tectonic
typst
| tectonic | typst | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 110 | |
| 3,799 | 29,009 | |
| 1.0% | 2.2% | |
| 8.9 | 9.8 | |
| 7 days ago | 7 days ago | |
| C | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | Apache License 2.0 |
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tectonic
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I rewrote my CV in Typst and I'll never look back
You may want to try https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic, which downloads files from TeXLive on-demand.
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bard 2.0
v2 has improved TeX engine lookup, improved PDF template look&feel, proper support for MS Windows (where it comes integrated with the Tectonic engine) and a few more new features.
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[Media] Version 0.3 of Inlyne - An interactive markdown renderer written entirely in Rust
There's https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic but I think the issue with that idea is that sure, you can re-implement TeX (it's sufficiently simple) in Rust and then run LaTeX packages on top of it, but then you're back to LaTeX and all its weirdness so you haven't really gained anything compared to LaTeX itself.
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Arch for science
In terms of TeX, I would recommend taking a look at tectonic, a self-contained TeX distribution that auto-installs packages you need when you need them, and “just works” when you call the binary to compile… Because screw messing around with package managers, CTAN and XeTeX. I’ve been using it for around a year and it’s so much easier than any other TeX distribution.
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Porting Python reportlab code to Rust
For example, you can have your main application in something like Deno/Node/python that acts as a server, and then delegate the actual pdf generation to tectonic (https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic) or Typst https://typst.app/blog/2023/beta-oss-launch/
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Another rewrite in rust: Pydantic
tectonic: https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic
- \begin{mess}
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UnTeX - Parsing and formatting TeX documents with Rust - Looking for help
How does it compare with Tectonic?
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Brian Kernighan adds Unicode support to Awk (May, 2022)
It's sad that Tectonic conversion to Rust[1] was never finished. For now it's just a wrapper around C and C++ code. By far, it was the most promising thing in this distribution.
[1] https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic/issues/459
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LaTex alternative/replacement written in Rust?
The only thing I've seen is https://github.com/tectonic-typesetting/tectonic but that's an actual re-implementation of TeX Rust.
typst
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German state ditches Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice
https://github.com/typst/typst looks promising, both the language and the tooling. I wonder where it will find its place in a world that is dominated by either Word or LaTex.
- Ask HN: What Underrated Open Source Project Deserves More Recognition?
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LaTeX and Neovim for technical note-taking
I hope in a couple of years we start seeing posts like these with Typst instead of LaTeX. It seems like setting this up would be a bit easier since Typst is much more concise than LaTeX.
[0] https://github.com/typst/typst
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I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim (2019)
For writing math notes (especially in vim), I switch to using Typst (https://typst.app).
Here's a few points:
- The syntax is a lot lighter and easier to type fast. I was up and running in half hour after starting to use it. Once in a while I can look up some symbol name in the docs but that's about it.
- Empty document is a valid document. No preambles, no includes etc, it's all optional and the defaults are sensible. Just start typing.
- It's incremental. Live preview from neovim is in the browser and it's lightning fast, pretty much immediate. No pdf sync pain. No build files, makefiles and all that. Just start typing.
While it's not going to beat latex in terms of serious academic use, for personal use and notes it's close to perfect.
(And of course it's written in Rust...)
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I don't always use LaTeX, but when I do, I compile to HTML (2013)
Except the main theme, which was HTML export? https://github.com/typst/typst/issues/721
Though it's in the roadmap!
- Htmldocs: Typeset and Generate PDFs with HTML/CSS
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"LibreOffice is better at reading old Word files than Word"
I don't use LaTeX for anything these days but Typst popped up recently and seems like a decent alternative: https://github.com/typst/typst
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Which software do you use to create presentations using Vim that is superior to existing ones?
I am surprised that no one mentions the typst. It is super smooth with typst-preview.
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Bibliography CSL
I suggest you ask in the discord channel: https://discord.gg/2uDybryKPe. Or open an issue or question on GitHub: https://github.com/typst/typst
- Besseres Schreibprogramm als Word?
What are some alternatives?
miktex - the MiKTeX source code
asciidoctor-latex - :triangular_ruler: Add LaTeX features to AsciiDoc & convert AsciiDoc to LaTeX
texlab - An implementation of the Language Server Protocol for LaTeX
typst.nvim - WIP. Goals: Treesitter highlighting, snippets, and a smooth intergration with neovim.
tex-rs - A port of TeX82 to Rust. (WIP)
KeenWrite - Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and math.
Oberon - Oberon parser, code model & browser, compiler and IDE with debugger
typst-lsp - A brand-new language server for Typst, plus a VS Code extension
arara
json-resume-template - JSON-based standard for resume
rpm-ostree - ⚛📦 Hybrid image/package system with atomic upgrades and package layering
tree-sitter-typst - A TreeSitter parser for the Typst File Format