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Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Jul 29

RevealJS latex toc bug

Thank-you, my assistant was getting tired of closing stale issues. Fixed at: https://github.com/

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RevealJS latex toc bug

Thank-you, my assistant was getting tired of closing stale issues. Fixed at: https://github.com/

Jul 29

Oscar Levin, … Andrew Scholer9

Jul 29

Replacing node dependency

Reducing the number of install steps would be a nice win for those getting started. If deno can

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Replacing node dependency

Reducing the number of install steps would be a nice win for those getting started. If deno can

Jul 29

OHappyDay, D. Brian Walton2

Jul 28

I had a similar node versioning issue recently where the system had one version of node installed and

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I had a similar node versioning issue recently where the system had one version of node installed and

Jul 28

Jul 28

ordering of #answer and #solution

Similarly, a #caption must come before #image inside a #figure. ULA has 260 violations from the

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ordering of #answer and #solution

Similarly, a #caption must come before #image inside a #figure. ULA has 260 violations from the

Jul 28

David Austin, Rob Beezer4

Jul 28

labeled images in cardsort problems

Thanks for your work on this, Rob. On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

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labeled images in cardsort problems

Thanks for your work on this, Rob. On Mon, Jul 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

Jul 28

Jul 27

Assembly stylesheet maintenance

Just completed a pass through the pretext-assembly.xsl stylesheet, fixing up some technical debt and

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Assembly stylesheet maintenance

Just completed a pass through the pretext-assembly.xsl stylesheet, fixing up some technical debt and

Jul 27

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Jul 27

Can't build epub of an article without frontmatter

Thanks, Oscar - another oldie, I would guess. Appreciate the debugging, that was it. Never thought

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Can't build epub of an article without frontmatter

Thanks, Oscar - another oldie, I would guess. Appreciate the debugging, that was it. Never thought

Jul 27

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer3

Jul 26

New numbering fallback messages

OK, this was a latent problem, since about 2021. It is only being exposed now that we have three new

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New numbering fallback messages

OK, this was a latent problem, since about 2021. It is only being exposed now that we have three new

Jul 26

Rob Beezer, Bradley Miller2

Jul 24

Great idea Rob! I'd like to do that myself. If you have a good prompt that you are using please

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Great idea Rob! I'd like to do that myself. If you have a good prompt that you are using please

Jul 24

Oscar Levin, … Daniel Hodgins10

Jul 23

Built-in Screen Reader

Microsoft edge on Windows 11: Works better than the built in screen reader (could read the math and

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Built-in Screen Reader

Microsoft edge on Windows 11: Works better than the built in screen reader (could read the math and

Jul 23

Rob Beezer, Sean Fitzpatrick10

Jul 22

Jupyter notebooks

On 7/22/26 09:53, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > A quick check of 3 or 4 notebooks from my linear

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Jupyter notebooks

On 7/22/26 09:53, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > A quick check of 3 or 4 notebooks from my linear

Jul 22

Cooper, David, Andrew Scholer5

Jul 21

GDScript packaging

I added a checksum integrity check for the download. If anyone thinks more should be done, please

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GDScript packaging

I added a checksum integrity check for the download. If anyone thinks more should be done, please

Jul 21

D. Brian Walton2

Jul 20

Extending FITB exercises with JS extensions

For Rob: For the pending PR, would you prefer an example included in both sample-article and sample-

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Extending FITB exercises with JS extensions

For Rob: For the pending PR, would you prefer an example included in both sample-article and sample-

Jul 20

Rob Beezer, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jul 19

Conversions to text and Markdown

I'm betting that PS is anticipating the predictable question from me about markdown-flavoured

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Conversions to text and Markdown

I'm betting that PS is anticipating the predictable question from me about markdown-flavoured

Jul 19

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer2

Jul 19

Claude is a good PreTeXt reference tool

Nada? Well, OK. But, Subsection 45.5.8: HTML Index Page https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

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Claude is a good PreTeXt reference tool

Nada? Well, OK. But, Subsection 45.5.8: HTML Index Page https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

Jul 19

Jul 16

Errors and Warnings

A big cleanup for the ways the XSL and the Python communicate with authors, publishers, and

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Errors and Warnings

A big cleanup for the ways the XSL and the Python communicate with authors, publishers, and

Jul 16

Rob Beezer, … Bradley Miller11

Jul 16

FITB exercises, old and new

As I was just looking at some of the existing source, the originals do use <var> instead of

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FITB exercises, old and new

As I was just looking at some of the existing source, the originals do use <var> instead of

Jul 16

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Jul 16

New LaTeX (and more) to PreTeXt conversions: testing requests

I took this for a drive, once I got pandoc v3.0 installed properly. I have a chapter from a

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New LaTeX (and more) to PreTeXt conversions: testing requests

I took this for a drive, once I got pandoc v3.0 installed properly. I have a chapter from a

Jul 16

Rob Beezer, Sean Fitzpatrick9

Jul 16

Refactoring LaTeX conversions

Ok, so maybe I can remove the \setparstyle with no effect. The before skip is there because there

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Refactoring LaTeX conversions

Ok, so maybe I can remove the \setparstyle with no effect. The before skip is there because there

Jul 16

Rob Beezer, … William Haynes34

Jul 16

Validation improvements

My interactives.ptx is set up as a PreTeXt book with chapters and sections. Each section contains a

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Validation improvements

My interactives.ptx is set up as a PreTeXt book with chapters and sections. Each section contains a

Jul 16

Mitch Keller, … Duane Nykamp13

Jul 15

Doenet activities inside PreTeXt book pages

Version 0.7.21 of DoenetML is out. (It's essentially equivalent to 0.7.20-dev.339.) If you don

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Doenet activities inside PreTeXt book pages

Version 0.7.21 of DoenetML is out. (It's essentially equivalent to 0.7.20-dev.339.) If you don

Jul 15

Jul 15

Braille conversion, progress.

And now, the promised follow-up improvements. Principally lists are in much better shape, nested

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Braille conversion, progress.

And now, the promised follow-up improvements. Principally lists are in much better shape, nested

Jul 15

Oscar Levin, … David Austin53

Jul 15

Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

Yes, it's still working well, and the grade is reported right above the Submit button. The grade

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Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

Yes, it's still working well, and the grade is reported right above the Submit button. The grade

Jul 15

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer5

Jul 11

Asymptote, PreTeXt, and codespaces

I've sent a pull request that will support asymptote generation in codespaces once Oscar gets

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Asymptote, PreTeXt, and codespaces

I've sent a pull request that will support asymptote generation in codespaces once Oscar gets

Jul 11

Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jul 10

Asset generation and memory

I can at least confirm this is a resource issue: if I build asymptote for the entire book, I always

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Asset generation and memory

I can at least confirm this is a resource issue: if I build asymptote for the entire book, I always

Jul 10

Mitch Keller, Rob Beezer5

Jul 10

Upgrade Reveal.js version?

Dear Mitch, Have not forgotten this one. But I have been busy keeping up with my assistant before

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Upgrade Reveal.js version?

Dear Mitch, Have not forgotten this one. But I have been busy keeping up with my assistant before

Jul 10

Jul 9

Adding #xref inside #creator

I guess it works fine, but is just not in the schema. On Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 10:24:18 AM UTC-6

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Adding #xref inside #creator

I guess it works fine, but is just not in the schema. On Thursday, July 9, 2026 at 10:24:18 AM UTC-6

Jul 9

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer3

Jul 8

Knowls in NotationList

IndexList is rendered as a series of nested div elements (that maybe should be an actual list?).

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Knowls in NotationList

IndexList is rendered as a series of nested div elements (that maybe should be an actual list?).

Jul 8

Andrew Scholer, Jeremy Sylvestre3

Jul 7

find_xml_pattern utility added to scripts/

Yep, just PR'd the executable bit. On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM Jeremy Sylvestre <jsylvest@

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find_xml_pattern utility added to scripts/

Yep, just PR'd the executable bit. On Tue, Jul 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM Jeremy Sylvestre <jsylvest@

Jul 7

Jul 7

Convert #slideshow to Beamer

The US government allowed Anthropic to resume making the Fable 5 model available a few days ago. So I

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Convert #slideshow to Beamer

The US government allowed Anthropic to resume making the Fable 5 model available a few days ago. So I

Jul 7

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