[tex4ht] Why new multicolumn mode is lost when tex4ht generates pages with split option htlatex foo.tex "htm, 2"

[Radhakrishnan CV]

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 5:57 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi <nma at 12000.org> wrote:

> Hello;
>
> When I run this:
>
> htlatex foo.tex "htm"
>
> Then the HTML pages are in 2 columns fine. But when I wanted to split
> the web pages to physically different pagesrunning this
>
> htlatex foo.tex "htm,2"
>
> Then I found the section content are now no longer set in 2 columns
> mode. Am I doing something wrong? or do I need additional
> configuration to make it work when pages are split?
>

A quick solution will be to reconfigure {section} heading since you're
splitting at section level.

\Configure{section}
   {\multicols{2}}
   {\endmulticols}
   {\HCode{<h3>\TitleMark\space}}
   {\HCode{</h3>}}
\ConfigureMark{section}{\thesection}

An archive, nasser.tar.gz, is attached which has the modified version of
MWE, slightly enhanced version of multicol.4ht and html output generated.

Ideally, using {multicols} environment in each section will provide better
results as the cross-links and headings shall span across columns while the
text alone will be in columns. You can also use \section{<title>} as an
optional argument of \begin{multicols}{2}[...]

Best regards
-- 
Radhakrishnan
River Valley<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=River%20Valley,%20Thiruvananthapuram%20Neyyardam%20Road,%20Kerala,%20India&vector=1>
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