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Aaron Wong, … Rob Beezer36

Sep 19

Subsections Within a Project-Like Environment

Hello Rob - Thanks! I was, in fact, being very dense about what you were suggesting. I was looking

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Subsections Within a Project-Like Environment

Hello Rob - Thanks! I was, in fact, being very dense about what you were suggesting. I was looking

Sep 19

Courtney Gibbons, … Oscar Levin11

Sep 18

truth table exercise with fillin

You're right! In copying and pasting from the section on nightly builds, I lost some hyphens. I

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truth table exercise with fillin

You're right! In copying and pasting from the section on nightly builds, I lost some hyphens. I

Sep 18

Sam Macdonald, Oscar Levin3

Sep 17

Issues with Pretext Commands and Deployment

Hi Oscar, Here's the link to my repository, though things seem to have levelled out. Somehow the

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Issues with Pretext Commands and Deployment

Hi Oscar, Here's the link to my repository, though things seem to have levelled out. Somehow the

Sep 17

Peter Staab, … Rob Beezer9

Sep 17

exercise not showing solutions

Thanks, Oscar! https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext-cli/issues/831 On 9/12/24 17:22, Oscar Levin

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exercise not showing solutions

Thanks, Oscar! https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext-cli/issues/831 On 9/12/24 17:22, Oscar Levin

Sep 17

Alexandre Lymberopoulos, … Thomas Shemanske8

Sep 16

Illegal Instruction

Hello Alexandre, I run Debian testing and have both SageMath and PreTeXt working. SageMath currently

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Illegal Instruction

Hello Alexandre, I run Debian testing and have both SageMath and PreTeXt working. SageMath currently

Sep 16

Ajit Kumar, OHappyDay4

Sep 14

Unknown environment

Thanks Klaus for your response. I changed the Latex codes and served the purpose ####### <me> \

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Unknown environment

Thanks Klaus for your response. I changed the Latex codes and served the purpose ####### <me> \

Sep 14

Ajit Kumar, … OHappyDay11

Sep 10

Including Figures in PreText

Dear Klaus Thanks. I figured it out and it worked. Infact, Oskar helped me online when I connected to

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Including Figures in PreText

Dear Klaus Thanks. I figured it out and it worked. Infact, Oskar helped me online when I connected to

Sep 10

Tengely Szabolcs, Sean Fitzpatrick3

Sep 5

venndiagram package

Dear Sean, Thank you for the help, it works as expected. With best wishes, Szabolcs On 9/5/24 14:25,

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venndiagram package

Dear Sean, Thank you for the help, it works as expected. With best wishes, Szabolcs On 9/5/24 14:25,

Sep 5

Thomas Judson, Oscar Levin3

Sep 4

Glad it is working again. But perhaps we can resist the urge to use such inflammatory language! ;) On

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Glad it is working again. But perhaps we can resist the urge to use such inflammatory language! ;) On

Sep 4

Aaron Wong, … Oscar Levin9

Aug 29

LaTeX Image From Separate File

Hello Oscar - That solved the problem. Thanks! Aaron On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 10:01:25 AM UTC-

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LaTeX Image From Separate File

Hello Oscar - That solved the problem. Thanks! Aaron On Thursday, August 29, 2024 at 10:01:25 AM UTC-

Aug 29

Lauren Nelsen, Mark Fitch3

Aug 29

MyOpenMath problems with multiple parts

I just ran a test on these staged release questions. The PreTeXt web version will show only the first

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MyOpenMath problems with multiple parts

I just ran a test on these staged release questions. The PreTeXt web version will show only the first

Aug 29

Axel Brandt, David W. Farmer2

Aug 27

PreTeXt Book Timeout Error

The symptoms are likely cause by a network problem. Fetching the styling from the server timed out,

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PreTeXt Book Timeout Error

The symptoms are likely cause by a network problem. Fetching the styling from the server timed out,

Aug 27

Sean Fitzpatrick, Rob Beezer2

Aug 27

Polling and peer instruction

I mean to collect #query into bigger structures, like a #questionaire. There is no documentation

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Polling and peer instruction

I mean to collect #query into bigger structures, like a #questionaire. There is no documentation

Aug 27

Mitch Keller, … Megan P6

Aug 25

Issues with Worksheet Print Formatting (CSS?)

Thanks, Oscar! I'll reach out via email. On Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 4:51:51 PM UTC-6 oscar..

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Issues with Worksheet Print Formatting (CSS?)

Thanks, Oscar! I'll reach out via email. On Saturday, August 24, 2024 at 4:51:51 PM UTC-6 oscar..

Aug 25

E Vega, Alex Jordan4

Aug 23

[pretext-support] best practice for % ?

Hi Alex, That is helpful. It solved all the issues. There were only a few situations and thankfully

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[pretext-support] best practice for % ?

Hi Alex, That is helpful. It solved all the issues. There were only a few situations and thankfully

Aug 23

Julien, … jsebastie...@gmail.com15

Aug 23

Trouble with pretext deploy from the PreTeXt-CLI

Reviving this thread as something similar also happened to me, also on CoCalc. When I was attempting

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Trouble with pretext deploy from the PreTeXt-CLI

Reviving this thread as something similar also happened to me, also on CoCalc. When I was attempting

Aug 23

E Vega, Sean Fitzpatrick4

Aug 21

[pretext-support] changing a web display default??

Thanks Sean, Got it to work!! Getting the docinfo integrated correctly also helped me to get the PDF

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[pretext-support] changing a web display default??

Thanks Sean, Got it to work!! Getting the docinfo integrated correctly also helped me to get the PDF

Aug 21

Julien, … Oscar Levin9

Aug 21

Problem with the pdf output of examples

It is fixed. Thanks a lot. Le mardi 20 août 2024 à 22 h 47 min 25 s UTC-4, oscar...@gmail.com a écrit

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Problem with the pdf output of examples

It is fixed. Thanks a lot. Le mardi 20 août 2024 à 22 h 47 min 25 s UTC-4, oscar...@gmail.com a écrit

Aug 21

jsebastie...@gmail.com, … Oscar Levin5

Aug 20

Instant memory crash

There you go: https://github.com/JeanSebastienTurcotte/ALIR On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 12:26:41

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Instant memory crash

There you go: https://github.com/JeanSebastienTurcotte/ALIR On Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 12:26:41

Aug 20

hsig...@gmail.com, … Steven Clontz5

Aug 19

Publish multiple books with github-pages

Hints for that Easter Egg: https://github.com/TeamBasedInquiryLearning/library and https://tbil.org/

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Publish multiple books with github-pages

Hints for that Easter Egg: https://github.com/TeamBasedInquiryLearning/library and https://tbil.org/

Aug 19

Julien, … Rob Beezer6

Aug 19

Problem with hint rendering

Thanks very much, Klaus! There is a #div.solutions, meant to wrap hint, answer, solutions, that goes

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Problem with hint rendering

Thanks very much, Klaus! There is a #div.solutions, meant to wrap hint, answer, solutions, that goes

Aug 19

Oscar Levin, … Oscar Levin6

Aug 17

I can check that later. Might be worth seeing if we can get away without adding the extra crop

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I can check that later. Might be worth seeing if we can get away without adding the extra crop

Aug 17

Jon Noel, Rob Beezer2

Aug 13

Removing, e.g., "Chapter 1" from chapter titles

Dear Jon, The short answer is that you can't. The name and number of a #chapter of a #book are a

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Removing, e.g., "Chapter 1" from chapter titles

Dear Jon, The short answer is that you can't. The name and number of a #chapter of a #book are a

Aug 13

Geoffrey Cox, … Rob Beezer16

Aug 12

Mathjax underset inside knowled content

On 8/8/24 10:00, Geoffrey Cox wrote: > Is this something worth submitting as a PR for Pretext? Yes

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Mathjax underset inside knowled content

On 8/8/24 10:00, Geoffrey Cox wrote: > Is this something worth submitting as a PR for Pretext? Yes

Aug 12

David W. Farmer, … Brad Miller9

Aug 8

parsons box moving

I just fixed a bug in parsons problems so they behave now. They were incorrectly setting the correct

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parsons box moving

I just fixed a bug in parsons problems so they behave now. They were incorrectly setting the correct

Aug 8

Adam Smith, … Rob Beezer4

Aug 8

stderr in <console>?

Thanks David for the info. I commented on the link that Rob made. I don't know how related it is

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stderr in <console>?

Thanks David for the info. I commented on the link that Rob made. I don't know how related it is

Aug 8

E Vega, Oscar Levin3

Aug 7

CLI Build and Deploy issue

Hi Oscar, Ok, for the moment, I've solved the web issue. There are probably tag issues I don'

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CLI Build and Deploy issue

Hi Oscar, Ok, for the moment, I've solved the web issue. There are probably tag issues I don'

Aug 7

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan7

Aug 7

Initialism and friends, if font doesn't support small caps

I got the Latte font to work. There was a configuration problem in the TTF files that had the "

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Initialism and friends, if font doesn't support small caps

I got the Latte font to work. There was a configuration problem in the TTF files that had the "

Aug 7

Thomas Shemanske, … D. Brian Walton6

Aug 6

Tag usage question: <fillin />

One of the complications of the fillin tag is that it has a historical use for indicating fill-in

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Tag usage question: <fillin />

One of the complications of the fillin tag is that it has a historical use for indicating fill-in

Aug 6

Oscar Levin, Alex Jordan6

Aug 6

WeBWorK MultiAnswers?

The AIM server is still running 2.17. With 2.19 coming out today (but announcement postponed until

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WeBWorK MultiAnswers?

The AIM server is still running 2.17. With 2.19 coming out today (but announcement postponed until

Aug 6

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