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It seems like a lost case using Matlab code in Latex when it comes to tex4ht.

I switched to using matlab-prettifier package instead of mcode package to load Matlab code in Latex since I found too many problem with tex4ht using mcode. I already posted 2 questions on that. mcode-package-with-tex4ht-and-lualatex-produce-invalid-html-for-strings-in-matla and tex4ht-scrambles-some-matlab-code-when-using-mcode-package

Now I found another problem with using matlab-prettifier package. The problem is that string quotes are removed from Matlab code when using \lstinputlisting vs. when using lstlisting for same code.

I have tried changing the escapechar but nothing worked. Here is MWE

\documentclass[12pt]{article}%
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{luainputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath,mathtools}
\usepackage[numbered,framed]{matlab-prettifier}
\lstset{
  style              = Matlab-editor,
  basicstyle         = \mlttfamily,
  escapechar         = `,
  mlshowsectionrules = true,
}

\begin{document}

\lstinputlisting{foo_x.m}

\begin{lstlisting}[language=Matlab,style=Matlab-editor]
% ode45 "is based on an explicit Runge-Kutta formula...
% program"
%

function foo_x
clear; clf; clc;
x=10;
fprinf('this is %d\n',x);
end
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}

Same code is in the file foo_x.m as shown above inside the latex file. Exactly same listing. To save you time making foo_x.m and copy the code to it to reproduce this, here is link to the m file

This is what make4ht produces in HTML:

Mathematica graphics

Notice the difference from the first listing and the second listing for same code. The first one do not have single quote around the strings.

Compiled using

 make4ht --lua -u foo.tex

Here is what lualatex produces. Same code in both cases.

Mathematica graphics

I removed \usepackage[utf8]{luainputenc} from the MWE but it made no difference. I can keep trying adding and removing packages and changing options, but this is getting tiring really. It seems using Matlab code in Listing with make4ht --lua is a problem. When I remove the --lua option it works:

make4ht -u foo.tex

Mathematica graphics

but I need to use --lua option with make4ht. So what is the solution?

TL 2015 on Linux.

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I have found the problem. \lstset do not work the same way with tex4ht as it does with lualatex. When I changed the the order of options to \lstset the problem went away! I simply changed

\lstset{
  language           = Matlab,
  style              = Matlab-editor,
  basicstyle         = \mlttfamily,
  escapechar         = `,
  mlshowsectionrules = true  
}

to

\lstset{
  basicstyle         = \mlttfamily,
  language           = Matlab,
  style              = Matlab-editor,
  escapechar         = `,
  mlshowsectionrules = true  
}

and now the string quotes are there! Moving language= Matlab above basicstyle= \mlttfamily brings the problem back. So the solution is this

\documentclass[12pt]{article}%    
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{luainputenc}
\usepackage{amsmath,mathtools}           
\ifdefined\HCode
\usepackage{matlab-prettifier}
\lstset{
  basicstyle         = \mlttfamily,
  language           = Matlab,
  style              = Matlab-editor,
  escapechar         = `,
  mlshowsectionrules = true  
}
\else
\usepackage[numbered,framed]{matlab-prettifier}
\lstset{
  language           = Matlab,
  style              = Matlab-editor,
  basicstyle         = \mlttfamily,
  escapechar         = `,
  mlshowsectionrules = true  
}
\fi

\begin{document}

Now showing lstinputlisting

\lstinputlisting{foo_x.m}

Now showing lstlisting

\begin{lstlisting}[language=Matlab,style=Matlab-editor]
% ode45 "is based on an explicit Runge-Kutta formula...
% program"
%

function foo_x
clear; clf; clc;
x=10;
fprinf('this is %d\n',x);
end
\end{lstlisting}
\end{document}

Here is the result of make4ht --lua -u foo.tex

Mathematica graphics

Another problem I found, is that if I use \usepackage{times} then tex4ht also now loses the quotes around the code! Just adding \usepackage{times} in the MWE above causes the quotes to go away again.

So two things to watch for: do not use \usepackage{times} and make sure to put language = Matlab, after basicstyle= \mlttfamily when compiling with make4ht and --lua. I suspect these 2 things lead to the same basic encoding problem with tex4ht when using --lua option.

So many package clashes and option conflicts. It is a nightmare to keep track of all these things.

Nasser
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