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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, … Rob Beezer78

Dec 23

Interoperability of pretext and STACK

I have Door #3 working on a branch. Georg? Any comments? I'll hold off on merging for a bit. Rob

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Interoperability of pretext and STACK

I have Door #3 working on a branch. Georg? Any comments? I'll hold off on merging for a bit. Rob

Dec 23

Rob Beezer, … David Austin19

Dec 22

Those surfaced with the re-enabling of a STACK (test) exercise. Not a problem with STACK at all. When

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Those surfaced with the re-enabling of a STACK (test) exercise. Not a problem with STACK at all. When

Dec 22

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer9

Dec 22

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

Dec 22

Rob Beezer, … Oscar Levin3

Dec 20

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-

Dec 20

obi...@maseno.ac.ke, … Georg Osang4

Dec 20

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.

Dec 20

Bradley Miller, Rob Beezer3

Dec 18

Links from sample-book to github source

Rob, I tried using that approach but Andrew pointed out several places in both the code as well as

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Links from sample-book to github source

Rob, I tried using that approach but Andrew pointed out several places in both the code as well as

Dec 18

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer6

Dec 18

xref to an introduction?

I have always envisioned an #introduction in a division as a short paragraph or two, a few sentences,

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xref to an introduction?

I have always envisioned an #introduction in a division as a short paragraph or two, a few sentences,

Dec 18

Michael Duffy, … David Austin14

Dec 16

louis module for Braille output in WSL

Congratulations on getting the embossed braille! You get python bindings for liblouis with the

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louis module for Braille output in WSL

Congratulations on getting the embossed braille! You get python bindings for liblouis with the

Dec 16

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer6

Dec 9

Collections of slideshows

Some targeted comments. * You could have multiple #slideshow live alongside a #book, as children of #

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Collections of slideshows

Some targeted comments. * You could have multiple #slideshow live alongside a #book, as children of #

Dec 9

Bradley Miller, … Andrew Scholer3

Dec 6

New to me -- looks intimidating

Relevant recent discussion: https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/xEZYjLdjXrY/m/r3D5tlpVCQAJ When

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New to me -- looks intimidating

Relevant recent discussion: https://groups.google.com/g/pretext-dev/c/xEZYjLdjXrY/m/r3D5tlpVCQAJ When

Dec 6

Paul Emigh, Andrew Scholer4

Dec 4

The `--body-title-color` only gets applied to divisional titles. For blocks like <definition>,

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The `--body-title-color` only gets applied to divisional titles. For blocks like <definition>,

Dec 4

Dec 4

Intertext in display math

For the cognoscenti, following up on a -announce post just now. Even an AI tale if you read far

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Intertext in display math

For the cognoscenti, following up on a -announce post just now. Even an AI tale if you read far

Dec 4

Paul Emigh, … Rob Beezer7

Dec 3

Thanks for the further clarification, Paul. > but it just doesn't look as elegant to the

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Thanks for the further clarification, Paul. > but it just doesn't look as elegant to the

Dec 3

Bradley Miller, … Rob Beezer41

Dec 2

interactives as Runestone Exercises

On 11/25/25 13:41, Bradley Miller wrote: > @Rob > > In looking at the manifest for the test

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interactives as Runestone Exercises

On 11/25/25 13:41, Bradley Miller wrote: > @Rob > > In looking at the manifest for the test

Dec 2

Nov 24

No, I don't mean you folks writing research articles. I mean you folks who have tools/features

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No, I don't mean you folks writing research articles. I mean you folks who have tools/features

Nov 24

Nov 24

Mostly for Alex. We have #fillin that live inside math, and #fillin that live outside math. I think

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Mostly for Alex. We have #fillin that live inside math, and #fillin that live outside math. I think

Nov 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Rob Beezer5

Nov 24

LaTeX accessibility guidelines

Yes, moving this to "pretext-a11y" would be a good idea. Perhaps you can put a link back to

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LaTeX accessibility guidelines

Yes, moving this to "pretext-a11y" would be a good idea. Perhaps you can put a link back to

Nov 24

Oscar Levin, … David W. Farmer3

Nov 23

LaTeX build targets in the CLI

I would also like the per-project option to always save the LaTeX, for reasons similar to Sean: 1)

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LaTeX build targets in the CLI

I would also like the per-project option to always save the LaTeX, for reasons similar to Sean: 1)

Nov 23

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer13

Nov 22

A couple of comments, one technical, one more philosophical. 1. A #term with an @ref could have an

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A couple of comments, one technical, one more philosophical. 1. A #term with an @ref could have an

Nov 22

Rob Beezer, … David W. Farmer7

Nov 21

PDF, images, side-by-side, no margin, flush-right

On 11/21/25 14:14, David W. Farmer wrote: > Still waiting for the journal to report whether their

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PDF, images, side-by-side, no margin, flush-right

On 11/21/25 14:14, David W. Farmer wrote: > Still waiting for the journal to report whether their

Nov 21

Rob Beezer, … Sean Fitzpatrick6

Nov 21

Images as source versus as files

On 11/20/25 16:36, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > It would be interesting to see how much this would

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Images as source versus as files

On 11/20/25 16:36, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > It would be interesting to see how much this would

Nov 21

Nov 20

[CHANGE] Mermaid images

There have been some changes to how Mermaid images are handled. Read on if you are using this feature

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[CHANGE] Mermaid images

There have been some changes to how Mermaid images are handled. Read on if you are using this feature

Nov 20

Rob Beezer, Oscar Levin2

Nov 19

Mermaid images, changes

No problem. Updates were easy. Releasing a new cli version currently that has this and the other many

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Mermaid images, changes

No problem. Updates were easy. Releasing a new cli version currently that has this and the other many

Nov 19

Matt Wechter, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Nov 19

lxml wheel won't build when installing pretext with pip

I had the same problem a week ago, but unfortunately I have not figured out a solution. On Wed, Nov

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lxml wheel won't build when installing pretext with pip

I had the same problem a week ago, but unfortunately I have not figured out a solution. On Wed, Nov

Nov 19

Oscar Levin, … Rob Beezer7

Nov 17

Dates for versions

An idea that needs a few details ironed-out first. So not fully-baked. Leave version support syntax (

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Dates for versions

An idea that needs a few details ironed-out first. So not fully-baked. Leave version support syntax (

Nov 17

Chrissy Safranski, … Rob Beezer4

Nov 15

Salem theme: conclusion of exercisegroup

I think of #introduction and #conclusion as bookends, and would style them identically. #conclusion

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Salem theme: conclusion of exercisegroup

I think of #introduction and #conclusion as bookends, and would style them identically. #conclusion

Nov 15

Rob Beezer, David W. Farmer8

Nov 14

Display math maintenance

As promised, the bare #mdn construction (no #mrow children, see (6) below) has outlived its

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Display math maintenance

As promised, the bare #mdn construction (no #mrow children, see (6) below) has outlived its

Nov 14

Andrew Scholer, … Rob Beezer4

Nov 14

MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

No, you are not crazy, Chrissy! Shoulda said - Firefox for me. And I've had this problem with the

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MathJax / Runestone rendering race condition

No, you are not crazy, Chrissy! Shoulda said - Firefox for me. And I've had this problem with the

Nov 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan5

Nov 12

WeBWorK answer box behaviour for long answers

Thanks. I agree that there's no great reason to use columns for exercises in HTML, since vertical

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WeBWorK answer box behaviour for long answers

Thanks. I agree that there's no great reason to use columns for exercises in HTML, since vertical

Nov 12

Rob Beezer, Bradley Miller5

Nov 12

Another stab in the dark. I screwed up my courage, and installed the node version of MathJax 4, to

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Another stab in the dark. I screwed up my courage, and installed the node version of MathJax 4, to

Nov 12

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