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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

Douglas Lapp, … Oscar Levin13

Mar 18

Inserting Images

Glad it's working. And these sorts of "bothers" are really helpful to know where the

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Inserting Images

Glad it's working. And these sorts of "bothers" are really helpful to know where the

Mar 18

Douglas Lapp, Oscar Levin2

Mar 17

In Recovery Mode???? Help.

If you get that recovery mode message, try doing a "rebuild container" (but not a full

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In Recovery Mode???? Help.

If you get that recovery mode message, try doing a "rebuild container" (but not a full

Mar 17

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Oscar Levin14

Mar 13

Help debugging WeBWorK-TikZ image generation

OK, a reboot and developer settings are on. But I'm still not getting images from the .tgz files.

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Help debugging WeBWorK-TikZ image generation

OK, a reboot and developer settings are on. But I'm still not getting images from the .tgz files.

Mar 13

Mar 12

Sage Interact formatting in Safari

Something is amiss with how Safari is handling Sage interacts. Consider, for example, Figure 9.8.23.

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Sage Interact formatting in Safari

Something is amiss with how Safari is handling Sage interacts. Consider, for example, Figure 9.8.23.

Mar 12

OHappyDay, … Rob Beezer4

Mar 7

Two observations

Thanks, Klaus, for the reports. Been away, so slowly catching up. On 2/4/25 08:48, Andrew Scholer

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Two observations

Thanks, Klaus, for the reports. Been away, so slowly catching up. On 2/4/25 08:48, Andrew Scholer

Mar 7

Ben Tucker, … Rob Beezer12

Mar 6

Converting Pressbooks .wrx file to republish in pretext

A broken record. I only have so many bits developed. When I was teaching, I'd get a new audience

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Converting Pressbooks .wrx file to republish in pretext

A broken record. I only have so many bits developed. When I was teaching, I'd get a new audience

Mar 6

ksk...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer9

Mar 6

xypic diagrams converting to SVG with invalid characters

Slowly chipping away at this. Once upon a time we used a utility "pdf2svg". (We switched to

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xypic diagrams converting to SVG with invalid characters

Slowly chipping away at this. Once upon a time we used a utility "pdf2svg". (We switched to

Mar 6

Murali Mani, Andrew Scholer2

Mar 3

Program with multiple hidden sections..

Murali - You are correct. There is not support for what you describe. Hidden sections of code can

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Program with multiple hidden sections..

Murali - You are correct. There is not support for what you describe. Hidden sections of code can

Mar 3

DANIEL MURUNGA, … Oscar Levin4

Feb 25

"pretext build" on PreTeXt-CLI (2.11.0)

Thanks for your patience on this one, and hopefully this hasn't been too disruptive. I'm

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"pretext build" on PreTeXt-CLI (2.11.0)

Thanks for your patience on this one, and hopefully this hasn't been too disruptive. I'm

Feb 25

Ken Levasseur, Oscar Levin3

Feb 25

investigation numbering repeats previous numbering

Thanks Oscar! On Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 10:41:41 AM UTC-5 oscar...@gmail.com wrote: By default

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investigation numbering repeats previous numbering

Thanks Oscar! On Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 10:41:41 AM UTC-5 oscar...@gmail.com wrote: By default

Feb 25

Mark Fitch, Oscar Levin7

Feb 25

MyOpenMath interface

David Lippman found the error and fixed it overnight. This time it was not the timing (and my book is

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MyOpenMath interface

David Lippman found the error and fixed it overnight. This time it was not the timing (and my book is

Feb 25

Tom Tiger (Tomanium), David W. Farmer2

Feb 20

how to change the appearance of PreText book

Start loking here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/online-style.html and here https://

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how to change the appearance of PreText book

Start loking here: https://pretextbook.org/doc/guide/html/online-style.html and here https://

Feb 20

David Lyons, Sean Fitzpatrick3

Feb 19

question re latex output pagination control

But for projects where I can make the necessary tweaks with 5 minutes of editing the .tex file, I

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question re latex output pagination control

But for projects where I can make the necessary tweaks with 5 minutes of editing the .tex file, I

Feb 19

OHappyDay, Alex Jordan3

Feb 19

Question about LateX symbols

Hi, it is indeed in the mentioned preamble and I use it in math mode. It prints the \varheartsuit

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Question about LateX symbols

Hi, it is indeed in the mentioned preamble and I use it in math mode. It prints the \varheartsuit

Feb 19

JACOB DENSON, … Sean Fitzpatrick4

Feb 18

Marking Essential Exercises

For PreTeXt books on Runestone, a related feature that would be nice to have (but maybe hard to

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Marking Essential Exercises

For PreTeXt books on Runestone, a related feature that would be nice to have (but maybe hard to

Feb 18

Bruce Yoshiwara, Oscar Levin2

Feb 18

no line break between title and statement of exericse

Hi Bruce, It looks like your example was to a checkpoint exercise, as opposed to a divisional

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no line break between title and statement of exericse

Hi Bruce, It looks like your example was to a checkpoint exercise, as opposed to a divisional

Feb 18

J, … Oscar Levin10

Feb 14

error: 'str' object has no attribute 'port'

Very strange. I don't understand why changing the version would make a difference, unless

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error: 'str' object has no attribute 'port'

Very strange. I don't understand why changing the version would make a difference, unless

Feb 14

Bruce Yoshiwara, … BRUCE YOSHIWARA6

Feb 14

error: not enough values to unpack (expected 4, got 0)

I just followed a proposed solution from a different discussion: As a temporary solution for now, you

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error: not enough values to unpack (expected 4, got 0)

I just followed a proposed solution from a different discussion: As a temporary solution for now, you

Feb 14

Alex Jordan, Rob Beezer2

Feb 13

EPUB with worksheet

I can't think of a good reason worksheets are not showing up. They are exceptional since we make

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EPUB with worksheet

I can't think of a good reason worksheets are not showing up. They are exceptional since we make

Feb 13

Peter Staab, Alex Jordan2

Feb 13

Docs on WeBWorK problems

I think what you are seeing is that this documentation is for using pretext itself. And you are using

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Docs on WeBWorK problems

I think what you are seeing is that this documentation is for using pretext itself. And you are using

Feb 13

OHappyDay, Andrew Scholer3

Feb 12

External links: colors on hover

Thanks. asch...@chemeketa.edu schrieb am Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2025 um 16:06:42 UTC+1: Thank you for

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External links: colors on hover

Thanks. asch...@chemeketa.edu schrieb am Mittwoch, 12. Februar 2025 um 16:06:42 UTC+1: Thank you for

Feb 12

Harriet Mogaka, … Andrew Scholer7

Feb 12

Pretext Version 2.13 doesn't build

Thanks let me check it out On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:58 PM Oscar Levin <oscar...@gmail.com>

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Pretext Version 2.13 doesn't build

Thanks let me check it out On Tue, Feb 11, 2025, 11:58 PM Oscar Levin <oscar...@gmail.com>

Feb 12

Feb 6

dyslexic-font won't print

I'm using the latex-style="dyslexic-font" publisher option in a project. (I find the

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dyslexic-font won't print

I'm using the latex-style="dyslexic-font" publisher option in a project. (I find the

Feb 6

David Lyons, … Andrew Scholer4

Feb 5

today's CLI upgrade broke right away

I got the node.js install to work. Now pretext build is working fine again. Thanks! On Wednesday,

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today's CLI upgrade broke right away

I got the node.js install to work. Now pretext build is working fine again. Thanks! On Wednesday,

Feb 5

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Andrew Scholer6

Feb 1

Parsons problem display options

That is part of the problem - content in a <p> can't really reflow. The size of all of the

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Parsons problem display options

That is part of the problem - content in a <p> can't really reflow. The size of all of the

Feb 1

Stephan Boltzmann, Alex Jordan3

Jan 31

Writing interactive exercises

Actually on that page, the Preview Activity is also an OPL question. I was thinking of a later

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Writing interactive exercises

Actually on that page, the Preview Activity is also an OPL question. I was thinking of a later

Jan 31

Mark Fitch, Rob Beezer3

Jan 30

MOM image download error

Thanks - it *was* looking like some sort of a connection problem. Hope you can get it sorted locally.

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MOM image download error

Thanks - it *was* looking like some sort of a connection problem. Hope you can get it sorted locally.

Jan 30

Sean Fitzpatrick, … Alex Jordan16

Jan 30

WeBWorK answer blanks in static

I think it's still not working. I'll start a new thread on -dev when I have a few minutes to

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WeBWorK answer blanks in static

I think it's still not working. I'll start a new thread on -dev when I have a few minutes to

Jan 30

ksk...@gmail.com, … Rob Beezer9

Jan 29

Misplaced punctuation in display

One further observation here: the exact situation I started with is illustrated in section 4.9.5 of

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Misplaced punctuation in display

One further observation here: the exact situation I started with is illustrated in section 4.9.5 of

Jan 29

OHappyDay, … Sean Fitzpatrick9

Jan 29

"pretext view" suddenly not working anymor

I just hit this issue running CLI 2.12.0 on Windows. I get the error from both PowerShell and Git

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"pretext view" suddenly not working anymor

I just hit this issue running CLI 2.12.0 on Windows. I get the error from both PowerShell and Git

Jan 29

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