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I am new to tex4ht but not to tex or pdflatex. Since I could not correctly get text inside TikZ figures, I tried the solution proposed here. I've copied the pgfsys-dvisvgm4ht.def file to the home tree:

~/texmf/tex/latex/dvisvgm4ht/

and now the tex to html conversion happens. So at this point I have two questions:

  1. It is possible to put that file somewhere else in the texlive local tree? (see edit-note below). I found it really strange having system files in the user path.
  2. Is that all for tex4ht to work well with TikZ pictures? In that case, what is the purpose of the pgfsys-tex4ht-updated.def file?

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If I ask the system, I get:

kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFHOME
$HOME/texmf

This folder doesn't exist. However, placing the driver at

$HOME/texmf/tex/latex/pgfsys-dvisvgm4ht.def

makes tex4ht work fine. On the other hand,

kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL
/usr/local/share/texmf

But placing the driver at

/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/latex/pgfsys-dvisvgm4ht.def

doesn't work UNLESS YOU REFRESH THE INDEX OF THAT TREE:

texhash /usr/local/share/texmf

So is this the right way to do it?

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ad 1) you can use any local texmf tree. ad 2) I've found that the README file was not really clear. It should be a bit better now. pgfsys-tex4ht-updated.def can be used if you want a faster compilation, but results with pgfsys-dvisvgm4ht.def almost always looks better.

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  • I have read the link, but it is still unclear to me. Now your answer refers to the "local" texmf tree while the dvisvgm4ht readme talks about the "home" texmf tree. I have edited the question to add more information.
    – e_moro
    Commented Dec 27, 2020 at 19:51
  • Finally, I have it working by refreshing the texmf local tree.
    – e_moro
    Commented Dec 27, 2020 at 20:42
  • @e_moro I personally always use the TEXMFHOME tree, because I am the only user of my computer and it seems easier to manage, as you don't need root privileges to access it and you also don't need to run texhash. I guess that the advantage of the TEXMFLOCAL tree is that it works for multiple users.
    – michal.h21
    Commented Dec 27, 2020 at 21:26

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