WHere are you obtaining the HTATEX utility? I googled that command and found nothing. :)
On Aug 9, 2013, at 6:07 AM, Nasser M. Abbasi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello; > > I have always been very confused about how the main table of contents > is generated when splitting a document vs. not splitting the document. > > For example, running this: > > htatex foo.tex "htm" > > on the file > > ------------------------ > \begin{document} > \tableofcontents > .... > \end{document} > ------------------------ > > produces ONE toc on the main page, which is what one expects. It has > label on it called "Contents" but this is just text, not a link. > > Now on the same file, running this: > > htatex foo.tex "htm,2" > > produces the same TOC as first example above, but now it makes "Contents" > to be an actual link which clicking on it sends one to another copy of the TOC > on a new html page, looking the same as the one on the main index.htm page. > > Is there a way to make it produce only ONE toc on index.htm (first page) and > with no links to another TOC? Just like in the first example, even if I > wanted > split document? > I really do not want a link to a another TOC, when I have the TOC in front of > me as well. Very confusing. > > One easy solution is this: To remove \tableofcontents command: > > \begin{document} > \ifdefined\HCode > \else > \tableofcontents > \fi > .... > \end{document} > > and now htatex foo.tex "htm,2" will generate only one TOC on main > page. > > Problem with this is that if I change my mind later, and want no splitting > > htatex foo.tex "htm" > > Then I have to remember to edit the latex file and remove the above > conditional logic, else now no TOC is generated at all. > > Is it that htlatex generates a TOC on its own when document is split, > in addition to the original \tableofcontents and that is why one ends > up with 2 of them? I'd like to just use \tableofcontents and not > have to worry about an additional TOC showing up with split documents. > > What is the correct way to handle all of this? > > MWE, please run with > > htlatex foo.tex "htm,2" > > %-------------- > \documentclass{article}% > \usepackage{ifpdf} > \usepackage{lipsum} > > \begin{document} > \title{test toc} > \author{me} > \date{\today} > \maketitle > > \tableofcontents > > \section{section 1} > \lipsum{1} > \subsection{subsection 1} > text > \section{section 2} > \lipsum{1} > \section{section 3} > \lipsum{1} > \section{section 4} > \lipsum{1} > \section{section 5} > \lipsum{1} > > \end{document} > ----------------------------- > > thanks, > --Nasser
