[tex4ht] [tex-live] TeX4ht does not work properly with default TeXLive Windows install

[Beuthe, Thomas]

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Gah.  And here we are with the hand tweaking again.
Norbert's going to jump all over me again, I'm sure,
but one of the things I always liked about Eitan's approach
to TeX4ht is the "just use it, it should take care of everything
automatically" approach.  Code developers we need to remember
that their users are not developers.  All they really want is for the
install to work so they can get on with what they really want to do...

This is where the MAC really wins fans.  They are running unix underneath,
but the user never really knows it.  And from what I hear, they are
gaining ground with this approach.
(see http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/08/07/1744223/Microsoft-Losing-Big-To-Apple-On-Campus)
Besides, MAC also is renowned for its low latency.  Also very important.

Sorry, I'm drifting here...

Thomas


-----Original Message-----
From: tex-live-bounces at tug.org [mailto:tex-live-bounces at tug.org] On Behalf Of George N. White III
Sent: August-25-10 11:27 AM
To: Norbert Preining
Cc: tex-live at tug.org; tex4ht at tug.org
Subject: Re: [tex-live] TeX4ht does not work properly with default TeXLive Windows install

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 7:22 AM, Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> wrote:

> On Mi, 25 Aug 2010, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
>> Fedora 13 installs GraphicsMagick as default but ImageMagick can still
>> be installed by yum.
>
> Yes, but both provide the "convert" utility which is needed, right?

In some configurations graphicsmagick provides a wrapper "gm" so
you may need to run "gm convert" instead of just "convert".   This
can be handled  by editing tex4ht.env.

>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
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