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The PreTeXt Guide

Robert A. Beezer, David Farmer, Alex Jordan, Mitchel T. Keller

Section 5.14 Building Output in CoCalc

CoCalc cocalc.com
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cocalc.com/
has all the tools you need to author with PreTeXt. You will need an upgrade from a subscription to allow Internet connectivity, but at a minimum a colleague with a paid plan can spare you one, they are plentiful and meant to be shared.
  • Text editor: reasonably good, partially XML syntax-aware. It is also now possible to start a virtual VS Code session and use their powerful text editing capabilities.
  • git: installed (so you can clone/pull PreTeXt).
  • jing: installed, so you can do RELAX-NG validation.
  • : installed with many additional packages.
  • Python: installed, necessary for pretext script.
  • pretext: the CLI should be installed by default, although the version might lag. Assuming you have a paid subscription, you should be able to upgrade with pip install --upgrade pretext
  • PDF viewer: handed off to your browser.
  • HTML viewer: get a context menu on the cloud icon in the file view, and open in a new tab or new window.
  • pretext view web will allow you to view output through a python server.
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