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NAME
gladtex - generate html with LaTeX equations embedded as images
DESCRIPTION
Reads a 'htex' file (html with LaTeX maths embedded in <EQ></EQ>) and
produces html with equations substituted by images.
QUICK START
Write HTML code as usual, but use LaTeX equations within the tags
<EQ>..</EQ>. Don't use .html extension, .htex is recommended. Now,
run:
gladtex -v myfile.htex
Or, to process multiple files:
gladtex -v *htex
The -v option is not mandatory, but gives you more feedback. If there
are no LaTeX errors, this will generate the file myfile.html (or
similar) and numerous eqn???.png files, which contain images of your
equations. The HTML file generated is a copy of yours, but the
equations are substituted by links to the image files.
If you prefer gif files, add the option "-f gif".
gladTeX tries to avoid regenerating identical image files. To achieve
this, a cache file (gladtex.cache) is used, containing the equations
used for generating each image. If you delete the image files before
rerunning gladTeX, you should also delete the cache file (gladTeX never
deletes an image file).
If your HTML contains more than a couple of equations, it is a good
idea to place equation images in a separate directory with the -d
option. With this option turned on, the cache file is also moved to
that directory.
OPTIONS
To see an updated list of options, default values and supported image
formats, in case of changes after the time of writing this, run gladTeX
with no options.
-v Verbose mode, give extra feedback. Gladtex is pretty silent
without.
-f format
Use the specified image format in output files. Formats supported
may depend on compile-time decisions. At the time of writing, png
and gif are the ones supported.
-r dpi
Set resolution of output images, larger numbers produce larger
images. 100 dpi is default. This is most often a bit larger than
surrounding text, but as LaTeX output is really intended for hires
output, details will often disappear at lower resolutions. Do some
experimenting. This option can also be set indivdually for each
equation by writing <EQ DPI="..."> in the htex file.
-s n
Set oversampling factor. Larger values will increase antialiasing
verbosity, but is slower. The default is 4. A value of 1 turns off
antialiasing, which I don't recommend.
-d path
Store image files in the path given. The image links in the
generated html file(s) will be made relative. If you need absolute
links, use the -u option in addition.
-u url
Set absolute url to the image files folder. Use this together with
-d option if you can't use relative links for some reason.
-p string
Add this string to the LaTeX preamble when generating the
equations. For example, "string" may be a \usepackage{} command.
Note that if you need this for only a few equations, you can also
write <EQ PREAMBLE="..."> in the htex file.
-c colour
Set foreground colour in RGB manner. For instance "-c 00FFFF" gives
yellow text. This option can also be set indivdually for each
equation by writing <EQ COLOR="..."> in the htex file. See also -b
option.
-b colour
Set background colour in RGB manner. This option can also be set
indivdually for each equation by writing <EQ BGCOLOR="..."> in the
htex file. For PNG format with transparency on, this option has no
effect. For GIF format (which does not support alpha channel, as
far as I know), antialiasing is done from the foreground color (-c
option) to the background colour, so the background colour should
be set even with transparency on.
-t Disable transparent background. With this option, the background
colour (-b option) is solid.
-e env
Use the specified LaTeX environment instead of "displaymath" when
generating the image. This option can also be set individually for
each equation by writing <EQ ENV="env">.
-l class
Assign the specified CSS class name to images whose environment is
"displaymath". Defaults to "displaymath".
-i class
Assign the specified CSS class name to images whose environment is
"math". Defaults to "inlinemath".
eqn2img UTILITY
The gladTeX script just parses your html-code and feeds the equations
to the C program eqn2img. This takes care of running LaTeX, dvi2ps and
ghostscript. Furthermore, it finds the baseline of the equation (guided
by a dot that is inserted into the equation), antialiases and writes
the image in the final format. All this is independent from the gladTeX
script, for instance you may write
echo '\sqrt{2}' | eqn2img > sqrt.png
to produce an image of the squareroot of two. For normal operation of
gladTeX, you never use this utility directly, but in any case, here are
(some of) the options.
-f format
Use the specified image format in output files. If "format" is just
a question sign "?", eqn2img will print a list of supported formats
and quit.
-s n
Set oversampling factor (see description of same option for
gladTeX).
-o name
Set output filename. Without this option, the image is written to
stdout.
-c colour
Set foreground colour in RGB manner.
-b colour
Set background colour in RGB manner.
-t Turn transparency off.
-v Verbose mode, give some feedback.
All messages are written to stderr. Furthermore, a text string
specifying the dimensions is written to stdout, unless the image is
being written to stdout. In this case, the dimension string is written
to stderr.
Note that eqn2img will only process one file at a time.
PARSING DETAILS
Gladtex is not case sensitive, so <eQ> is allright. Any <eq> tag must
be closed by a </eq>. Whitespace between "<eq" and ">" is allowed.
Certain options (such as "COLOR=...") may be present in the tag, see
the Options section above. Whitespace is not allowed anywhere else, so
"< eq>", "< /eq>" and "</eq >" are all illegal. I'm not quite sure how
this agrees with html standards/conventions.
THANKS
I am grateful to all users who have provided feedback. The current
version of gladTeX incorporates suggestions from a number of helpful
users.
COPYRIGHT
Project homepage at http://gladtex.sourceforge.net
Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Martin G. Gulbrandsen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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