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J David Eisenberg, Oscar Levin4

Mar 28

Building solutions manual

The second option worked; thanks. On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:03:14 PM UTC-7 oscar...@gmail.com

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Building solutions manual

The second option worked; thanks. On Monday, March 27, 2023 at 10:03:14 PM UTC-7 oscar...@gmail.com

Mar 28

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … kcri...@gmail.com4

Mar 22

sage global options

Rather than something like a "sage.init" file somewhere, I think I would prefer mirroring

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sage global options

Rather than something like a "sage.init" file somewhere, I think I would prefer mirroring

Mar 22

Mark Fitch, … Rob Beezer3

Mar 21

Deleted directory error

Oscar's PR at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/1960 just got merged, and should

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Deleted directory error

Oscar's PR at https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/pull/1960 just got merged, and should

Mar 21

Georg Loho, Rob Beezer3

Mar 19

GFDL Requirements

Should be fixed now. Just for LaTeX. That code was 8.5 years old, displaying just a touch of naivete.

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GFDL Requirements

Should be fixed now. Just for LaTeX. That code was 8.5 years old, displaying just a touch of naivete.

Mar 19

Petra Bonfert-Taylor, … David W. Farmer6

Mar 17

feedback button

The search is currently tuned to the textbook use case. We (meaning, I) am supposed to have the

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feedback button

The search is currently tuned to the textbook use case. We (meaning, I) am supposed to have the

Mar 17

Alex Jordan, David W. Farmer2

Mar 16

vertical space before first task

Probably a specific situation which had not been styled. It is now. On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, Alex Jordan

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vertical space before first task

Probably a specific situation which had not been styled. It is now. On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, Alex Jordan

Mar 16

Sean Fitzpatrick, … GVSU Open Education Resources7

Mar 15

Sundstrom book in PreTeXt catalogue

If I recall correctly, there is a nice set of screencast videos to accompany the book. Although it

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Sundstrom book in PreTeXt catalogue

If I recall correctly, there is a nice set of screencast videos to accompany the book. Although it

Mar 15

Mark Fitch, … BRUCE YOSHIWARA6

Mar 14

Webwork/Tikz error

The issue with generating the tikz image is also resolved. There was a local server issue. On 3/14/

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Webwork/Tikz error

The issue with generating the tikz image is also resolved. There was a local server issue. On 3/14/

Mar 14

Mark Fitch, Rob Beezer4

Mar 13

New error for PreTeXt with MOM

On 3/13/23 16:41, Mark Fitch wrote: > That problem is now resolved. Great - thanks. That *was* a

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New error for PreTeXt with MOM

On 3/13/23 16:41, Mark Fitch wrote: > That problem is now resolved. Great - thanks. That *was* a

Mar 13

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan7

Mar 11

Best practice for books using modified WeBWorK OPL problems

I would want any valid basis to work, although I am generally defaulting to how the problem was

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Best practice for books using modified WeBWorK OPL problems

I would want any valid basis to work, although I am generally defaulting to how the problem was

Mar 11

Bruce Yoshiwara, … Oscar Levin5

Mar 10

CLI deleting then not finding a tmp directory?

Should be fixed now if you upgrade pretext. On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:05:59 PM UTC-7 byosh...@

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CLI deleting then not finding a tmp directory?

Should be fixed now if you upgrade pretext. On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 4:05:59 PM UTC-7 byosh...@

Mar 10

Thomas Shemanske, … Oscar Levin6

Mar 10

pretext build -g failure

New CLI patch version is now available. On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 5:17:43 PM UTC-7 Rob Beezer

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pretext build -g failure

New CLI patch version is now available. On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 5:17:43 PM UTC-7 Rob Beezer

Mar 10

Chrissy Safranski, Alex Jordan4

Mar 10

WeBWorK problems re-randomizing

The idea I wanted to try does not work. I thought I could pass a value for psvn based on the id of

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WeBWorK problems re-randomizing

The idea I wanted to try does not work. I thought I could pass a value for psvn based on the id of

Mar 10

ljmi...@hawaii.edu, … Steven Clontz22

Mar 10

Error building <sageplot> images in codespaces

YAY! It works! /************************************************* * Lisa J. Miller * Assistant

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Error building <sageplot> images in codespaces

YAY! It works! /************************************************* * Lisa J. Miller * Assistant

Mar 10

David Austin, … Steven Clontz6

Mar 5

Yes, that's a nice feature. On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:45 AM Steven Clontz <steven.clontz@gmail

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Yes, that's a nice feature. On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 11:45 AM Steven Clontz <steven.clontz@gmail

Mar 5

kcri...@gmail.com, Rob Beezer4

Mar 4

description lists and URLs

> Hi: I note with some interest (and some trepidation) the new-ish behavior of > putting

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description lists and URLs

> Hi: I note with some interest (and some trepidation) the new-ish behavior of > putting

Mar 4

Sean Fitzpatrick, Alex Jordan17

Feb 27

Modifying WeBWorK library problems that are not PreTeXt-compatible

OK, thanks. I will probably leave things as-is for now, since the audience for this book should be

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Modifying WeBWorK library problems that are not PreTeXt-compatible

OK, thanks. I will probably leave things as-is for now, since the audience for this book should be

Feb 27

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer2

Feb 24

label and xml:id

On 2/24/23 10:07, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > For a book with Runestone exercises, is there any

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label and xml:id

On 2/24/23 10:07, Sean Fitzpatrick wrote: > For a book with Runestone exercises, is there any

Feb 24

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer7

Feb 24

LaTeX \boldsymbol command no longer works in MathJax?

Adding <package>boldsymbol</package> to my <latex-preamble> seems to have done the

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LaTeX \boldsymbol command no longer works in MathJax?

Adding <package>boldsymbol</package> to my <latex-preamble> seems to have done the

Feb 24

Juan Carlos Bustamante, Rob Beezer7

Feb 23

struggling with Google analytics

Hello again, I did it, actually before my previous email. I tweaked the colors, and the colors

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struggling with Google analytics

Hello again, I did it, actually before my previous email. I tweaked the colors, and the colors

Feb 23

J David Eisenberg, … David W. Farmer9

Feb 21

Building Latex Part 2 - Infinite loop

> <sidebyside> solved the infinite loop but did not give me really great-looking results;

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Building Latex Part 2 - Infinite loop

> <sidebyside> solved the infinite loop but did not give me really great-looking results;

Feb 21

J David Eisenberg, Rob Beezer4

Feb 21

Building Latex Part 1 - Bug without sufficient info

> Found the problem with the exercise component error; it was a <solution> that was not

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Building Latex Part 1 - Bug without sufficient info

> Found the problem with the exercise component error; it was a <solution> that was not

Feb 21

William Haynes, Rob Beezer2

Feb 19

Latex Main Font

> I learned from the developers list yesterday I was afraid of that. :-( And now it is on the

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Latex Main Font

> I learned from the developers list yesterday I was afraid of that. :-( And now it is on the

Feb 19

jsebastie...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer9

Feb 17

Error building sageplot with CLI

Fixed, and should be in CLI nightly. Thanks for the report! And thanks to Steven and Alex for the

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Error building sageplot with CLI

Fixed, and should be in CLI nightly. Thanks for the report! And thanks to Steven and Alex for the

Feb 17

Bruce Yoshiwara, … David W. Farmer17

Feb 13

two columns in <ol> inside exercise

We are in the danger zone. You did everything right: this is my problem. I looked at the CSS and can

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two columns in <ol> inside exercise

We are in the danger zone. You did everything right: this is my problem. I looked at the CSS and can

Feb 13

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Rob Beezer9

Feb 10

Translation to pt-BR

Thanks, David! It worked perfectly. Best, Alex On Feb 08 2023, David W. Farmer wrote: > > You

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Translation to pt-BR

Thanks, David! It worked perfectly. Best, Alex On Feb 08 2023, David W. Farmer wrote: > > You

Feb 10

Steven Clontz, … kcri...@gmail.com5

Feb 10

PreTeXt book for operations research?

> Which publisher, in this case, was able to... This is something the PROSE project is looking

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PreTeXt book for operations research?

> Which publisher, in this case, was able to... This is something the PROSE project is looking

Feb 10

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … Sean Fitzpatrick5

Feb 8

Excluding WeBWork exercises from a build

Below the directories tag, add <version include=""/> to omit the webwork exercises,

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Excluding WeBWork exercises from a build

Below the directories tag, add <version include=""/> to omit the webwork exercises,

Feb 8

Juan Carlos Bustamante, … Steven Clontz14

Feb 6

Build process is stuck

Hello again, I figured out how to install a previous version, but that gave lots of errors. In any

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Build process is stuck

Hello again, I figured out how to install a previous version, but that gave lots of errors. In any

Feb 6

Valerio Monti, Oscar Levin3

Feb 3

Cross references in Pretext-tools

Thank you Oscar, I will try to disable the warnings. All the best Il giorno venerdì 3 febbraio 2023

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Cross references in Pretext-tools

Thank you Oscar, I will try to disable the warnings. All the best Il giorno venerdì 3 febbraio 2023

Feb 3

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