[luatex] setupbackend in lualatex?

[luigi scarso]

On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Johannes Wilm <mail at johanneswilm.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:31 AM, Patrick Gundlach <patrick at gundla.ch> wrote:
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>> Am 20.07.2011 um 11:22 schrieb Ulrike Fischer:
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>> > Am Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:57:08 -0700 schrieb Johannes Wilm:
>> >
>> >> Hey,
>> >> I have had issues with converting latex to epub/html/mobipocket for
>> >> years. I
>> >> started using lualatex some months ago and it works quite well for all
>> >> my
>> >> other purposes.
>> >>
>> >> Today I then stumbled over the \setupbackend which is available in
>> >> Context
>> >> and which allows for HTML/epub to be produced easily by using some lua
>> >> code.
>> >> Now as I understand it, given that lualatex uses the same binary and
>> >> hat the
>> >> conversion likely happens by first letting the binary read the entire
>> >> DOM
>> >> and then exporting it, it seems that the same scripts really should
>> >> work for
>> >> lualatex as well, right?
>> >
>> > Theoretically: yes.
>>
>> There is a little bit more to it, though it can be simulated otherwise.
>> For example with ConTeXt you have more structured sectioning commands. I
>> don't remember what it was but something like
>>
>> \startsection
>> ...
>> \stopsection
>>
>> where in LaTeX you have \section{...}, but when does the section end? Is
>> it always clear?
>
> So you are saying that the binary, after reading a latex file, isn't quite
> aware of the DOM-structure of the file, while after reading a Context-file
> it is?
ConTeXt MKIV  has facility to make pdf/a files , which are tagged pdf
(i.e. the pdf has a sort of DOM inside).


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luigi