On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 12:39:01AM -0400, Richard Heck wrote: > This patch is now slightly updated. In place of the two scripts > tex4html_copy.py and dir_copy.py, there is now just one, ext_copy.py. > Without any optional arguments, this script acts like dir_copy.py did: > It copies all files in LyX's temporary directory to a subdirectory of > the target directory. But now the script takes two optional arguments: > -e: a list of extensions to copy, by default all > -t: an extension to add to the name of the generated target > directory, by default "LyXconv" > The idea with the default in the latter case is simply to avoid > conflicting filenames. But if, like Uwe, you feel like being reckless > ;-), you can do define your HTML copier as: > python ext_copy.py -e html,css,png -t . $$i $$o > and you'll export to /path/to/filename.html/. Note the use of the dot here. > > This new patch will allow easy handling of other converters, such as > hevea (and if anyone knows what kinds of files it generates, let me > know, and I'll add the definition to configure.py). You just have to say > what kinds of files to copy. Of course, in some cases, you may end up > copying more than you really needed to copy, but avoiding this is > complicated and, to my mind, not entirely necessary, as this remains an > exceptional case. > > The patch also includes some associated updates to the documentation.
This issue has proven to be difficult, so I think that your solution is the less intrusive and workable one. I think that we should support more actively the converters we look for, i.e., provide a -e switch for latex2html and hevea, but this could be done by others who know the kind of output they generate. > Now seeking an OK to commit. I think you got enough of them. Only a suggestion: Please name the script html_copy.py as this is what it is intended for. If you think that it can be used for a more general purpose, such that ext_copy.py is more correct, then avoid adding .html to the directory it creates. Thanks for having solved this long standing problem. -- Enrico
