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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

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

Cuyler Warnock, … kcri...@gmail.com4

Jan 29

How to include Tex code in latex-image using source

On Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 8:42:48 AM UTC-5 cuyler...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you very much! I

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How to include Tex code in latex-image using source

On Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 8:42:48 AM UTC-5 cuyler...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you very much! I

Jan 29

Michael Shulman, … Cuyler Warnock5

Jan 29

Re: [pretext-announce] [NEW] Printouts (worksheets and handouts) headers, footers, and more

Even with setting the workspace to true, some of the solutions, especially those having graphs, ran

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Re: [pretext-announce] [NEW] Printouts (worksheets and handouts) headers, footers, and more

Even with setting the workspace to true, some of the solutions, especially those having graphs, ran

Jan 29

Hunter Lehmann, … D. Brian Walton5

Jan 26

dynamic fill-in exercise allowed operations

Brian, Thanks - this was very helpful and I was able to get it to work by this method! For posterity,

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dynamic fill-in exercise allowed operations

Brian, Thanks - this was very helpful and I was able to get it to work by this method! For posterity,

Jan 26

Drew Lewis, David Austin6

Jan 26

Prefigure arrow color

Thanks for this report, Drew. I'll let you know once diagcess is updated in PreTeXt. Your form of

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Prefigure arrow color

Thanks for this report, Drew. I'll let you know once diagcess is updated in PreTeXt. Your form of

Jan 26

Aaron Greicius, … Alex Jordan9

Jan 21

generate webwork user error

Forgot to thank Alex too. Thanks! Aaron Greicius Professor of Instruction Department of Mathematics

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generate webwork user error

Forgot to thank Alex too. Thanks! Aaron Greicius Professor of Instruction Department of Mathematics

Jan 21

Sean Fitzpatrick, Andrew Scholer4

Jan 16

Bug in caption placement? Or mistake by me?

Sure, I'll add an issue. I am seeing this in APEX as well, but not everywhere, so it's hard

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Bug in caption placement? Or mistake by me?

Sure, I'll add an issue. I am seeing this in APEX as well, but not everywhere, so it's hard

Jan 16

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan14

Jan 16

Answers in a scaffolded WeBWorK problem are getting mixed up

I think I've got this sorted out now. There was indeed a bug in the one problem, but for the rest

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Answers in a scaffolded WeBWorK problem are getting mixed up

I think I've got this sorted out now. There was indeed a bug in the one problem, but for the rest

Jan 16

Matthew Leingang

Jan 14

PreTeXt project in subdirectory of git repository

Hi everybody, I have a PreTeXt project in a subdirectory of a github repository, and I'm having

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PreTeXt project in subdirectory of git repository

Hi everybody, I have a PreTeXt project in a subdirectory of a github repository, and I'm having

Jan 14

Michael Shulman, … Rob Beezer6

Jan 12

mathematical expressions as tasks

On 1/12/26 14:41, Alex Jordan wrote: > Note that if you have nested cases, you can still put \text

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mathematical expressions as tasks

On 1/12/26 14:41, Alex Jordan wrote: > Note that if you have nested cases, you can still put \text

Jan 12

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