UNRESTRICTED | ILLIMITÉ By default, when using htlatex, TeX4ht will try and render as much math as possible using html. This also happens when the AMS align or alignat environments are used.
In general, this behavior is useful since it cuts down on the number of pictures that have to be produced to render math. On the other hand, this sometimes produces less than desirable results. For example, when simultaneous sub- and superscripts are used, there is no way of tucking them up against the anchor character. It can also produce less than desirable spacing when subscripts are put against characters with long descenders. It can also cause problems when html has to be mixed with picture math, because the vertical alignment can be bad. This phenomenon can occur within a given math environment or across alignment regions in align and alignat for example. In cases like this it would be desirable to have a way of forcing TeX4ht to set the whole equation using picmath but only a certain equation, not ALL equations. It would also be nice to do it in such a way that the fix does not affect what gets produced when the document is run trough LaTeX instead of TeX4ht. One method of doing this I have come up with it to trick TeX4ht into producing picture math by enclosing the environment in a \left. \right. pair. This causes TeX4ht to think that perhaps something complicated is coming, and forces it to put the whole thing into picmath mode. However, since enclosing the equation in a \left. \right. pair is essentially a "do nothing" command, it will not affect the document when it is typeset in LaTeX. Thomas CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVILEGED INFORMATION NOTICE This e-mail, and any attachments, may contain information that is confidential, subject to copyright, or exempt from disclosure. Any unauthorized review, disclosure, retransmission, dissemination or other use of or reliance on this information may be unlawful and is strictly prohibited. AVIS D'INFORMATION CONFIDENTIELLE ET PRIVILÉGIÉE Le présent courriel, et toute pièce jointe, peut contenir de l'information qui est confidentielle, régie par les droits d'auteur, ou interdite de divulgation. Tout examen, divulgation, retransmission, diffusion ou autres utilisations non autorisées de l'information ou dépendance non autorisée envers celle-ci peut être illégale et est strictement interdite.
