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Typst: "as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use" (github.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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Typst is a new markup-based typesetting system that is designed to be as powerful as LaTeX while being much easier to learn and use. ^[1.1]^

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  1. Type: Webpage. Title: "typst/typst". Publisher: "GitHub". Published (Modified): 2026-03-16T09:39:55.000Z. Accessed: 2025-03-18T08:55Z. URI: https://github.com/typst/typst.
    1. Type: File. Title: "README.md".
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[–] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How does Typst compare to something like Asciidoc ? I haven't found many editors with typst support unfortunately

[–] Kalcifer@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

[…] I haven’t found many editors with typst support unfortunately

I'm not sure what you mean — I personally just write it in VS Code ^[1]^, and then compile it locally ^[2]^.

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  1. Type: Website. Title: "Visual Studio Code". Publisher: "Visual Studio Code". Accessed: 2026-03-19T08:56Z. Location (URI): https://code.visualstudio.com/.
  2. Type: Webpage. Title: "typst/typst". Publisher: "GitHub". Published (Modified): 2026-03-18T10:04:07.000Z. Accessed: 2026-03-19T08:59Z. Location (URI): https://github.com/typst/typst.
[–] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I meant a normal note taking application, not text editors or IDEs. I use markor on my Android phone, it has support for Markdown and Asciidoc. Markdown is fine until you need tables.

I've heard from a lot of people how typst is amazing, but found no apps with support for it. Is it because it's still in development ?

[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I don't think that is how it works. It is not wysiwyg but a meta language.

[–] badabim@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not the same use case. Asciidoc is closer to markdown/org/reST, i.e., simple markup languages, whereas Typst also emphasizes on presentation (layouting, element positioning, creation of complex figures, etc.). You can reproduce features from Asciidoc in Typst using scripting.

As for editors, aside from the official webapp, and the community LSP (tinymist), there aren't that many available.

[–] PandaInSpace@kbin.earth 2 points 1 week ago

Thanks for explaining. It seems like I had a completely different understanding/exoectation of what typst is.