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Support forum for the PreTeXt authoring system. Subscribe if you want to give or get help using PreTeXt. PreTeXt is an uncomplicated XML vocabulary for authors of research articles, textbooks, and monographs. More at pretextbook.org. The PreTeXt development forum is at visit groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-dev. The PreTeXt announcements list is at groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-announce.

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Sudeep Stephen, … Oscar Levin8

Dec 8

Pretext output when running "Build Web"

It appears that the "Live Preview" view option is no longer working as intended. I will

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Pretext output when running "Build Web"

It appears that the "Live Preview" view option is no longer working as intended. I will

Dec 8

Joshua Meise, David W. Farmer3

Dec 5

Test Printing on Same Line in Principle Tags

Thank you for your response. I am using the default layout. I managed to find a work-around to this

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Test Printing on Same Line in Principle Tags

Thank you for your response. I am using the default layout. I managed to find a work-around to this

Dec 5

Dec 4

Problem loading images

I'm trying to finally get around to using publication files and the pretext application and have

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Problem loading images

I'm trying to finally get around to using publication files and the pretext application and have

Dec 4

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Jan Pearce24

Dec 4

Installing Sage on Windows for PreTeXt

I'm trying to remember if 22.04 is before the change to 'pipx' on Ubuntu. That's been

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Installing Sage on Windows for PreTeXt

I'm trying to remember if 22.04 is before the change to 'pipx' on Ubuntu. That's been

Dec 4

Sudeep Stephen, … Oscar Levin6

Nov 27

Images from external source

Hi Oscar, It works fine now. Thank you for your help. Best, Sudeep On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 4

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Images from external source

Hi Oscar, It works fine now. Thank you for your help. Best, Sudeep On Tuesday, November 28, 2023 at 4

Nov 27

Nov 22

Cannot Register Type Library Error Accessing The Ole Registry

How to Fix Cannot Register Type Library Error Accessing The OLE Registry in WindowsIf you are trying

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Cannot Register Type Library Error Accessing The Ole Registry

How to Fix Cannot Register Type Library Error Accessing The OLE Registry in WindowsIf you are trying

Nov 22

Steven Clontz, … Rob Beezer16

Nov 16

Awesome. Definitely a strict improvement to point to CDN for all builds. On Thursday, November 16,

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Awesome. Definitely a strict improvement to point to CDN for all builds. On Thursday, November 16,

Nov 16

Teresa “Terri” Magnus, … Rob Beezer9

Nov 16

instructor sections

Right! Thanks, everyone for seeing this one through. -Rob On November 16, 2023 2:22:38 AM GMT+08:00,

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instructor sections

Right! Thanks, everyone for seeing this one through. -Rob On November 16, 2023 2:22:38 AM GMT+08:00,

Nov 16

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Sean Fitzpatrick12

Nov 14

No more asymptote or sage images here

Hi all, the asymptote images appear again, but nothing on the Sage one. I have sage installed and

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No more asymptote or sage images here

Hi all, the asymptote images appear again, but nothing on the Sage one. I have sage installed and

Nov 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Oscar Levin14

Nov 10

CLI 2.0 project.ptx and Runestone

Awesome, thanks! On Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 3:41 pm Oscar Levin <oscar...@gmail.com> wrote: Brad

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CLI 2.0 project.ptx and Runestone

Awesome, thanks! On Fri, Nov 10, 2023, 3:41 pm Oscar Levin <oscar...@gmail.com> wrote: Brad

Nov 10

J David Eisenberg, … Rob Beezer5

Nov 8

Including code in Java activecode

I'm not following every detail here, but have comments. 1. PreTeXt rarely expects magic

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Including code in Java activecode

I'm not following every detail here, but have comments. 1. PreTeXt rarely expects magic

Nov 8

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin4

Nov 7

Image generation issues with CLI 2.3.0

If I change one image after generating everything, it works as expected. I think the problem is only

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Image generation issues with CLI 2.3.0

If I change one image after generating everything, it works as expected. I think the problem is only

Nov 7

Drew Lewis, … Mitch Keller12

Nov 7

Consistent numbering when building a subset

In case anyone finds it useful, the branch where I have current workbook code for ACS is at https://

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Consistent numbering when building a subset

In case anyone finds it useful, the branch where I have current workbook code for ACS is at https://

Nov 7

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, … Petra Bonfert-Taylor5

Nov 5

image location and type

Thank you all so much! I was able to do the regex search in all of my source files, add in the “

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image location and type

Thank you all so much! I was able to do the regex search in all of my source files, add in the “

Nov 5

Aaron Greicius, Rob Beezer2

Oct 27

Thanks, Aaron! (We try to keep -announce streamlined, so -support or -dev is always right for follow-

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Thanks, Aaron! (We try to keep -announce streamlined, so -support or -dev is always right for follow-

Oct 27

Robert van de Geijn, Rob Beezer4

Oct 24

Sage cell persistence

Well, good! Let's blame caching. It'd be the second time today. ;-) Glad to see you back in

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Sage cell persistence

Well, good! Let's blame caching. It'd be the second time today. ;-) Glad to see you back in

Oct 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, Jones, Bryan6

Oct 18

Yes -- any build involving APEX takes awhile. On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 2:02 pm Jones, Bryan <bjones@

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Yes -- any build involving APEX takes awhile. On Wed, Oct 18, 2023, 2:02 pm Jones, Bryan <bjones@

Oct 18

Oscar Levin, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Oct 18

Re: [pretext-support] PreTeXt button on local VSCode

I got it to work by reinstalling the plugin, and restarting VSCode. On 2023-10-18 1:20 pm, Oscar

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Re: [pretext-support] PreTeXt button on local VSCode

I got it to work by reinstalling the plugin, and restarting VSCode. On 2023-10-18 1:20 pm, Oscar

Oct 18

Jeremy Sylvestre, … Rob Beezer6

Oct 18

Two consecutive tabulars

Jeremey sent me his example (thanks!) and it is now at the tail end of Chapter 12 ("Table

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Two consecutive tabulars

Jeremey sent me his example (thanks!) and it is now at the tail end of Chapter 12 ("Table

Oct 18

Brad Miller, Oscar Levin3

Oct 17

building sample book with cli 2.1 fails

I agree. Issue at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext-cli/issues/623 On Tuesday, October 17, 2023

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building sample book with cli 2.1 fails

I agree. Issue at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext-cli/issues/623 On Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Oct 17

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Rob Beezer21

Oct 16

Directories for generated assets in print-latex target

>> What is it you get from the "mathrsfs" for PDF that you would feel free to >

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Directories for generated assets in print-latex target

>> What is it you get from the "mathrsfs" for PDF that you would feel free to >

Oct 16

Steven Clontz, … Andrew Scholer9

Oct 14

fitting interactives to device width on smaller viewports

That was perfect Anurag. The width/height of interactives are translated to pixels as part of

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fitting interactives to device width on smaller viewports

That was perfect Anurag. The width/height of interactives are translated to pixels as part of

Oct 14

David W. Farmer, Steven Clontz3

Oct 12

deadline: MathFest and AIM workshops

For posterity, I've submitted a proposal with Gavin LaRose (WeBWork) for a MathFest contributed

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deadline: MathFest and AIM workshops

For posterity, I've submitted a proposal with Gavin LaRose (WeBWork) for a MathFest contributed

Oct 12

Sean Fitzpatrick, Steven Clontz3

Oct 10

.devcontainer and git

My 1.x->2.x explainer video may help here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tFOqjyXR98 .

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.devcontainer and git

My 1.x->2.x explainer video may help here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tFOqjyXR98 .

Oct 10

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Oscar Levin6

Oct 6

Editing the pretext-tools schema?

In pretext-tools, you can select either the experimental schema or stable schema. The former uses the

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Editing the pretext-tools schema?

In pretext-tools, you can select either the experimental schema or stable schema. The former uses the

Oct 6

Bruce Yoshiwara, Steven Clontz5

Oct 6

critical: 2 validation errors for PublicationSubset (can no longer build html using current CLI)

PR here: https://github.com/byoshiwara/mfg/pull/69/files (marked as draft until I can confirm a valid

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critical: 2 validation errors for PublicationSubset (can no longer build html using current CLI)

PR here: https://github.com/byoshiwara/mfg/pull/69/files (marked as draft until I can confirm a valid

Oct 6

GVSU Open Education Resources, David W. Farmer2

Oct 4

Custom CSS with new CLI organization

I think you should consider this as an unsupported option, and anything you do could end up going

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Custom CSS with new CLI organization

I think you should consider this as an unsupported option, and anything you do could end up going

Oct 4

Bruce Yoshiwara, … BRUCE YOSHIWARA3

Sep 29

ImportError: cannot import name 'deprecated' from 'typing_extensions'

Thank you Steven. That worked (but I am still unaware what typing-extensions do). Bruce On Fri, Sep

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ImportError: cannot import name 'deprecated' from 'typing_extensions'

Thank you Steven. That worked (but I am still unaware what typing-extensions do). Bruce On Fri, Sep

Sep 29

Alex Jordan, … Oscar Levin8

Sep 26

CLI giving "The output_filename must not be present..." error

Im almost certain that this is a bug for both legacy and new manifests. But a fix should be ready

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CLI giving "The output_filename must not be present..." error

Im almost certain that this is a bug for both legacy and new manifests. But a fix should be ready

Sep 26

Teresa “Terri” Magnus, … Rob Beezer17

Sep 25

Geogebra interactive needs toolbar

On 9/24/23 19:51, 'Teresa “Terri” Magnus' via PreTeXt support wrote: > Solved! Yahoo! I

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Geogebra interactive needs toolbar

On 9/24/23 19:51, 'Teresa “Terri” Magnus' via PreTeXt support wrote: > Solved! Yahoo! I

Sep 25

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