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Rob Beezer, … Mark Fitch27

Jul 10

Validation improvements

Possibly the easier solution is to use Python. pip install jingtrang jing = pyjing (in user/pretext.

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Validation improvements

Possibly the easier solution is to use Python. pip install jingtrang jing = pyjing (in user/pretext.

Jul 10

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

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer4

Jul 9

Asymptote, PreTeXt, and codespaces

An update. This has taken longer than expected. I managed to find an image in APEX that hit an error

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Asymptote, PreTeXt, and codespaces

An update. This has taken longer than expected. I managed to find an image in APEX that hit an error

Jul 9

Oscar Levin, … David Austin47

Jul 9

Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

Sorry I couldn't make it today. Let's try next Tuesday. On Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 12:42 PM Oscar

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Recording student work in an LMS (without runestone)

Sorry I couldn't make it today. Let's try next Tuesday. On Thu, Jul 9, 2026, 12:42 PM Oscar

Jul 9

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

Mitch Keller, … Duane Nykamp6

Jul 8

Doenet activities inside PreTeXt book pages

I agree with this analysis. Thanks for digging into this! The Doenet viewer's MathJax wrapper

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Doenet activities inside PreTeXt book pages

I agree with this analysis. Thanks for digging into this! The Doenet viewer's MathJax wrapper

Jul 8

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

Jul 8

Refactoring LaTeX conversions

* With my assistant, we have done a big refactor so that "pretext-latex-common.xsl" really

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Refactoring LaTeX conversions

* With my assistant, we have done a big refactor so that "pretext-latex-common.xsl" really

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

Oscar Levin, Jason Siefken4

Jul 6

Option to use hosted css/js

I would think javascript and css would be treated the same, either both local or both cdn. So perhaps

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Option to use hosted css/js

I would think javascript and css would be treated the same, either both local or both cdn. So perhaps

Jul 6

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer6

Jul 6

CSS: TheoremLike/em

And another quick fix from Andrew. Thanks! https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/3001 On 7/5/26

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CSS: TheoremLike/em

And another quick fix from Andrew. Thanks! https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/3001 On 7/5/26

Jul 6

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer11

Jul 6

tabular containing math

Thanks to everyone for their participation in this one. And thanks to Andrew for a quick fix. See

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tabular containing math

Thanks to everyone for their participation in this one. And thanks to Andrew for a quick fix. See

Jul 6

Jul 6

Re: [pretext-support] Hide proofs in print

Switching over to dev, see below for context. Would it be useful to have a "remove workspace

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Re: [pretext-support] Hide proofs in print

Switching over to dev, see below for context. Would it be useful to have a "remove workspace

Jul 6

Jul 4

MathJax 4 upgrade

We have become increasingly reliant on "offline" MathJax for EPUB, braille, and now XSL-FO

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MathJax 4 upgrade

We have become increasingly reliant on "offline" MathJax for EPUB, braille, and now XSL-FO

Jul 4

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer4

Jul 4

critical MathJax bug with 4.1.2

MathJax 4.1.3 has been relesed, and this seems to be the headline bugfix. Every project built in the

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critical MathJax bug with 4.1.2

MathJax 4.1.3 has been relesed, and this seems to be the headline bugfix. Every project built in the

Jul 4

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin5

Jul 3

Perhaps the only major change was to disallow #exercisegroup in a #worksheet. The primary reason is

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Perhaps the only major change was to disallow #exercisegroup in a #worksheet. The primary reason is

Jul 3

Rob Beezer, Cooper, David8

Jul 3

Hi, Rob, I think everything is working. Please, let me know if you need me to make any changes. I did

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Hi, Rob, I think everything is working. Please, let me know if you need me to make any changes. I did

Jul 3

Andrew Scholer, Rob Beezer3

Jul 2

Moving eBookConfig logic to Runestone

We likely would need to leave some minimal amount of information in their eBookConfig. The goal in

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Moving eBookConfig logic to Runestone

We likely would need to leave some minimal amount of information in their eBookConfig. The goal in

Jul 2

Rob Beezer, … kcri...@gmail.com8

Jul 2

Design decisions, Footnotes

On 7/2/26 09:08, kcri...@gmail.com wrote: > By the way, it might be helpful to put "List 1.1.

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Design decisions, Footnotes

On 7/2/26 09:08, kcri...@gmail.com wrote: > By the way, it might be helpful to put "List 1.1.

Jul 2

Rob Beezer, Oscar Levin2

Jul 1

Are guided notes a #handout or a #worksheet?

The impetus for #handout was exactly guided notes. I think it still aligns with your heuristic of a #

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Are guided notes a #handout or a #worksheet?

The impetus for #handout was exactly guided notes. I think it still aligns with your heuristic of a #

Jul 1

Jul 1

Just finished a big push working on "tabular". Which are hard - ask Alex. A lot of very

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Just finished a big push working on "tabular". Which are hard - ask Alex. A lot of very

Jul 1

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer6

Jun 24

JSON / XML representations of Runestone Questions

The markup for matching was #edge which didn't make any sense for cardsort. I think what I sent

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JSON / XML representations of Runestone Questions

The markup for matching was #edge which didn't make any sense for cardsort. I think what I sent

Jun 24

Jun 24

Schema, XSD (W3C) version

Does anybody use the XSD (pretext.xsd) version of the schema? I think this would also be known as the

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Schema, XSD (W3C) version

Does anybody use the XSD (pretext.xsd) version of the schema? I think this would also be known as the

Jun 24

Jun 24

Reading options settings dialog

Rob just merged a PR that contains a readability options dialog. (Usual delay may apply before you

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Reading options settings dialog

Rob just merged a PR that contains a readability options dialog. (Usual delay may apply before you

Jun 24

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Andrew Scholer3

Jun 23

CSS: margin-top for exercisegroup/introduction/paragraph

Yes, that should be an easy fix along the lines Oscar describes. I'll look into it. Thanks Jeremy

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CSS: margin-top for exercisegroup/introduction/paragraph

Yes, that should be an easy fix along the lines Oscar describes. I'll look into it. Thanks Jeremy

Jun 23

Rob Beezer, Jason Siefken4

Jun 22

Lots of work the past week-plus on the XSL-FO conversion. Website examples have been updated. "

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Lots of work the past week-plus on the XSL-FO conversion. Website examples have been updated. "

Jun 22

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer6

Jun 22

Force rebuild JS bundle

(Originally sent several hours ago.) On 6/22/26 12:43, Andrew Scholer wrote: > What I am

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Force rebuild JS bundle

(Originally sent several hours ago.) On 6/22/26 12:43, Andrew Scholer wrote: > What I am

Jun 22

Oscar Levin, … Joseph DiMuro12

Jun 22

CLI spec for XSL-FO pdfs

I apologize, folks. I sent that message a few days ago. For some reason, it got deleted, and now it

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CLI spec for XSL-FO pdfs

I apologize, folks. I sent that message a few days ago. For some reason, it got deleted, and now it

Jun 22

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