[OS X TeX] Tex to rtf converter

[Alain Schremmer]

On Aug 4, 2010, at 5:27 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

> First... since latex2rtf and latex2html are not part of a TeX Live  
> distribution (ergo MacTeX) there is no reason to include such and  
> engine.

That's for sure. But then this begs the question: why not? And, lest  
anyone thinks I am being other than I am, let me state that I am  
merely curious as to why the creators of TeXLive and MacTeX, to whom  
I am completely grateful, have so chosen and let me add that I am  
absolutely and totally convinced that this is not out of any kind of  
negligence whatsoever.

> Here's an engine I use for creating latex->html documents using  
> tex4ht. First go to ~/Library/TeXShop/Engines/ and pick any .engine  
> file, duplicate it (Cmd-D) and renaame the duplicate  
> htlatex.engine. Then open that file in TeXShop by double clicking  
> it, replace all the text in that engine with
>
> #!/bin/bash
> htlatex "$1" "html,pic-m+,pic-tabular,pic-fbox"
>
> (make sure you end with a final return) and save it. When you  
> restart TeXshop and open a source file take a look at the popup  
> menu next to the Typeset button on the toolbar. you'll see the new  
> engine listed.
>
> Here's how you use this engine. Open a latex .tex file you wish  
> translated to html (I suggest you first COPY it and associated  
> files into a new folder since lots of files will be generated) and,  
> at the top of the file put the line
>
> % !TEX TS-program = htlatex
>
> replacing any line like that may already there. Then simply Typeset  
> (Cmd-T). Since there is no pdf file created you must simply wait  
> until processing shown in the Console window stops. Assuming you  
> started with myfile.tex look for the myfile.html file. When you  
> double click this file it should open in your Browser and show your  
> document converted to html. It's usually quite ugly unless yout  
> take pains to make it as best you can (e.g., use the mathptmx  
> package to make math appear with the usual Times, etc.). You'll  
> also want to play with the options listed in the engine: this is  
> why such an engine is not supplied with TeXShop---too much personal  
> taste.

Thank you very much for these instructions which I will soon try to  
follow and will report on.

Grateful regards
--schremmer