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Discussion forum for the PreTeXt authoring system, open to developers and all interested parties. Subscribe if you want to discuss features and/or work on the code. 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 announcements list is at groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-announce.

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Rob Beezer, David W. Farmer5

Oct 30

Display math maintenance

As part of this push to remove some superfluous elements, I have employed the pre-processor to record

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Display math maintenance

As part of this push to remove some superfluous elements, I have employed the pre-processor to record

Oct 30

Spencer Bagley, Oscar Levin2

Oct 30

Explicit pagebreaks in printed worksheets

This was discussed at length over the summer (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/

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Explicit pagebreaks in printed worksheets

This was discussed at length over the summer (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/

Oct 30

Oct 29

Testing routines

I wanted to reiterate to fellow developers the value of testing documents like the sample article (a

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Testing routines

I wanted to reiterate to fellow developers the value of testing documents like the sample article (a

Oct 29

Michael Obiero, … Rob Beezer67

Oct 27

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

> You may be happy to hear then that the exported STACK questions do have base64 encoded images

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

> You may be happy to hear then that the exported STACK questions do have base64 encoded images

Oct 27

Chrissy Safranski, Rob Beezer2

Oct 27

query in a task of an exercise

Dear Chrissy, Thanks for all the ideas here. #query is the "atomic" element - one thing

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query in a task of an exercise

Dear Chrissy, Thanks for all the ideas here. #query is the "atomic" element - one thing

Oct 27

Bradley Miller, … Rob Beezer21

Oct 23

interactives as Runestone Exercises

OK, I have roughed out a #exercise with a #dynamic/#static split. Lots of necessary infrastructure is

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interactives as Runestone Exercises

OK, I have roughed out a #exercise with a #dynamic/#static split. Lots of necessary infrastructure is

Oct 23

Rob Beezer, Jason Siefken3

Oct 21

Schema browser online

Thanks, Jason, for the very helpful reply. Sorry for my delay, I've been occupied watching your

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Schema browser online

Thanks, Jason, for the very helpful reply. Sorry for my delay, I've been occupied watching your

Oct 21

Oct 20

Tracking fatal errors through the CLI and author interface

For Oscar and Brad. Follow-up to today's discussion at Drop-In. Everywhere the XSL uses <xsl:

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Tracking fatal errors through the CLI and author interface

For Oscar and Brad. Follow-up to today's discussion at Drop-In. Everywhere the XSL uses <xsl:

Oct 20

Rob Beezer, Bradley Miller4

Oct 14

On 10/14/25 09:20, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development wrote: > * There is some change

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On 10/14/25 09:20, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development wrote: > * There is some change

Oct 14

Jason Siefken, Andrew Scholer2

Oct 11

The <output> HTML tag

Very useful. Thanks for sharing that Jason. Andrew Scholer On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM Jason

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The <output> HTML tag

Very useful. Thanks for sharing that Jason. Andrew Scholer On Sat, Oct 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM Jason

Oct 11

Andrew Scholer, … David Austin9

Oct 10

Prefigure "macros" via XSL

Thanks for all of these comments. This is an interesting discussion, and I'm hoping we can

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Prefigure "macros" via XSL

Thanks for all of these comments. This is an interesting discussion, and I'm hoping we can

Oct 10

Georg Osang, … Rob Beezer8

Oct 4

Mechanisms for content review

I can say more later. But for now... More than 15 years ago David F and I worked on the design of a

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Mechanisms for content review

I can say more later. But for now... More than 15 years ago David F and I worked on the design of a

Oct 4

Matt Wechter, … Sean Fitzpatrick3

Oct 3

Getting an error regarding temporary directories

I get this if I'm trying to build on Windows in a directory that is tracked by OneDrive. You can

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Getting an error regarding temporary directories

I get this if I'm trying to build on Windows in a directory that is tracked by OneDrive. You can

Oct 3

Andrew Scholer, David Austin7

Sep 25

PreFigure label fonts

Awesome! Thank you for adding that. Andrew On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM David Austin <david.

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PreFigure label fonts

Awesome! Thank you for adding that. Andrew On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM David Austin <david.

Sep 25

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan4

Sep 24

LaTeX macros in WeBWorK exercise group introduction

Thanks, both. It shouldn't be hard to sanitize the macros in APEX so there are no macros

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LaTeX macros in WeBWorK exercise group introduction

Thanks, both. It shouldn't be hard to sanitize the macros in APEX so there are no macros

Sep 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Oscar Levin13

Sep 23

Hints in Runestone assignment pages

Returning to this: I tried Brad's suggestion of viewing by chapter on the grading page. This does

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Hints in Runestone assignment pages

Returning to this: I tried Brad's suggestion of viewing by chapter on the grading page. This does

Sep 23

Jeremy Sylvestre, … kcri...@gmail.com8

Sep 20

id collisions in html output

Unfortunately authors aren't always going to follow "best practice" and this particular

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id collisions in html output

Unfortunately authors aren't always going to follow "best practice" and this particular

Sep 20

Oscar Levin, … Chrissy Safranski27

Sep 19

WeBWorK generated .pg files naming bug

I guess what I'm trying to say is, how much should PreTeXt try to warn a publisher that they'

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WeBWorK generated .pg files naming bug

I guess what I'm trying to say is, how much should PreTeXt try to warn a publisher that they'

Sep 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, Andrew Scholer2

Sep 19

text-align for th in tabular

You are correct, those rules don't exist. And it looks like they never did. Which raises the

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text-align for th in tabular

You are correct, those rules don't exist. And it looks like they never did. Which raises the

Sep 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer7

Sep 11

SyntaxWarning in pretext/lib/pretext.py

I'll tack on: Same behavior from pretext script. However, unless you disable caching of python

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SyntaxWarning in pretext/lib/pretext.py

I'll tack on: Same behavior from pretext script. However, unless you disable caching of python

Sep 11

Mitch Keller, Oscar Levin4

Sep 8

Image descriptions in printable versions?

The fix for this is merged into core now. I will release a new CLI version tomorrow afternoon if

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Image descriptions in printable versions?

The fix for this is merged into core now. I will release a new CLI version tomorrow afternoon if

Sep 8

Alex Jordan, … Andrew Scholer4

Sep 5

second #p in list items not indicated well (in HTML)

PR made: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2691 Andrew Scholer (he/him/his) Computer

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second #p in list items not indicated well (in HTML)

PR made: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2691 Andrew Scholer (he/him/his) Computer

Sep 5

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer6

Sep 1

Using letters/roman-numerals instead of numbers

Thanks Rob, yes I think an MGB-like approach should suffice for my silly little use-case and since

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Using letters/roman-numerals instead of numbers

Thanks Rob, yes I think an MGB-like approach should suffice for my silly little use-case and since

Sep 1

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer3

Aug 30

Making Sage Cells assignable

Sorry, It is the odeproject book. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

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Making Sage Cells assignable

Sorry, It is the odeproject book. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

Aug 30

Aug 29

MathJax extensions loaded by autoload

The MathJax combined components that we use from the CDN are always either: tex-svg.js tex-mml-chtml.

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MathJax extensions loaded by autoload

The MathJax combined components that we use from the CDN are always either: tex-svg.js tex-mml-chtml.

Aug 29

D. Brian Walton, … Rob Beezer5

Aug 28

XSLT and regexp

On fone, so maybe not complete. I've tried to find documentation at the EXSLT site that the

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XSLT and regexp

On fone, so maybe not complete. I've tried to find documentation at the EXSLT site that the

Aug 28

Rob Beezer, … David Austin20

Aug 28

Introductions and conclusions for #task on Runestone assignment page

On 8/27/25 18:34, David Austin wrote: > Do authors need to rebuild their books? Yes, this will not

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Introductions and conclusions for #task on Runestone assignment page

On 8/27/25 18:34, David Austin wrote: > Do authors need to rebuild their books? Yes, this will not

Aug 28

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer3

Aug 27

Should appendix contents be in Runestone manifest?

Andrew put this together - thanks for a nice addition for CS texts. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

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Should appendix contents be in Runestone manifest?

Andrew put this together - thanks for a nice addition for CS texts. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

Aug 27

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer3

Aug 26

Localization timing issues

Implemented a version here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2682 I was not able to use a

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Localization timing issues

Implemented a version here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2682 I was not able to use a

Aug 26

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer2

Aug 26

Deprecation warnings warning

I just reran timings on a couple of books. For a full build of decent size book, those account for ~

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Deprecation warnings warning

I just reran timings on a couple of books. For a full build of decent size book, those account for ~

Aug 26

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