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This is the official mailing list for Pollen, a book-publishing system written in Racket. Questions, suggestions, announcements welcome. Your host: Matthew Butterick.

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Change Management

5/23/20

Survey on Change Management

Greetings Many organizations fail to respond to external and internal environment which in turn

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Survey on Change Management

Greetings Many organizations fail to respond to external and internal environment which in turn

5/23/20

Matthew Butterick, … borja...@gmail.com12

8/28/19

Google Groups replacement needed

I can also recommend sourcehut, having followed the author's work for a while. Here's an

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Google Groups replacement needed

I can also recommend sourcehut, having followed the author's work for a while. Here's an

8/28/19

Matthew Butterick

8/13/19

New `pollen-users` repo for Pollen discussions

I've set up a new repo to use as the successor for this Google Group: https://github.com/

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New `pollen-users` repo for Pollen discussions

I've set up a new repo to use as the successor for this Google Group: https://github.com/

8/13/19

Jen Hutton, … Matthew Butterick6

7/28/19

Newbie: Setting definitions in pollen.rkt

That works too! I'll go with that so my source files stay cleaner. Thanks. On Friday, July 26,

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Newbie: Setting definitions in pollen.rkt

That works too! I'll go with that so my source files stay cleaner. Thanks. On Friday, July 26,

7/28/19

Shrutarshi Basu, … Matthew Butterick8

7/24/19

Confused about omitted-path

No worries. I think it is probably better for the pollen project to maintain existing established

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Confused about omitted-path

No worries. I think it is probably better for the pollen project to maintain existing established

7/24/19

san...@gmail.com, … Matthew Butterick5

7/24/19

Custom pre-processing before pollen does its stuff

Without deterring any enthusiasm, be aware that this kind of thing (= using ordinary characters like

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Custom pre-processing before pollen does its stuff

Without deterring any enthusiasm, be aware that this kind of thing (= using ordinary characters like

7/24/19

Language Compass, Joel Dueck2

7/13/19

Collaboration for hire, anyone?

Just some questions that would help give us a sense of what/how much you want done and how you would

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Collaboration for hire, anyone?

Just some questions that would help give us a sense of what/how much you want done and how you would

7/13/19

Joel Dueck, … Matthew Butterick7

7/8/19

Caching failed when doing setup on a subfolder?

Yes, in the existing folders I had done `raco pollen reset` several times throughout the testing

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Caching failed when doing setup on a subfolder?

Yes, in the existing folders I had done `raco pollen reset` several times throughout the testing

7/8/19

Shrutarshi Basu, Matthew Butterick6

6/30/19

Infinite loops?

I've added a -j (or --jobs) option to `raco pollen render` that takes a certain number of

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Infinite loops?

I've added a -j (or --jobs) option to `raco pollen render` that takes a certain number of

6/30/19

Matthew Butterick, … Shrutarshi Basu12

6/28/19

parallel rendering fixes

Thank you! This is very helpful. I'm still trying to figure out what the good balance between

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parallel rendering fixes

Thank you! This is very helpful. I'm still trying to figure out what the good balance between

6/28/19

andre...@gmail.com, Sorawee Porncharoenwase2

6/11/19

[Newbie] Viewing X-Expressions outside DrRacket

racket article.html.pm On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:25 PM <andre...@gmail.com> wrote: I've

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[Newbie] Viewing X-Expressions outside DrRacket

racket article.html.pm On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 12:25 PM <andre...@gmail.com> wrote: I've

6/11/19

san...@gmail.com, … Shrutarshi Basu5

6/8/19

Citation system update

A start: https://pkgs.racket-lang.org/package/pollen-citations-mcgill Still filling out tests,

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Citation system update

A start: https://pkgs.racket-lang.org/package/pollen-citations-mcgill Still filling out tests,

6/8/19

6/8/19

+ I corrected a problem with lexical scoping blah blah in the main Pollen expander module. The upshot

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+ I corrected a problem with lexical scoping blah blah in the main Pollen expander module. The upshot

6/8/19

Matthew Butterick, … Cole Lyman5

6/6/19

better meta values?

I think that this would be a useful update. It would solve a problem that I am currently running into

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better meta values?

I think that this would be a useful update. It would solve a problem that I am currently running into

6/6/19

Matthew Butterick, … Jens Axel Søgaard4

6/4/19

Quad docs update

At this point, the most helpful thing would be to a) use `quadwriter` for simple jobs, b) file issues

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Quad docs update

At this point, the most helpful thing would be to a) use `quadwriter` for simple jobs, b) file issues

6/4/19

Joel McCracken, … Matthew Butterick13

5/27/19

A few questions about pollen capabilities

On May 27, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Joel McCracken <mccrack...@gmail.com> wrote: The point is I

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A few questions about pollen capabilities

On May 27, 2019, at 5:24 PM, Joel McCracken <mccrack...@gmail.com> wrote: The point is I

5/27/19

Eugene Wallingford, … Eugene Wallingford4

5/17/19

Newbie Question about Rendering from Author Mode

> > I still have the problem with downtown.html.pmd, which has > > the correct extension.

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Newbie Question about Rendering from Author Mode

> > I still have the problem with downtown.html.pmd, which has > > the correct extension.

5/17/19

Evžen Wybitul, Matthew Butterick3

5/9/19

render and render -p different behaviour

Sounds like a bug introduced by recent changes. Maybe you could post this as a repo issue with the

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render and render -p different behaviour

Sounds like a bug introduced by recent changes. Maybe you could post this as a repo issue with the

5/9/19

Matthew Butterick, dueck...@gmail.com3

4/30/19

On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:05 PM, dueck...@gmail.com wrote: From what I understand Quad/Quadwriter at

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On Apr 27, 2019, at 4:05 PM, dueck...@gmail.com wrote: From what I understand Quad/Quadwriter at

4/30/19

Joel Dueck, Matthew Butterick12

4/26/19

That was it! On this same repo after `reco pollen setup posts/`, doing `render -p -t pdf posts/*.pdf`

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That was it! On this same repo after `reco pollen setup posts/`, doing `render -p -t pdf posts/*.pdf`

4/26/19

afo...@gmail.com, … the...@gmail.com4

4/24/19

Unquoted values in HTML tags

Thanks for the speedy clarification. I had assumed that the errors I was seeing in my rendered pages

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Unquoted values in HTML tags

Thanks for the speedy clarification. I had assumed that the errors I was seeing in my rendered pages

4/24/19

Daniel Sockwell, … Matthew Butterick5

4/12/19

Semantic markup in generated X-expression?

OK, then suppose you store the attributes in the X-expressions for the purposes of your internal

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Semantic markup in generated X-expression?

OK, then suppose you store the attributes in the X-expressions for the purposes of your internal

4/12/19

Daniel Sockwell, Matthew Butterick4

4/10/19

Creating a meta from a .rkt file

On Apr 10, 2019, at 11:33 AM, Daniel Sockwell <dan...@codesections.com> wrote: I guess what I

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Creating a meta from a .rkt file

On Apr 10, 2019, at 11:33 AM, Daniel Sockwell <dan...@codesections.com> wrote: I guess what I

4/10/19

Daniel Sockwell, Matthew Butterick2

4/6/19

Writing in raw X-expressions

On Apr 6, 2019, at 4:00 PM, Daniel Sockwell <dan...@codesections.com> wrote: I have a quick

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Writing in raw X-expressions

On Apr 6, 2019, at 4:00 PM, Daniel Sockwell <dan...@codesections.com> wrote: I have a quick

4/6/19

Zach Mandeville, … Matthew Butterick4

3/29/19

Enthusiastic thank you and beginner question about metas

This worked, thank y'all! On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 10:32:21 PM UTC+13, Sorawee

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Enthusiastic thank you and beginner question about metas

This worked, thank y'all! On Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 10:32:21 PM UTC+13, Sorawee

3/29/19

Ifeoluwapo Eleyinafe, … Sorawee Porncharoenwase5

3/29/19

getting the filename of current input source in pollen.rkt

Great advice. Thanks so much. So I've defined an arbitrary function: (define (output-filename

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getting the filename of current input source in pollen.rkt

Great advice. Thanks so much. So I've defined an arbitrary function: (define (output-filename

3/29/19

Shrutarshi Basu, … Joel Dueck4

3/26/19

Moving to Pollen from WordPress

When the content is in Markdown, HTML or another well-known markup format, I've had moderate

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Moving to Pollen from WordPress

When the content is in Markdown, HTML or another well-known markup format, I've had moderate

3/26/19

Brendan Stromberger, Matthew Butterick8

3/24/19

Caching weirdness with Pollen

Thanks mb! On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 9:17:42 PM UTC-5, Matthew Butterick wrote: OK thanks, that

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Caching weirdness with Pollen

Thanks mb! On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 9:17:42 PM UTC-5, Matthew Butterick wrote: OK thanks, that

3/24/19

Joel Dueck, Matthew Butterick6

3/21/19

Getting the first N words: speed comparison

I like Eric Wastl's work (so much that I licensed one of his puzzles for Beautiful Racket). He

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Getting the first N words: speed comparison

I like Eric Wastl's work (so much that I licensed one of his puzzles for Beautiful Racket). He

3/21/19

3/21/19

select based on attribute?

nvm, I can just write a wrapper in my pollen.rkt using select* On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 2:09:42

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select based on attribute?

nvm, I can just write a wrapper in my pollen.rkt using select* On Thursday, March 21, 2019 at 2:09:42

3/21/19

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