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<DIV><FONT size=2>Pablo:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>You are trying to install an old version of LaTeX2HTML so you
should probably go get the latest one, however, you will most likely still have
the same problem. </FONT><FONT size=2>I experienced the exact same
problem recently on a Win98 installation and for some reason using the
-debug command line switch caused the test.bat to complete correctly. I
wouldn't be at all surprised if this resolves this particular issue for
you. </FONT><FONT size=2>Once installed, all my existing stuff converted
without a glitch. No need for -debug on those. Oddly enough, it just
seemed to be necessary for test.bat to complete successfully.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Also are a few other known weird happenings when running
LaTeX2HTML on Windows. Errors conmverting images and what not.. I
have copied and pasted here from another email I sent out some time ago, some
suggestions that you may want to consider implementing if you run into any
further trouble. Some of these recommendations are surely not necessary,
but this is what consistently has worked for me on both NT and 9x.
YMMV.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Darrell</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>****************</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>1. Don't use the same temp folder as the operating
system does. Make a new<BR>temp folder, \l2htemp or somesuch, for l2h's
exclusive use. Modify<BR>prefs.pm accordingly. I am using drive
F:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>$prefs{'TMPSPACE'} = 'F:\\l2htemp';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>2. Also in prefs.pm, make the target directory name
l2h. From your log, it<BR>appears you have already made this
mod:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>$prefs{'PREFIX'} = 'F:\\l2h';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>3. Find the local initialization file,
dot.latex2html-init. It's in the<BR>same folder as prefs.pm. If left
alone, this will definitely be a problem<BR>(if not now it will be later, so fix
it now.) The "dot" is a result of NT's<BR>inability to correctly parse the
filename during decompressing of the<BR>archive. L2h thinks this file is
named .latex2html-init (with leading<BR>period instead of "dot"). I am
assuming that 9x will similarly parse this<BR>filename<BR>incorrectly, but even
if it is correct you want to rename it. Leading<BR>periods in filenames
can sometines wreak havoc with DOS command<BR>interpreters. Rename it to
something command.com can properly dealt with,<BR>e.g. l2hinit is what I
use. It is<BR>necessary to inform l2h of the change, obviously.
Before running<BR>config.bat, modify the l2hconf.pin file, which during
execution of<BR>config.bat is built to l2hconf.pm. This is the global
config file for l2h.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2># Local initialization files are usually named
.latex2html-init<BR># this name is hard-coded as the default with the latex2html
script<BR># It can be changed here, if desired:<BR>#<BR># $INIT_FILE_NAME =
'.latex2html-init';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Do not just uncomment and change this last line from
'.latex2html-init' to<BR>'l2hinit'. That won't work. Instead, just
leave that line commented and<BR>add this new line:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>$INIT_FILE_NAME = $ENV{'L2HINIT_NAME'} ||
'l2hinit';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>4. Change the default image type from png to gif.
Not really necessary,<BR>but recommended since many browsers do not correctly
render transparent<BR>png's. Although it may appear that l2h is not
correctly rendering a<BR>transparent png, it is actually the web browser that is
the culprit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Note: some test.bat's have been known to fail (ie not
successfully convert images)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>if step #4 is not taken.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>make this<BR>mod either in l2hconf.pin (before running config.bat) or
directly to<BR>l2hconf.pm (after running config.bat):</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>@IMAGE_TYPES = qw(gif png);</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>The default has the order reversed, i.e. qw(png gif). Also be sure
this<BR>line is not commented out.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>5. Run config.bat. If execution seems to stop while checking
dvips, just<BR>hit enter a time or two and it will resume.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I noticed from your log that l2h was successful in recognizing GS:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>checking for gswin32c... C:\GS\GS7.04\BIN\gswin32c.exe<BR>checking for
ghostscript version... 7.04</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Many people on Wintel (myself included) will instead get:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>checking for gswin32c... no<BR>Warning: Will not be able to generate images
due to above failure.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>...and similar errors for the netpbm utilitites because we choose not
to<BR>have all that stuff in our path. In case you didn't know, the
prefs.pm mod<BR>that takes care of this without having to put GS and netpbm in
the path is:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>$prefs{'EXTRAPATH'} = 'F:\\gs\\gs7.04\\bin;F:\\netpbm\\bin';</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>...your paths may vary according to where you installed GS and
netpbm,<BR>obviously.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>6. If all's OK in config.log, run test.bat. See if your errors
go away.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>7. Look at test output with your browser and verify the
mathematical<BR>formulae display correctly.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>8. Run install.bat. Consider placing the l2h\bin folder in your
path, so<BR>you can later run latex2html.bat from any directory. You may
also wish to<BR>keep that l2hinit file discussed earlier (for some reason it did
not seem to<BR>copy over to the install directory.) It doesn't really need
to go there per<BR>se, but you will probably want to keep a copy of it
_somewhere_ before you<BR>remove the expanded archive files that you ran the
install from (which are<BR>now safe to delete since it is already "installed" at
the destination<BR>folder.") Copies of l2hinit can be modified and placed
accordingly to<BR>facilitate different local configurations (e.g. unique to each
project,<BR>person, etc.) without having to all the time modify the l2hconf.pm,
which<BR>applies global settings _before_ parsing l2hinit.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pablobellino@yahoo.com.ar
href="mailto:pablobellino@yahoo.com.ar">Pablo Bellino</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=latex2html@tug.org
href="mailto:latex2html@tug.org">latex2html@tug.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, July 29, 2003 6:42
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [l2h] Poblems with
installation</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">I'm having some problems with the
installation of latex2html-99.2beta8. I have:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Windows Millennium</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Active Perl 5.6.1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">netpbm-10.6</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">MikTex 2.3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Ghostscript 8.00</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Before I ran the install, I changed the
followings lines of the file prefs.pm:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">$prefs{'EXTRAPATH'} =
'D:\\archiv~1\\gs\\gs8.00\\bin;D:\\netpbm\\bin';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"> $prefs{'PREFIX'} =
'D:\\latex2html';<BR>#$prefs{'PREFIX'} = '/usr/local';</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Then I ran install, and the
config.log file says:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">config.pl, Release 99.2beta8 (Revision
1.32)<BR>Accompanies LaTeX2HTML, (C) 1999 GNU Public License.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">checking for old config file
(cfgcache.pm)... not found (ok)<BR>checking for platform... MSWin32 (Windows
32 bit)<BR>checking for D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe...
D:\Perl\bin\perl.exe<BR>checking perl version... 5.006001<BR>checking if perl
supports some dbm... yes<BR>checking if perl globbing works... yes<BR>checking
for tex... c:\texmf\miktex\bin\tex.exe<BR>checking for latex...
c:\texmf\miktex\bin\latex.exe<BR>checking for initex...
c:\texmf\miktex\bin\initex.exe<BR>checking for kpsewhich...
c:\texmf\miktex\bin\kpsewhich.exe<BR>checking for kpsewhich syntax... ok
(style=1)<BR>checking for TeX include path... NONE<BR>Warning: Will not
automatically install LaTeX2HTML style files.<BR>checking for dvips...
c:\texmf\miktex\bin\dvips.exe<BR>checking dvips version... 5.90a<BR>checking
if dvips supports the combination of -E and -i -S 1... yes<BR>checking for
html4-check... no<BR>checking for gswin32c...
\archiv~1\gs\gs8.00\bin\gswin32c.exe<BR>checking for ghostscript version...
8.00<BR>checking for ghostscript portable bitmap device... pnmraw<BR>checking
for full color device for anti-aliasing... ppmraw<BR>checking for ghostscript
library and font paths... built-in paths are correct<BR>checking for
pnmcrop... \netpbm\bin\pnmcrop.exe<BR>checking if pnmcrop can crop from one
direction... yes<BR>checking for pnmflip...
\netpbm\bin\pnmflip.exe<BR>checking for ppmquant...
\netpbm\bin\ppmquant.exe<BR>checking for pnmfile...
\netpbm\bin\pnmfile.exe<BR>checking for pnmcat...
\netpbm\bin\pnmcat.exe<BR>checking for pbmmake...
\netpbm\bin\pbmmake.exe<BR>checking for ppmtogif...
\netpbm\bin\ppmtogif.exe<BR>checking if ppmtogif can make transparent GIFs...
yes<BR>checking if ppmtogif can make interlaced GIFs... yes<BR>checking for
pnmtopng... \netpbm\bin\pnmtopng.exe<BR>checking if multiple pipes work...
no<BR>Unfortunately multiple pipes are not reliable on this OS.<BR>checking
for temporary disk space... C:\WINDOWS\TEMP<BR>creating
cfgcache.pm<BR>creating test.bat<BR>creating install.bat<BR>Note: Will
install...<BR> ... executables to :
D:\latex2html\bin<BR> ... library items to :
D:\latex2html<BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">As far I know, nothing wrong is up to this
point. The problem arise when I execute the test.com (fist I
changed the environment memory to 1024 of this file). When the
conversion arrives at the conversions of images, in the shell
appear></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Converting image #1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">the search directory of COMMAND is
wrong</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">too much parameters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">too much parameters</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">some more lines like those, and the shell
froze. I have been reading the files of installation of the program and I
couldn't find the source of the error. It seems to me that the problem is with
my system, but I would be appreciate if someone could help me.
Thanks.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Berling Antiqua">Pablo</DIV></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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