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PreTeXt Author's Guide

Robert A. Beezer

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Front Matter

Colophon
Preface

1Start Here

Philosophy
Formatting Your Source
Where Next?

2A Careful, Quick, Minimal Example

Authoring
Setup
Processing
Extending the Minimal Example
Where Next?

3Overview of Features

Structure
Paragraphs
Cross-References
Titles
Mathematics
Images
Lists
Exercises
References
Figures and Tables
Programs and Consoles
Special Characters
Verbatim and Literal Text
Sage
Side-by-Side Panels
Mathematical Results
Front Matter
Back Matter
Index and Notation Entries
WeBWorK Exercises
URLs and External References
Video
Scientific Units
Accessibility

4Processing, Tools and Workflow

Basic Processing
Modular Source Files
Verifying your Source
Customizations, String Parameters
Customizations, Thin XSL Stylesheets
Images and the mbx Script
Keeping Your Source Up-to-Date
File Management
Testing HTML Output Locally
Doctesting Sage Code
Author Tools
Building Output in CoCalc

5PreTeXt Vocabulary Specification

RELAX-NG Schema
Versions of the Schema
Reading RELAX-NG Compact Syntax
Validation
Schema Browser
Schematron Rules
Editor Support for Schema

6(*) Topics

Paragraphs
(*) Exercises, Inline and Sectional
(*) Lists of Works Cited (References)
Verbatim and Literal Text
Cross-References and Citations
Divisions
Mathematics
Lists
(*) Exercises and their Answers
Images
(*) Tables and Tabulars
(*) Program Listings
Side-by-Side Panels
(*) Front and Back Matter
(*) Index
(*) Notation
(*) Automatic Lists
URLs and External References
Video
(*) Music
(*) Units of Measure
Unicode Characters
(*) Testing Sage Examples
Xinclude Modularization
Accessibility

7(*) Add-Ons

(*) Analytics
Search
(*) Annotation

8The `mbx` Script

Running mbx
Example Use
Strategy
Debugging Image Generation
Restricting the Scope
Configuring External Helper Programs
Output
mbx Capabilities
mbx on Windows
Python requests Library

9WeBWorK Automated Homework Problems

Configuring a WeBWorK Course for MBX
WeBWorK Problems in Source
Processing

Appendices

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Best Practices
(*) Text Editors
Schema Tools
Revision Control: git
Windows Installation Notes
Windows Subsystem for Linux
The PreTeXt Vagrant box
GNU Free Documentation License
Index

Authored in PreTeXt

Section6.17(*) Automatic Lists