[tex4ht] How to control/optimize the number of times make4ht runs dvilualatex?

Michal Hoftich michal.h21 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 19 22:43:05 CEST 2022


Hi Wojtek,


> I have got the perfect results.
>
> But after changing \section{test} into \section{Test test} and using latexmk extension, after one latex run the main content in the HTML file is updated, but the table of contents—is not. This is probably(?) caused by fact that .toc file is not produced by tex4ht
>
> And this is strange because the .4tc file is updated, but the .4ct not?
>
> On the other hand, making major changes to the source file (adding/removing another section) — rebuilds the document. The minor change — (in section title) leaves the table of contents untouched.
>
> It seems that latexmk does not recognize file .4tc as generated during compilation. The hint in latexmk documentation for solving situation, that latexmk won’t notice a dependency on a file, bar.baz say is to add (in the source) \typeout{(bar.baz)}.

Ah, if latexmk needs the filename of .4tc file in the console, I can
add it to TeX4ht sources. In fact, I just did it now. In the meantime,
you can use something like this config file:

\Preamble{xhtml}
\typeout{(\jobname.4tc)}
\begin{document}
\EndPreamble

Best regards,
Michal



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