[17087] in Athena Bugs
Re: latex2html amazing bug, quick fix.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (t. belton)
Tue Aug 24 12:21:54 1999
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:21:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "t. belton" <tbelton@MIT.EDU>
To: "Aaron M. Ucko" <amu@MIT.EDU>
Cc: ccount@MIT.EDU, bug-infoagents@MIT.EDU
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I've never used latex2html but I have to agree with both of Craig's
assessments - it is indeed an amazing bug AND a quick fix. :) Stay tuned
for a notification later today when I've fixed it.
-Todd
On 23 Aug 1999, Aaron M. Ucko wrote:
> <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.
