[tex4ht] biblatex, biber, and htlatex

[Christian Fearnot]

Joseph:
Did you not have these problems with bibtex8? Have you replaced
biblatex.4ht in /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/biblatex.4ht with a
new version?
The following version works with biblatex 1.6.:
http://von-wachter.de/dateien/for-biblatex-1-6/biblatex.4ht
After replacing it run sudo texhash.
It is a pity that there is this tension between tex4ht and biblatex. It
must deter many people from using tex4ht, although tex4ht is the only
way to convert a LaTeX text with biblatex into html and odt.
Unfortunately, whenever the problem is solved for one version, it arises
anew with the next version. The most recent version should be at
http://svn.gnu.org.ua/viewvc/tex4ht/trunk/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/biblatex.4ht

I do not know whether it works with biblatex 1.7.
Daniel


Am 16.05.2012 14:15, schrieb Joseph Reagle:

> 
> Hi, I'm using an up to date texlive2011 install on Kubuntu 12.04 . I
> recently moved to using biber (from bibtex8) given biblatex-apa now
> requires it. I've noted two issues using htlatex with with biblatex+biber.
> 
> First, on the build I get an error on the first citation:
> 
> ~~~~
> 
> ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document} in `'.
> 
> See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
> Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
>  ...
> 
> l.24 ...ux at backref{1}{Clark-Flory2010fps}{0}{5}{5}
> 
> ?
> ) (/usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-dist/tex/latex/psnfss/ot1ppl.fd)
> *geometry* driver: auto-detecting
> 
> ~~~~
> 
> Second, the resulting html has a span with a some numbers (not sure what
> they represent, but they I have more the more citations I have) in it
> previous to the doctype.
> 
> 
> ~~~~
> 
> <span
> class="cmr-12">14  24</span>
> 
> ~~~~
> 
> The minimal example, log files, and HTML can be found here:
> 
>   http://reagle.org/joseph/tmp/biber-test.zip
>