[l2h] \newcolumntype not shown

[Christian]

Am 26.02.2009 um 07:46 schrieb Ross Moore:

Hello Ross

> Hello again Christian,
>
> On 26/02/2009, at 4:35 PM, Christian wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am using
>>
>> \usepackage{multicol}
>
> There is no direct support for {multicol}
> within LaTeX2HTML, so the \newcolumntype
> command is not understood by it.
>
>> \newcolumntype{H}{p{8cm}}
>
> There is no real reason to support this, because the
>  8cm  width that you specify may be appropriate for
> a PDF producing a printed page, but may be quite
> inappropriate for an HTML table on a webpage.
>
>>
>> within the preambel and
>>
>> \begin{table}[h]
>> \centering
>> \caption{some commands}\label{tab:somecom}
>> \begin{tabular}{lH}
>> 	\multicolumn{2}{c}{some headline}\\\hline
>> 	cell 1	&	cell2\\
>> \end{tabular}
>> \end{table}
>>
>> The is that cell2 (for newcolumntype{H}) is not appearing at all in
>> the html.
>
>>
>> Is there a way to make this iable work?
>>
>
> There are various ways to make this work.
> e.g.
>  (a) just use   \begin{tabular}{lp{8cm}}
>
> or
>  (b) put the table-header line into a macro, but allow
>      the macro to expand differently for PDF and HTML.
> viz.
>     \usepackage{html}  %  always use this with LaTeX2HTML
>     %begin{latexonly}
>      \usepackage{multicol}
>      \newcolumntype{H}{p{8cm}}
>      \newcommand{\mytablestart}{\begin{tabular}{lH}}
>     %end{latexonly}
>     \begin{htmlonly}
>      \newcommand{\mytablestart}{\begin{tabular}{ll}}
>     \end{htmlonly}
>
> Then specify your tables as:
>
>    \mytablestart
>     	\multicolumn{2}{c}{some headline}\\\hline
> 	cell 1	&	cell2\\
>    \end{tabular}

That worked fine, thanks! Now I have a table for LaTeX and html that  
is easy maintainable and in different width.

>
> Alternatively, try something similar using
>   \newenvironment ...
> instead of \newcommand .
>
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> Christian
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> 	Ross

Thanks again
Christian