Ok, here is my poor's man implementation of multiple columns
support in htlatex.
compile using
htlatex foo.tex "my.cfg"
where my.cfg is
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\Preamble{ext=htm,pic-align}
\ConfigureEnv{newspaper}
{\HCode{<div class="newspaper">}}
{\HCode{</div>}}
{}{}
\begin{document}
\EndPreamble
\Css{.newspaper {
-moz-column-count:2; /* Firefox */
-webkit-column-count:2; /* Safari and Chrome */
column-count:2;
-moz-column-gap:10px; /* Firefox */
-webkit-column-gap:10px; /* Safari and Chrome */
column-gap:10px;
-moz-column-rule:1px outset \#F8F8F8 ; /* Firefox */
-webkit-column-rule:1px outset \#000000; /* Safari and Chrome */
column-rule:1px outset \#000000;
}}
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and foo.tex is
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\documentclass{article}%
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{multicol}
\setlength{\columnsep}{20pt}
\setlength{\columnseprule}{0.01pt}
\newenvironment{newspaper}{}{}
\begin{document}
\ifdefined\HCode
\begin{newspaper}
\else
\begin{multicols}{2}
\fi
\lipsum[1-10]
\ifdefined\HCode
\end{newspaper}
\else
\end{multicols}
\fi
\end{document}
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The div is hardcoded to 2 columns in HTML for now and the
other properties are hardcoded.
One can make newenv. for 3 columns, or pass the number of
columns as argument, but I am not good in Latex to do that
yet.
So, the above now generates HTML with 2 columns. I tried
it on firefox, chrome and IE and it all works. And pdflatex
works as before.
This is better for me than having to use tabular with 2 columns
to get the same effect in HTML.
--Nasser
