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Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan2

9:14 PM

Using WeBWorK 2.17 appears to expose MathQuill in PreTeXt

I will ask Glenn if he is available to make it functional. Then no documentation should be needed. On

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Using WeBWorK 2.17 appears to expose MathQuill in PreTeXt

I will ask Glenn if he is available to make it functional. Then no documentation should be needed. On

9:14 PM

Bradley Miller, … Sean Fitzpatrick9

8:58 PM

side by side ?? webwork problems render badly on Runestone

I think this is the same exercise group as Brad's screenshot, from the end of Section 1.1. This

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side by side ?? webwork problems render badly on Runestone

I think this is the same exercise group as Brad's screenshot, from the end of Section 1.1. This

8:58 PM

Bradley Miller, … David Farmer14

9:43 AM

Regression in the Runestone Menu

I didn't add it to the CSS I added it directly to the DOM element. Your selector said any child

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Regression in the Runestone Menu

I didn't add it to the CSS I added it directly to the DOM element. Your selector said any child

9:43 AM

Aug 16

task in WW exercise not functioning

Sean reported that "task" in a WW exercise is not functioning. See: Exercise 2.2: Solving

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task in WW exercise not functioning

Sean reported that "task" in a WW exercise is not functioning. See: Exercise 2.2: Solving

Aug 16

William Haynes, … Bradley Miller6

Aug 15

Pre and post-processing

Can you say a little more about what sort of thing you would want to do pre- or post- processing? The

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Pre and post-processing

Can you say a little more about what sort of thing you would want to do pre- or post- processing? The

Aug 15

Jones, Bryan, … Rob Beezer15

Aug 15

An example of a suggested (semi-) literate programming syntax for PreTeXt

Rob, Any similarity may be due to the fact that we have pretty reliable procedures for design

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An example of a suggested (semi-) literate programming syntax for PreTeXt

Rob, Any similarity may be due to the fact that we have pretty reliable procedures for design

Aug 15

Steven Clontz, … Sean Fitzpatrick9

Aug 15

Help needed for upcoming PreTeXt-CLI 1.0.0 release!

Too late to the game, but everything ran cleanly with APEX. On 2022-08-14 12:01 pm, Steven Clontz

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Help needed for upcoming PreTeXt-CLI 1.0.0 release!

Too late to the game, but everything ran cleanly with APEX. On 2022-08-14 12:01 pm, Steven Clontz

Aug 15

David Farmer, … Sean Fitzpatrick8

Aug 14

a new use case, overhaul, compatibility

This is well known, but probably worth repeating: this exact problem of publishing data along with

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a new use case, overhaul, compatibility

This is well known, but probably worth repeating: this exact problem of publishing data along with

Aug 14

Beryl Hoffman, David Farmer3

Aug 9

Request to match width of active code elements in exercises and activities

Looks great! Thank you! -Beryl On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 5:11:54 PM UTC-4 far...@aimath.org wrote

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Request to match width of active code elements in exercises and activities

Looks great! Thank you! -Beryl On Tuesday, August 9, 2022 at 5:11:54 PM UTC-4 far...@aimath.org wrote

Aug 9

Rob Beezer, … Steven Clontz7

Aug 9

Side-by-Side, Figures in Panels, HTML layout

On 8/9/22 14:30, David Farmer wrote: > Fixed. Ooh, much better now! Thanks for sniffing that one

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Side-by-Side, Figures in Panels, HTML layout

On 8/9/22 14:30, David Farmer wrote: > Fixed. Ooh, much better now! Thanks for sniffing that one

Aug 9

Aug 9

Interactives using CSS

If you have been using "interactive" elements with your own Javascript and your own

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Interactives using CSS

If you have been using "interactive" elements with your own Javascript and your own

Aug 9

David Farmer, … Rob Beezer4

Aug 5

Raised Mathematics at Mathfest

On 8/4/22 13:53, David Farmer wrote: > I decided to show the raised diagram of polar coordinates

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Raised Mathematics at Mathfest

On 8/4/22 13:53, David Farmer wrote: > I decided to show the raised diagram of polar coordinates

Aug 5

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer2

Aug 3

Setting up for Braille

Dear Oscar, Just back from a couple days offline. Thanks for taking a stab at this. Braille still

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Setting up for Braille

Dear Oscar, Just back from a couple days offline. Thanks for taking a stab at this. Braille still

Aug 3

Rob Beezer, … Steven Clontz13

Jul 30

Pyppeteer for automatic static previews of interactive elements

The upcoming 1.0 release of PreTeXt-CLI will have pyppeteer as a dependency, but we need to update

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Pyppeteer for automatic static previews of interactive elements

The upcoming 1.0 release of PreTeXt-CLI will have pyppeteer as a dependency, but we need to update

Jul 30

David Farmer, Thomas R. Shemanske4

Jul 29

the catalog is missing links

First, I also handled the new book request this morning; Rob sent me a link for the pull request.

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the catalog is missing links

First, I also handled the new book request this morning; Rob sent me a link for the pull request.

Jul 29

Jul 29

books at Mathfest

If you will be at MAA Mathfest, and have a print copy you would like displayed at the AIM booth in

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books at Mathfest

If you will be at MAA Mathfest, and have a print copy you would like displayed at the AIM booth in

Jul 29

Jul 28

Breakable tables

OK, there is some *preliminary* support now for breakable tables. Short answer: set @break="yes

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Breakable tables

OK, there is some *preliminary* support now for breakable tables. Short answer: set @break="yes

Jul 28

gedeoned...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer13

Jul 23

Hyphenation in mixed math-text word

And more still from Davide Cervone. He's got a very promising (and simple) fix going right now,

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Hyphenation in mixed math-text word

And more still from Davide Cervone. He's got a very promising (and simple) fix going right now,

Jul 23

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer10

Jul 21

Math missing in epub

On 7/21/22 17:07, Rob Beezer wrote: > Almost certainly the braille conversion might suffer >

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Math missing in epub

On 7/21/22 17:07, Rob Beezer wrote: > Almost certainly the braille conversion might suffer >

Jul 21

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer5

Jul 21

Design questions: video solutions, unnumbered containers

Ok! Now this goes back to the APEX group to see what they want to do. On Thu., Jul. 21, 2022, 8:12 am

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Design questions: video solutions, unnumbered containers

Ok! Now this goes back to the APEX group to see what they want to do. On Thu., Jul. 21, 2022, 8:12 am

Jul 21

Rob Beezer, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jul 20

Runestone, Short Answer

Question: is it possible to drop a response element into other Runestone question types? An example I

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Runestone, Short Answer

Question: is it possible to drop a response element into other Runestone question types? An example I

Jul 20

Bradley Miller, … Sean Fitzpatrick11

Jul 20

Race condition MathJax and Runestone

Things are looking good for my book now as well. Thanks! Only thing left not working for me is

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Race condition MathJax and Runestone

Things are looking good for my book now as well. Thanks! Only thing left not working for me is

Jul 20

Steven Clontz, … kcri...@gmail.com7

Jul 18

JMM 2023 roll call

I'm scheduled to be there so depending on its timing relative to other commitments I'd be

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JMM 2023 roll call

I'm scheduled to be there so depending on its timing relative to other commitments I'd be

Jul 18

Sean Fitzpatrick

Jul 18

Runestone exercises collide with asides in HTML

The container for a Runestone exercise is wider than the standard text width in HTML. One side effect

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Runestone exercises collide with asides in HTML

The container for a Runestone exercise is wider than the standard text width in HTML. One side effect

Jul 18

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer13

Jul 16

Links in slides

Now the automatic footnotes in "slideshow" are no longer appearing. And as a by-product, @

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Links in slides

Now the automatic footnotes in "slideshow" are no longer appearing. And as a by-product, @

Jul 16

Oscar Levin, Rob Beezer4

Jul 15

Epub vs out_file and dest_dir

Sounds good. Thanks. On July 15, 2022 6:24:29 PM PDT, Oscar Levin <oscarlevin@gmail.com> wrote:

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Epub vs out_file and dest_dir

Sounds good. Thanks. On July 15, 2022 6:24:29 PM PDT, Oscar Levin <oscarlevin@gmail.com> wrote:

Jul 15

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer2

Jul 14

"feedback" element in Runestone

Thanks, Sean! Yes, we can deal with two kinds, but it is not a great look. ;-) I was going to do the

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"feedback" element in Runestone

Thanks, Sean! Yes, we can deal with two kinds, but it is not a great look. ;-) I was going to do the

Jul 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan13

Jul 14

WeBWorK interactives work graphics

I think the new issue (not being able to enlarge the static image) is better than the old issue.

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WeBWorK interactives work graphics

I think the new issue (not being able to enlarge the static image) is better than the old issue.

Jul 14

Steven Clontz, … Rob Beezer16

Jul 11

Consider de-deprecating @visual

Thanks for this Rob! I think this revert will make a lot of new authors' experiences less

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Consider de-deprecating @visual

Thanks for this Rob! I think this revert will make a lot of new authors' experiences less

Jul 11

Juan Carlos Bustamante, Rob Beezer3

Jul 9

Feature request : animated images

Hello, Well... strictly speaking gifs are not interactive, since no action from the reader is

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Feature request : animated images

Hello, Well... strictly speaking gifs are not interactive, since no action from the reader is

Jul 9

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