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I am happily experimenting with Typst right now (https://typst.app/ https://typst.app/ ), which compiles much faster than LaTeX and with a syntax very similar t

I am happily experimenting with Typst right now (https://typst.app/ https://typst.app/ ), which compiles much faster than LaTeX and with a syntax very similar to md, together with nice support for math, figures and advanced settings.

divan 2y ago
Typst is amazing. You try it once and never want to go back to LaTeX again.
igravious 2y ago
It's been talked about here a bunch of times: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Typst https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Typst
srid 2y ago
Does anyone use Typst for multi-page documentation website? This is the most common use-case of mdbook.
- bobbylarrybobby 2y ago
  Given that Typst doesn't (yet) support html output, this seems impossible. I'd absolutely love to see it though.
arjvik 2y ago
Typst, with MathJax for math would be ideal! But I don't want to have to learn yet another syntax for math when LaTeX's math mode is burned into my brain.
- agnishom 2y ago
  This is the main difficulty for me in learning Typst. I think LaTeX is unnecessarily verbose for simple documents. But I know its "equation part", the part within $$, well, and I don't want to have to relearn it.
lf-non 2y ago
Typst is great, but really doesn't really serve the primary use case of mdbook which is building documentation websites or digital knowledge gardens that are accessible as a website. If you are typesetting a research paper or writing a technical book for print publication typst is a great solution, but for a lot folks not having web support is an absolute dealbreaker.
- josephg 2y ago
  Apparently HTML output support is coming for typst. I'm very keen, since to be honest markdown just isn't powerful enough to support a lot of the typesetting I want to do. For example, using markdown you can't put text in boxes, reuse styles, link references to diagrams or sections, number headings, do math, and so on. All of this stuff is crazy useful in typesetting. I love markdown, but its missing too many features.
  - lf-non 2y ago
    It has been coming for a while. But I am looking forward to it. It is the only thing preventing me from using it.

divan 2y ago

Typst is amazing. You try it once and never want to go back to LaTeX again.

igravious 2y ago

It's been talked about here a bunch of times: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Typst https://hn.algolia.com/?q=Typst

srid 2y ago

Does anyone use Typst for multi-page documentation website? This is the most common use-case of mdbook.

bobbylarrybobby 2y ago
Given that Typst doesn't (yet) support html output, this seems impossible. I'd absolutely love to see it though.

arjvik 2y ago

Typst, with MathJax for math would be ideal! But I don't want to have to learn yet another syntax for math when LaTeX's math mode is burned into my brain.

agnishom 2y ago
This is the main difficulty for me in learning Typst. I think LaTeX is unnecessarily verbose for simple documents. But I know its "equation part", the part within $$, well, and I don't want to have to relearn it.

lf-non 2y ago

Typst is great, but really doesn't really serve the primary use case of mdbook which is building documentation websites or digital knowledge gardens that are accessible as a website. If you are typesetting a research paper or writing a technical book for print publication typst is a great solution, but for a lot folks not having web support is an absolute dealbreaker.

josephg 2y ago
Apparently HTML output support is coming for typst. I'm very keen, since to be honest markdown just isn't powerful enough to support a lot of the typesetting I want to do. For example, using markdown you can't put text in boxes, reuse styles, link references to diagrams or sections, number headings, do math, and so on. All of this stuff is crazy useful in typesetting. I love markdown, but its missing too many features.
- lf-non 2y ago
  It has been coming for a while. But I am looking forward to it. It is the only thing preventing me from using it.