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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

Mitch Keller, … David Austin3

Sep 10

PreFigure problem placing labels

Mitch, try "prefig init" and then rebuild. I need to add a catch for this. On Thu, Sep 10,

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PreFigure problem placing labels

Mitch, try "prefig init" and then rebuild. I need to add a catch for this. On Thu, Sep 10,

Sep 10

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … Rob Beezer9

Sep 10

3D sageplot static PNG quality (missing labels, etc.) — known workaround?

Hello Bob, Sage, called by pretext exports that poor .png figure. I did not modify my sage code

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3D sageplot static PNG quality (missing labels, etc.) — known workaround?

Hello Bob, Sage, called by pretext exports that poor .png figure. I did not modify my sage code

Sep 10

Sep 9

Readaloud bug with ol?

A colleague had a bunch of solutions in LaTeX that I converted to PreTeXt last winter so that folks

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Readaloud bug with ol?

A colleague had a bunch of solutions in LaTeX that I converted to PreTeXt last winter so that folks

Sep 9

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin3

Sep 7

Embed with navigation

Ok, thanks. I don't like a single page because I want students to be able to select the section

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Embed with navigation

Ok, thanks. I don't like a single page because I want students to be able to select the section

Sep 7

Sean Fitzpatrick, Juan Carlos Bustamante4

Sep 5

External images in local pg

Right. The use case here was originally, the author (not me) had a webwork folder containing pg files

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External images in local pg

Right. The use case here was originally, the author (not me) had a webwork folder containing pg files

Sep 5

Mark Fitch, … David Austin12

Sep 4

Another prefigure error

That fixed it. On 9/4/2026 11:45 AM, David Austin wrote: Try saying "prefig init" On Fri,

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Another prefigure error

That fixed it. On 9/4/2026 11:45 AM, David Austin wrote: Try saying "prefig init" On Fri,

Sep 4

Francesca Gandini, Steven Clontz3

Sep 4

Fixing deployment from an old setup

PS: The other thing needed was to fix the setting on GitHub pages to deploy from the gh-pages branch

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Fixing deployment from an old setup

PS: The other thing needed was to fix the setting on GitHub pages to deploy from the gh-pages branch

Sep 4

arech...@gmail.com, … Oscar Levin9

Sep 4

entities? problem

CLI version 2.52.3 has the fix. On Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 5:55:34 PM UTC-6 Rob Beezer wrote:

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entities? problem

CLI version 2.52.3 has the fix. On Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 5:55:34 PM UTC-6 Rob Beezer wrote:

Sep 4

Barbara Ericson, Sean Fitzpatrick6

Sep 2

How to have hidden content - was working, but is not now - did something change?

I just checked and it is working. Perhaps I had some other error before in my source. On Friday,

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How to have hidden content - was working, but is not now - did something change?

I just checked and it is working. Perhaps I had some other error before in my source. On Friday,

Sep 2

Charles M, Rob Beezer3

Sep 1

Page geometry, font size in Beamer build

Dear Charles, Thanks for the suggestions! See the pretext-announce post to get started. Beamer

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Page geometry, font size in Beamer build

Dear Charles, Thanks for the suggestions! See the pretext-announce post to get started. Beamer

Sep 1

Rob Beezer, … Rob Beezer15

Aug 31

Re: [pretext-support] Some issues with HTML

Similar experience on my (Android) phone, since I am too lazy to migrate to my desktop after-hours.

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Re: [pretext-support] Some issues with HTML

Similar experience on my (Android) phone, since I am too lazy to migrate to my desktop after-hours.

Aug 31

Mark Fitch, … David Austin4

Aug 31

Including Prefigure as external file

Thank you both. The extra namespace declaration in the included file was the final piece. It appears

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Including Prefigure as external file

Thank you both. The extra namespace declaration in the included file was the final piece. It appears

Aug 31

John Hammond, … Sean Fitzpatrick9

Aug 29

iframe title attribute for <video> ?

When I tried including either @shortdescription or as its own tag: ``` <video youtube="

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iframe title attribute for <video> ?

When I tried including either @shortdescription or as its own tag: ``` <video youtube="

Aug 29

Kyle Monette, Oscar Levin2

Aug 28

Authored page breaks in lengthy exercises

Hi Kyle, I don't think your worksheet really needs an <introduction> at all, so just

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Authored page breaks in lengthy exercises

Hi Kyle, I don't think your worksheet really needs an <introduction> at all, so just

Aug 28

Mark Fitch, David Austin10

Aug 27

Prefigure not rendering live

Glad to hear it! On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM 'Mark Fitch' via PreTeXt support <pretext

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Prefigure not rendering live

Glad to hear it! On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 1:17 PM 'Mark Fitch' via PreTeXt support <pretext

Aug 27

David Austin, … Mitch Keller5

Aug 27

pretext deploy fails

That was my thought, but I tried a little experiment yesterday, as I work on the active-calculus-

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pretext deploy fails

That was my thought, but I tried a little experiment yesterday, as I work on the active-calculus-

Aug 27

Lenore Horner, … Sean Fitzpatrick10

Aug 26

organizing a semester's worth of slideshows

Late to this, but in case it's useful: When I used slides, I had the whole semester in one file.

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organizing a semester's worth of slideshows

Late to this, but in case it's useful: When I used slides, I had the whole semester in one file.

Aug 26

Mark Fitch, … David Austin9

Aug 25

Prefigure sizing

You're right. I should get off the fence! I also agree that consistency of the zoom experience

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Prefigure sizing

You're right. I should get off the fence! I also agree that consistency of the zoom experience

Aug 25

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … David Austin8

Aug 24

Handouts and slideshows

I wonder if PreFigure would want to produce QR codes via the Python package? Yes, I think PreFigure

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Handouts and slideshows

I wonder if PreFigure would want to produce QR codes via the Python package? Yes, I think PreFigure

Aug 24

Aaron Wangberg, … Alex Jordan11

Aug 21

Activate button action on WeBWorK problems

Maybe at some point, while we are collecting static representations for each webwork exercise, we

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Activate button action on WeBWorK problems

Maybe at some point, while we are collecting static representations for each webwork exercise, we

Aug 21

Mark Fitch, David Austin4

Aug 21

Prefigure for print: install rsvg-convert

Thanks, Mark. I've updated the installation instructions with your very helpful addition. On Thu,

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Prefigure for print: install rsvg-convert

Thanks, Mark. I've updated the installation instructions with your very helpful addition. On Thu,

Aug 21

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin3

Aug 20

Target options in project.ptx

Ok, thanks! I thought it was probably user error, but thought I'd ask just in case. On Thu, Aug

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Target options in project.ptx

Ok, thanks! I thought it was probably user error, but thought I'd ask just in case. On Thu, Aug

Aug 20

Aug 20

PreTeXt-tools feature request

PreTeXt-tools in VS is excellent! It would be helpful, though, to add a "New file..."

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PreTeXt-tools feature request

PreTeXt-tools in VS is excellent! It would be helpful, though, to add a "New file..."

Aug 20

Federico Galetto, … Oscar Levin6

Aug 18

Suppressing print preview in web

Hi Oscar! I will try to lay out where this is all coming from. I am converting old LaTeX notes where

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Suppressing print preview in web

Hi Oscar! I will try to lay out where this is all coming from. I am converting old LaTeX notes where

Aug 18

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer3

Aug 17

Adjusting styling of answers in the appendix

A lot of this comes down to "Greg wants it to look like it used to on LaTeX". In this case

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Adjusting styling of answers in the appendix

A lot of this comes down to "Greg wants it to look like it used to on LaTeX". In this case

Aug 17

Federico Galetto, … Rob Beezer10

Aug 16

Hide proofs in print

Dear Mitch, On 7/5/26 12:48, Mitch Keller wrote: > You can accomplish this using versions. How I

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Hide proofs in print

Dear Mitch, On 7/5/26 12:48, Mitch Keller wrote: > You can accomplish this using versions. How I

Aug 16

Federico Galetto, Rob Beezer5

Aug 16

Reducing the number of pages

Haha, thank you! I will try to sort everything else out first before trying anything that might make

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Reducing the number of pages

Haha, thank you! I will try to sort everything else out first before trying anything that might make

Aug 16

Federico Galetto, Rob Beezer5

Aug 16

Table of contents for each part

Yes, thank you for the clarification! Cheers, Fred On Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5:12:46 PM UTC-4 Rob

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Table of contents for each part

Yes, thank you for the clarification! Cheers, Fred On Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 5:12:46 PM UTC-4 Rob

Aug 16

Kyle Monette, Rob Beezer3

Aug 14

Alternative to <interactive> in <sidebyside>?

And I suspect #handout is not refined, even though I think I moved it out of the dev version a couple

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Alternative to <interactive> in <sidebyside>?

And I suspect #handout is not refined, even though I think I moved it out of the dev version a couple

Aug 14

Charles M, Charles M3

Aug 14

Live preview -- new, strange behaviour

I reverted PreTeXt-tools to 1.2.1, and all is well. Charles On Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 6:12:50

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Live preview -- new, strange behaviour

I reverted PreTeXt-tools to 1.2.1, and all is well. Charles On Thursday, August 13, 2026 at 6:12:50

Aug 14

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