Stream: boston

Topic: Typst


view this post on Zulip Andrea (Sep 23 2024 at 14:27):

Here's a potential successor to LaTeX written in Rust that is actually getting some traction: https://typst.app/

view this post on Zulip Andrea (Sep 23 2024 at 14:29):

The syntax to write a document simpler than LaTeX and is kind of a mix between LaTeX and Markdown: https://typst.app/docs/tutorial/writing-in-typst/

view this post on Zulip Andrea (Sep 23 2024 at 14:34):

It's still young (there's not even a v1.0 yet) but they already have quite many packages: https://typst.app/universe/search/?kind=packages

view this post on Zulip Dan (Sep 23 2024 at 15:09):

Looks useful. Markdown gets annoying as well for edge cases. LaTeX is too confusing to learn.

view this post on Zulip Philip Durbin (Sep 23 2024 at 22:22):

Way more readable than LaTeX.


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