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Jul 14

Drop-in schedule and Reminder of workshop

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jul 14, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Drop-in schedule and Reminder of workshop

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jul 14, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Jul 14

D. Brian Walton

Jul 11

[CHANGE] Randomized fill-in dynamic substitutions using Node

A change was made behind the scenes in how the generated dynamic substitutions file for fill-in-the-

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[CHANGE] Randomized fill-in dynamic substitutions using Node

A change was made behind the scenes in how the generated dynamic substitutions file for fill-in-the-

Jul 11

oscarlevin, Rob Beezer2

Jul 11

[NEW] Improved printing of worksheets in HTML

> there is now improved support for printing worksheets directly from a web version of your

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[NEW] Improved printing of worksheets in HTML

> there is now improved support for printing worksheets directly from a web version of your

Jul 11

Jul 8

[NEW FEATURES] WeBWorK local PG processing

If you use WeBWorK in your PreTeXt project, you can now generate the static representations using a

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[NEW FEATURES] WeBWorK local PG processing

If you use WeBWorK in your PreTeXt project, you can now generate the static representations using a

Jul 8

Jul 7

Weekly drop-in reminder

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jul 7, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Weekly drop-in reminder

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jul 7, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Jul 7

Jun 30

Runestone Academy webinar July 14-17

Are you interested in free and interactive ebooks for your undergraduate computing and math courses?

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Runestone Academy webinar July 14-17

Are you interested in free and interactive ebooks for your undergraduate computing and math courses?

Jun 30

Jun 30

Weekly Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jun 30, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Weekly Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jun 30, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Jun 30

Bradley Miller2

Jun 16

Weekly Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jun 16, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Weekly Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jun 16, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Jun 16

Jun 14

Big Release on Runestone Academy today

Hello, A lot of big changes went live on Runestone Academy today. Please take a look at the linked

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Big Release on Runestone Academy today

Hello, A lot of big changes went live on Runestone Academy today. Please take a look at the linked

Jun 14

May 26

Note: Even though it is a US holiday, Rob will be at Drop-in today. Weekly Drop-in schedule for the

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Note: Even though it is a US holiday, Rob will be at Drop-in today. Weekly Drop-in schedule for the

May 26

May 24

[NEW FEATURES] Small PreTeXt documents and your LMS

I'm happy to announce a few new features for PreTeXt and the CLI/pretext-tools that should make

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[NEW FEATURES] Small PreTeXt documents and your LMS

I'm happy to announce a few new features for PreTeXt and the CLI/pretext-tools that should make

May 24

May 24

[CHANGE] HTML ToC expander icons

Peter Siebel has suggested using +/- ("add"/"remove") icons in the HTML Table of

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[CHANGE] HTML ToC expander icons

Peter Siebel has suggested using +/- ("add"/"remove") icons in the HTML Table of

May 24

May 19

[DEPRECATE] pretext/pretext script, new "doc" component

Short version: "doc" is now a synonym for the "all" component when using the

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[DEPRECATE] pretext/pretext script, new "doc" component

Short version: "doc" is now a synonym for the "all" component when using the

May 19

May 19

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting May 19, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting May 19, 2025 Monday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

May 19

May 8

[NEW] Matching problems

Recently, we made a cosmetic change to interactive matching exercises to use the term "cardsort

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[NEW] Matching problems

Recently, we made a cosmetic change to interactive matching exercises to use the term "cardsort

May 8

May 6

[END OF LIFE ALERT] WeBWorK 2.15

As alerted back on June 18, 2024, PreTeXt support for a WeBWorK 2.15 (or earlier) server is now a

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[END OF LIFE ALERT] WeBWorK 2.15

As alerted back on June 18, 2024, PreTeXt support for a WeBWorK 2.15 (or earlier) server is now a

May 6

May 6

[CHANGE] HTML tabbed interface, exercise "introduction" and "conclusion"

"exercise" (and similar PROJECT-LIKE) that are structured with "task" can be (

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[CHANGE] HTML tabbed interface, exercise "introduction" and "conclusion"

"exercise" (and similar PROJECT-LIKE) that are structured with "task" can be (

May 6

May 5

Datafile attribute deprecation and new program attributes

There are a few changes to datafiles and programs that enable authors to more creatively combine

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Datafile attribute deprecation and new program attributes

There are a few changes to datafiles and programs that enable authors to more creatively combine

May 5

May 5

Weekly Drop in schedule (Note Changes!)

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting May 5, 2025 Note that we are beginning a summer

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Weekly Drop in schedule (Note Changes!)

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting May 5, 2025 Note that we are beginning a summer

May 5

May 2

Tuesday Drop-In moves to Monday this summer

Tuesday morning Drop-In, hosted by Oscar and Rob, is moving to Mondays for the summer. Same time, 8-

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Tuesday Drop-In moves to Monday this summer

Tuesday morning Drop-In, hosted by Oscar and Rob, is moving to Mondays for the summer. Same time, 8-

May 2

May 2

[DEPRECATE] Listings only have titles

Another step in the long journey to figure out "figure-like". Courtesy of Andrew Scholer. #

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[DEPRECATE] Listings only have titles

Another step in the long journey to figure out "figure-like". Courtesy of Andrew Scholer. #

May 2

Apr 24

[DEPRECATE] Placment of order attribute for cardsort problems

As described in a recent message here, "matching" problems began as a 1-1 correspondence.

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[DEPRECATE] Placment of order attribute for cardsort problems

As described in a recent message here, "matching" problems began as a 1-1 correspondence.

Apr 24

Apr 21

Weekly drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Apr 21, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Weekly drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Apr 21, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Apr 21

Apr 20

[DEPRECATE] Matching exercises are now card sort exercises

"Matching" problems began being a 1-1 correspondence. That was relaxed to allow for

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[DEPRECATE] Matching exercises are now card sort exercises

"Matching" problems began being a 1-1 correspondence. That was relaxed to allow for

Apr 20

Apr 16

The Department of PreTeXt Efficiency (DOPE) has been busy today improving the conversion to LaTeX.

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The Department of PreTeXt Efficiency (DOPE) has been busy today improving the conversion to LaTeX.

Apr 16

Apr 8

[CHANGE] PreTeXt in GitHub codespaces

I have been working on making editing PreTeXt documents inside a GitHub codespace better. Sorry for

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[CHANGE] PreTeXt in GitHub codespaces

I have been working on making editing PreTeXt documents inside a GitHub codespace better. Sorry for

Apr 8

Apr 8

Drop in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Apr 8, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Drop in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Apr 8, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Apr 8

Mar 31

Weekly drop in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Mar 31, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Weekly drop in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Mar 31, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Mar 31

Mar 22

[NEW] Program fragment element

The new element <pf> allows for the inclusion of inline fragments of programs complete with

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[NEW] Program fragment element

The new element <pf> allows for the inclusion of inline fragments of programs complete with

Mar 22

Mar 10

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Mar 10, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Mar 10, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Mar 10

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