Useful LaTeX2HTML Subroutines and Variables

$dd

The directory divider. This is platform specific, and is determined at the start of the LaTeX2HTML run. Use this variable to ensure that your code is platform independent. Reading Other Files , Reading Other Files

&get_next_optional_argument

Extracts optional argument at the start of $_ and returns ($argument, $pattern). Optional arguments

$global{'max_id'}

This is the maximum number of unique identifiers. The LaTeX2HTML Process , Commands with arguments

&missing_braces

Generate a warning message and extract first character from $_. Commands with arguments

@Month

The month names in the currect language are stored in this array. Note that $Month[0] is empty, so subscripts effectively start from 1. Commands with arguments , Commands with arguments

$next_pair_pr_rx

Regular expression used to extract the group at the start of $_ delimited by $OPn$CP. The contents of the group is given by $2, the unique identifier belonging to that group is given by $1. Commands with arguments , Environments with an argument

$next_pair_rx

Regular expression used to extract the group at the start of $_ delimited by $On$C. The contents of the group is given by $2, the unique identifier belonging to that group is given by $1. Environments with an argument

&slurp_input

This takes one argument, the name of the file to be input. The contents of the file are placed in $_ without any conversion applied. Reading Other Files , Reading Other Files , Reading Other Files

&slurp_input_and_partition_and_pre_process

This takes one argument, the name of the file to be read. The contents of the file are translated and placed in $_. Reading Other Files , Reading Other Files

$texfilepath

The directory containing the LaTeX file to be translated. Reading Other Files , Reading Other Files