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Jun 19

permalink for #p in #introduction of #exercisegroup

A note for the keepers of the permalinks. I have a permalink icon showing up in an odd place, here to

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permalink for #p in #introduction of #exercisegroup

A note for the keepers of the permalinks. I have a permalink icon showing up in an odd place, here to

Jun 19

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer10

Jun 19

CLI spec for XSL-FO pdfs

I might as well join the fun. The pretext/pretext script uses -f for "format". Then it has

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CLI spec for XSL-FO pdfs

I might as well join the fun. The pretext/pretext script uses -f for "format". Then it has

Jun 19

Alex Jordan, … Rob Beezer9

Jun 19

irregular line height in HTML

Thanks Andrew! On Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 10:57 AM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development <

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irregular line height in HTML

Thanks Andrew! On Fri, Jun 19, 2026, 10:57 AM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt development <

Jun 19

Bradley Miller, … Rob Beezer11

Jun 19

Person menu changes

And just to verify, I am seeing the sample book menu that looks different than another book, so all

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Person menu changes

And just to verify, I am seeing the sample book menu that looks different than another book, so all

Jun 19

Mitch Keller, Oscar Levin3

Jun 18

Regression in TeXLive version in Docker image

It's a package we were loading for one of the linear algebra courses whose materials were

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Regression in TeXLive version in Docker image

It's a package we were loading for one of the linear algebra courses whose materials were

Jun 18

Mitch Keller, Oscar Levin3

Jun 18

Printable page breaking inside exercisegroup

Aha. I hadn't thought about the columns aspect. I will tell the team working on these to use

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Printable page breaking inside exercisegroup

Aha. I hadn't thought about the columns aspect. I will tell the team working on these to use

Jun 18

Oscar Levin, … David Austin35

Jun 18

Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

I've been trying this again using all the buttons at the bottom, but without any success. It

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Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

I've been trying this again using all the buttons at the bottom, but without any success. It

Jun 18

Jun 17

critical MathJax bug with 4.1.2

When I posted my last message about this, it was a somewhat academic issue. A WeBWorK user with

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critical MathJax bug with 4.1.2

When I posted my last message about this, it was a somewhat academic issue. A WeBWorK user with

Jun 17

Charilaos Skiadas, dbrian...@gmail.com2

Jun 17

Fwd: From pretext-support dynamic fill-in exercise allowed operations

Charilaos, I missed this thread earlier this year. Much of what you were asking for is actually

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Fwd: From pretext-support dynamic fill-in exercise allowed operations

Charilaos, I missed this thread earlier this year. Much of what you were asking for is actually

Jun 17

Andrew Scholer, Sean Fitzpatrick3

Jun 17

Base url for HTML docs

Yes, if there is a baseurl, it would make sense to assume that it is the base to use. That way books

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Base url for HTML docs

Yes, if there is a baseurl, it would make sense to assume that it is the base to use. That way books

Jun 17

Jun 17

Does anyone use ptx- as an id/label prefix?

Does anyone out there use ptx- as a convention for their xml:ids or labels? Or have you seen someone

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Does anyone use ptx- as an id/label prefix?

Does anyone out there use ptx- as a convention for their xml:ids or labels? Or have you seen someone

Jun 17

Rob Beezer, Jason Siefken3

Jun 17

This is really cool! Is there a way to make the text of equations selectable? On 6/16/26 10:09 PM,

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This is really cool! Is there a way to make the text of equations selectable? On 6/16/26 10:09 PM,

Jun 17

Oscar Levin, Jason Siefken2

Jun 17

Option to use hosted css/js

I would vote for option 1. I am generally not a fan of CDNs (jsdelivr was down yesterday) and when I

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Option to use hosted css/js

I would vote for option 1. I am generally not a fan of CDNs (jsdelivr was down yesterday) and when I

Jun 17

Andrew Scholer, … David W. Farmer3

Jun 17

Reading options proposal

I have always wanted to customize the "bust" icon of the bust menu. Let the user choose any

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Reading options proposal

I have always wanted to customize the "bust" icon of the bust menu. Let the user choose any

Jun 17

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer3

Jun 16

[Javascript Announcement] New modular javascript for development

You and me both! ;-) Thanks for all your pioneering work on the CSS and JS! -Rob On June 16, 2026 9:

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[Javascript Announcement] New modular javascript for development

You and me both! ;-) Thanks for all your pioneering work on the CSS and JS! -Rob On June 16, 2026 9:

Jun 16

Bradley Miller, Sean Fitzpatrick6

Jun 16

Using Caddy as reverse proxy for standalone Runestone installs

Wow! So no more poetry install --with=dev etc. My installation is in this weird spot: parts of it (

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Using Caddy as reverse proxy for standalone Runestone installs

Wow! So no more poetry install --with=dev etc. My installation is in this weird spot: parts of it (

Jun 16

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Jun 14

Small screen: redundant navigation buttons?

I think the middle one is Up, which is not Top. -Rob On June 13, 2026 8:27:35 PM PDT, Alex Jordan

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Small screen: redundant navigation buttons?

I think the middle one is Up, which is not Top. -Rob On June 13, 2026 8:27:35 PM PDT, Alex Jordan

Jun 14

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Jun 11

ampersands in Jupyter

Dear Alex, As you know it takes a long time to appreciate that in XML "& amp ;" *well

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ampersands in Jupyter

Dear Alex, As you know it takes a long time to appreciate that in XML "& amp ;" *well

Jun 11

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Jun 11

moving latex packages and latex macros to Mathjax config

I have reopened https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2761 where a lot of discussion has

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moving latex packages and latex macros to Mathjax config

I have reopened https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2761 where a lot of discussion has

Jun 11

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Jun 11

redundant loading of certain MJ config settings, and false testing

Caveat: MJ4 seemed to be working great, we ironed out a few things, and went for it. I can't say

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redundant loading of certain MJ config settings, and false testing

Caveat: MJ4 seemed to be working great, we ironed out a few things, and went for it. I can't say

Jun 11

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer20

Jun 11

Exercise group: add page break penalty?

My earlier observation was mistaken. There is a single solution template that is used for both

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Exercise group: add page break penalty?

My earlier observation was mistaken. There is a single solution template that is used for both

Jun 11

Jun 10

A pre-processor fable

Anthropic released a "Fable 5" model yesterday, this is the safer version of the much-

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A pre-processor fable

Anthropic released a "Fable 5" model yesterday, this is the safer version of the much-

Jun 10

Jun 10

Announcement over on pretext-announce about refactoring of numbering code. A few notes for interested

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Announcement over on pretext-announce about refactoring of numbering code. A few notes for interested

Jun 10

Jun 10

Additions to The Guide

Primarily for Alex and Oscar, with no particular rush. I've been having my assistant attack the

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Additions to The Guide

Primarily for Alex and Oscar, with no particular rush. I've been having my assistant attack the

Jun 10

Andrew Scholer, … Oscar Levin4

Jun 9

Dialogs for PreTeXt UI elements

Roger that. Thanks Oscar and Mitch. On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM Oscar Levin <oscar.levin@gmail

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Dialogs for PreTeXt UI elements

Roger that. Thanks Oscar and Mitch. On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM Oscar Levin <oscar.levin@gmail

Jun 9

Alex Jordan, … Oscar Levin6

Jun 7

CLI with local PG processing for static representations

This is my fault. I forgot to adjust one of the spots that needed attention with the new python

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CLI with local PG processing for static representations

This is my fault. I forgot to adjust one of the spots that needed attention with the new python

Jun 7

Jun 5

HTML "fixed" ids

Mitch got me going on allowed characters for @label attributes, and I could not help noticing some

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HTML "fixed" ids

Mitch got me going on allowed characters for @label attributes, and I could not help noticing some

Jun 5

Cooper, David, … Rob Beezer4

Jun 5

Adding GDScript highlighting support

I'm making it for activecode, but I haven't finished the runestone changes yet. I think I

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Adding GDScript highlighting support

I'm making it for activecode, but I haven't finished the runestone changes yet. I think I

Jun 5

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Jun 4

Embedding interactives for portable html builds

Are you reading the files within the XSL via "exsl:document()"? Then you have XML on your

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Embedding interactives for portable html builds

Are you reading the files within the XSL via "exsl:document()"? Then you have XML on your

Jun 4

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin8

Jun 4

Modularizing Python routines

Updated the CLI to use the new structure without any issues. Should be good to go for nightly and new

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Modularizing Python routines

Updated the CLI to use the new structure without any issues. Should be good to go for nightly and new

Jun 4

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