[tex4ht] unicode and lualatex

[CV Radhakrishnan]

On 07/23/2011 10:17 AM, Johannes Wilm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On the attached test file I tried to run
> /
> /
> /dvilualatex unicode.tex/
> /dvilualatex unicode.tex/
> /dvilualatex unicode.tex/
> /tex4ht -f/unicode.tex -cunihtf -utf8/
>
> I cannot figure out as what the characters are encoded in the output, 
> but it doesn't seem to be utf8. Output has been attached.

Can your example produce a valid dvi? In my tests, it didn't. TeX4ht 
needs a valid dvi to generate html. Actually the post-processor called 
tex4ht (binary) extracts the textual characters from the dvi by making a 
clever substitution which is based on the *.tfm of font used and *.htf 
(hypertext font). The post-processor needs *.tfm which unfortunately is 
not available for unicode fonts and then it falls back to cmr. The 
resulting html file will not be usable owing to unicode characters 
appearing as junk.

If somebody comes forward with a patch to tex4ht binary which can 
post-process dvi without the help of *.tfm's will be a great 
contribution. The macro package level patching is easier than the binary 
level patching. Volunteers are welcome.

-- 
Radhakrishnan

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