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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, … Alex Jordan33

Jan 12

Locations of Javascript files, especially for WW

Done. I've reached my limit. Many commits (surprised?) so that if bits and pieces need to come

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Locations of Javascript files, especially for WW

Done. I've reached my limit. Many commits (surprised?) so that if bits and pieces need to come

Jan 12

Michael Obiero, … Rob Beezer92

Jan 9

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

OK, here's where we are. When we "extract" something and build a replacement off in a

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

OK, here's where we are. When we "extract" something and build a replacement off in a

Jan 9

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer3

Jan 8

d/@width for small screens

Yes, I think it is right to regard @width in this context as a "hint". So in a special

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d/@width for small screens

Yes, I think it is right to regard @width in this context as a "hint". So in a special

Jan 8

Sean Fitzpatrick3

Jan 8

Quotation marks in text mode in display math: a MathJax bug

So, this is a problem with LaTeX markup clashing with AsciiMath markup in MathJax. On the MathJax

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Quotation marks in text mode in display math: a MathJax bug

So, this is a problem with LaTeX markup clashing with AsciiMath markup in MathJax. On the MathJax

Jan 8

Charilaos Skiadas, … Geoffrey Cox3

Jan 6

Off indenting of blocks problems

I'll go ahead and add my two cents since I was having the same issue, and couldn't bear

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Off indenting of blocks problems

I'll go ahead and add my two cents since I was having the same issue, and couldn't bear

Jan 6

Charilaos Skiadas, … Alex Jordan12

Jan 3

Question idea: media submissions

I wanted to caution to PreTeXt developers (who probably don't need me reminding them) to factor

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Question idea: media submissions

I wanted to caution to PreTeXt developers (who probably don't need me reminding them) to factor

Jan 3

Jan 3

RevealJS CSS Update

A heads up for anyone working on RevealJS. A PR was just merged to more the CSS out of the HTML file

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RevealJS CSS Update

A heads up for anyone working on RevealJS. A PR was just merged to more the CSS out of the HTML file

Jan 3

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer4

Jan 2

Asymptote command options: Windows bug

I shouldn't trust Google's AI overview, but: - it allows images to build in a minimized

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Asymptote command options: Windows bug

I shouldn't trust Google's AI overview, but: - it allows images to build in a minimized

Jan 2

Geoffrey Cox, … Sean Fitzpatrick13

Jan 2

Math Mode in Horizontal Parsons

I think Vilma needs this live ASAP, so I might ditch the horizontal mode temporarily. There are two

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Math Mode in Horizontal Parsons

I think Vilma needs this live ASAP, so I might ditch the horizontal mode temporarily. There are two

Jan 2

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer15

Jan 2

Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

The semi recent work on <program> is documented here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

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Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

The semi recent work on <program> is documented here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

Jan 2

Rob Beezer, William Haynes3

12/31/25

Homework Systems

On 12/30/25 07:51, William Haynes wrote: > I'm not asking you to support YAHS Thank-you. ;-)

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Homework Systems

On 12/30/25 07:51, William Haynes wrote: > I'm not asking you to support YAHS Thank-you. ;-)

12/31/25

Oscar Levin, … Mitch Keller5

12/30/25

Hiding solutions in printed worksheets

Thanks all for the suggestions. Just submitted a PR that does some of this. Notably: - Styling will

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Hiding solutions in printed worksheets

Thanks all for the suggestions. Just submitted a PR that does some of this. Notably: - Styling will

12/30/25

Charilaos Skiadas

12/30/25

Date/time element tags?

While working on preparing material for my classes this coming term, I found a desire for

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Date/time element tags?

While working on preparing material for my classes this coming term, I found a desire for

12/30/25

12/30/25

See announcement on pretext-announce, and please use this thread for comments. Thanks! Rob On 12/26/

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See announcement on pretext-announce, and please use this thread for comments. Thanks! Rob On 12/26/

12/30/25

Alex Jordan, … Oscar Levin4

12/28/25

drop support for WeBWorK/PG at versions 2.18, 2.17, 2.16?

> Question: does this change mean that fewer problems in the OPL would be supported by PreTeXt?

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drop support for WeBWorK/PG at versions 2.18, 2.17, 2.16?

> Question: does this change mean that fewer problems in the OPL would be supported by PreTeXt?

12/28/25

Rob Beezer, … David Austin7

12/28/25

HTML ids in SVGs from math

Fixing the ids in MathJax SVGs could be relatively straightforward with proposed solution #2. Perhaps

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HTML ids in SVGs from math

Fixing the ids in MathJax SVGs could be relatively straightforward with proposed solution #2. Perhaps

12/28/25

Rob Beezer, … David Austin19

12/22/25

Those surfaced with the re-enabling of a STACK (test) exercise. Not a problem with STACK at all. When

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Those surfaced with the re-enabling of a STACK (test) exercise. Not a problem with STACK at all. When

12/22/25

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer9

12/22/25

Is relying on default widths for table columns really an error?

Many messages with ERROR now are (appropriately) have WARNING or BUG. Thanks to Andrew's

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Is relying on default widths for table columns really an error?

Many messages with ERROR now are (appropriately) have WARNING or BUG. Thanks to Andrew's

12/22/25

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin3

12/20/25

Here is what I learned looking into xpointers a while back (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-

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Here is what I learned looking into xpointers a while back (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-

12/20/25

obi...@maseno.ac.ke, … Georg Osang4

12/20/25

Feedback links within sections.

Thanks a lot Andrew! This is working great and we're using it for the first round of reviews now.

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Feedback links within sections.

Thanks a lot Andrew! This is working great and we're using it for the first round of reviews now.

12/20/25

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer3

12/18/25

Links from sample-book to github source

Rob, I tried using that approach but Andrew pointed out several places in both the code as well as

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Links from sample-book to github source

Rob, I tried using that approach but Andrew pointed out several places in both the code as well as

12/18/25

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer6

12/18/25

xref to an introduction?

I have always envisioned an #introduction in a division as a short paragraph or two, a few sentences,

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xref to an introduction?

I have always envisioned an #introduction in a division as a short paragraph or two, a few sentences,

12/18/25

Michael Duffy, … David Austin14

12/16/25

louis module for Braille output in WSL

Congratulations on getting the embossed braille! You get python bindings for liblouis with the

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louis module for Braille output in WSL

Congratulations on getting the embossed braille! You get python bindings for liblouis with the

12/16/25

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer6

12/9/25

Collections of slideshows

Some targeted comments. * You could have multiple #slideshow live alongside a #book, as children of #

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Collections of slideshows

Some targeted comments. * You could have multiple #slideshow live alongside a #book, as children of #

12/9/25

Bradley Miller, … Andrew Scholer3

12/6/25

New to me -- looks intimidating

Relevant recent discussion: https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/xEZYjLdjXrY/m/r3D5tlpVCQAJ When

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New to me -- looks intimidating

Relevant recent discussion: https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/xEZYjLdjXrY/m/r3D5tlpVCQAJ When

12/6/25

Paul Emigh, Andrew Scholer4

12/4/25

The `--body-title-color` only gets applied to divisional titles. For blocks like <definition>,

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The `--body-title-color` only gets applied to divisional titles. For blocks like <definition>,

12/4/25

12/4/25

Intertext in display math

For the cognoscenti, following up on a -announce post just now. Even an AI tale if you read far

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Intertext in display math

For the cognoscenti, following up on a -announce post just now. Even an AI tale if you read far

12/4/25

Paul Emigh, … Rob Beezer7

12/3/25

Thanks for the further clarification, Paul. > but it just doesn't look as elegant to the

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Thanks for the further clarification, Paul. > but it just doesn't look as elegant to the

12/3/25

Bradley Miller, … Rob Beezer41

12/2/25

interactives as Runestone Exercises

On 11/25/25 13:41, Bradley Miller wrote: > @Rob > > In looking at the manifest for the test

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interactives as Runestone Exercises

On 11/25/25 13:41, Bradley Miller wrote: > @Rob > > In looking at the manifest for the test

12/2/25

11/24/25

No, I don't mean you folks writing research articles. I mean you folks who have tools/features

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No, I don't mean you folks writing research articles. I mean you folks who have tools/features

11/24/25

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