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Support forum for the PreTeXt authoring system. Subscribe if you want to give or get help using PreTeXt. PreTeXt is an uncomplicated XML vocabulary for authors of research articles, textbooks, and monographs. More at pretextbook.org. The PreTeXt development forum is at visit groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-dev. The PreTeXt announcements list is at groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/pretext-announce.

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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, … Rob Beezer21

2:48 PM

General matching problems on Runestone

Thanks, Brad, for the work on this one. And I've pushed an example, with an #image in the #

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General matching problems on Runestone

Thanks, Brad, for the work on this one. And I've pushed an example, with an #image in the #

2:48 PM

Peter Seibel, … Rob Beezer3

2:19 PM

Embedding some meta data in my document

Andrew's suggestion of using version support is a great one. On 5/20/25 10:37, Peter Seibel wrote

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Embedding some meta data in my document

Andrew's suggestion of using version support is a great one. On 5/20/25 10:37, Peter Seibel wrote

2:19 PM

Peter Seibel, … Andrew Scholer5

May 19

--watch option doesn't exist?

Assuming you are using the CLI, you can use the -x flag to specify a subtree. See: pretext build --

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--watch option doesn't exist?

Assuming you are using the CLI, you can use the -x flag to specify a subtree. See: pretext build --

May 19

Taran Funk, … D. Brian Walton10

May 19

PreFigure in Exercise

Issue created: #2516 I will start a more technical thread on pretext-dev. - Brian On Mon, May 19,

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PreFigure in Exercise

Issue created: #2516 I will start a more technical thread on pretext-dev. - Brian On Mon, May 19,

May 19

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer5

May 17

Question about XSL for static true/false

Rob: I think I am satisfied enough with the simple fix of swapping the two lines in the stylesheet

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Question about XSL for static true/false

Rob: I think I am satisfied enough with the simple fix of swapping the two lines in the stylesheet

May 17

Taran Funk, Rob Beezer4

May 17

Side by Side Multiple Choice Answers?

I've now figured out what you meant by "make an issue for it". I put it there for

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Side by Side Multiple Choice Answers?

I've now figured out what you meant by "make an issue for it". I put it there for

May 17

Taran Funk, … Sean Fitzpatrick4

May 16

PreFigure Randomization

No worries, thanks for you response! I'll go with WeBWork or similar solution. On May 16, 2025,

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PreFigure Randomization

No worries, thanks for you response! I'll go with WeBWork or similar solution. On May 16, 2025,

May 16

Sean Fitzpatrick, … D. Brian Walton8

May 15

Fill-in string answers

Thanks, I'll give that a try. On Thu, May 15, 2025, 1:36 pm D. Brian Walton <dbrianwalton@

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Fill-in string answers

Thanks, I'll give that a try. On Thu, May 15, 2025, 1:36 pm D. Brian Walton <dbrianwalton@

May 15

Taran Funk, D. Brian Walton3

May 15

Dynamic Fill in Random variables

Yes, this will do it! Thanks for your help! On Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 12:52:49 PM UTC-6 dbrian...@

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Dynamic Fill in Random variables

Yes, this will do it! Thanks for your help! On Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 12:52:49 PM UTC-6 dbrian...@

May 15

Adam Towsley, Andrew Scholer2

May 14

embedded lists misaligned

I think we could change the margin-top on list items to a margin bottom: https://github.com/

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embedded lists misaligned

I think we could change the margin-top on list items to a margin bottom: https://github.com/

May 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan4

May 14

Can I hide a WeBWorK table in static?

Note that with modern PG-within-PTX, you don't need or want that sidebyside wrapper around the

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Can I hide a WeBWorK table in static?

Note that with modern PG-within-PTX, you don't need or want that sidebyside wrapper around the

May 14

Jan Pearce, … Oscar Levin4

May 14

Best conversion approach for PreTeXt in 2025?

The pandoc to pretext converter is likely still the best bet for trying to convert something from

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Best conversion approach for PreTeXt in 2025?

The pandoc to pretext converter is likely still the best bet for trying to convert something from

May 14

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer3

May 13

Rename reading questions

Huh. Thanks. I'll try again. On Tue, May 13, 2025, 8:36 pm 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

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Rename reading questions

Huh. Thanks. I'll try again. On Tue, May 13, 2025, 8:36 pm 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

May 13

Sean Fitzpatrick, Oscar Levin5

May 13

CLI Caching and branches

All regular images have hard coded labels. New images are external assets. One thing I didn't

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CLI Caching and branches

All regular images have hard coded labels. New images are external assets. One thing I didn't

May 13

Sean Fitzpatrick

May 12

WeBWorK processing: halt on error

When building a project containing WeBWorK using the CLI, if an exercise containing a WeBWorK problem

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WeBWorK processing: halt on error

When building a project containing WeBWorK using the CLI, if an exercise containing a WeBWorK problem

May 12

Andrew Scholer, … Charilaos Skiadas4

May 9

CLI Appears to enter infinite loop during build

Thank you both. Build with pretext/pretext works fine. It appears I may just not have not been

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CLI Appears to enter infinite loop during build

Thank you both. Build with pretext/pretext works fine. It appears I may just not have not been

May 9

Sean Fitzpatrick

May 9

VSCode: tag completion help

On a newer computer, I am having trouble getting some of the features in VSCode to work the way I am

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VSCode: tag completion help

On a newer computer, I am having trouble getting some of the features in VSCode to work the way I am

May 9

Charilaos Skiadas

May 7

Images from external sources?

Hello all, I'm hoping there is a simple answer to this, but looking through the guide I couldn

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Images from external sources?

Hello all, I'm hoping there is a simple answer to this, but looking through the guide I couldn

May 7

Paul Emigh, Andrew Scholer5

May 5

Thanks a lot, Andrew! That got it to build on my new computer without any errors! --Paul Paul J.

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Thanks a lot, Andrew! That got it to build on my new computer without any errors! --Paul Paul J.

May 5

Chrissy Safranski, … Rob Beezer14

May 2

Using Runestone: feature requests and bug fixes

On 5/2/25 08:37, Mitch Keller wrote: > I might have badly communicated to Jacob what I was hoping

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Using Runestone: feature requests and bug fixes

On 5/2/25 08:37, Mitch Keller wrote: > I might have badly communicated to Jacob what I was hoping

May 2

JACOB DENSON, David Austin4

May 2

Docker Container Issues

Hi Jacob, I locally built a docker container from oscarlevin/pretext:small this morning and both

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Docker Container Issues

Hi Jacob, I locally built a docker container from oscarlevin/pretext:small this morning and both

May 2

Sean Fitzpatrick, Andrew Scholer3

Apr 28

Building theme failed

That was the issue, thanks. Slightly annoying that a new computer would ship with such an old version

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Building theme failed

That was the issue, thanks. Slightly annoying that a new computer would ship with such an old version

Apr 28

Mark Fitch, Rob Beezer2

Apr 23

Chemical reactions

I'd love to have somebody write a full-on chemistry textbook with PreTeXt. Came close once with a

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Chemical reactions

I'd love to have somebody write a full-on chemistry textbook with PreTeXt. Came close once with a

Apr 23

Tevian Dray, … Andrew Scholer6

Apr 19

Possible bug: GeoGebra applet inside activity hint

I got a chance to check this out. Not appearing in older browsers: Calling ggbApplet.reset() Appears

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Possible bug: GeoGebra applet inside activity hint

I got a chance to check this out. Not appearing in older browsers: Calling ggbApplet.reset() Appears

Apr 19

David Austin, Rob Beezer7

Apr 18

interactive questions

Thanks. I'm in business now! On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

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interactive questions

Thanks. I'm in business now! On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM 'Rob Beezer' via PreTeXt

Apr 18

Douglas Lapp, D. Brian Walton6

Apr 16

Doug, Were you originally trying to directly use a ggb file? If that doesn't work, let us know

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Doug, Were you originally trying to directly use a ggb file? If that doesn't work, let us know

Apr 16

Chrissy Safranski, Rob Beezer3

Apr 15

making columns wider in tabular in worksheet

Hi Rob, I thought about whether tabular was even the right element semantically, and I convinced

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making columns wider in tabular in worksheet

Hi Rob, I thought about whether tabular was even the right element semantically, and I convinced

Apr 15

ljmi...@hawaii.edu, … Oscar Levin7

Apr 10

Can't install Sage after update from [Change] PreTeXt in GitHub codespaces

It worked! Deployment worked after update to 2.17.1 Thank you! On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 9:48:16

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Can't install Sage after update from [Change] PreTeXt in GitHub codespaces

It worked! Deployment worked after update to 2.17.1 Thank you! On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 9:48:16

Apr 10

Drew Lewis, … Rob Beezer3

Apr 8

Recent css changes to typesetting of tasks?

Oscar's change is now merged. Thanks for waiting patiently. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

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Recent css changes to typesetting of tasks?

Oscar's change is now merged. Thanks for waiting patiently. https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/

Apr 8

JACOB DENSON, … Sean Fitzpatrick5

Apr 3

Appearance of <aside> in Print version of document

Sorry for the long response time. Here's the current way that an aside is printed in a worksheet

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Appearance of <aside> in Print version of document

Sorry for the long response time. Here's the current way that an aside is printed in a worksheet

Apr 3

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