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<a
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<h3 class="SubSectionHead"><a
name="QQ1-26-41"></a>A Setup for MS Windows</h3>
<ol type="a" >
<li> <a
name="index26-41001"></a>Establish a directory, say, ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht</span>’.
<!--l. 6608--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41002"></a>Download the file <a
href="tex4ht.zip" >tex4ht.zip</a> into the directory <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.dir </span>and unzip it.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Update the Pointers in the Environment File</span></p>
<!--l. 6634--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41003"></a> <a
name="index26-41004"></a>Replace in <a
href="tex4ht-env-win32.txt" ><span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht\texmf\tex4ht\base\win32\tex4ht.env</span></a> the lines starting with the character ‘<span class="cmtt-10">t</span>’, with
alternative lines which state what directories should be searched for the tfm files of TeX and LaTeX. The directory
names must be preceded with the character ‘<span class="cmtt-10">t</span>’ at the first column. If their subdirectories are also to be searched, the
names should be appended with the character ‘<span class="cmtt-10">!</span>’.
<!--l. 6647--><p class="indent" > Note that long file names on MS Windows, and file names with spaces, might have short space-free aliases. For
instance, a directory name ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\progra~1\texmf</span>’ instead of ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\program files\texmf</span>’. The alternative names can
be checked by issuing the ‘<span class="cmtt-10">dir</span>’ command in a DOS session.
</p><!--l. 6654--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41005"></a>If needed, adjust the paths in the ‘<span class="cmtt-10">i</span>’ records of <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env</span>. These records are used for searching htf fonts, and
they are similar to the ‘<span class="cmtt-10">t</span>’ records.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Update the Bitmap Generating Scripts</span></p>
<!--l. 6668--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41006"></a>The file <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env </span>contains the following default script, of calls to system utilities for translating dvi pictures into
png.
<div class="Verbatim"><span class="cmtt-10">Gif</span><span class="cmtt-10"> exist</span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> DEL</span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> >nul</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Gif</span><span class="cmtt-10"> exist</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%3</span><span class="cmtt-10"> DEL</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%3</span><span class="cmtt-10"> >nul</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Gdvips</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -E</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -Ppdf</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -mode</span><span class="cmtt-10"> ibmvga</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -D</span><span class="cmtt-10"> 110</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -f</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%1</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -pp</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%2</span><span class="cmtt-10"> ></span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Gconvert</span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -trim</span><span class="cmtt-10"> +repage</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -density</span><span class="cmtt-10"> 110x110</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -transparent</span><span class="cmtt-10"> "#FFFFFF"</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%3</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10">Gif</span><span class="cmtt-10"> exist</span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> DEL</span><span class="cmtt-10"> zz%%4.ps</span><span class="cmtt-10"> >nul</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /></div>
<!--l. 6681--><p class="indent" > You may replace this script with an alternative sequence of system calls. In such a case, place one command per
line, and mark each of these lines with the character ‘<span class="cmtt-10">G</span>’ at the first column. The literate version tex4ht-env.tex of
tex4ht.env offers a few suggestions.
</p><!--l. 6687--><p class="indent" > The entry <span class="cmtt-10">%%1 </span>is a parameter referring to a dvi file, the <span class="cmtt-10">%%2 </span>is a parameter indicating a page
number, the <span class="cmtt-10">%%3 </span>is a parameter standing for an output file name, and <span class="cmtt-10">%%4 </span>is a parameter providing the
jobname.
</p><!--l. 6696--><p class="indent" > The <a
href="http://www.radicaleye.com/dvips.html" >dvips</a> utility translates dvi files into postscript. The <span class="cmtt-10">convert </span>utility, provided within the distribution of
<a
href="http://www.imagemagick.org/" >ImageMagick</a>, translates postscript files into png.
</p><!--l. 6702--><p class="indent" > The script employs the Metafont mode ‘<span class="cmtt-10">ibmvga</span>’ of resolution ‘<span class="cmtt-10">110</span>’; the available modes are listed in file
<span class="cmtt-10">modes.mf </span>of Metafont.
</p><!--l. 6707--><p class="indent" > Use the option ‘<span class="cmtt-10">-crop 0x0 +page</span>’ or ‘<span class="cmtt-10">-crop 0x0 +repage</span>’ instead of ‘<span class="cmtt-10">-trim</span>’ for old convert utilities that do
not recognize the latter argument.
</p><!--l. 6711--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Instead of employing the G scripts, glyphs can rely on specialized <a
href="mn27.html" name="mn27.html" >F scripts</a> of similar nature for creating pngs.
<!--l. 6730--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41007"></a> <a
name="index26-41008"></a> <a
name="index26-41009"></a> <a
name="index26-41010"></a>The bitmap formats can be controlled by a ‘g’ record of tex4ht.env, a ‘-g’ switch of <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.c</span>, and a -LGTYP
switch in the compilation of tex4ht.c. The default setting assumes the ‘png’ format.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Update the Other Scripts in the Environment File</span></p>
<!--l. 6744--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>If needed, replace the scripts ‘<span class="cmtt-10">Mmove %%1 %%2%%3</span>’, and ‘<span class="cmtt-10">Ccopy %%1 %%2%%3</span>’ in <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env </span>with <a
href="mn28.html" name="mn28.html" >alternative
scripts</a> for moving and copying files. The parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%1 </span>stands for the source file(s), the parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%2 </span>provides the
target directory name, and the parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%3 </span>refers to the target file name(s).
<!--l. 6770--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>If applicable, replace the scripts ‘<span class="cmtt-10">Achmod %%1 %%2%%3</span>’ in <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env </span>with an alternative script for changing the
access mode of files. The parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%1 </span>stands for access mode, the parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%2 </span>refers to a directory name, and
the parameter <span class="cmtt-10">%%3 </span>refers to the file(s).
<!--l. 6778--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li> <a
name="index26-41011"></a>Postprocessing of files can be requested with ‘<span class="cmtt-10">.</span>’ scripts. The files are selected by their extension names, as listed
following the period symbols. The parameter ‘<span class="cmtt-10">%%1</span>’ provides the file names, and the parameter ‘<span class="cmtt-10">%%0</span>’ provides the
jobnames.
<!--l. 6786--><p class="indent" > The environment file <a
href="tex4ht-env-win32.txt" >tex4ht.env</a> offers the following draft of a dot script for <span class="cmbx-10">validating </span>output of
compilations.
</p><div class="Verbatim"><span class="cmtt-10"><validate></span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10"> .xml</span><span class="cmtt-10"> java</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -cp</span><span class="cmtt-10"> texmf/tex4ht/bin/xv4ht.jar</span><span class="cmtt-10"> xv4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%1.xml</span><span class="cmtt-10"> texmf/tex4ht/base/win32/xv4ht.cat</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10"> .html</span><span class="cmtt-10"> java</span><span class="cmtt-10"> -cp</span><span class="cmtt-10"> texmf/tex4ht/bin/xv4ht.jar</span><span class="cmtt-10"> xv4ht</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%1.html</span><span class="cmtt-10"> texmf/tex4ht/base/win32/xv4ht.cat</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10"> .css</span><span class="cmtt-10"> mycssparser</span><span class="cmtt-10"> %%1.css</span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /><span class="cmtt-10"></validate></span><span class="cmtt-10"> </span>
<br /></div>
<!--l. 6801--><p class="indent" > The dot script may be activated in the following manner.
</p><!--l. 6803--><p class="indent" >
</p><ol type="1" >
<li>Fix the paths in the first two records as well as witin the xv4ht.cat file.
<!--l. 6808--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Bind a CSS validator to the .css record. (<a
href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html" ><span class="cmtt-10">http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/DOWNLOAD.html</span></a>)
<!--l. 6814--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Remove the leading space characters from the above record.
</li></ol>
<!--l. 6828--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Postprocessing of files can also be requested with ‘<span class="cmtt-10">X</span>’ scripts. The file names are accessed through the parameter
‘<span class="cmtt-10">%%1</span>’, and their extensions through the parameter ‘<span class="cmtt-10">%%2</span>’.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Set the Script Files</span></p>
<!--l. 6836--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>If you use a command different than ‘<span class="cmtt-10">latex</span>’ for compiling LaTeX source files, replace the references to <span class="cmtt-10">latex </span>in
<span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht\bin\win32\*.bat </span>with the appropriate command name. The <span class="cmtt-10">tex </span>and <span class="cmtt-10">texi </span>commands require similar
attention.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Make the System Globally Known</span></p> </li>
<li>Add ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht\bin\win32</span>’ to your path variable in ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\AUTOEXEC.BAT</span>’.
<!--l. 6849--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Place the files ‘<span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.sty</span>’ and ‘<span class="cmtt-10">*.4ht</span>’ of <span class="cmtt-10">c:\texmf\tex\generic\tex4ht\ </span>within the LaTeX/TeX tree (either by
moving the files to a directory which already has sty files, or by modifying the environment variable TEXINPUTS to
point also to ‘<span class="cmtt-10">c:\texmf\tex\generic\tex4ht\</span>’).
<!--l. 6856--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>If your TeX system uses a database to locate files, make sure to refresh it (e.g., select <span class="cmtt-10">Start -> Programs -></span>
<span class="cmtt-10">MiKTeX -> Refresh</span>, or run ‘<span class="cmtt-10">initexmf -u</span>’ from a DOS session, to update MiKTeX).
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Didn’t Use ’</span><span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht’</span><span class="cmbx-10">?</span></p> </li>
<li>If TeX4ht is installed in a directory other than <span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht</span>, make sure to adjust the related paths in <span class="cmtt-10">tex4ht.env </span>the
<span class="cmtt-10">.bat </span>files.
<!--l. 6870--><p class="noindent" ></p></li>
<li>Some output modes assume <a
href="http://www.sun.com/" >Java</a> is also available in the computer in use.
<p class="rightline"><span class="cmbx-10">Test the Installation</span></p> </li>
<li>Move <span class="cmtt-10">testa.tex </span>and <span class="cmtt-10">testb.tex </span>from <span class="cmtt-10">c:\tex4ht.dir\temp\ </span>to your work directory </li>
<li>Compile ‘<span class="cmtt-10">testa.tex</span>’ with the command ‘<span class="cmtt-10">ht latex testa</span>’ </li>
<li>Compile ‘<span class="cmtt-10">testb.tex</span>’ with the command ‘<span class="cmtt-10">htlatex testb</span>’
</li></ol>
<!--l. 6892--><p class="indent" > [<a
href="http://www.csulb.edu/~murdock/dosindex.html" >MS Commands</a>]
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