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David Austin, … Rob Beezer8

Jun 28

including verbatim XML

I make that mistake *all the time*. Note to self: have the preprocessor supply the #input when #

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including verbatim XML

I make that mistake *all the time*. Note to self: have the preprocessor supply the #input when #

Jun 28

Bruce Yoshiwara, … Alex Jordan12

Jun 25

Weirdness with \cancel command

It's possibly at the intersection of Firefox and MathJax as a bug where MathJax calculates the

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Weirdness with \cancel command

It's possibly at the intersection of Firefox and MathJax as a bug where MathJax calculates the

Jun 25

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer3

Jun 25

Excessive indentation in LaTeX/PDF for dl with short title

Thanks Rob. I'm going to leave it and see if Greg notices. On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 9:43 am 'Rob

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Excessive indentation in LaTeX/PDF for dl with short title

Thanks Rob. I'm going to leave it and see if Greg notices. On Tue, Jun 25, 2024, 9:43 am 'Rob

Jun 25

Geoffrey Cox, … Rob Beezer12

Jun 24

Reading Questions and Table of Contents

Thanks for looking at this. > In Scenario 2, does your "section 2" subsection have a

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Reading Questions and Table of Contents

Thanks for looking at this. > In Scenario 2, does your "section 2" subsection have a

Jun 24

John Estes Math, Steven Clontz12

Jun 21

sageplot not rendering in codespaces

Thanks, Steven! You're the best. On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 2:16:13 PM UTC-5 steven...@gmail.com

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sageplot not rendering in codespaces

Thanks, Steven! You're the best. On Friday, June 21, 2024 at 2:16:13 PM UTC-5 steven...@gmail.com

Jun 21

xia willy, Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jun 17

TWO Questions--one for example/specialbox;;another for html insert

It sounds like you meant to post a link to an example, but may have forgotten to do so. I'm not

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TWO Questions--one for example/specialbox;;another for html insert

It sounds like you meant to post a link to an example, but may have forgotten to do so. I'm not

Jun 17

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Michael Doob5

Jun 16

Missing character warning in PDF build

In my case it was some poorly implemented TikZ macros. On Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 10:16 am Michael Doob

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Missing character warning in PDF build

In my case it was some poorly implemented TikZ macros. On Sun, Jun 16, 2024, 10:16 am Michael Doob

Jun 16

bra...@dickinson.edu, … D. Brian Walton6

Jun 14

Is it possible to use a prior answer in a new exercise?

This sounds promising! I'll keep my eye's open for the PR.

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Is it possible to use a prior answer in a new exercise?

This sounds promising! I'll keep my eye's open for the PR.

Jun 14

bra...@dickinson.edu, Rob Beezer4

Jun 13

404 on xref to an individual exercise

On 6/13/24 08:25, bra...@dickinson.edu wrote: > Do I understand correctly that this implies that a

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404 on xref to an individual exercise

On 6/13/24 08:25, bra...@dickinson.edu wrote: > Do I understand correctly that this implies that a

Jun 13

Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jun 12

Overview of Asymptote by Jim Hefferon

One should, of course, ignore the part about hard-coding the output format to PDF. Jim clearly has in

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Overview of Asymptote by Jim Hefferon

One should, of course, ignore the part about hard-coding the output format to PDF. Jim clearly has in

Jun 12

budb...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer10

Jun 12

Period at the end of a split equation

Rob, If you're suggesting that I take this project on myself, I'd be happy to do so. It's

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Period at the end of a split equation

Rob, If you're suggesting that I take this project on myself, I'd be happy to do so. It's

Jun 12

Teresa “Terri” Magnus, Rob Beezer2

Jun 10

Figures knolling in exercises and being reported as problems

Please copy the new error message exactly, as a first step in giving all of us enough information to

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Figures knolling in exercises and being reported as problems

Please copy the new error message exactly, as a first step in giving all of us enough information to

Jun 10

Jiří Lebl, … Rob Beezer10

Jun 6

inline exercises in introduction subsection not showing up in HTML

Dear Jiri, Thanks for your patience, I've been away for a while, but had this one on my mind.

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inline exercises in introduction subsection not showing up in HTML

Dear Jiri, Thanks for your patience, I've been away for a while, but had this one on my mind.

Jun 6

Joseph DiMuro, … Rob Beezer16

Jun 6

single page HTML with the newest CLI

On 6/4/24 13:31, Alex Jordan wrote: > I think it may be something to fix with pretext that the

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single page HTML with the newest CLI

On 6/4/24 13:31, Alex Jordan wrote: > I think it may be something to fix with pretext that the

Jun 6

Sean Fitzpatrick2

Jun 6

MathJax font size control

OK, it seems that one can do: \scriptstyle\text{some text}\displaystyle for display math, and \

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MathJax font size control

OK, it seems that one can do: \scriptstyle\text{some text}\displaystyle for display math, and \

Jun 6

Mark Fitch, Alex Jordan3

Jun 4

tabular with colspan="3"

If I understand the documentation correctly (https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/topic-tabular.

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tabular with colspan="3"

If I understand the documentation correctly (https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/topic-tabular.

Jun 4

Adam Gilbert, … Steven Clontz6

Jun 4

Correct way to Collaborate via Codespaces

Hi Steven, Thanks for this as well. I'm excited to read through more of this book! Cheers, --Adam

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Correct way to Collaborate via Codespaces

Hi Steven, Thanks for this as well. I'm excited to read through more of this book! Cheers, --Adam

Jun 4

Manuel Valera, … Rob Beezer10

Jun 4

JSXGraph version

Thanks, Jeff and OScar, for the reminders. Oscar - I will put out a notice on -announce, and you

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JSXGraph version

Thanks, Jeff and OScar, for the reminders. Oscar - I will put out a notice on -announce, and you

Jun 4

Scott F Beaver, … kcri...@gmail.com5

May 28

Too long between git pulls; lost functionality

Generating HTML now requires using the. pretext/pretext script, at least. It will place CSS that will

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Too long between git pulls; lost functionality

Generating HTML now requires using the. pretext/pretext script, at least. It will place CSS that will

May 28

Celine Latulipe, Andrew Scholer5

May 21

datafile not being built in Runestone text

I figured out the issue. I didn't have a datafile attribute in the activecode. Celine On Monday,

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datafile not being built in Runestone text

I figured out the issue. I didn't have a datafile attribute in the activecode. Celine On Monday,

May 21

OHappyDay, … Donkiss Zidane5

May 17

Print build throws error

Buy Albino Penis Envy Mushrooms, or “APE,” is a genetically isolated, non-pigmented strain of the

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Print build throws error

Buy Albino Penis Envy Mushrooms, or “APE,” is a genetically isolated, non-pigmented strain of the

May 17

Sam Macdonald, … Oscar Levin9

May 17

Pretext CSS not loading in html web build

If I remember correctly, this was an issue with the _static folder being ignored by github pages

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Pretext CSS not loading in html web build

If I remember correctly, this was an issue with the _static folder being ignored by github pages

May 17

Mitch Keller, Andrew Scholer2

May 15

Issues with Worksheet Print Formatting (CSS?)

Mitch - If you are looking for a short-term fix, you can try deleting these lines from pretext_add_on

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Issues with Worksheet Print Formatting (CSS?)

Mitch - If you are looking for a short-term fix, you can try deleting these lines from pretext_add_on

May 15

Bruce Yoshiwara, … Steven Clontz11

May 15

Can I get a MathJax extension to work in LaTeX?

Unburying this to share a cludgy solution to get integer long division in a PreTeXt document suitable

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Can I get a MathJax extension to work in LaTeX?

Unburying this to share a cludgy solution to get integer long division in a PreTeXt document suitable

May 15

Sean Fitzpatrick

May 14

I know that for exercises, there was a push last year to get rid of ol/li in and replace it with task

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I know that for exercises, there was a push last year to get rid of ol/li in and replace it with task

May 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer9

May 11

Utility for label addition?

Admittedly, the timing without adding labels to each latex-image and asymptote is about the same.

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Utility for label addition?

Admittedly, the timing without adding labels to each latex-image and asymptote is about the same.

May 11

Stephan Boltzmann, Alex Jordan4

May 9

Inclusion of WebWork Problems

Thanks, I had not understand the meaning of the term "local" properly in this context. This

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Inclusion of WebWork Problems

Thanks, I had not understand the meaning of the term "local" properly in this context. This

May 9

Stephan Boltzmann, … Rob Beezer8

May 9

Interactive exercises: Evaluate answer with Sage

On 5/6/24 05:42, Stephan Boltzmann wrote: > I'm afraid I might have to ask further questions

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Interactive exercises: Evaluate answer with Sage

On 5/6/24 05:42, Stephan Boltzmann wrote: > I'm afraid I might have to ask further questions

May 9

Samuel Lubliner, Rob Beezer2

May 9

Subtitle placement

Dear Samuel, There is no real supported way to make this happen. We do have some ways to sneak in a

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Subtitle placement

Dear Samuel, There is no real supported way to make this happen. We do have some ways to sneak in a

May 9

Steven Clontz, … Rob Beezer16

May 8

ol cols="2" of images

Thanks for the catch and the discussion, and thanks to Andrew for the change. Pull request has been

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ol cols="2" of images

Thanks for the catch and the discussion, and thanks to Andrew for the change. Pull request has been

May 8

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