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Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

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That's why these things don't go anywhere. If I need to write formatting details, it is better to use LaTeX which is a well-tested and stable language that will last for another 30 years.

Yet also incredible verbose and outdated

Outdated means there is something better that is now used to substitute an old technology, which is not the case for Latex. Unfortunately, programmers tend to think "outdated" just means "was created more than 5 years ago"...

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

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I'm very excited to boot up and try this. I may have finally found what I need to replace my rickety pipeline of templates and pandoc conversions.

Maybe look at Quarto? Almost every project I start now begins with `quarto project create`. From there I can pivot the material into HTML, .docx, PDF, .PPTX, Typst, LaTeX, and all of them simultaneously.

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

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I'm not quite sure who this is for. Markdown is for keeping things simple. There's plenty of of "proper" markup languages and full programming languages to actually write code in. Why do we need a hybrid program like this, which is not as simple as pure markup, and is not as powerful as a proper templating language? I personally just run markdown -> HTML/CSS -> python templating (Jinja or something) -> PDF/HTML As a…

This is for academic and publication journals. Which is why you see Typst it's strongest competitor in the Comparison Chart.

as an academic I don't see myself using this because I don't see my co-authors using this.

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

#144

I'm not quite sure who this is for. Markdown is for keeping things simple. There's plenty of of "proper" markup languages and full programming languages to actually write code in. Why do we need a hybrid program like this, which is not as simple as pure markup, and is not as powerful as a proper templating language? I personally just run markdown -> HTML/CSS -> python templating (Jinja or something) -> PDF/HTML As a…

its for people who want latex but are mad that latex became c++

when this tool has "FakeBold"[0] like Latex has, I'll make the switch.

[0]: https://x.com/OrganicGPT/status/1920202649481236745/photo/1

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

#145

I'm not quite sure who this is for. Markdown is for keeping things simple. There's plenty of of "proper" markup languages and full programming languages to actually write code in. Why do we need a hybrid program like this, which is not as simple as pure markup, and is not as powerful as a proper templating language? I personally just run markdown -> HTML/CSS -> python templating (Jinja or something) -> PDF/HTML As a…

That's why these things don't go anywhere. If I need to write formatting details, it is better to use LaTeX which is a well-tested and stable language that will last for another 30 years.

Plus, with Latex you can use LLMs as assistants and they do a great job thanks to so much Latex data they've seen in training.

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

#149

I'm not quite sure who this is for. Markdown is for keeping things simple. There's plenty of of "proper" markup languages and full programming languages to actually write code in. Why do we need a hybrid program like this, which is not as simple as pure markup, and is not as powerful as a proper templating language? I personally just run markdown -> HTML/CSS -> python templating (Jinja or something) -> PDF/HTML As a…

This is for academic and publication journals. Which is why you see Typst it's strongest competitor in the Comparison Chart.

Every conference has their own required LaTeX style file that must be used. Unless there is an automated way to convert these exactly, I don't see how LaTeX alternatives can be used.

Re: Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

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Please add an llms.txt file! https://llmstxt.org/ I'd love to see how far I can take this by giving it to an LLM and asking it to format for me with Quarkdown.

> Converting complex HTML pages with navigation, ads, and JavaScript into LLM-friendly plain text is both difficult and imprecise.

Oh my god. It just occurred to me that LLMs may have a better experience “browsing the internet” than humans do.

That is so tragically depressing.

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