I'm so lazy that I hate to type \begin{equation} / \end{equation} to get
numbered equations. Instead, I redefine \[ and \]:
\renewcommand {\[} {\begin{equation}}
\renewcommand {\]} {\end{equation}}
Alas, this causes l2h (V98.1p1) to blurb:
meta-commands: 81 found /(^|^A)[/: unmatched [] in regexp at
/u/formes/schwarz/bin/latex2html line 13404.
I also redefine \* to the multiplicative dot, and I'm not sure if this
doesn't confuse the regexps either:
\newcommand {\mathornot} [1] {\ifmmode #1 \else $#1$ \fi}
\renewcommand {\*} {\mathornot{\cdot}}
Cheers...
...Diemo