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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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Mar 22

Raising errors for failed asset generation for webwork

The cli currently generates webwork passing `False` for the abort_early parameter. This makes sense

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Raising errors for failed asset generation for webwork

The cli currently generates webwork passing `False` for the abort_early parameter. This makes sense

Mar 22

David Austin, Andrew Scholer3

Mar 10

annotated PreFigure diagrams in tabbed tasks

Thanks for looking into this and for the fix, Andrew! On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM Andrew Scholer

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annotated PreFigure diagrams in tabbed tasks

Thanks for looking into this and for the fix, Andrew! On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 9:50 PM Andrew Scholer

Mar 10

Andrew Scholer, … Chrissy Safranski10

Mar 9

MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

Yes, it appears to be fixed now for me too! Thank you for tracking this down, Andrew and Brad!

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MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

Yes, it appears to be fixed now for me too! Thank you for tracking this down, Andrew and Brad!

Mar 9

Rob Beezer, Alex Jordan4

Mar 7

LaTeX and OTF math fonts

Experimental, and just for the cognesceti. Working on documentation (which is a lot of work!) and may

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LaTeX and OTF math fonts

Experimental, and just for the cognesceti. Working on documentation (which is a lot of work!) and may

Mar 7

Mar 4

Symbols in LaTeX text mode (not mth mode)

(Notes for Oscar and Alex at the end.) I have been sent on a mini-quest to pay down some technical

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Symbols in LaTeX text mode (not mth mode)

(Notes for Oscar and Alex at the end.) I have been sent on a mini-quest to pay down some technical

Mar 4

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer4

Mar 3

Tabular vertical heading spacing issue

Spacing for vertical column headings in HTMl has been improved to better match what LaTeX does.

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Tabular vertical heading spacing issue

Spacing for vertical column headings in HTMl has been improved to better match what LaTeX does.

Mar 3

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin12

Mar 2

Display math maintenance

Fixed now. Small typo in the common numbering code, "mmrow" that should have just been an

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Display math maintenance

Fixed now. Small typo in the common numbering code, "mmrow" that should have just been an

Mar 2

Rob Beezer, … Alex Jordan9

Feb 25

Update: I have rounded up (and implemented) Unicode characters to support "angle" (chevron,

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Update: I have rounded up (and implemented) Unicode characters to support "angle" (chevron,

Feb 25

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer10

Feb 23

Thanks for the comments, Alex. Replies interspersed. On 2/20/26 14:42, Alex Jordan wrote: >

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Thanks for the comments, Alex. Replies interspersed. On 2/20/26 14:42, Alex Jordan wrote: >

Feb 23

Oscar Levin, … Duane Nykamp10

Feb 21

iframe widths (at least for Desmos)

I implemented Oscar's suggestion of adding `overflow-x: auto;` to the Doenet container. Chrissy

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iframe widths (at least for Desmos)

I implemented Oscar's suggestion of adding `overflow-x: auto;` to the Doenet container. Chrissy

Feb 21

Alex Jordan, Andrew Scholer2

Feb 19

ESC while search is open

Yes, it absolutely would. As would trapping focus so you can't tab back to the rest of the page (

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ESC while search is open

Yes, it absolutely would. As would trapping focus so you can't tab back to the rest of the page (

Feb 19

Feb 19

[NEW] Quotation mark styles for different languages

Ooooops, this was meant for pretext-announce, and I was going to briefly comment on the -dev thread.

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[NEW] Quotation mark styles for different languages

Ooooops, this was meant for pretext-announce, and I was going to briefly comment on the -dev thread.

Feb 19

Rob Beezer, Jean-Sébastien Turcotte2

Feb 18

Localizing dates

Just a note that, while this gets fixed, one can use <today format='yyyy/mm/dd' /> to

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Localizing dates

Just a note that, while this gets fixed, one can use <today format='yyyy/mm/dd' /> to

Feb 18

Alex Jordan, … Rob Beezer6

Feb 17

MJ4 help icon is clipped

Thanks, Andrew. Merged, and website examples being updated just now. On 2/16/26 21:58, Andrew Scholer

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MJ4 help icon is clipped

Thanks, Andrew. Merged, and website examples being updated just now. On 2/16/26 21:58, Andrew Scholer

Feb 17

Jason Altekruse2

Feb 17

Working on making PreteXt books usable in air-gapped environments like the Kolibri offline learning platform

I remembered one other thought I had shared in the drop-in when I came to discuss this project a few

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Working on making PreteXt books usable in air-gapped environments like the Kolibri offline learning platform

I remembered one other thought I had shared in the drop-in when I came to discuss this project a few

Feb 17

Michael Obiero, … Georg Osang105

Feb 16

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

Hi Rob, Thanks a lot for your responses. I've updated https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

Hi Rob, Thanks a lot for your responses. I've updated https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull

Feb 16

David W. Farmer, Rob Beezer3

Feb 15

what is easy to find on the website

For the purposes of the article I am writing, I am thinking I should link to https://pretextbook.org/

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what is easy to find on the website

For the purposes of the article I am writing, I am thinking I should link to https://pretextbook.org/

Feb 15

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer4

Feb 13

MathJax inline math symbol

Aah, I misunderstood what you were driving at here. PreTeXt has no qualms about bare dollar-signs in

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MathJax inline math symbol

Aah, I misunderstood what you were driving at here. PreTeXt has no qualms about bare dollar-signs in

Feb 13

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer13

Feb 13

Width's of images in worksheets

Thanks, Alex. That's a good list. You could add the content of an #xref knowl to the list. Maybe

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Width's of images in worksheets

Thanks, Alex. That's a good list. You could add the content of an #xref knowl to the list. Maybe

Feb 13

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer4

Feb 12

The Catalog (and Gallery) has always been produced independently of the website proper, and the

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The Catalog (and Gallery) has always been produced independently of the website proper, and the

Feb 12

Rob Beezer, William Haynes7

Feb 12

Intertext in display math

Great! Thanks for confirming, and thanks again for the catch. -Rob On 2/12/26 10:38, William Haynes

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Intertext in display math

Great! Thanks for confirming, and thanks again for the catch. -Rob On 2/12/26 10:38, William Haynes

Feb 12

Bradley Miller, Barbara Ericson2

Feb 3

Enhanced e-books

Me too! Dr. Barbara Ericson Associate Professor, School of Information University of Michigan On Mon,

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Enhanced e-books

Me too! Dr. Barbara Ericson Associate Professor, School of Information University of Michigan On Mon,

Feb 3

Jeremy Sylvestre, Rob Beezer9

Jan 30

Knowl for xref to mrow

I'd suggest a heading like "Equation 5.32". But I was leaving that open for your input.

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Knowl for xref to mrow

I'd suggest a heading like "Equation 5.32". But I was leaving that open for your input.

Jan 30

Jan 30

Contributions to the PreTeXt project

Do we have something setup for financial contributions to PreTeXt development. I couldn't find

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Contributions to the PreTeXt project

Do we have something setup for financial contributions to PreTeXt development. I couldn't find

Jan 30

D. Brian Walton, … Andrew Scholer7

Jan 26

Latex-image in slideshow?

The rule Brian added to his show exists in vanilla html CSS, but not in the very stripped down Reveal

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Latex-image in slideshow?

The rule Brian added to his show exists in vanilla html CSS, but not in the very stripped down Reveal

Jan 26

Charilaos Skiadas

Jan 22

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

(Redirecting to -dev) As long as we are dreaming, here's what I would probably like to see. I

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

(Redirecting to -dev) As long as we are dreaming, here's what I would probably like to see. I

Jan 22

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer4

Jan 21

Feature request from a student: adjustable line spacing

On January 21, 2026 5:25:51 PM HST, "David W. Farmer" <far...@aimath.org> wrote: >

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Feature request from a student: adjustable line spacing

On January 21, 2026 5:25:51 PM HST, "David W. Farmer" <far...@aimath.org> wrote: >

Jan 21

Daniel Hodgins, … Rob Beezer3

Jan 20

LaTeX to PreTeXt

A bit brief, since on fone. Two independent projects have been experimenting with AI (no surprise

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LaTeX to PreTeXt

A bit brief, since on fone. Two independent projects have been experimenting with AI (no surprise

Jan 20

Duane Nykamp, … Andrew Scholer9

Jan 16

The ability to select a new version of 3rd-party problem

No, there currently are no provisions for an instructor overriding how exercise or interactives are

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The ability to select a new version of 3rd-party problem

No, there currently are no provisions for an instructor overriding how exercise or interactives are

Jan 16

Rob Beezer, … David Austin20

Jan 13

More EPUB progress. Of interest to Mitch and Oscar. "sageplot" come in quite different file

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More EPUB progress. Of interest to Mitch and Oscar. "sageplot" come in quite different file

Jan 13

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