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Typst looked promising, but the very first thing I wanted to do with it - generate some slides with code snippets, and use highlights to call out specific featu

Typst looked promising, but the very first thing I wanted to do with it - generate some slides with code snippets, and use highlights to call out specific features of the code - is not possible. The core layout engine seems to merge `styled(...)` spans in code blocks far too aggressively, making it impossible for codly (the code highlighting package I tried) to pick out precise ranges to highlight. I went back to beamer.

chaxor 2y ago
This is pretty hard to believe considering how good the ecosystem in Typst is so far. There are quite a few packages for making slides in Typst including [Polylux](https://github.com/gszauer/polylux https://github.com/gszauer/polylux), [Touying](https://github.com/Wyntau/touying https://github.com/Wyntau/touying], [minideck](https://typst.app/universe/package/minideck https://typst.app/universe/package/minideck), [slydst](https://typst.app/universe/package/slydst https://typst.app/universe/package/slydst) [minimal-presentation](https://typst.app/universe/package/minimal-presentation https://typst.app/universe/package/minimal-presentation) and many more.
- endgame 2y ago
  The problem is not with the slides package, it's with the content I want to put on the slides: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 and in particular, this comment from the author of codly where he sounds constrained by Typst: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35#issuecomment-2466781409 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35#issuecomment-24667...
  - Aaron2222 2y ago
    My impressions with Typst have been very positive, though I did notice the same issue with Codly. Typst is still quite a new tool, so my expectation would be that this kind of issue will be fixed at some point.
Onawa 2y ago
Look at Quarto. Write in markdown and export to web, print, and presentations (including straight to PowerPoint or reveal.js for interactive web-based slides. All from the same content using includes, variables, flags, etc. Show interactive plots directly in you presentations, tons of other features. Almost every project I create now whether it's documentation, presentation, report, website, or anything else project-related can fit within `quarto create project`.
__mharrison__ 2y ago
Did you file an issue? The devs are quite responsive and now is the time to act while it is making quick progress.
- Aaron2222 2y ago
  They did[0] (as per their earlier reply[1]), and now it's fixed. [0]: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103510

chaxor 2y ago

This is pretty hard to believe considering how good the ecosystem in Typst is so far. There are quite a few packages for making slides in Typst including [Polylux](https://github.com/gszauer/polylux https://github.com/gszauer/polylux), [Touying](https://github.com/Wyntau/touying https://github.com/Wyntau/touying], [minideck](https://typst.app/universe/package/minideck https://typst.app/universe/package/minideck), [slydst](https://typst.app/universe/package/slydst https://typst.app/universe/package/slydst) [minimal-presentation](https://typst.app/universe/package/minimal-presentation https://typst.app/universe/package/minimal-presentation) and many more.

endgame 2y ago
The problem is not with the slides package, it's with the content I want to put on the slides: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 and in particular, this comment from the author of codly where he sounds constrained by Typst: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35#issuecomment-2466781409 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35#issuecomment-24667...
- Aaron2222 2y ago
  My impressions with Typst have been very positive, though I did notice the same issue with Codly. Typst is still quite a new tool, so my expectation would be that this kind of issue will be fixed at some point.

Onawa 2y ago

Look at Quarto. Write in markdown and export to web, print, and presentations (including straight to PowerPoint or reveal.js for interactive web-based slides. All from the same content using includes, variables, flags, etc. Show interactive plots directly in you presentations, tons of other features. Almost every project I create now whether it's documentation, presentation, report, website, or anything else project-related can fit within `quarto create project`.

__mharrison__ 2y ago

Did you file an issue? The devs are quite responsive and now is the time to act while it is making quick progress.

Aaron2222 2y ago
They did[0] (as per their earlier reply[1]), and now it's fixed. [0]: https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 https://github.com/Dherse/codly/issues/35 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42103510