[OS X TeX] User Friendly LaTeX to HTML Converter?

[Richard J Benish]

>You haven't really said what you're trying to accomplish. Maybe if 
>you gave us some idea of what you're trying to do, someone could 
>suggest some alternatives.

At the beginning of the initial thread (LaTeX2html Basics?) 
concerning this topic I mentioned my desire to convert portions of a 
long paper to html. (That thread digressed a bit, so I started a new 
one.)

I should add that I am especially concerned about having the 
equations come out looking good -- both inline equations (and 
math-related symbols, etc.) and display equations.

SimpleTeX4ht did a decent job of converting the text part to html, 
but left the equations as question marks. One correspondent, who 
appeared to be much more savvy than I, mentioned that he also had to 
struggle to get SimpleTeX4ht to work properly. He recognized the 
symptoms, but could not remember the fix.

Richard Koch has kindly recommended a way to basically start over 
with a new install of TeXShop and SimpleTeX4ht, that sounds like it 
should work. But I have a slow internet connection, so I'd have to 
use a friend's machine to download the latest version, etc... 
Inconvenient, but perhaps this is my best option.

Grateful for all the help.

Richard Benish







>On Apr 28, 2008, at 1:04 PM, Richard J Benish wrote:
>
>>If anyone knows of a user friendly LaTeX to HTML converter I would 
>>appreciate learning of it.
>>
>>I've spent several hours trying to get LaTeX2htm, HeVeA and 
>>SimpleTeX4ht installed or to work. It's beyond me.
>
>A large part of the problem is that there's a huge mismatch between 
>the capabilities/working assumptions of (La)TeX+dvi/pdf and the 
>capabilities/working assumptions of HTML+browser. As a result, there 
>is (IMO) no such thing as a useful (let alone user friendly) LaTeX 
>to HTML converter. (And I reiterate: this is just my opinion.) So 
>trying to automagically convert from LaTeX source to HTML+browser 
>display is not something I ever try to do.
>
>You haven't really said what you're trying to accomplish. Maybe if 
>you gave us some idea of what you're trying to do, someone could 
>suggest some alternatives.
>
>--
>Chris Goedde
>
>
>
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