[l2h] Old bug not fixed

Robert Williams bob@bob.usuhs.mil
Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:21:58 -0400


Bruce Miller wrote:

> Strictly speaking, it is _NOT_ a bug in latex2html.
> It's a bug in RedHat's installation of Perl.
> Namely, Perl requires that the db used (for tying to hashes)
> must allow empty keys, but RedHat overrides or ignores the warning.
>
> Of course, it still would be worthwhile for l2h to work around ...

Right!  Please let's have this change.

     $global{$key}-- if $making_name;
to
    $global{$key}-- if ($key && $making_name);


and

       #ensure no more than 32 characters, including .html extension
        $title =~ s/^(.{1,27}).*$/$1/;
to

        #ensure no more than 55 characters, including .html extension
        $title =~ s/^(.{1,50}).*$/$1/;

Bob Williams