[l2h] Subscripts without math mode?

Molly Weems weems@ship.saic.com
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 11:22:53 -0500 (EST)


Is there any way to get latex2html to *not* go into math mode when
it encounters a superscript or subscript? I have a series of documents
that are liberally sprinkled with simple subscripts like C_b or L_wl.
Unfortunately, latex2html converts every one of these into an image.
This means that the conversion takes a long time, the number of image 
files is huge, the resulting HTML is unsearchable, and the display is 
ugly.

A sample is below, showing the LaTex source document, what the HTML
ends up as, and what I would really prefer. 

Anyone have any ideas? TIA.

BTW, I searched the latex2html email archives and found a message from
1995 saying that
  The other conclusion of that discussion was that "all" maths should be 
  converted the same way (i.e. to a GIF, or whatever) instead of making 
  some HTML code and the others GIFs.  Hopefully someone will implement 
  that into a latex2html patch since it will solve the consistancy problems,
  regardless of which equation conversion method is used.
So I may just be SOL, since this is apparently a feature. <sigh>

But any assistance would be much appreciated. I'm stumped. 

-- Molly Weems
   Technical Writer and Editor
   Science Applications International Corporation
   Ship Technology Division (Division 463)
   Annapolis, Maryland, USA
   mailto:weems@ship.saic.com
   http://www.ship.saic.com

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THE LATEX SOURCE DOCUMENT:

The actual location (X,Y,Z) of C\subscr{g} and orientation of

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THE HTML GENERATED BY LATEX2HTML:

The actual location (X,Y,Z) of C<!-- MATH
 $_{\mbox{\scriptsize g}}$
 -->
<IMG
 WIDTH="10" HEIGHT="27" ALIGN="MIDDLE" BORDER="0"
 SRC="img16.gif"
 ALT="$_{\mbox{\scriptsize g}}$"> 
and orientation of

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MY IDEA OF THE PERFECT HTML:

The actual location (X,Y,Z) of C<sub>g</sub> and orientation of