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Typst 0.15.0

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Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by mr_mitm »

mamami wrote: post #45
satvikpendem wrote: post #35

Apparently Typst isn't supported by many journals, forcing LaTeX usage, anyone have experiences with this situation?

I still much prefer LaTeX actually, I don't feel like Typst improves over its main flaw, i.e. lack of consistency. One could argue that it's even more inconsistent. I really miss commands, \section for example clearly does what it says it does, while '=' is more nebulous. I don't like that instead of typing `\alpha+c` now I need to write `alpha + c` it blurs the line between what is a command and what isn't. So imo i…

Most, if not all of these are just syntactic sugar. You can simply write `#heading()` instead. Although I'm not sure if there is an equivalent in math mode.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by leephillips »

anuramat wrote: post #48
leephillips wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“latex (required by pandoc)” No. `--pdf-engine=typst`

but then you're limited to an undocumented subset of pandoc markdown

I don’t know what this means, but please don’t explain.

applicative’s comment is correct. Every one of your bullet points is wrong, except perhaps the one about treesitter highlighting, but what should one expect? Why should a Markdown parser know anything about arbitrary Markdown extensions?

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by anuramat »

leephillips wrote: post #52
anuramat wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

but then you're limited to an undocumented subset of pandoc markdown

I don’t know what this means, but please don’t explain. applicative’s comment is correct. Every one of your bullet points is wrong, except perhaps the one about treesitter highlighting, but what should one expect? Why should a Markdown parser know anything about arbitrary Markdown extensions?

> please don't explain

why are you even talking to me?

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by elsoja »

raybb wrote: post #20

I'm currently working on my fourth book produced using Typst, and it has been nothing but amazing. LLMs struggle with Typst a bit but other than that it has been an absolute joy to work with. I have a pretty good workflow set up for publishing these books, which are mostly collections of student essays. I use Pandoc to convert the students' Word documents into Typst, then unify the formatting, styles, and headers (mo…

Using skills can help a lot. They can guide agents to not use LaTeX syntax (a common problem) and provide access to the full documentation.

https://github.com/apcamargo/typst-skills/

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by d4rkp4ttern »

Is there anything similar to (or better than) overleaf for collaborating on typst docs? To be clear, overleaf isn’t all that great but I sometimes work with groups that are used to it.

Have conferences that traditionally accepted latex source (and specified latex templates) started accepting typst as well?

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by miki123211 »

How's Typst with tagged PDF (particularly math in tagged PDF)?

Recent LaTeX versions started to be able to do it, it'd be a shame if people started switching over just when LaTeX finally started pulling their accessibility act together.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by Kokouane »

room271 wrote: post #49

As a former software developer, now turned student (studying theology while I train to become a pastor), Typst has been great for writing my dissertation with one notable exception: it really doesn't handle footnotes well. Specifically, see: https://github.com/typst/typst/pull/8147 Discursive footnotes do not really work when including bibliography references. I've also hit other issues, like footnotes appearing a pa…

really interested to hear about your transition from developer to student. i'd love to talk to you. my email is in the about on my profile.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by davidpapermill »

room271 wrote: post #49

As a former software developer, now turned student (studying theology while I train to become a pastor), Typst has been great for writing my dissertation with one notable exception: it really doesn't handle footnotes well. Specifically, see: https://github.com/typst/typst/pull/8147 Discursive footnotes do not really work when including bibliography references. I've also hit other issues, like footnotes appearing a pa…

Footnotes are very hard to typeset. They’re up there with tables as the biggest headache for any typesetter.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by afdbcreid »

d4rkp4ttern wrote: post #55

Is there anything similar to (or better than) overleaf for collaborating on typst docs? To be clear, overleaf isn’t all that great but I sometimes work with groups that are used to it. Have conferences that traditionally accepted latex source (and specified latex templates) started accepting typst as well?

> Is there anything similar to (or better than) overleaf for collaborating on typst docs? To be clear, overleaf isn’t all that great but I sometimes work with groups that are used to it.

Yes, https://typst.app/ is the official Typst app (part of how they make money).

> Have conferences that traditionally accepted latex source (and specified latex templates) started accepting typst as well?

Very few by now.

Re: Typst 0.15.0

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Post by JuniperMesos »

I'm excited to see the HTML generation support in typst continuing to get better - the fact that they're generating their own online documentation with typst now is very encouraging.
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