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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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Rick Roesler, … Rob Beezer11

6:01 PM

Claude skill for pretext authoring

Dear Rick, Sorry for the long delay in getting to this one. A variety of PreTeXt stuff has been

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Claude skill for pretext authoring

Dear Rick, Sorry for the long delay in getting to this one. A variety of PreTeXt stuff has been

6:01 PM

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer10

5:48 PM

Re: [pretext-announce] [CHANGE] side-by-side in the schema

Yes, that would be cheating. And especially if you put #nbsp into the #p as its entire content - just

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Re: [pretext-announce] [CHANGE] side-by-side in the schema

Yes, that would be cheating. And especially if you put #nbsp into the #p as its entire content - just

5:48 PM

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Sep 11

Sidebyside exercises in worksheets that include non-full-width images

Dear Oscar, Short answer: maybe a PR is in your future. Normally an #image in a #sidebyside would be

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Sidebyside exercises in worksheets that include non-full-width images

Dear Oscar, Short answer: maybe a PR is in your future. Normally an #image in a #sidebyside would be

Sep 11

Rob Beezer, David W. Farmer6

Sep 7

Conversion from PDF

Dear Rick, Yes, I agree your presumed approach makes a lot of sense. Though I had a more narrow

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Conversion from PDF

Dear Rick, Yes, I agree your presumed approach makes a lot of sense. Though I had a more narrow

Sep 7

Rob Beezer, Oscar Levin3

Sep 7

Design discussion: headings of mathematical blocks

Dear Oscar, Thanks for the reply. I had not forgotten this one, but it also had not been bubbling up

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Design discussion: headings of mathematical blocks

Dear Oscar, Thanks for the reply. I had not forgotten this one, but it also had not been bubbling up

Sep 7

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer6

Sep 5

Numbering equations non-distinct with blocks

On 9/3/26 10:28, Oscar Levin wrote: > Any thoughts about this? I know I forgot about this post in

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Numbering equations non-distinct with blocks

On 9/3/26 10:28, Oscar Levin wrote: > Any thoughts about this? I know I forgot about this post in

Sep 5

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer3

Sep 5

Languages on HTML interface elements

On 9/5/26 11:37, Andrew Scholer wrote: > wouldn't it be better to use the literal characters

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Languages on HTML interface elements

On 9/5/26 11:37, Andrew Scholer wrote: > wouldn't it be better to use the literal characters

Sep 5

Rob Beezer, valeriom...@gmail.com6

Sep 2

[NEW] Quotation mark styles for different languages

Thanks very much, Valerio, for the work on this and the suggestions. I think everything is covered at

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[NEW] Quotation mark styles for different languages

Thanks very much, Valerio, for the work on this and the suggestions. I think everything is covered at

Sep 2

Aug 31

Finer points of laying out larger LaTeX boxes

This is for those interested in spacing out blocks (and similar) in LaTeX output. Which means Alex

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Finer points of laying out larger LaTeX boxes

This is for those interested in spacing out blocks (and similar) in LaTeX output. Which means Alex

Aug 31

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer5

Aug 28

Matching links no longer visible in dark mode

I've still got 10 days until my semester begins, so I can wait for a longer fix. But there are

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Matching links no longer visible in dark mode

I've still got 10 days until my semester begins, so I can wait for a longer fix. But there are

Aug 28

Steven Clontz, … Rob Beezer7

Aug 28

Import and export of <sage/> content for simple assigning and collection of student work

Handouts were initiated at a workshop in Austin in 2018. I never did a real good job with them, since

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Import and export of <sage/> content for simple assigning and collection of student work

Handouts were initiated at a workshop in Austin in 2018. I never did a real good job with them, since

Aug 28

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Aug 27

"cover image" for html

("Sent" this 4 days ago, but it didn't go out. I have a long-term problem posting to

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"cover image" for html

("Sent" this 4 days ago, but it didn't go out. I have a long-term problem posting to

Aug 27

David Austin, … Rob Beezer22

Aug 27

labeled images in cardsort problems

Thanks for the clarification. I'll talk with our group more, but we may turn that problem into a

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labeled images in cardsort problems

Thanks for the clarification. I'll talk with our group more, but we may turn that problem into a

Aug 27

Rob Beezer, … Mitch Keller8

Aug 27

Excellent! That looks good. Now just make sure the course goes as well. ;-) On 8/27/26 11:14, Mitch

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Excellent! That looks good. Now just make sure the course goes as well. ;-) On 8/27/26 11:14, Mitch

Aug 27

Oscar Levin, … Sean Fitzpatrick9

Aug 26

Design Discussion: Calendar and date-aware authoring for course materials

Well yes, you are much more organized than me. I'm teaching with two graduate students so needing

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Design Discussion: Calendar and date-aware authoring for course materials

Well yes, you are much more organized than me. I'm teaching with two graduate students so needing

Aug 26

Aug 26

Fixing PDF worksheets

TL;DR: I want to redesign how printouts in PDF output look, which will break existing worksheet

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Fixing PDF worksheets

TL;DR: I want to redesign how printouts in PDF output look, which will break existing worksheet

Aug 26

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer4

Aug 26

Emoji/Unicode support

On 8/26/26 13:51, Andrew Scholer wrote: > The google fonts are OFL 1.1 which allows for embedding.

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Emoji/Unicode support

On 8/26/26 13:51, Andrew Scholer wrote: > The google fonts are OFL 1.1 which allows for embedding.

Aug 26

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer3

Aug 25

xref to exercisegroup

I guess if the exercise groups also were numbered, I could understand "Exercise Group 2" to

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xref to exercisegroup

I guess if the exercise groups also were numbered, I could understand "Exercise Group 2" to

Aug 25

Oscar Levin, Mitch Keller2

Aug 25

Link behavior for LMS-embedded page

My gut says appending ?embed to every relative link is the best option. Thinking about our use

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Link behavior for LMS-embedded page

My gut says appending ?embed to every relative link is the best option. Thinking about our use

Aug 25

Rob Beezer, … kcri...@gmail.com26

Aug 25

tabular inside figure

For completeness in this thread, Rob and Claude have officially implemented the "no tabular in

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tabular inside figure

For completeness in this thread, Rob and Claude have officially implemented the "no tabular in

Aug 25

Rob Beezer, Alex Jordan10

Aug 25

MathJax configuration for WeBWorK

No, I think I understand the situation just fine. Not agreeing with a change does not mean I do not

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MathJax configuration for WeBWorK

No, I think I understand the situation just fine. Not agreeing with a change does not mean I do not

Aug 25

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer13

Aug 25

Image zoom (and interaction with PreFigure)

1. The standalone page is definitely necessary for the links that make a "full sized"

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Image zoom (and interaction with PreFigure)

1. The standalone page is definitely necessary for the links that make a "full sized"

Aug 25

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer4

Aug 23

Custom ordered list markers for HTML, and derivative conversions

On 8/17/26 16:54, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development wrote: > I'll probably go with

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Custom ordered list markers for HTML, and derivative conversions

On 8/17/26 16:54, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development wrote: > I'll probably go with

Aug 23

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer5

Aug 23

HTML: figure/sidebyside/tabular causes tabular to appear in right margin

On 8/22/26 13:42, Jeremy Sylvestre wrote: > Turns out this is an artifact of me returning to an

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HTML: figure/sidebyside/tabular causes tabular to appear in right margin

On 8/22/26 13:42, Jeremy Sylvestre wrote: > Turns out this is an artifact of me returning to an

Aug 23

Alex Jordan, … Rob Beezer7

Aug 22

HTML ids are coming out the same for mutliple webwork exercises on a page

On 8/21/26 09:42, Alex Jordan wrote: > This is fixed now, but the sample chapter and showcase

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HTML ids are coming out the same for mutliple webwork exercises on a page

On 8/21/26 09:42, Alex Jordan wrote: > This is fixed now, but the sample chapter and showcase

Aug 22

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer9

Aug 21

Asymptote bug (it's weird)

Building asymptote to PDF is failing using pretext/pretext with Asymptote 2.87. The script runs all

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Asymptote bug (it's weird)

Building asymptote to PDF is failing using pretext/pretext with Asymptote 2.87. The script runs all

Aug 21

Jeremy Sylvestre

Aug 20

CSS for list item title inside theorem-like

Another quirk of returning to italics for content of theorem-like? Titles of list-items are

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CSS for list item title inside theorem-like

Another quirk of returning to italics for content of theorem-like? Titles of list-items are

Aug 20

valeriom...@gmail.com, … Jeremy Sylvestre5

Aug 20

Missing space in permalink to paragraph

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 08:49, Charilaos Skiadas <cski...@gmail.com> wrote: When copied in a

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Missing space in permalink to paragraph

On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 at 08:49, Charilaos Skiadas <cski...@gmail.com> wrote: When copied in a

Aug 20

Aug 19

Schema validation

Mostly for Oscar. See bigger announcement on "-announce". 1. Signature for validation now

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Schema validation

Mostly for Oscar. See bigger announcement on "-announce". 1. Signature for validation now

Aug 19

Oscar Levin, … valeriom...@gmail.com11

Aug 18

Built-in Screen Reader

A bit late, but I tried this feature on my Italian project and it works well. It consistently selects

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Built-in Screen Reader

A bit late, but I tried this feature on my Italian project and it works well. It consistently selects

Aug 18

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