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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

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Sean Fitzpatrick4

Aug 22

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

I asked about this not long ago (and long ago, as the thread linked by Jeremy demonstrates). To

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

I asked about this not long ago (and long ago, as the thread linked by Jeremy demonstrates). To

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

Andrew Scholer, … David Austin10

Aug 18

Image zoom (and interaction with PreFigure)

That works! Thanks a lot, Andrew! On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM Andrew Scholer <ascholer@

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Image zoom (and interaction with PreFigure)

That works! Thanks a lot, Andrew! On Tue, Aug 18, 2026 at 3:19 PM Andrew Scholer <ascholer@

Aug 18

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

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer3

Aug 17

Custom ordered list markers for HTML, and derivative conversions

Thanks, Andrew, for the quick feedback on this one. I'll probably go with the Safari-friendly @

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Custom ordered list markers for HTML, and derivative conversions

Thanks, Andrew, for the quick feedback on this one. I'll probably go with the Safari-friendly @

Aug 17

Andrew Scholer, … Sean Fitzpatrick8

Aug 16

Figure in aside?

I had PDF in mind, but I could imagine an HTML theme with a layout that put figures beside the text.

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Figure in aside?

I had PDF in mind, but I could imagine an HTML theme with a layout that put figures beside the text.

Aug 16

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer3

Aug 16

Changes to printout page breaking

Is https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/3151 relevant? Should it go in sooner, later, or

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Changes to printout page breaking

Is https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/3151 relevant? Should it go in sooner, later, or

Aug 16

David W. Farmer, … Rob Beezer6

Aug 16

heading-like in a syllabus

Right, frontmatter/bibitems, I guess. Mocked that up before my morning coffee. ;-) (2) High cost for

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heading-like in a syllabus

Right, frontmatter/bibitems, I guess. Mocked that up before my morning coffee. ;-) (2) High cost for

Aug 16

Aug 16

Font size for printouts and organizing print options

We got a suggestion at a workshop last week that I think is a great idea: allow the reader to change

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Font size for printouts and organizing print options

We got a suggestion at a workshop last week that I think is a great idea: allow the reader to change

Aug 16

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer2

Aug 14

Datafile as child of listing?

Sounds plausible. I can't recall exactly how these render, so I'd like to have a look before

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Datafile as child of listing?

Sounds plausible. I can't recall exactly how these render, so I'd like to have a look before

Aug 14

Jeremy Sylvestre

Aug 12

Output path for generated images using pretext/pretext script

If I run the pretext/pretext script with pretext/pretext --component latex-image --format svg --

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Output path for generated images using pretext/pretext script

If I run the pretext/pretext script with pretext/pretext --component latex-image --format svg --

Aug 12

Charilaos Skiadas

Aug 11

Datafile -> file and adding support for binary files (jar/zip/.o/wheels)

Alright, following up on the #datafile discussion from earlier this year on https://groups.google.com

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Datafile -> file and adding support for binary files (jar/zip/.o/wheels)

Alright, following up on the #datafile discussion from earlier this year on https://groups.google.com

Aug 11

Aug 11

Enabling Doenet coordinator script to save memory

I think this is mainly for Oscar. Now that Active Calculus has released the Doenet version, we are

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Enabling Doenet coordinator script to save memory

I think this is mainly for Oscar. Now that Active Calculus has released the Doenet version, we are

Aug 11

Charilaos Skiadas, D. Brian Walton3

Aug 11

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

Charilaos, The PreTeXt interface to the Runestone Component for a fill-in-the-blank was recently

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

Charilaos, The PreTeXt interface to the Runestone Component for a fill-in-the-blank was recently

Aug 11

Jeremy Sylvestre

Aug 10

HTML: permalink on exercisegroup/introduction/p

First p at path exercisegroup/introduction/p should not get a permalink. (Might depend on whether a

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HTML: permalink on exercisegroup/introduction/p

First p at path exercisegroup/introduction/p should not get a permalink. (Might depend on whether a

Aug 10

Aug 10

Validation options: source vs scheme vs format

I would like to be able to run a terse version of the validation report using the dev schema.

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Validation options: source vs scheme vs format

I would like to be able to run a terse version of the validation report using the dev schema.

Aug 10

Aug 9

Runestone Academy release 9.0.0

All, On Friday I released 9.0.0 of Runestone Academy. This release is the culmination of a huge

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Runestone Academy release 9.0.0

All, On Friday I released 9.0.0 of Runestone Academy. This release is the culmination of a huge

Aug 9

Rob Beezer, Bradley Miller3

Aug 9

Open issues have dropped from about 600 down to 360. Still nothing to write home about, but progress,

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Open issues have dropped from about 600 down to 360. Still nothing to write home about, but progress,

Aug 9

Aug 9

Footnotes in LaTeX

A whole lot of improvements and maintenance the past few days, and I've started to lose track of

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Footnotes in LaTeX

A whole lot of improvements and maintenance the past few days, and I've started to lose track of

Aug 9

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer19

Aug 8

Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

Ok I closed the old PR on this and made a new one that introduces this #file idea: https://github.com

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Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

Ok I closed the old PR on this and made a new one that introduces this #file idea: https://github.com

Aug 8

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer4

Aug 7

We recently added "table notes" - sorta like footnotes for entries of tables. I asked

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We recently added "table notes" - sorta like footnotes for entries of tables. I asked

Aug 7

Aug 7

Idea for new element: <transclusion />

We were chatting with someone (Cameron) at MathFest who is doing lots of interesting stuff with

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Idea for new element: <transclusion />

We were chatting with someone (Cameron) at MathFest who is doing lots of interesting stuff with

Aug 7

valeriom...@gmail.com, … Oscar Levin8

Aug 7

Web conversion to a language different than english fails

Yes, I can release an update later tonight. And I'll make sure that non fatal errors don't

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Web conversion to a language different than english fails

Yes, I can release an update later tonight. And I'll make sure that non fatal errors don't

Aug 7

Michael Duffy, Rob Beezer2

Aug 5

SRE special treatment in Braille for mod and rem

Dear Michael, Thanks for digging into this. Recent changes are likely due to our switch to MathJax 4

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SRE special treatment in Braille for mod and rem

Dear Michael, Thanks for digging into this. Recent changes are likely due to our switch to MathJax 4

Aug 5

Alex Jordan, … Rob Beezer7

Aug 3

design questions about webwork set definition files

(And what I meant to say here.) > Regardless of chunk level? I'd say that if someone is not

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design questions about webwork set definition files

(And what I meant to say here.) > Regardless of chunk level? I'd say that if someone is not

Aug 3

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer5

Aug 3

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

(Got my threads confused - now in the right place.) As promised. I taught linear algebra so many

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

(Got my threads confused - now in the right place.) As promised. I taught linear algebra so many

Aug 3

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