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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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Andrew Scholer, David Austin7

Sep 25

PreFigure label fonts

Awesome! Thank you for adding that. Andrew On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM David Austin <david.

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PreFigure label fonts

Awesome! Thank you for adding that. Andrew On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM David Austin <david.

Sep 25

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan4

Sep 24

LaTeX macros in WeBWorK exercise group introduction

Thanks, both. It shouldn't be hard to sanitize the macros in APEX so there are no macros

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LaTeX macros in WeBWorK exercise group introduction

Thanks, both. It shouldn't be hard to sanitize the macros in APEX so there are no macros

Sep 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Oscar Levin13

Sep 23

Hints in Runestone assignment pages

Returning to this: I tried Brad's suggestion of viewing by chapter on the grading page. This does

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Hints in Runestone assignment pages

Returning to this: I tried Brad's suggestion of viewing by chapter on the grading page. This does

Sep 23

Jeremy Sylvestre, … kcri...@gmail.com8

Sep 20

id collisions in html output

Unfortunately authors aren't always going to follow "best practice" and this particular

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id collisions in html output

Unfortunately authors aren't always going to follow "best practice" and this particular

Sep 20

Oscar Levin, … Chrissy Safranski27

Sep 19

WeBWorK generated .pg files naming bug

I guess what I'm trying to say is, how much should PreTeXt try to warn a publisher that they'

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WeBWorK generated .pg files naming bug

I guess what I'm trying to say is, how much should PreTeXt try to warn a publisher that they'

Sep 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, Andrew Scholer2

Sep 19

text-align for th in tabular

You are correct, those rules don't exist. And it looks like they never did. Which raises the

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text-align for th in tabular

You are correct, those rules don't exist. And it looks like they never did. Which raises the

Sep 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer7

Sep 11

SyntaxWarning in pretext/lib/pretext.py

I'll tack on: Same behavior from pretext script. However, unless you disable caching of python

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SyntaxWarning in pretext/lib/pretext.py

I'll tack on: Same behavior from pretext script. However, unless you disable caching of python

Sep 11

Mitch Keller, Oscar Levin4

Sep 8

Image descriptions in printable versions?

The fix for this is merged into core now. I will release a new CLI version tomorrow afternoon if

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Image descriptions in printable versions?

The fix for this is merged into core now. I will release a new CLI version tomorrow afternoon if

Sep 8

Michael Obiero, … Chris Sangwin52

Sep 8

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

Thanks Georg, This is all much appreciated. When you'd like me to look, or when you need changes

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

Thanks Georg, This is all much appreciated. When you'd like me to look, or when you need changes

Sep 8

Alex Jordan, … Andrew Scholer4

Sep 5

second #p in list items not indicated well (in HTML)

PR made: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2691 Andrew Scholer (he/him/his) Computer

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second #p in list items not indicated well (in HTML)

PR made: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2691 Andrew Scholer (he/him/his) Computer

Sep 5

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer6

Sep 1

Using letters/roman-numerals instead of numbers

Thanks Rob, yes I think an MGB-like approach should suffice for my silly little use-case and since

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Using letters/roman-numerals instead of numbers

Thanks Rob, yes I think an MGB-like approach should suffice for my silly little use-case and since

Sep 1

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer3

Aug 30

Making Sage Cells assignable

Sorry, It is the odeproject book. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

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Making Sage Cells assignable

Sorry, It is the odeproject book. Brad Brad Miller Professor Emeritus, Luther College Founder,

Aug 30

Aug 29

MathJax extensions loaded by autoload

The MathJax combined components that we use from the CDN are always either: tex-svg.js tex-mml-chtml.

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MathJax extensions loaded by autoload

The MathJax combined components that we use from the CDN are always either: tex-svg.js tex-mml-chtml.

Aug 29

D. Brian Walton, … Rob Beezer5

Aug 28

XSLT and regexp

On fone, so maybe not complete. I've tried to find documentation at the EXSLT site that the

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XSLT and regexp

On fone, so maybe not complete. I've tried to find documentation at the EXSLT site that the

Aug 28

Rob Beezer, … David Austin20

Aug 28

Introductions and conclusions for #task on Runestone assignment page

On 8/27/25 18:34, David Austin wrote: > Do authors need to rebuild their books? Yes, this will not

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Introductions and conclusions for #task on Runestone assignment page

On 8/27/25 18:34, David Austin wrote: > Do authors need to rebuild their books? Yes, this will not

Aug 28

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer3

Aug 27

Should appendix contents be in Runestone manifest?

Andrew put this together - thanks for a nice addition for CS texts. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

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Should appendix contents be in Runestone manifest?

Andrew put this together - thanks for a nice addition for CS texts. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

Aug 27

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer3

Aug 26

Localization timing issues

Implemented a version here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2682 I was not able to use a

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Localization timing issues

Implemented a version here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/2682 I was not able to use a

Aug 26

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer2

Aug 26

Deprecation warnings warning

I just reran timings on a couple of books. For a full build of decent size book, those account for ~

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Deprecation warnings warning

I just reran timings on a couple of books. For a full build of decent size book, those account for ~

Aug 26

Oscar Levin, Andrew Scholer3

Aug 25

Deprecated @focused and @preexpanded levels

Thanks Andrew. I really like having this flexibility back, even though I had originally said it wasn

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Deprecated @focused and @preexpanded levels

Thanks Andrew. I really like having this flexibility back, even though I had originally said it wasn

Aug 25

Aug 25

PreTeXt "internal" namespace

A heads-up mostly, as you contribute to replying to support questions (which is really, really,

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PreTeXt "internal" namespace

A heads-up mostly, as you contribute to replying to support questions (which is really, really,

Aug 25

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer2

Aug 25

Detached proofs have broken links

Thanks, Andrew, for catching this one. Two problems here, both now fixed. * Two versions of the knowl

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Detached proofs have broken links

Thanks, Andrew, for catching this one. Two problems here, both now fixed. * Two versions of the knowl

Aug 25

Oscar Levin, Mitch Keller5

Aug 25

Printing from embedded version in an LMS

Yes, thankfully worksheets and now handouts do the right thing if you click the print preview and

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Printing from embedded version in an LMS

Yes, thankfully worksheets and now handouts do the right thing if you click the print preview and

Aug 25

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer6

Aug 23

I ended up authoring this with hard coded numbers in the first cell of each row, but no right border

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I ended up authoring this with hard coded numbers in the first cell of each row, but no right border

Aug 23

Rob Beezer, … Andrew Scholer11

Aug 22

HTML URLs for LaTeX and other static formats

I had started in on writing a <localize-me>...text..</localize-me> element during

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HTML URLs for LaTeX and other static formats

I had started in on writing a <localize-me>...text..</localize-me> element during

Aug 22

Geoffrey Cox, … Andrew Scholer24

Aug 20

Reveal Feature Proof-of-Concept

Update: I closed the previous PR and opened a new one here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/

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Reveal Feature Proof-of-Concept

Update: I closed the previous PR and opened a new one here: https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/

Aug 20

Andrew Scholer, … Andrew Scholer10

Aug 19

Responsive sizing for interactives (geogebra, etc...)

I just completed an overhaul of the responsive interactives. I have decided interactives fall into

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Responsive sizing for interactives (geogebra, etc...)

I just completed an overhaul of the responsive interactives. I have decided interactives fall into

Aug 19

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer8

Aug 19

Floating aside quirks in HTML

My preference for the "push down" over overlap was slight to begin with. I view(ed) it as

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Floating aside quirks in HTML

My preference for the "push down" over overlap was slight to begin with. I view(ed) it as

Aug 19

Alex Jordan, Jeremy Sylvestre3

Aug 18

Well, this goes back to 2015. That's one year before the guide was born and two years before

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Well, this goes back to 2015. That's one year before the guide was born and two years before

Aug 18

Jeremy Sylvestre, Rob Beezer3

Aug 17

Schema suggestions/requests/errors

Rob: thanks for replying. More below. On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 17:27, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

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Schema suggestions/requests/errors

Rob: thanks for replying. More below. On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 at 17:27, 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

Aug 17

Aug 17

Rebuild with regenerated assets

Hi, I finally finished the Saturday builds (not bad, for mid-sunday afternoon). I updated my build

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Rebuild with regenerated assets

Hi, I finally finished the Saturday builds (not bad, for mid-sunday afternoon). I updated my build

Aug 17

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