latex2html

[George N. White III]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 06:27:51PM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:13:29PM -0400, Ed Hill wrote:
>>
>>>> This is the first time I've even heard of this problem.  An indicator
>>>> of the size of the userbase for the latex2html we ship?
>>>
>>> Hi Tim,
>>>
>>> Yes, I agree that latex2html users are few in number.  But does that
>>> make us worthless?  I hope not!  ;-)
>>
>> My point was more that perhaps latex2html users don't use the
>> latex2html that we actually ship, but a different version.

Or even a completely different application such as TeX4ht.  In general,
the TeX distributions that have shipped with linux distros have
lagged behind the popular Win32 distros (fpTeX and MikTeX).

> Most likely.  The TuG (TeX User Group) has been distributing
> multi CD sets of all the TeX family of tools.
>
>   http://tug.org/
>
> Most of the serious TeX and LaTeX folk use bits on The Comprehensive
> TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
>
>   http://tug.org/ctan.html

The TeX Live distribution from TuG includes TeX4ht.  Anyone can download
the .iso images -- there are 3 versions:

1.  "demo" version that runs from the CD on the most popular platforms
     with the most popular packages
2.  "install" CD with compressed binaries for more platforms
3.  "live" ready to run DVD image with everything

The unix code in TeX Live is based on teTeX.  The TeX Live distro
provides statically linked binaries that will run on most linux platforms.
If you stick to the standard directory structure all you need to do is
put the TeX tree somewhere on your filesystems and add the appropriate
bin directory to your path.  For example, you can mount the DVD image 
via the loop device, e.g., on /usr/TeX.

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George N. White III  <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
   Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada