+ href="mn34.html#sc-1" name="sc">&#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">s</span>&#8217;</a>.
+<!--l. 8623--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
+<li>In <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht </span>with the pattern provided through the variable <a
+ href="mn37.html#x-LGPIC" name="LGPIC">LGPIC</a> of <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.c</span>.
+ </li></ul>
+<!--l. 8630--><p class="indent" > The character &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%</span>&#8217; can be introduced into a pattern through the entry &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%%%</span>&#8217;. On the other hand, the
+parameters &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%%1</span>&#8217;, &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%%2</span>&#8217;, and <span class="cmtt-10">%%3 </span>can specify, between the first two percentage characters (i.e., &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%...%1</span>&#8217;,
+&#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%...%2</span>&#8217;, and &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">%...%3</span>&#8217;), any format for the outcome that is compatible with the print formats of
+C.
+</p><!--l. 8637--><p class="indent" > <big><span class="cmbx-10">Alternatives to &#8216;</span><span class="cmtt-10">--- characters ---</span><span class="cmbx-10">&#8217;</span></big>
+</p><!--l. 8639--><p class="indent" > Substitutions for this abstract command can be requested in the following locations.
+</p><!--l. 8646--><p class="indent" >
+</p><ul type="disc" >
+<li>In the <a
+ href="mn39.html" name="mn39.html" >overview</a> of <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht</span>, prefixed with &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">-b</span>&#8217;.
+<!--l. 8817--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
+<li>In a line within the environment file &#8216;<span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.file</span>&#8217;, where the line should be identified with the character
+&#8216;<a
+ href="mn34.html#bsc-1" name="bsc">b</a>&#8217;.
+<!--l. 8823--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
+<li>In <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht </span>with the substitution provided during compilation time through the variable <a
+ href="mn37.html#x-LGSEP" name="LGSEP">LGSEP</a> of
+<span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.c</span>.
+ </li></ul>
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