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Barbara Ericson, Bradley Miller4

May 29

Accessing questions in other books

A select question is very different because we use the question name as a parameter to the component

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Accessing questions in other books

A select question is very different because we use the question name as a parameter to the component

May 29

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin4

May 29

fillin exercise in PDF: bug with underlining?

My only remaining concern comes from my experience with the Ricoh printer in our department. Last

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fillin exercise in PDF: bug with underlining?

My only remaining concern comes from my experience with the Ricoh printer in our department. Last

May 29

Steven Clontz, … Rob Beezer3

May 27

Merging publication files

The sectioning of the publication files (#common, #latex, #html, etc) was meant to allow you to mix

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Merging publication files

The sectioning of the publication files (#common, #latex, #html, etc) was meant to allow you to mix

May 27

Jason Siefken, … Oscar Levin6

May 26

Issues with offline compilation

I was able to successfully substitute the ext_rs_methods function with: def runestone_services_stub(*

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Issues with offline compilation

I was able to successfully substitute the ext_rs_methods function with: def runestone_services_stub(*

May 26

May 26

Early progress on summer development

Good morning, This post outline a few hidden features that I have deployed in order to get early

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Early progress on summer development

Good morning, This post outline a few hidden features that I have deployed in order to get early

May 26

Oscar Levin, … Jason Siefken6

May 25

New command line formatting tool

I wonder if a default width of 100 would be better for the modern era. On 5/25/26 12:50 PM, Oscar

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New command line formatting tool

I wonder if a default width of 100 would be better for the modern era. On 5/25/26 12:50 PM, Oscar

May 25

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer5

May 24

LaTeX error: md ending with intertext

On 5/23/26 18:45, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > where I don't have Jing set up. I checked, the

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LaTeX error: md ending with intertext

On 5/23/26 18:45, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > where I don't have Jing set up. I checked, the

May 24

Rob Beezer, Alex Jordan4

May 24

WeBWork files with dates

Now we have (obviously) generic dates in the *.def files - who would open an assignment on New

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WeBWork files with dates

Now we have (obviously) generic dates in the *.def files - who would open an assignment on New

May 24

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer6

May 22

include-source attribute

The annotated sample article and sample book are now in much better shape, as the annotations come

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include-source attribute

The annotated sample article and sample book are now in much better shape, as the annotations come

May 22

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin17

May 20

HTML heading levels

Here is another one I've stumbled on (although not an issue for the nightlies). When building the

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HTML heading levels

Here is another one I've stumbled on (although not an issue for the nightlies). When building the

May 20

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Andrew Scholer6

May 19

Ok, I think we've tracked down the culprit. When the CLI changed syntax in the project file from

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Ok, I think we've tracked down the culprit. When the CLI changed syntax in the project file from

May 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Oscar Levin4

May 17

Schema: Paragraphs as child of Worksheet

I added support for paragraphs in worksheets a little while ago, at least for the printable html.

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Schema: Paragraphs as child of Worksheet

I added support for paragraphs in worksheets a little while ago, at least for the printable html.

May 17

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer2

May 17

Math Loading Speedups

On 5/17/26 09:20, Andrew Scholer wrote: > 1) Is there a reason we don't have MathJax set to

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Math Loading Speedups

On 5/17/26 09:20, Andrew Scholer wrote: > 1) Is there a reason we don't have MathJax set to

May 17

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer8

May 17

"Flashing" knowls

The unfurl currently blocks on parsing the content with MathJax so that the animation has the correct

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"Flashing" knowls

The unfurl currently blocks on parsing the content with MathJax so that the animation has the correct

May 17

Oscar Levin, … Sean Fitzpatrick5

May 16

Caching webwork representations

The good news, then, is that anyone with their book on Runestone had to put labels on their exercises

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Caching webwork representations

The good news, then, is that anyone with their book on Runestone had to put labels on their exercises

May 16

Oscar Levin, … Chrissy Safranski8

May 15

Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

This is super exciting! Chrissy On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 7:11:33 PM UTC-4 Rob Beezer wrote: On 5/15

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Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

This is super exciting! Chrissy On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 7:11:33 PM UTC-4 Rob Beezer wrote: On 5/15

May 15

Oscar Levin, … David Austin11

May 15

The structure of a printout (worksheet or handouts)

Again, I am not all that worried about either direction, but for the sake of completeness... What if

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The structure of a printout (worksheet or handouts)

Again, I am not all that worried about either direction, but for the sake of completeness... What if

May 15

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer4

May 15

Looks like I already volunteered to do that back in March: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/

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Looks like I already volunteered to do that back in March: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/

May 15

Oscar Levin, David Austin4

May 14

Letting solutions use up worksheet workspace

I'm writing here only as someone who uses #worksheets and has heard from others as they learn to

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Letting solutions use up worksheet workspace

I'm writing here only as someone who uses #worksheets and has heard from others as they learn to

May 14

Bradley Miller, … Charilaos Skiadas8

May 11

Feedback for Card Sort and Matching

Unless I've misunderstood how the cardsort problems work, I think if a student wants to solve

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Feedback for Card Sort and Matching

Unless I've misunderstood how the cardsort problems work, I think if a student wants to solve

May 11

May 11

RelaxNG Schema Checking in the Browser

I recently came across https://github.com/dholroyd/relaxng-rust which is a Rust implementation of the

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RelaxNG Schema Checking in the Browser

I recently came across https://github.com/dholroyd/relaxng-rust which is a Rust implementation of the

May 11

Jason Siefken, Rob Beezer4

May 8

hello-world Example doesn't Follow Schema

On 5/7/26 13:25, Jason Siefken wrote: > I'm happy for you to make the update :-) Done. Thanks

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hello-world Example doesn't Follow Schema

On 5/7/26 13:25, Jason Siefken wrote: > I'm happy for you to make the update :-) Done. Thanks

May 8

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer6

May 7

auto-permalink icons in copy-paste

1. In #2836, Andrew is making a place for "web only" stuff, as I understand it. Maybe

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auto-permalink icons in copy-paste

1. In #2836, Andrew is making a place for "web only" stuff, as I understand it. Maybe

May 7

Apr 18

MathJax 4 upgrade

I have merged the upgrade to MathJax 4. The hope is that most routine things will be fine, and we can

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MathJax 4 upgrade

I have merged the upgrade to MathJax 4. The hope is that most routine things will be fine, and we can

Apr 18

gedeoned...@gmail.com, Rob Beezer3

Apr 16

Schema xml:id in md

Thank you. Valerio Il giorno martedì 14 aprile 2026 alle 18:11:47 UTC+2 Rob Beezer ha scritto: Thanks

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Schema xml:id in md

Thank you. Valerio Il giorno martedì 14 aprile 2026 alle 18:11:47 UTC+2 Rob Beezer ha scritto: Thanks

Apr 16

David Austin, Rob Beezer3

Apr 12

#fillins in EPUB

Fixed now, and picked up an \sfrac macro that would have had similar problems. See: https://github.

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#fillins in EPUB

Fixed now, and picked up an \sfrac macro that would have had similar problems. See: https://github.

Apr 12

Rob Beezer, David Austin2

Apr 12

Too much PreFigure?

I saw the subject line and couldn't imagine too much PreFigure, but I have to agree. When we

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Too much PreFigure?

I saw the subject line and couldn't imagine too much PreFigure, but I have to agree. When we

Apr 12

Apr 9

Embeddable links to interactive objects

Presently making links to #interactive, #video, #audio. We have links to a "standalone"

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Embeddable links to interactive objects

Presently making links to #interactive, #video, #audio. We have links to a "standalone"

Apr 9

Steven Clontz, Rob Beezer3

Apr 7

social media cards for PreTeXt documents

(for posterity) PR is up at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2822 On Monday, April 6, 2026

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social media cards for PreTeXt documents

(for posterity) PR is up at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2822 On Monday, April 6, 2026

Apr 7

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin6

Apr 6

Formatting of HTML output

Brad, within a few minutes, you can upgrade to 2.38.2 that will have the reverted commit and rebuild

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Formatting of HTML output

Brad, within a few minutes, you can upgrade to 2.38.2 that will have the reverted commit and rebuild

Apr 6

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