travistextoepubexample_1

December 30, 2017 · View on GitHub

travis_tex_to_epub example that converts a TeX (.tex) file to EPUB, using Travis CI.

This GitHub is part of the Travis Tutorial

It shows that using tex4ebook is superior over using pandoc

Comparison, when viewed with `calibre`

Feature	`pandoc`	`tex4ebook`
TOC	Not shown implicity, but is present in sidebar	Present
Abstract	Absent	Present
Bibliography	Absent	Present
Equations	Shows LaTex code	Shown correctly
Tables	Not horizontal nor vertical lines, no caption	Shown correctly
Listings	Code is shown in default font, captions absent	monospaced font, captions shown
Figures	PNG can be shown, but not in `figure` environment	PNG can be show, did not test for `figure` environment
Referencing to table or figure	Shows LaTex code	Shows number and hyperlink
Quoting citations	Quotations (`[1]`) not shown	Shown correctly
TikZ	Shows LaTex code	Shown correctly

Feature	`pandoc`	`tex4ebook`
TOC	Not shown implicity, but is present in sidebar	Present
Abstract	Absent	Present
Bibliography	Absent	Present
Equations	Shows LaTex code	Shown thinly, but correctly (have not tried greek symbols)
Tables	Not horizontal nor vertical lines, no caption	Only horizontal lines
Listings	Code is shown in default font, captions absent	default font, captions shown
Figures	PNG can be shown, but not in `figure` environment	PNG can be show, did not test for `figure` environment
Referencing to table or figure	Shows LaTex code	Shows number and hyperlink
Quoting citations	Quotations (`[1]`) not shown	Shown correctly
TikZ	Shows LaTex code	Node labels shown correctly, greek edge labels shown incorrectly, some dots instead of lines

See the three documents here: