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Low-traffic, announcement-only list for the PreTeXt authoring system. PreTeXt is an uncomplicated XML vocabulary for authors of research articles, textbooks, and monographs. More at pretextbook.org. The PreTeXt support forum is at groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-support. The PreTeXt development forum is at visit groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-dev.

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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

Mar 9

[DEPRECATE] Removal of backward-compatibility of some #docinfo items

Before we hit on the idea of a publisher's file for configuration of non-content aspects of a

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[DEPRECATE] Removal of backward-compatibility of some #docinfo items

Before we hit on the idea of a publisher's file for configuration of non-content aspects of a

Mar 9

Mar 8

[CHANGE] Visibility of the "commentary" element

If your source does not have a #commentary element, you can ignore this. Short version: the #

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[CHANGE] Visibility of the "commentary" element

If your source does not have a #commentary element, you can ignore this. Short version: the #

Mar 8

Mar 3

Weekly Drop in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Mar 3, 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 3, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Mar 3

Feb 5

[CLI-UPDATE] v2.13 with improved image caching

A new version of the PreTeXt-CLI (v2.13) is now available on the Python Package Index at https://pypi

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[CLI-UPDATE] v2.13 with improved image caching

A new version of the PreTeXt-CLI (v2.13) is now available on the Python Package Index at https://pypi

Feb 5

Jan 27

Weekly Drop in reminders

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 27, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Weekly Drop in reminders

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 27, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Jan 27

Jan 21

upcoming changes to WeBWorK and PreTeXt

This is a heads up alert about upcoming changes with WeBWorK and PreTeXt. A pull request to pretext

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upcoming changes to WeBWorK and PreTeXt

This is a heads up alert about upcoming changes with WeBWorK and PreTeXt. A pull request to pretext

Jan 21

Jan 20

Drop-in schedule for this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 20, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Drop-in schedule for this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 20, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Jan 20

Jan 13

Drop-in schedule this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 13, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Drop-in schedule this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 13, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

Jan 13

Jan 9

PreTeXt events at JMM

For anyone at this week's JMM in Seattle, a few PreTeXty things you might look out for: In the

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PreTeXt events at JMM

For anyone at this week's JMM in Seattle, a few PreTeXty things you might look out for: In the

Jan 9

Jan 6

Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 6, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

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Drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Jan 6, 2025 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End:

Jan 6

12/24/24

[CHANGE] CSS Bundling, New Themes, General Overhaul

Correction: link to get started is https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/online-style.html (Thanks

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[CHANGE] CSS Bundling, New Themes, General Overhaul

Correction: link to get started is https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/online-style.html (Thanks

12/24/24

12/23/24

Drop-in schedule

Holiday Greetings! Its a pretty abbreviated schedule of drop-ins this week. Tuesday: 8 - 10 Pacific,

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Drop-in schedule

Holiday Greetings! Its a pretty abbreviated schedule of drop-ins this week. Tuesday: 8 - 10 Pacific,

12/23/24

12/12/24

[CLI & VS CODE UPDATES] New features for course materials

The PreTeXT CLI is now up to version 2.10.1; you can get the most recent version by running `pip

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[CLI & VS CODE UPDATES] New features for course materials

The PreTeXT CLI is now up to version 2.10.1; you can get the most recent version by running `pip

12/12/24

12/7/24

New Google Group for accessibility topics

I have created a new Google Group for accessibility-related topics. No restriction on audience:

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New Google Group for accessibility topics

I have created a new Google Group for accessibility-related topics. No restriction on audience:

12/7/24

12/6/24

[NEW] Improvements to interactive "program"

[Ed. From Andrew Scholer] This update to the program element primarily focuses on programs made

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[NEW] Improvements to interactive "program"

[Ed. From Andrew Scholer] This update to the program element primarily focuses on programs made

12/6/24

12/6/24

[DEPRECATE] program/input is now program/code

A #program can just be a blob of code, no structure. That was a recent enhancement. Otherwise, to

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[DEPRECATE] program/input is now program/code

A #program can just be a blob of code, no structure. That was a recent enhancement. Otherwise, to

12/6/24

12/2/24

For those who celebrate, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and even if you didn't last week

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For those who celebrate, I hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and even if you didn't last week

12/2/24

11/24/24

[NEW] PreFigure for diagrams

This group is generally meant to be low-traffic, with announcments and not discussion. But I want to

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[NEW] PreFigure for diagrams

This group is generally meant to be low-traffic, with announcments and not discussion. But I want to

11/24/24

11/18/24

Weekly drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Nov 18, 2024 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Weekly drop-in schedule

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Nov 18, 2024 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

11/18/24

11/11/24

Drop-in schedule this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Nov 11, 2024 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

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Drop-in schedule this week

Weekly Drop-in schedule for the week starting Nov 11, 2024 Tuesday: Start: 8 Pacific / 11 Eastern End

11/11/24

11/10/24

[CHANGE] Specify favicon in publication file

Recent interest in the HTML favicon prompted me to move its specification to the publication file.

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[CHANGE] Specify favicon in publication file

Recent interest in the HTML favicon prompted me to move its specification to the publication file.

11/10/24

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