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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

budb...@gmail.com2

1:00 PM

New identifier for "<problem>"?

Ooops! Never mind. I confused myself. -- Bud On Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 7:54:54 AM UTC-4 budb...

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New identifier for "<problem>"?

Ooops! Never mind. I confused myself. -- Bud On Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 7:54:54 AM UTC-4 budb...

1:00 PM

Benjamin Atchison, Benjamin Atchison2

11:01 AM

OER Initiative - Call for PTX Support

Hi Everyone. An update to an old post. We had 15 faculty take part in a PreTeXt working group at

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OER Initiative - Call for PTX Support

Hi Everyone. An update to an old post. We had 15 faculty take part in a PreTeXt working group at

11:01 AM

Katherine Yoshiwara, … Oscar Levin11

Sep 27

Right, everything before the first page is put on the first page. There is no way to mix page and no

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Right, everything before the first page is put on the first page. There is no way to mix page and no

Sep 27

Chrissy Safranski, Rob Beezer2

Sep 27

worksheets, tasks, numbering, xrefs

So many questions! One answer, on fone. Very early on, a list in an exercise was interpreted as what

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worksheets, tasks, numbering, xrefs

So many questions! One answer, on fone. Very early on, a list in an exercise was interpreted as what

Sep 27

Katherine Yoshiwara

Sep 26

more worksheets

Can I only get space for students to write if I call it a <task>? I want to have a graph next

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more worksheets

Can I only get space for students to write if I call it a <task>? I want to have a graph next

Sep 26

Katherine Yoshiwara

Sep 26

Authoring a worksheet

My current Activities in pdf are structured like this: Activity 1 has parts labeled (a) through

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Authoring a worksheet

My current Activities in pdf are structured like this: Activity 1 has parts labeled (a) through

Sep 26

Katherine Yoshiwara

Sep 26

how to start a worksheet

I'd like to convert my pdf Activities into worksheets, but I don't know how to start. Is each

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how to start a worksheet

I'd like to convert my pdf Activities into worksheets, but I don't know how to start. Is each

Sep 26

Suzanne Doree, … Oscar Levin6

Sep 23

Updated PreText does not recognize tikz

Okay, will do. Dr. Suzanne "Su" Dorée Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics,

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Updated PreText does not recognize tikz

Okay, will do. Dr. Suzanne "Su" Dorée Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics,

Sep 23

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … David Austin14

Sep 15

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

3D exists today for Asymptote and we can maybe cajole PreFigure to wander in that direction. Already

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

3D exists today for Asymptote and we can maybe cajole PreFigure to wander in that direction. Already

Sep 15

Charles M, … Eugene Boman15

Sep 15

Problem resolved! TeX capacity exceeded

Thanks to all concerned. Next time I report a problem I'll try to get my act together enough to

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Problem resolved! TeX capacity exceeded

Thanks to all concerned. Next time I report a problem I'll try to get my act together enough to

Sep 15

Duane Farnsworth, … Rob Beezer5

Sep 14

Problem with Table of Contents

This problem is fixed with some changes to Runestone Services, now at v 8.2.12. You can rebuild HTML

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Problem with Table of Contents

This problem is fixed with some changes to Runestone Services, now at v 8.2.12. You can rebuild HTML

Sep 14

Mitch Keller, … David Austin4

Sep 11

PreFigure problem placing labels

Confirming that fixed it. Thanks! On Sep 10, 2026, at 9:10 PM, David Austin <david.austin.m@gmail.

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PreFigure problem placing labels

Confirming that fixed it. Thanks! On Sep 10, 2026, at 9:10 PM, David Austin <david.austin.m@gmail.

Sep 11

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

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