Hi Karl,

I think the configuration for the Ltugboat class is quite old. ltugboat.4ht requires ltugboat-a.4ht, which defines most configurable hooks.

The configuration in html4.4ht has some issues - for example it doesn't close paragraphs before <div> elements etc. It also inserts too many <br /> in the signature, which results in the blank lines.

ad 1) I think the journal info in requested using the following code from html4.4ht:

\@ifclassloaded{ltugproc}{}{%
\@ifpackageloaded{ltugproc}{}{\Configure{@BODY}{\rtitlex}}
}

You can detect the draft mode using ifdraft package:

\ifdraft{Do in draft}{Do in final}

So it should be possible to input tugboat.dates here. Could you upload sample dates file?

I think there is issue with the .cfg file, because TeX4ht uses .cfg files itself. I've tried to move the title and other information to ltugboat.cfg. It compiled without errors, but the signature showed twice. I didn't really investigate what is the issue, but it doesn't happen when I use different extension, like ltugboat.adr.

ad 2) This can be fixed by removing <br /> element from HtmlPar configuration that happens in \Configure{signature}. See the attached .cfg file. I've also used the <address> element instead of just <div> for the signature, I think it is semantically more appropriate.

It was set to be indented by 60% to the right, which is really strange. If you want to align it to the right, there are better ways. I've removed the left margin altogether, just the diamond glyph is hanging.

Best,
Michal

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