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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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Michael Obiero, … Alex Jordan104

Feb 6

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

It's not intended use of fillin to control the height. Despite the name, they are not expected to

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

It's not intended use of fillin to control the height. Despite the name, they are not expected to

Feb 6

Rob Beezer, William Haynes4

Feb 6

Intertext in display math

Dear Will, I intend to fix this soon, but want to restore the "clean" LaTeX aspect (the

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Intertext in display math

Dear Will, I intend to fix this soon, but want to restore the "clean" LaTeX aspect (the

Feb 6

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

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer4

Jan 26

Width's of images in worksheets

Not muddying the waters at all. Nor poisoning the well. A "bare" image gets a width on the

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Width's of images in worksheets

Not muddying the waters at all. Nor poisoning the well. A "bare" image gets a width on the

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

Rob Beezer, … Alex Jordan33

Jan 12

Locations of Javascript files, especially for WW

Done. I've reached my limit. Many commits (surprised?) so that if bits and pieces need to come

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Locations of Javascript files, especially for WW

Done. I've reached my limit. Many commits (surprised?) so that if bits and pieces need to come

Jan 12

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer3

Jan 8

d/@width for small screens

Yes, I think it is right to regard @width in this context as a "hint". So in a special

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d/@width for small screens

Yes, I think it is right to regard @width in this context as a "hint". So in a special

Jan 8

Sean Fitzpatrick3

Jan 8

Quotation marks in text mode in display math: a MathJax bug

So, this is a problem with LaTeX markup clashing with AsciiMath markup in MathJax. On the MathJax

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Quotation marks in text mode in display math: a MathJax bug

So, this is a problem with LaTeX markup clashing with AsciiMath markup in MathJax. On the MathJax

Jan 8

Charilaos Skiadas, … Geoffrey Cox3

Jan 6

Off indenting of blocks problems

I'll go ahead and add my two cents since I was having the same issue, and couldn't bear

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Off indenting of blocks problems

I'll go ahead and add my two cents since I was having the same issue, and couldn't bear

Jan 6

Charilaos Skiadas, … Alex Jordan12

Jan 3

Question idea: media submissions

I wanted to caution to PreTeXt developers (who probably don't need me reminding them) to factor

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Question idea: media submissions

I wanted to caution to PreTeXt developers (who probably don't need me reminding them) to factor

Jan 3

Jan 3

RevealJS CSS Update

A heads up for anyone working on RevealJS. A PR was just merged to more the CSS out of the HTML file

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RevealJS CSS Update

A heads up for anyone working on RevealJS. A PR was just merged to more the CSS out of the HTML file

Jan 3

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer4

Jan 2

Asymptote command options: Windows bug

I shouldn't trust Google's AI overview, but: - it allows images to build in a minimized

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Asymptote command options: Windows bug

I shouldn't trust Google's AI overview, but: - it allows images to build in a minimized

Jan 2

Geoffrey Cox, … Sean Fitzpatrick13

Jan 2

Math Mode in Horizontal Parsons

I think Vilma needs this live ASAP, so I might ditch the horizontal mode temporarily. There are two

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Math Mode in Horizontal Parsons

I think Vilma needs this live ASAP, so I might ditch the horizontal mode temporarily. There are two

Jan 2

Charilaos Skiadas, … Andrew Scholer15

Jan 2

Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

The semi recent work on <program> is documented here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

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Datafiles with xml-special characters loaded via pre

The semi recent work on <program> is documented here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/

Jan 2

Rob Beezer, William Haynes3

12/31/25

Homework Systems

On 12/30/25 07:51, William Haynes wrote: > I'm not asking you to support YAHS Thank-you. ;-)

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Homework Systems

On 12/30/25 07:51, William Haynes wrote: > I'm not asking you to support YAHS Thank-you. ;-)

12/31/25

Oscar Levin, … Mitch Keller5

12/30/25

Hiding solutions in printed worksheets

Thanks all for the suggestions. Just submitted a PR that does some of this. Notably: - Styling will

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Hiding solutions in printed worksheets

Thanks all for the suggestions. Just submitted a PR that does some of this. Notably: - Styling will

12/30/25

Charilaos Skiadas

12/30/25

Date/time element tags?

While working on preparing material for my classes this coming term, I found a desire for

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Date/time element tags?

While working on preparing material for my classes this coming term, I found a desire for

12/30/25

12/30/25

See announcement on pretext-announce, and please use this thread for comments. Thanks! Rob On 12/26/

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See announcement on pretext-announce, and please use this thread for comments. Thanks! Rob On 12/26/

12/30/25

Alex Jordan, … Oscar Levin4

12/28/25

drop support for WeBWorK/PG at versions 2.18, 2.17, 2.16?

> Question: does this change mean that fewer problems in the OPL would be supported by PreTeXt?

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drop support for WeBWorK/PG at versions 2.18, 2.17, 2.16?

> Question: does this change mean that fewer problems in the OPL would be supported by PreTeXt?

12/28/25

Rob Beezer, … David Austin7

12/28/25

HTML ids in SVGs from math

Fixing the ids in MathJax SVGs could be relatively straightforward with proposed solution #2. Perhaps

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HTML ids in SVGs from math

Fixing the ids in MathJax SVGs could be relatively straightforward with proposed solution #2. Perhaps

12/28/25

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer9

12/22/25

Is relying on default widths for table columns really an error?

Many messages with ERROR now are (appropriately) have WARNING or BUG. Thanks to Andrew's

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Is relying on default widths for table columns really an error?

Many messages with ERROR now are (appropriately) have WARNING or BUG. Thanks to Andrew's

12/22/25

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin3

12/20/25

Here is what I learned looking into xpointers a while back (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-

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Here is what I learned looking into xpointers a while back (see https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-

12/20/25

obi...@maseno.ac.ke, … Georg Osang4

12/20/25

Feedback links within sections.

Thanks a lot Andrew! This is working great and we're using it for the first round of reviews now.

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Feedback links within sections.

Thanks a lot Andrew! This is working great and we're using it for the first round of reviews now.

12/20/25

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