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Is Paratext licensed under an open source license (as defined by the OSI)? I don't see that mentioned anywhere, so ... check. Is there a way for a developer to contribute patches?
answered Jan 8
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I'm running Ubuntu 25.04 with Wayland, and I installed paratext-10-studio like this: sudo snap install paratext-10- ... SIGSEGV (Address boundary error) How do I fix this problem?
answered Oct 9, 2025
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I noticed that PTXprint is distributed on Ubuntu 25.04 under the package name python3-ptxprint (Edit: this is incorrect ... to include it as a dependency in my Python application.
answered Oct 8, 2025
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I'm running Ubuntu 25.04, and I installed ptxprint like this: sudo apt install python3-ptxprint I experience ... this version of Python does not have the _posix_flavour attribute.
answered Oct 8, 2025
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I'm using PTXprint to export my Paratext project text to PDF files. If I choose Multiple Books under the Basic , Project ... be tedious. Is there a way to do it in one step?
answered Sep 21, 2023
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I'm trying to find documentation to understand what these fields mean in the Paratext registry, under the Publishing tab ... does the text found in Promotion Text get used?
answered Nov 24, 2022
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A consultant for a project using the Arabic script asked for help with a problem. When he inserted a note in ... when right to left words are inserted in the English sentence.
answered Aug 3, 2022
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Sometimes, it's easier for me to edit the files in another file text editor. For instance, I open C:\My Paratext 9 Projects ... text editor. If this is a bad idea, let me know.
answered Jul 22, 2022
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Well, after following the suggesrtions in the Change Short Name thread, I successfully converted our project. But we now have ... . We did not have them before. Perhaps a bug?
answered Jul 6, 2022
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I'm searching for a word that has hundreds of results. I want to read the word in context in all of these results. To ... I press Enter. Is there a keyboard shorcut to Find Next ?
answered Jun 28, 2022
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Two consultants have recently wished for the ability to use emojis in project notes, since people are used to using them ... htm (add \u before each code in the Autocorrect file)
answered Jun 24, 2022
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It is possible to right-click on a verse and select View history for verse(s) . It's also to see the history of the project ... if there was a way to do this for a book, as well.
answered May 17, 2022
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It is possible to right-click on a verse and select View history for verse(s) . It's also to see the history of the project ... if there was a way to do this for a book, as well.
answered May 6, 2022
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I would like to export the project to HTML so that I can share drafts with people. I don't want to export to PDF, ... forth. How do I hide the USFM markers from the exported HTML?
answered Apr 14, 2022
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What autosaving behavior to users expect? For the local team I have to say, that most of them have never used nor ... disk icon is helpful for me in thinking about this topic.
answered Mar 11, 2022
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Hello Paratext community, I have found that Paratext's autosaving behaviour is different than what I expect, so I thought I'd ... do you expect? What do you see in your teammates?
answered Feb 23, 2022
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With PTXprint (PTXprint - Bible Layout For Everyone - SIL Language Technology - highly recommended), I haven't been ... submitting a problem report (and pointing to this post).
answered Feb 22, 2022
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Now and then I've encountered an issue where I can't use Export to PDF for a particular project, where the ... not installed for all users will also effect users of PTXPrint.
answered Feb 18, 2022
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The Compare Versions tool has a Save as HTML feature. It can be accessed by clicking on the print icon, ... in Firefox, because it disappears when the text is contenteditable.
answered Feb 9, 2022
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It looks as if notes in a project are not saved along with the rest of the project history, so that when you ... project history. Is there any reason why that is not possible?
answered Feb 2, 2022
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