Re: [O] single file export in HTML (as easy as PDF) (well, almost)

[Ken Mankoff]

In my experience pdf2htmlEX successfully converts any PDF to a single HTML 
file. 

  -k. 

Please excuse brevity. Sent from pocket computer with tiny non-haptic feedback 
keyboard. 

> On Oct 23, 2016, at 12:26, Thierry Banel <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> A single, nicely packaged, PDF file, easy to distribute:this is one of
> the appealing features of PDF export.
> 
> But actually, this can be achieved in HTML, out-of-the-box with Org Mode
> and Firefox.
> 
> My recipe:
> 
> - Write your book in Org Mode, with any content you want:
>  + tables, headers, bullet lists, whatever
>  + PNG or SVG images (file:myimage.svg)
>  + Ditaa    (#+begin_src ditaa :file myditaa.png)
>  + Gnuplot  (#+begin_src gnuplot :file mygnuplot.svg)
>  + GraphViz (#+begin_src dot :file mygraphviz.png)
>  + MathJax  (#+html_mathjax: align: left) ($$\sqrt{x+1}$$)
> 
> - Add HTML formatting (optional)
>  + CSS to customize fonts, colors, sizes, layout
>    (#+html:<link rel="stylesheet" href="my.css"/>)
>  + InfoJS to expand-collapse in the browser as in Org Mode
>    (#+infojs_opt: view:info toc:nil ...)
> 
> - Export & package to a single file
>  + C-c C-e h h
>  + zip the whole directory to mybook.zip
>    (along with SVG, PNG images, CSS style-sheets, JS)
> 
> - Distribute your book
>  + send mybook.zip to your friends and colleagues
>  + ask them to point their Firefox to
>    jar:file://mybook.zip!/mybook/mybook.html
> 
> The magic Firefox feature is the jar-bang trick which allows browsing
> within a ZIP.
> 
> If someone knows a less cryptic syntax, it would be great.Also, this
> trick only works in Firefox. Is there something similar in other browsers?
> 
> Have fun
> TB
> 
>