[17086] in Athena Bugs
Re: latex2html amazing bug, quick fix.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Mon Aug 23 17:14:14 1999
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From: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 23 Aug 1999 17:14:04 -0400
In-Reply-To: "Craig A. Counterman"'s message of "Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:54:41 -0400"
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<ccount@MIT.EDU> (Craig A. Counterman) writes:
> The problem is dvips, which with the -i argument and the -o argument,
> mishandles the -o argument. dvips truncates the _path_ given for -o
> as if it were a filename
Sigh, *that*'s why it loses?
> This may be a bug in dvips, but latex2html is where it's being a
> problem. Noone in a course locker can use latex2html.
FWIW, I've worked around this bug (which I admit I should have
reported) by copying my files to a temporary directory, running
latex2html there, and copying the HTML back.
Also FWIW, tth (in the tth locker) is an alternative to latex2html
which I understand often works better.
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Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
