[l2h] On graphics in latex2html

[Igor Pechtchanski]

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, hooklee wrote:

> ======= 2005-04-06 06:52:29 You wrote in your e-mail£º=======
>
> >On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, hooklee wrote:
> >
> >> ======= 2005-04-05 22:20:56 You wrote in your e-mail£º=======
> >>
> >> >On Tue, 5 Apr 2005, hooklee wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>
> >> >> When one runs latex2tml with NO_SUBDIR=0, all graphics embedded with
> >> >> \includegraphics cannot be processed.  One has to copy all graphics into
> >> >> the directory $DESTDIR\ and then re-run latex2html to get the graphics.
> >> >>
> >> >> I am puzzled why latex2html cannot be written slightly to make the thing
> >> >> easier.  In fact, latex2html can work well if the $DESTDIR\images.tex is
> >> >> processed as follows:
> >> >> --\graphicspath{{path}} => \graphicspath{{../path}}
> >> >> or
> >> >> --\includegraphics[...]{file.ext} => \includegraphics[...]{../file.ext}
> >> >>   (when \graphicspath doesn't appear in the source file)
> >> >>
> >> >> I am not familiar with perl programing, so perhaps the above ideas are
> >> >> not practical. Could any one consider rewriting latex2html if it is
> >> >> possible to add the functions? I think it will be very useful for all
> >> >> users of latex2html.
> >> >
> >> >Isn't it just a question of invoking LaTeX with the appropriate TEXINPUTS
> >> >setting?  Then images.tex doesn't need to be modified at all...
> >> >	Igor
> >>
> >> Sorry, I cannot understand what you mean.
> >> Could you please give some explanations on how should we do in this
> >> case?
> >>
> >> I have seen some previous discussions on this issue, and it was said
> >> that the graphics files have been copied to $DESTDIR$ manually.
> >> Or, one has to use -NO_SUBDIR switch to let latex2html work in the
> >> current directory.
> >>
> >> Shujun
> >
> >LaTeX looks for the \include'd .tex and .eps files in the path specified
> >by the $TEXINPUTS environment variable.  Setting TEXINPUTS in your
> >environment to something like ".:..:$DESTDIR:" (this could be done from
> >.latex2html-init) should allow the "latex" executable to find your source
> >and graphics files.  I say "should" because I haven't really tested this,
> >and won't be able to for the next few days...  Please let me know if this
> >works.
> >
> >Try adding the following code before the final "1;" in your
> >.latex2html-init:
> >
> >$ENV{'TEXINPUTS'}=".:..:$DESTDIR:$ENV{TEXINPUTS}:";
> >
> >FWIW, this should probably be fixed in latex2html itself, but the fix
> >could be something along the lines of the above...
> >HTH,
> >	Igor
> >--
>
> Thanks for your answer. I have tested this and it does not work for
> embedded graphics. It seems that ENV('TEXINPUTS') only influence how
> latex find .tex source files, not graphics files embedded via
> \includegraphics command. In my MiKTeX distribution, I notice that there
> exists a similar path called "GraphicsPath". However, after adding ".."
> into "GraphicsPath", latex still cannot load graphics in the directory
> ".." Do you know how to activate this in MiKTeX? This may be a partial
> solution to the problem of latex2html (though it cannot solve the
> problem about \graphicspath).
>
> regards,
> Shujun

ISTR hearing that MiKTeX doesn't support TEXINPUTS at all.  You may be out
of luck here...  Sorry.  I'd be glad to be proven wrong, though.
	Igor
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