[l2h] Tilde problem

[Les Richardson]

Hi,

The tilde is a non-breaking space in TeX... can't one just escape it (\~)
and have it function normally?

Les Richardson
Open Admin for Schools

>
> Hi. I am using the url package and have some lines like:
>
> 	\path{~/foo}
>
> Without looking at the source for url I am assuming that \path is a
> special form of verbatim ... whatever, this works fine for latex.
>
> But, when I use latex2html the ~ disappears. In the manual for
> latex2html it does state that you need to use ~{}, but that inserts a
> visable {} in the latex output; and in latex2html both the ~ and the {}
> disappear.
>
> Hmm, looking further I see that I already changed the def of \path for
> latex2html to:
>
> 	\newcommand{\path}[1]{\texttt{#1}}
>
> So, that is wrong ... I'm lost just now. Suggestions?
>
> Oh, minor bug ... if one tries to make the html docs for latex2html the
> makefile will NOT create the needed 'manual' directory. Creating it by
> hand before invoking "make html" solves the problem.
>
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