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Sep 29

Testing request: generate some latex-images

I should mention, if you test, you will also need to run pip install pymupdf. On Friday, September 29

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Testing request: generate some latex-images

I should mention, if you test, you will also need to run pip install pymupdf. On Friday, September 29

Sep 29

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer15

Sep 29

ImageMagick and the windows convert command

On 9/29/23 10:10, Oscar Levin wrote: > I > don't know svg formatting well enough to know

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ImageMagick and the windows convert command

On 9/29/23 10:10, Oscar Levin wrote: > I > don't know svg formatting well enough to know

Sep 29

Sep 29

More rational generation of xref knowl content

Producing *only* necessary cross-reference knowls is now ready for testing. Mostly "xref"

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More rational generation of xref knowl content

Producing *only* necessary cross-reference knowls is now ready for testing. Mostly "xref"

Sep 29

Sep 28

"latest" pretext-webwork.js

For Brad. We now have this: https://pretextbook.org/js/latest/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js

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"latest" pretext-webwork.js

For Brad. We now have this: https://pretextbook.org/js/latest/pretext-webwork/2.18/pretext-webwork.js

Sep 28

Alex Jordan, … Steven Clontz37

Sep 28

RS assignment page is moving the closure of a certain span

Bumping this up to ensure my solution (which allows continuing to encode HTML elements as XML

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RS assignment page is moving the closure of a certain span

Bumping this up to ensure my solution (which allows continuing to encode HTML elements as XML

Sep 28

Rob Beezer, Steven Clontz4

Sep 27

Born-hidden knowls reborn

Thanks. Sounds like --clean will be just the thing. Next big change, maybe in a few days, will

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Born-hidden knowls reborn

Thanks. Sounds like --clean will be just the thing. Next big change, maybe in a few days, will

Sep 27

Matt Boelkins, … Brad Miller16

Sep 27

student WeBWorK answers sometimes not being restored in Runestone

I have created a (temporary) PR against the pretext repo that contains the work I did. I must have

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student WeBWorK answers sometimes not being restored in Runestone

I have created a (temporary) PR against the pretext repo that contains the work I did. I must have

Sep 27

Rob Beezer, … David W. Farmer27

Sep 27

Born-hidden knowls as "details", ready for comprehensive testing

There are not a lot of born-hidden things in the sample article, and I know of some place that needs

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Born-hidden knowls as "details", ready for comprehensive testing

There are not a lot of born-hidden things in the sample article, and I know of some place that needs

Sep 27

Andrew Scholer, … Andrew Scholer10

Sep 27

Pretext CLI failure - error removing temp directories during generate

I didn't dig very deep. But when I test again now on a different machine, it appears the process

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Pretext CLI failure - error removing temp directories during generate

I didn't dig very deep. But when I test again now on a different machine, it appears the process

Sep 27

Rob Beezer, Mitch Keller3

Sep 26

Where can a @permid go?

Thanks! (And I already have that repo!) On 9/26/23 11:02, Mitch Keller wrote: > ACS has permids on

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Where can a @permid go?

Thanks! (And I already have that repo!) On 9/26/23 11:02, Mitch Keller wrote: > ACS has permids on

Sep 26

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer4

Sep 26

Two minor css styling issues for lists

Thanks! Much better. I had noticed that a .para following a MathJax environment was getting a large-

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Two minor css styling issues for lists

Thanks! Much better. I had noticed that a .para following a MathJax environment was getting a large-

Sep 26

Rob Beezer, … Andrew Scholer12

Sep 22

Footnotes in HTML: reimagined

@Alex That approach would assume there is blank space off to the right of the content in which the

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Footnotes in HTML: reimagined

@Alex That approach would assume there is blank space off to the right of the content in which the

Sep 22

David W. Farmer

Sep 21

tactile graphics discussion 2nd drop-in hour tomorrow

During the 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern hour of drop-in tomorrow, there will be a discussion of tactile

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tactile graphics discussion 2nd drop-in hour tomorrow

During the 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern hour of drop-in tomorrow, there will be a discussion of tactile

Sep 21

Sep 20

Footnotes in HTML: one step backwards

In hopes of gaining two steps forward soon. Footnotes, living in an inline context (mid-paragraph,

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Footnotes in HTML: one step backwards

In hopes of gaining two steps forward soon. Footnotes, living in an inline context (mid-paragraph,

Sep 20

Matt Boelkins, … Barbara Ericson4

Sep 20

zyBooks catching on to Parsons Problems, apparently

Yes, Codio has had Parsons problems for several years. They are not the same as what we have in

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zyBooks catching on to Parsons Problems, apparently

Yes, Codio has had Parsons problems for several years. They are not the same as what we have in

Sep 20

Sep 19

TeachAccess accedibility grants/resources

Kind of random, but an email from TeachAccess just hit my inbox as I was reading the latest aria

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TeachAccess accedibility grants/resources

Kind of random, but an email from TeachAccess just hit my inbox as I was reading the latest aria

Sep 19

Rob Beezer, … Alex Jordan9

Sep 19

Soft open: image descriptions (needs CSS)

With @aria-live just now, website samples will be updated within 30 minutes or so... On 9/19/23 08:14

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Soft open: image descriptions (needs CSS)

With @aria-live just now, website samples will be updated within 30 minutes or so... On 9/19/23 08:14

Sep 19

Rob Beezer, Steven Clontz3

Sep 19

Support questions via GitHub issues

Oh here's exactly what you want in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml blank_issues_enabled: false

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Support questions via GitHub issues

Oh here's exactly what you want in .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml blank_issues_enabled: false

Sep 19

Rob Beezer, … Andrew Scholer8

Sep 18

Focused ToC, improved search interface

I agree that it looks slightly cleaner to hover over the bar and see the whole thing light up. But

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Focused ToC, improved search interface

I agree that it looks slightly cleaner to hover over the bar and see the whole thing light up. But

Sep 18

D. Brian Walton, … Rob Beezer9

Sep 18

Attributes for Geogebra interactives by material-id

On 9/16/23 11:06, William Haynes wrote: > I would recommend keeping @labelDrag="yes".

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Attributes for Geogebra interactives by material-id

On 9/16/23 11:06, William Haynes wrote: > I would recommend keeping @labelDrag="yes".

Sep 18

Steven Clontz, … Alexandre Lymberopoulos15

Sep 17

issues with Playwright on Mac

Hi! Same goes here on a Debian/Linux amd64 PC. It says playwrigth is installed here (done with pip,

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issues with Playwright on Mac

Hi! Same goes here on a Debian/Linux amd64 PC. It says playwrigth is installed here (done with pip,

Sep 17

Rob Beezer, … D. Brian Walton5

Sep 15

We do use a div in those cases, but it is buried inside of a separate html file that the main

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We do use a div in those cases, but it is buried inside of a separate html file that the main

Sep 15

Sep 14

paragraph cells spanning multiple columns in latex

Suppose you have a table with: col col width="40%" col width="40%" where the

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paragraph cells spanning multiple columns in latex

Suppose you have a table with: col col width="40%" col width="40%" where the

Sep 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan27

Sep 14

Image descriptions

Working with this and EPUB now. Building for real, not a mock up. The details/summary functionality

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Image descriptions

Working with this and EPUB now. Building for real, not a mock up. The details/summary functionality

Sep 14

Rob Beezer, … Andrew Scholer27

Sep 13

HTML "details" for born-hidden knowls

Takes a second or two to load on my desktop. Painful on old or slow hardware? ... https://pretextbook

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HTML "details" for born-hidden knowls

Takes a second or two to load on my desktop. Painful on old or slow hardware? ... https://pretextbook

Sep 13

Mitch Keller, … Rob Beezer8

Sep 13

Runestone "Question Bank"

Is build enough in 1 or does deploy have to happen to get things into the database? As a temporary

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Runestone "Question Bank"

Is build enough in 1 or does deploy have to happen to get things into the database? As a temporary

Sep 13

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer12

Sep 13

CSS/JS Deployment

On 9/12/23 14:22, Andrew Scholer wrote: > I'd argue - keeping the various html.css variables

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CSS/JS Deployment

On 9/12/23 14:22, Andrew Scholer wrote: > I'd argue - keeping the various html.css variables

Sep 13

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer3

Sep 13

User pref's menu in HTML future?

On 9/13/23 07:19, David W. Farmer wrote: > Those should be within the "bust menu", so it

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User pref's menu in HTML future?

On 9/13/23 07:19, David W. Farmer wrote: > Those should be within the "bust menu", so it

Sep 13

Rob Beezer, … Mitch Keller6

Sep 12

Prelude to Active Calculus as EPUB

Enhanced typesetting used to explicitly be only allowed on books with at most 25 SVG images. I can

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Prelude to Active Calculus as EPUB

Enhanced typesetting used to explicitly be only allowed on books with at most 25 SVG images. I can

Sep 12

Rob Beezer, Andrew Scholer3

Sep 10

Sage Cells in born-hidden knowls

Thanks very much, Andrew. If hidden -sagecell-* were replaced by sagecell-* (where * is various

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Sage Cells in born-hidden knowls

Thanks very much, Andrew. If hidden -sagecell-* were replaced by sagecell-* (where * is various

Sep 10

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