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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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Dec 12

Links from sample-book to github source

The PreTeXt sample book (PTXSB on runestone.academy) Now has links to the source for each exercise on

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Links from sample-book to github source

The PreTeXt sample book (PTXSB on runestone.academy) Now has links to the source for each exercise on

Dec 12

obi...@maseno.ac.ke, … Andrew Scholer3

Dec 11

Feedback links within sections.

This counts as a VERY quick and dirty hack... but it works. This JS will hijack all the permalinks

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Feedback links within sections.

This counts as a VERY quick and dirty hack... but it works. This JS will hijack all the permalinks

Dec 11

Andrew Scholer, … Chrissy Safranski5

Dec 11

xref to an introduction?

I know that Chrissy wasn't suggesting that a subsection with the title introduction was ideal,

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xref to an introduction?

I know that Chrissy wasn't suggesting that a subsection with the title introduction was ideal,

Dec 11

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer6

Dec 9

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 #

Dec 9

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer8

Dec 6

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

Yes, I know about FATAL and the recent RS changes. The division between FATAL and ERROR seems to be a

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

Yes, I know about FATAL and the recent RS changes. The division between FATAL and ERROR seems to be a

Dec 6

Bradley Miller, … Andrew Scholer3

Dec 6

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

Dec 6

Paul Emigh, Andrew Scholer4

Dec 4

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>,

Dec 4

Dec 4

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

Dec 4

Paul Emigh, … Rob Beezer7

Dec 3

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

Dec 3

Bradley Miller, … Rob Beezer41

Dec 2

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

Dec 2

Rob Beezer, … David Austin16

Nov 26

Right, there are 41 errors associated to that file (not trying to sound pedantic!). I can fix them

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Right, there are 41 errors associated to that file (not trying to sound pedantic!). I can fix them

Nov 26

Nov 24

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

Nov 24

Nov 24

Mostly for Alex. We have #fillin that live inside math, and #fillin that live outside math. I think

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Mostly for Alex. We have #fillin that live inside math, and #fillin that live outside math. I think

Nov 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer5

Nov 24

LaTeX accessibility guidelines

Yes, moving this to "pretext-a11y" would be a good idea. Perhaps you can put a link back to

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LaTeX accessibility guidelines

Yes, moving this to "pretext-a11y" would be a good idea. Perhaps you can put a link back to

Nov 24

Oscar Levin, … David W. Farmer3

Nov 23

LaTeX build targets in the CLI

I would also like the per-project option to always save the LaTeX, for reasons similar to Sean: 1)

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LaTeX build targets in the CLI

I would also like the per-project option to always save the LaTeX, for reasons similar to Sean: 1)

Nov 23

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer13

Nov 22

A couple of comments, one technical, one more philosophical. 1. A #term with an @ref could have an

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A couple of comments, one technical, one more philosophical. 1. A #term with an @ref could have an

Nov 22

Rob Beezer, … David W. Farmer7

Nov 21

PDF, images, side-by-side, no margin, flush-right

On 11/21/25 14:14, David W. Farmer wrote: > Still waiting for the journal to report whether their

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PDF, images, side-by-side, no margin, flush-right

On 11/21/25 14:14, David W. Farmer wrote: > Still waiting for the journal to report whether their

Nov 21

Rob Beezer, … Sean Fitzpatrick6

Nov 21

Images as source versus as files

On 11/20/25 16:36, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > It would be interesting to see how much this would

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Images as source versus as files

On 11/20/25 16:36, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > It would be interesting to see how much this would

Nov 21

Nov 20

[CHANGE] Mermaid images

There have been some changes to how Mermaid images are handled. Read on if you are using this feature

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[CHANGE] Mermaid images

There have been some changes to how Mermaid images are handled. Read on if you are using this feature

Nov 20

Rob Beezer, Oscar Levin2

Nov 19

Mermaid images, changes

No problem. Updates were easy. Releasing a new cli version currently that has this and the other many

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Mermaid images, changes

No problem. Updates were easy. Releasing a new cli version currently that has this and the other many

Nov 19

Matt Wechter, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Nov 19

lxml wheel won't build when installing pretext with pip

I had the same problem a week ago, but unfortunately I have not figured out a solution. On Wed, Nov

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lxml wheel won't build when installing pretext with pip

I had the same problem a week ago, but unfortunately I have not figured out a solution. On Wed, Nov

Nov 19

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer7

Nov 17

Dates for versions

An idea that needs a few details ironed-out first. So not fully-baked. Leave version support syntax (

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Dates for versions

An idea that needs a few details ironed-out first. So not fully-baked. Leave version support syntax (

Nov 17

Chrissy Safranski, … Rob Beezer4

Nov 15

Salem theme: conclusion of exercisegroup

I think of #introduction and #conclusion as bookends, and would style them identically. #conclusion

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Salem theme: conclusion of exercisegroup

I think of #introduction and #conclusion as bookends, and would style them identically. #conclusion

Nov 15

Rob Beezer, David W. Farmer8

Nov 14

Display math maintenance

As promised, the bare #mdn construction (no #mrow children, see (6) below) has outlived its

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Display math maintenance

As promised, the bare #mdn construction (no #mrow children, see (6) below) has outlived its

Nov 14

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer4

Nov 14

MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

No, you are not crazy, Chrissy! Shoulda said - Firefox for me. And I've had this problem with the

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MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

No, you are not crazy, Chrissy! Shoulda said - Firefox for me. And I've had this problem with the

Nov 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan5

Nov 12

WeBWorK answer box behaviour for long answers

Thanks. I agree that there's no great reason to use columns for exercises in HTML, since vertical

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WeBWorK answer box behaviour for long answers

Thanks. I agree that there's no great reason to use columns for exercises in HTML, since vertical

Nov 12

Rob Beezer, Bradley Miller5

Nov 12

Another stab in the dark. I screwed up my courage, and installed the node version of MathJax 4, to

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Another stab in the dark. I screwed up my courage, and installed the node version of MathJax 4, to

Nov 12

Dave Musicant, … Andrew Scholer8

Nov 11

Adding Kotlin to programming languages

Great! I'll try to take it for a test drive in the next day or two. Andrew Scholer On Tue, Nov 11

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Adding Kotlin to programming languages

Great! I'll try to take it for a test drive in the next day or two. Andrew Scholer On Tue, Nov 11

Nov 11

Rob Beezer, … Bradley Miller8

Nov 11

Build failing on Runestone

Thanks Oscar, The author server has been updated to use CLI version 2.30.2 If anyone is experiencing

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Build failing on Runestone

Thanks Oscar, The author server has been updated to use CLI version 2.30.2 If anyone is experiencing

Nov 11

Andrew Scholer, … Bradley Miller25

Nov 7

cline formatting in Parsons problem HTML output

Ugh, I missed it. That is good. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

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cline formatting in Parsons problem HTML output

Ugh, I missed it. That is good. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

Nov 7

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