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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
Thank you. The architecture to get an HTML/CSS input layer in front of VMPrint is already there via a component called Transmuter. I have made transmuters to allow markdown with custom syntax support as input, and they work extremely w
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
VMPrint was a document pipeline and indeed somewhat crossed path with Typst, but I’ve since carved out its engine module, stripped away all dependencies so it's a pure math engine now that can be used anywhere. My first experiment was
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
I understand your pain. That’s why I’ve ported my VMPrint layout engine to Rust. It’s early, but it already shows promising performance improvements over the original TypeScript-based engine, which is already very fast. The Rust version can
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
Really nicely done. If you like you might want to check out the VMPrint engine or its sibling project Layoutmaster. They can give your tool a serious heart transplant and take it to a totally new level.
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
People mistake complexity for value. People hide behind complexity. Truth is simple, so it's cheap. Truth lays us bare, so we avoid it at all costs.
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
Seeing these brought back a flood of memories. Logging onto AOL through GeoWorks for the first time. Clicking that tiny lit apartment window in the Macintosh mouse tutorial and watching the curtain peel back to reveal a couple dancing insid
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
I’m not sure why I’d use it, but I enjoyed the visual and loved the brutalist design of the website -- it brought back some fond memories of the good old days.
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by zhxiaoliang 5mo ago
I'm always skeptical of the whole "computer use" concept. It's like hiring someone and inviting him to your house and telling him to go ahead, feel free to sleep on the bed, use the toilet, eat whatever is in the fridge,