[l2h] bad ALT string in CJK package

[Shigeharu TAKENO]

shige 01/30 2003
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Using CJK package, long math expression including 2byte code may 
make bad "ALT=" string.

For example, from a LaTeX code:

  \begin{eqnarray*}
  && \lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{\displaystyle f(x)-f(0)-f'(0)x
  -\frac{f''(0)}{2}x^2}{x^3}
  =\lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{f'(x)-f'(0)-f''(0)x}{3x^2}
  =\frac{f'''(0)}{6}
  && \mbox{(long 2 byte code string)}
  \end{eqnarray*}

"ALT=" string is made as the following:

  ALT="\begin{eqnarray*}
  && \lim_{x\rightarrow 0}\frac{\displaystyle f(x)-f(0)-f'(0)x-...
  ...(tail of 2 byte code string)}
  \end{eqnarray*}">

by the code:

 if ( length($alt) > 163 ) {
     local($start,$end);
     $start = substr($alt,0,80);
     $end = substr($alt,length($alt)-80,80);
     $alt = join('',$start,"...\n ...",$end);
 }

But, it does not seems to consider 2 byte characters and the 
divided strings may end with 1st byte of a 2byte char, or may 
start with 2nd byte.

Are there any solutions for the problem ?

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