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PreTeXt Author's Guide
Robert A. Beezer
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Front Matter
Colophon
Preface
1
Start Here
Philosophy
Formatting Your Source
Where Next?
2
A Careful, Quick, Minimal Example
Authoring
Setup
Processing
Extending the Minimal Example
Where Next?
3
Overview of Features
Structure
Paragraphs
Cross-References
Titles
Mathematics
Images
Lists
Exercises
Worksheets
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
URL
s and External References
Video
Scientific Units
Accessibility
4
Processing, 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
5
PreTeXt Vocabulary Specification
RELAX-NG
Schema
Schematron Rules
Versions of the Schema
Reading
RELAX-NG
Compact Syntax
Validation
Schema Browser
Editor Support for Schema
6
(*) Topics
Paragraphs
(*) Exercises, Inline and Divisional
(*) Worksheets
(*) Lists of Works Cited (References)
Verbatim and Literal Text
Cross-References and Citations
Divisions
Mathematics
Lists
Exercises and their Solutions
Images
(*) Tables and Tabulars
(*) Program Listings
Side-by-Side Panels
(*) Front and Back Matter
(*) Index
(*) Notation
(*) Automatic Lists
URL
s and External References
Video
(*) Music
(*) Units of Measure
Unicode Characters
(*) Testing Sage Examples
Xinclude Modularization
Accessibility
7
(*) Add-Ons
(*) Analytics
Search
(*) Annotation
8
Authoring Advice
Writing Your Student-Friendly Math Textbook
9
The
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
10
WeBWorK Automated Homework Problems
Configuring a WeBWorK Course for PreTeXt
WeBWorK Problems in Source
Processing
Appendices
A
Welcome to the PreTeXt Community
Help and Support
Feature Requests and Reporting Problems
Contributing
Personal Email
B
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
C
Best Practices
D
Conversion from
L
a
T
e
X
E
(*) Text Editors
Sublime Text
emacs
XML Copy Editor
(*) vi, vim
F
Schema Tools
Jing and Trang
Schematron
G
Revision Control: git
H
Windows Installation Notes
Setup
Installing xsltproc
Installing git
Installing Anaconda
Installing ImageMagick
Installing Ghostscript
Installing
pdf2svg
What's Missing
I
Windows Subsystem for Linux
J
The PreTeXt Vagrant box
K
GNU Free Documentation License
Index
Authored in PreTeXt
Section
6.18
(*) Automatic Lists
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