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Almost all my computer science students are using Typst on my recommendation to write up their programming projects, vs most using Microsoft Word last year. Spe

Almost all my computer science students are using Typst on my recommendation to write up their programming projects, vs most using Microsoft Word last year. Specifically, writing in VSCode with the Tinymist Typist extension. All going very well so far and no complaints.

zelphirkalt 1y ago
I was with you when you explained how you got them off of MS Word (even worse if it was the web version!!), until you brought up VSCode. I get it, you are probably advocating very practical choices. Just that I wouldn't recommend students to become dependent on VSCode (due to its vendor and "telemetry"). Basically, that makes the students again dependent on MS. But I guess since you recommend an extension, you cannot recommend VSCodium and adding the extension store as someone in a teaching position? If you can, then I would strongly advocate recommending VSCodium instead (or non-electron app editors), to avoid spyware on their machines and to promote a healthier tooling.
- HiPhish 1y ago
  There is a language server for Typst: https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist I have not tried this one, but the predecessor (typst-lsp) was working fine with Neovim for me when I did my little Typst experiment last year. Whatever the VSCode plugin is offering should be possible to replicate on top of tinymist.
  - kzrdude 1y ago
    Tinymist is working very well with Neovim too - and there is a preview plugin based off of tinymist, too, for Neovim.
chanux 1y ago
Surprised you had to. I found Latex all by myself back then. I have never seen the reason so well visualized than this short video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/26BDVgIXkTo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/26BDVgIXkTo Jokes aside, I'm sure your students are very thankful to you for introducing a better system.

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Almost all my computer science students are using Typst on my recommendation to write up their programming projects, vs most using Microsoft Word last year. Spe

by jakegmaths 1y ago

zelphirkalt 1y ago
I was with you when you explained how you got them off of MS Word (even worse if it was the web version!!), until you brought up VSCode. I get it, you are probably advocating very practical choices. Just that I wouldn't recommend students to become dependent on VSCode (due to its vendor and "telemetry"). Basically, that makes the students again dependent on MS. But I guess since you recommend an extension, you cannot recommend VSCodium and adding the extension store as someone in a teaching position? If you can, then I would strongly advocate recommending VSCodium instead (or non-electron app editors), to avoid spyware on their machines and to promote a healthier tooling.
- HiPhish 1y ago
  There is a language server for Typst: https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist https://github.com/Myriad-Dreamin/tinymist I have not tried this one, but the predecessor (typst-lsp) was working fine with Neovim for me when I did my little Typst experiment last year. Whatever the VSCode plugin is offering should be possible to replicate on top of tinymist.
  - kzrdude 1y ago
    Tinymist is working very well with Neovim too - and there is a preview plugin based off of tinymist, too, for Neovim.
chanux 1y ago
Surprised you had to. I found Latex all by myself back then. I have never seen the reason so well visualized than this short video https://www.youtube.com/shorts/26BDVgIXkTo https://www.youtube.com/shorts/26BDVgIXkTo Jokes aside, I'm sure your students are very thankful to you for introducing a better system.