diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dd3f6bbbe5c41fb2ab7a3f7a716280bc61015313..efb7dd03d36e8f02920a78cb5a603a1c883d1656 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
 This changelog follows the specifications detailed in: [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html), although we have not yet reached a `1.0.0` release.
 
-## Version 0.7.6 - Unreleased
+## Version 0.7.7 - Unreleased
+
+
+## Version 0.7.6 - Released 2023-11-05
 
 
 ## Version 0.7.5 - Released 2023-09-30
diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 651a4539ec6ec3d9c8330624d91e1072b78ce21f..519bb603253eb6704c74180ace2339ca16cf4021 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ autoclass_content = 'both'
 # autoapi_dirs = [f'../../src/{modname}']
 # autoapi_keep_files = True
 
+# References:
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21538983/specifying-targets-for-intersphinx-links-to-numpy-scipy-and-matplotlib
+
 intersphinx_mapping = {
     # 'pytorch': ('http://pytorch.org/docs/master/', None),
     'python': ('https://docs.python.org/3', None),
@@ -181,10 +184,20 @@ intersphinx_mapping = {
     'scriptconfig': ('https://scriptconfig.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
     'rich': ('https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
 
+    'numpy': ('https://numpy.org/doc/stable/', None),
+    'sympy': ('https://docs.sympy.org/latest/', None),
+    'scikit-learn': ('https://scikit-learn.org/stable/', None),
+    'pandas': ('https://pandas.pydata.org/docs/', None),
+    'matplotlib': ('https://matplotlib.org/stable/', None),
+
     'pytest': ('https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/', None),
+    'platformdirs': ('https://platformdirs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
+
+    'timerit': ('https://timerit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
+    'progiter': ('https://progiter.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
+    'dateutil': ('https://dateutil.readthedocs.io/en/latest/', None),
     # 'pytest._pytest.doctest': ('https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/_modules/_pytest/doctest.html', None),
     # 'colorama': ('https://pypi.org/project/colorama/', None),
-    # 'numpy': ('http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/', None),
     # 'cv2' : ('http://docs.opencv.org/2.4/', None),
     # 'h5py' : ('http://docs.h5py.org/en/latest/', None)
 }
@@ -337,8 +350,10 @@ class PatchedPythonDomain(PythonDomain):
     """
     def resolve_xref(self, env, fromdocname, builder, typ, target, node, contnode):
         # TODO: can use this to resolve references nicely
-        # if target.startswith('ub.'):
-        #     target = 'ubelt.' + target[3]
+        if target.startswith('ub.'):
+            target = 'ubelt.' + target[3]
+        if target.startswith('xdoc.'):
+            target = 'xdoctest.' + target[3]
         return_value = super(PatchedPythonDomain, self).resolve_xref(
             env, fromdocname, builder, typ, target, node, contnode)
         return return_value
@@ -545,8 +560,8 @@ class GoogleStyleDocstringProcessor:
         #     import xdev
         #     xdev.embed()
 
-        RENDER_IMAGES = 1
-        if RENDER_IMAGES:
+        render_doc_images = 1
+        if render_doc_images:
             # DEVELOPING
             if any('REQUIRES(--show)' in line for line in lines):
                 # import xdev
diff --git a/ndsampler/__init__.py b/ndsampler/__init__.py
index 726133d1b6c133e04c2042123ed79c947758c3e0..3021b1966b0e2b2797d113022865e33c0ee71fb6 100644
--- a/ndsampler/__init__.py
+++ b/ndsampler/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 mkinit ~/code/ndsampler/ndsampler/__init__.py --diff
 mkinit ~/code/ndsampler/ndsampler/__init__.py -w
 """
-__version__ = '0.7.6'
+__version__ = '0.7.7'
 
 from ndsampler.utils.util_misc import (HashIdentifiable,)
 
diff --git a/ndsampler/coco_sampler.py b/ndsampler/coco_sampler.py
index b9f44ae1b2336cebb8aea2d35cedb5262ba696ee..ccb4e4b95fc382733ca132bae98b638e222c9ca1 100644
--- a/ndsampler/coco_sampler.py
+++ b/ndsampler/coco_sampler.py
@@ -824,7 +824,20 @@ class CocoSampler(abstract_sampler.AbstractSampler, util_misc.HashIdentifiable,
         if target is None:
             raise ValueError('The target dictionary must be specified')
 
+        verbose_ndsample = target.get('verbose_ndsample', False)
         target_ = self._infer_target_attributes(target, **kwargs)
+        if verbose_ndsample:
+            print('Load Sample:')
+            print('target_ = {}'.format(ub.urepr(target_, nl=1)))
+            print('Load Sample Inferred:')
+            inferred_lines = []
+            for k in target_:
+                v1 = target.get(k, None)
+                v2 = target_.get(k, None)
+                if v1 != v2:
+                    inferred_lines.append(f'* {k}: {v1} -> {v2}')
+            print('\n'.join(inferred_lines))
+
         sample = self._load_slice(target_)
 
         if with_annots or ub.iterable(with_annots):
@@ -1196,12 +1209,13 @@ class CocoSampler(abstract_sampler.AbstractSampler, util_misc.HashIdentifiable,
         if data_dims is None:
             _req_real_slice = requested_slice
             _req_extra_pad = [(0, 0), (0, 0)]
+            resolved_slice = requested_slice
         else:
             _req_real_slice, _req_extra_pad = kwarray.embed_slice(requested_slice, data_dims)
-        resolved_slice = tuple([
-            slice(s.start - p_lo, s.stop + p_hi, s.step)
-            for s, (p_lo, p_hi) in zip(_req_real_slice, _req_extra_pad)
-        ])
+            resolved_slice = tuple([
+                slice(s.start - p_lo, s.stop + p_hi, s.step)
+                for s, (p_lo, p_hi) in zip(_req_real_slice, _req_extra_pad)
+            ])
 
         channels = target_.get('channels', ub.NoParam)
 
@@ -1717,7 +1731,10 @@ class CocoSampler(abstract_sampler.AbstractSampler, util_misc.HashIdentifiable,
         sample_box: kwimage.Boxes = params['sample_tlbr']
         offset = params['offset']
         data_dims = params['data_dims']
-        space_dims = data_dims[-2:]
+        if data_dims is not None:
+            space_dims = data_dims[-2:]
+        else:
+            space_dims = None
 
         coco_dset = self.dset
         kp_classes = self.kp_classes
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0132ee861acac9b72f4534cc2baa3df6b6ea1ec1..45264246048914ececcaad521a1715475832e60a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ci_cpython_versions = ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
 author = "Jon Crall"
 author_email = "jon.crall@kitware.com"
 description = "Fast sampling from large images"
+render_doc_images = 1
 url = "https://gitlab.kitware.com/computer-vision/ndsampler"
 license = "Apache 2"
 dev_status = "beta"
diff --git a/requirements/docs.txt b/requirements/docs.txt
index 57d0dabc2f0882636877f8a646503b5e810881a3..b14165e4888a8c6f91283b64a077dad8e474ad8a 100644
--- a/requirements/docs.txt
+++ b/requirements/docs.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ sphinx-autoapi >= 1.8.4
 Pygments >= 2.9.0
 myst_parser >= 0.18.0
 sphinx-reredirects >= 0.0.1
+xdoctest >= 1.1.2
+kwplot >= 0.4.15
diff --git a/requirements/tests.txt b/requirements/tests.txt
index 5fec1f63fde226aadca1cdcb120f878150962e59..adf8d1f253dddc5420f29bb47b83b0b3f2c6a90f 100644
--- a/requirements/tests.txt
+++ b/requirements/tests.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 pytest >= 6.2.4
 coverage >= 5.2.1
-xdoctest >= 0.15.6
+xdoctest >= 1.1.2
 pytest-cov >= 2.12.1          ;                              python_version >= '3.6.0'
 pytest-cov >= 2.0.0, <  2.6.0 ; python_version < '3.6.0'