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8/1/17

Error Report Guidelines

If you have output that you think might be incorrect or misbehaved, please follow this procedure:

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Error Report Guidelines

If you have output that you think might be incorrect or misbehaved, please follow this procedure:

8/1/17

Clark Wells, … David Austin5

Apr 18

Validation and prefigure

David - feel free to remind me about this in a few weeks time when I can take a closer look and we

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Validation and prefigure

David - feel free to remind me about this in a few weeks time when I can take a closer look and we

Apr 18

Apr 18

Alt text for <brandlogo>

How does one put specific alt text in for the brandlogo element? In current context I want to add

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Alt text for <brandlogo>

How does one put specific alt text in for the brandlogo element? In current context I want to add

Apr 18

Geoffrey Cox, Chrissy Safranski4

Apr 14

Workshop Tips and Guidance

I think that sounds like a good plan! Those last 30 minutes could even be worktime for people who don

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Workshop Tips and Guidance

I think that sounds like a good plan! Those last 30 minutes could even be worktime for people who don

Apr 14

Jason Altekruse

Apr 13

Any interest in an Intro to Programming session?

Hello PreteXt people, I have been hanging around the orbit of PreteXt for a couple of years, I worked

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Any interest in an Intro to Programming session?

Hello PreteXt people, I have been hanging around the orbit of PreteXt for a couple of years, I worked

Apr 13

Suzanne Matthews, Charilaos Skiadas3

Apr 7

Runestone exercises - adding test cases for code with input statements

Hi Charilaos, Thank you so much for your reply! What you provided is very helpful, and actually works

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Runestone exercises - adding test cases for code with input statements

Hi Charilaos, Thank you so much for your reply! What you provided is very helpful, and actually works

Apr 7

David Austin, … Rob Beezer6

Apr 5

converting course materials into PreTeXt

Thanks, Ameya, for the report. I love the idea of package-creep going obsolete, and personal

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converting course materials into PreTeXt

Thanks, Ameya, for the report. I love the idea of package-creep going obsolete, and personal

Apr 5

Sean Fitzpatrick, … OHappyDay9

Apr 3

Directory management issue with PreTeXt CLI 2.3+ on Windows

Check in Powershell (using the 'env' command) whether PATH contains the path to your pretext

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Directory management issue with PreTeXt CLI 2.3+ on Windows

Check in Powershell (using the 'env' command) whether PATH contains the path to your pretext

Apr 3

Derek Thuecks, … David W. Farmer11

Apr 2

PreFigure: Global shape definitions and defining shapes with multiple anchors

If there were some type of cheat sheet with the components/shapes needed for a wide variety of

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PreFigure: Global shape definitions and defining shapes with multiple anchors

If there were some type of cheat sheet with the components/shapes needed for a wide variety of

Apr 2

rhutch...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer8

Apr 1

Problem with web not recognizing HTML tags

On 3/31/26 20:36, rhutch...@gmail.com wrote: > Is this something I need to do (update the _static

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Problem with web not recognizing HTML tags

On 3/31/26 20:36, rhutch...@gmail.com wrote: > Is this something I need to do (update the _static

Apr 1

Mark Fitch, David Austin14

Mar 5

Prefigure error (speech)

OK, your MathJax output looks good. The labels in the diagrams on your web page also look correct. I

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Prefigure error (speech)

OK, your MathJax output looks good. The labels in the diagrams on your web page also look correct. I

Mar 5

Michael Shulman, … Alex Jordan9

Mar 3

position of asides in html output

We have replaced (I think?) born hidden knowls with #summary/#details. Aside is in that bucket, so my

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position of asides in html output

We have replaced (I think?) born hidden knowls with #summary/#details. Aside is in that bucket, so my

Mar 3

David Austin, … Rob Beezer14

Mar 2

homework in PreTeXt

> a #solution inside a #problem That sounds better! ;-) On 3/2/26 13:46, David Austin wrote: >

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homework in PreTeXt

> a #solution inside a #problem That sounds better! ;-) On 3/2/26 13:46, David Austin wrote: >

Mar 2

David W. Farmer, … Rob Beezer5

Mar 2

accessible HTML in Canvas?

On 3/2/26 09:22, David W. Farmer wrote: > Below is what I sent to the committee. Very nice! Thanks

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accessible HTML in Canvas?

On 3/2/26 09:22, David W. Farmer wrote: > Below is what I sent to the committee. Very nice! Thanks

Mar 2

Jesse Oldroyd, Rob Beezer3

Feb 28

Reproducing examples in handouts

Thank you! I'll try playing with the JavaScript then. On Monday, February 16, 2026 at 4:17:46 PM

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Reproducing examples in handouts

Thank you! I'll try playing with the JavaScript then. On Monday, February 16, 2026 at 4:17:46 PM

Feb 28

Alex Jordan, … Rob Beezer5

Feb 27

bare text in an md?

Looks like recent changes are in the "-dev" versions of the schema. Give that a try, and

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bare text in an md?

Looks like recent changes are in the "-dev" versions of the schema. Give that a try, and

Feb 27

Federico Galetto, Mitch Keller4

Feb 24

Build target for skeletal notes

Following Mitch's directions, I am expanding on the steps here, in case I need to look them up in

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Build target for skeletal notes

Following Mitch's directions, I am expanding on the steps here, in case I need to look them up in

Feb 24

Feb 23

sidebyside inside a printable

When a #sidebyside inside a printable (in my case #handout) has panels in which the heights are not

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sidebyside inside a printable

When a #sidebyside inside a printable (in my case #handout) has panels in which the heights are not

Feb 23

Drew Lewis, Rob Beezer5

Feb 19

Controlling list-of in printed version

> which might be a bug Confirmed. With the print option, the "Definition XY" is still

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Controlling list-of in printed version

> which might be a bug Confirmed. With the print option, the "Definition XY" is still

Feb 19

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Alex Jordan5

Feb 18

Page breaks on exercises

Sorry, this seems to be about worksheets from HTML, not ptx PDF output. For the former, declaring

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Page breaks on exercises

Sorry, this seems to be about worksheets from HTML, not ptx PDF output. For the former, declaring

Feb 18

D. Brian Walton, Oscar Levin3

Feb 18

Docker codespace + custom xsl

Oscar, Thank you. This points me in the right direction. Brian On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM Oscar

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Docker codespace + custom xsl

Oscar, Thank you. This points me in the right direction. Brian On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM Oscar

Feb 18

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Rob Beezer5

Feb 18

Translation of strings with specific ids.

Thanks, Rob. Just did the PR of both translations files (or I think I did :P). Best, Alexandre. On

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Translation of strings with specific ids.

Thanks, Rob. Just did the PR of both translations files (or I think I did :P). Best, Alexandre. On

Feb 18

Drew Lewis, … David Austin9

Feb 17

Prefigure diagrams not fully displaying

Thanks for the report, Drew. Just to record the issue here: when several annotated diagrams appeared

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Prefigure diagrams not fully displaying

Thanks for the report, Drew. Just to record the issue here: when several annotated diagrams appeared

Feb 17

Jason Miller, … Oscar Levin6

Feb 10

Prefigure module not loading

You seem to have a really old version of pretext (2.36.0 is the current version). I would suggest

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Prefigure module not loading

You seem to have a really old version of pretext (2.36.0 is the current version). I would suggest

Feb 10

Mitch Keller, … Rob Beezer7

Feb 5

Two formatting issues with worksheets

I'd been thinking along the same lines - we do not work real hard to indicate the *end* of a #

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Two formatting issues with worksheets

I'd been thinking along the same lines - we do not work real hard to indicate the *end* of a #

Feb 5

Thomas Shemanske, … Robert D. Poodiack6

Feb 5

SageMath output blocked by CORS policy

Yep! Was able to work with it this morning in class. Thanks! — RP Robert D. Poodiack, Ph.D. (he/him/

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SageMath output blocked by CORS policy

Yep! Was able to work with it this morning in class. Thanks! — RP Robert D. Poodiack, Ph.D. (he/him/

Feb 5

Derek Thuecks, … Oscar Levin5

Feb 5

Container configuration error when building codespace on Github

That worked! I created a new repository, grabbed the devcontainer.json and installPandoc.sh files,

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Container configuration error when building codespace on Github

That worked! I created a new repository, grabbed the devcontainer.json and installPandoc.sh files,

Feb 5

Federico Galetto, Oscar Levin4

Feb 4

Deploying PDFs along with HTML

Excellent. Yes, you need a deploy-dir for each target you want to be deployed (and these should be

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Deploying PDFs along with HTML

Excellent. Yes, you need a deploy-dir for each target you want to be deployed (and these should be

Feb 4

Mark Fitch, … Oscar Levin4

Feb 3

Worksheet print quirk

It looks like you are putting a <solutions> element inside the handout, is that right? Handouts

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Worksheet print quirk

It looks like you are putting a <solutions> element inside the handout, is that right? Handouts

Feb 3

Oscar Levin, … Alex Jordan6

Feb 1

MathQuill disablement for WeBWorK

Thanks, this is super helpful. On Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:13:32 PM UTC-7 jordancanonical

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MathQuill disablement for WeBWorK

Thanks, this is super helpful. On Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 10:13:32 PM UTC-7 jordancanonical

Feb 1

Michael Shulman, … Rob Beezer12

Jan 30

last line of a multlined cut off

We could mark an #mrow as a continuation, but I have no idea if that could be conveyed to MJ, or if

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last line of a multlined cut off

We could mark an #mrow as a continuation, but I have no idea if that could be conveyed to MJ, or if

Jan 30

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