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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

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin4

Nov 5

PreTeXt upgrade on Windows failing -- lxml error

Installing lxml first didn't help. I don't see any references to visual studio on my PATH. (I

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PreTeXt upgrade on Windows failing -- lxml error

Installing lxml first didn't help. I don't see any references to visual studio on my PATH. (I

Nov 5

Chrissy Safranski, … David Austin5

Nov 1

Slideshow theme and landing page

It feels like "index.html" is the right choice. Thanks, Oscar. On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 4:39

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Slideshow theme and landing page

It feels like "index.html" is the right choice. Thanks, Oscar. On Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at 4:39

Nov 1

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Andrew Scholer11

Nov 1

Buggy behaviour in Runestone Parsons problems

I think I found the issue: https://github.com/RunestoneInteractive/rs/pull/1050 On Friday, October 31

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Buggy behaviour in Runestone Parsons problems

I think I found the issue: https://github.com/RunestoneInteractive/rs/pull/1050 On Friday, October 31

Nov 1

Eugene Boman, … Oscar Levin7

Oct 26

CLI script includes Github Access Tokens

Hi Bud, Very odd. I am guessing that github has a permissions problem for your current authentication

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CLI script includes Github Access Tokens

Hi Bud, Very odd. I am guessing that github has a permissions problem for your current authentication

Oct 26

Juan Carlos Bustamante, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Oct 24

Jupyter notebook from Worksheet?

Jupyter conversion is not really working at the moment, I think. You still need xsltproc, I think. I

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Jupyter notebook from Worksheet?

Jupyter conversion is not really working at the moment, I think. You still need xsltproc, I think. I

Oct 24

Mark Fitch, … Rob Beezer4

Oct 23

PreTeXt for tests

Dear Mark, I was going to say the "small documents" folks would be interested in this. But

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PreTeXt for tests

Dear Mark, I was going to say the "small documents" folks would be interested in this. But

Oct 23

Corrin Clarkson, Rob Beezer2

Oct 23

Aligned equations displayed line by line in HTML slide show

Dear Corrin, Thanks for your message and interest in slideshows. Short answer: no, you can't do

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Aligned equations displayed line by line in HTML slide show

Dear Corrin, Thanks for your message and interest in slideshows. Short answer: no, you can't do

Oct 23

David Racicot, Oscar Levin2

Oct 15

Build failure on Windows - "cannot locate executable with configuration name node"

Hi David, A recent change the PreTeXt is likely trying to build a new theme for the HTML. I'm

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Build failure on Windows - "cannot locate executable with configuration name node"

Hi David, A recent change the PreTeXt is likely trying to build a new theme for the HTML. I'm

Oct 15

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Chrissy Safranski17

Oct 15

WeBWorK debugging

I agree with your thought, Alex. I guess the visual difference might help drive it home that they

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WeBWorK debugging

I agree with your thought, Alex. I guess the visual difference might help drive it home that they

Oct 15

Bruce Yoshiwara, Oscar Levin3

Oct 9

can't view html document: process no longer exists (pid=15308)

Thanks, deleting the ~/.ptx folder did the trick. On Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 4:10:54 PM UTC-7

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can't view html document: process no longer exists (pid=15308)

Thanks, deleting the ~/.ptx folder did the trick. On Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 4:10:54 PM UTC-7

Oct 9

phario, Rob Beezer2

Oct 9

LaTeX gif conversion

If an animated GIF is being used to convey some information (via an animation), then a "still

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LaTeX gif conversion

If an animated GIF is being used to convey some information (via an animation), then a "still

Oct 9

Zane Hutchens, Andrew Scholer2

Oct 8

Dynamic random coding questions?

The closest analog would be to use random values in a unit test for a program. The prompt to the user

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Dynamic random coding questions?

The closest analog would be to use random values in a unit test for a program. The prompt to the user

Oct 8

phario, Oscar Levin3

Oct 7

Bug in converting to latex with \noindent?

An <answer> is not a valid element in a list. To use <answer>, you need to be inside an

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Bug in converting to latex with \noindent?

An <answer> is not a valid element in a list. To use <answer>, you need to be inside an

Oct 7

Adam Smith, Rob Beezer2

Oct 4

xref without link

It makes some sense. ;-) But I have to point out that if you were not explicitly hiding numbers on

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xref without link

It makes some sense. ;-) But I have to point out that if you were not explicitly hiding numbers on

Oct 4

Mike May (mikemaysj), Sean Fitzpatrick2

Oct 1

Capturing LaTeX code

You can have a build target where the output format is latex and you'll get the .tex file and all

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Capturing LaTeX code

You can have a build target where the output format is latex and you'll get the .tex file and all

Oct 1

Sean Fitzpatrick, Chrissy Safranski3

Sep 27

Math not rendering in Runestone peer instruction

I made an issue about this a little bit ago, and today Brad said he fixed it! https://github.com/

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Math not rendering in Runestone peer instruction

I made an issue about this a little bit ago, and today Brad said he fixed it! https://github.com/

Sep 27

Andrew Scholer, … David Austin6

Sep 26

PreFigure macros/reusable groups?

Rob - My main goal was something expressive that isn't a new Turing complete DSL PreFigure needs

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PreFigure macros/reusable groups?

Rob - My main goal was something expressive that isn't a new Turing complete DSL PreFigure needs

Sep 26

Thomas Judson, … Andrew Scholer7

Sep 24

judsonbooks.org

Success! .nojekyll needs to be in the root. Many Thanks! Tom On 24 Sep 2025, at 18:41, Andrew Scholer

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judsonbooks.org

Success! .nojekyll needs to be in the root. Many Thanks! Tom On 24 Sep 2025, at 18:41, Andrew Scholer

Sep 24

Alex Jordan, David Austin2

Sep 21

having trouble making prefigure PDFs

Hi Alex, I cloned your repository and made a print version with those two commands, which makes me

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having trouble making prefigure PDFs

Hi Alex, I cloned your repository and made a print version with those two commands, which makes me

Sep 21

rhutch...@gmail.com, … Andrew Scholer6

Sep 19

HTML not showing PreTeXtformatting

Thanks for looking into this, Andrew. Yes, I realized those folders needed to be added to the drive.

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HTML not showing PreTeXtformatting

Thanks for looking into this, Andrew. Yes, I realized those folders needed to be added to the drive.

Sep 19

Sean Fitzpatrick, Charilaos Skiadas2

Sep 17

PreTeXt on Runestone on Safari

I'm a few Safari/iOS versions behind so this may be outdated, but: On Safari if you open the

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PreTeXt on Runestone on Safari

I'm a few Safari/iOS versions behind so this may be outdated, but: On Safari if you open the

Sep 17

David Austin, … Andrew Scholer5

Sep 11

mathjax in dark mode

Thanks for this report. Changing to CHTML fixed the problem, and I have a happy colleague. Also, the

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mathjax in dark mode

Thanks for this report. Changing to CHTML fixed the problem, and I have a happy colleague. Also, the

Sep 11

phario, … Oscar Levin6

Sep 8

xref autocomplete in VSCode

My only guess looking at your settings is that there might be a conflict with the VIM stuff. You can

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xref autocomplete in VSCode

My only guess looking at your settings is that there might be a conflict with the VIM stuff. You can

Sep 8

phario, … David W. Farmer8

Sep 3

Title page elements

Hi, Ah, many thanks. I'm starting to understand. Thanks for explaining the situation. I did try

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Title page elements

Hi, Ah, many thanks. I'm starting to understand. Thanks for explaining the situation. I did try

Sep 3

rhutch...@gmail.com, Rob Beezer7

Aug 30

YouTube playback in PDF

Now 8 AM - 10 AM Pacific. There is a regular announcement on "pretext-announce" with each

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YouTube playback in PDF

Now 8 AM - 10 AM Pacific. There is a regular announcement on "pretext-announce" with each

Aug 30

Tevian Dray, … Rob Beezer13

Aug 30

SVG tooltips and links

> Well, Andrew said 'parse="text"' and I got it reversed. ... and I probably

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SVG tooltips and links

> Well, Andrew said 'parse="text"' and I got it reversed. ... and I probably

Aug 30

phario, … Rob Beezer6

Aug 29

Modifying the HTML header

> Everything in latex has been hacked, if not via a package (say for altering headers, page

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Modifying the HTML header

> Everything in latex has been hacked, if not via a package (say for altering headers, page

Aug 29

Douglas Lapp, … Rob Beezer6

Aug 29

placing an image inline with text

Aah, an icon that looks like a key on a keyboard. We do that. Subsection just prior to the one I sent

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placing an image inline with text

Aah, an icon that looks like a key on a keyboard. We do that. Subsection just prior to the one I sent

Aug 29

Adam Smith, David W. Farmer2

Aug 26

<ul> columns inside <aside>

You get fewer columns than requested when the space is too narrow. As asides are narrow, I'd say

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<ul> columns inside <aside>

You get fewer columns than requested when the space is too narrow. As asides are narrow, I'd say

Aug 26

phario, … Charilaos Skiadas4

Aug 26

Are matrix commands broken?

Hi, Thanks for this. I guess Sec 3.14 is discussing the use of & in regular text mode. So I guess

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Are matrix commands broken?

Hi, Thanks for this. I guess Sec 3.14 is discussing the use of & in regular text mode. So I guess

Aug 26

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