Better design, new features and readme.
… and this is the most popular open source LaTeX book on github ❤️
You guys should also check out Typst https://typst.app/. It is a lot easier than LaTeX even though not as powerful. It has meaningful error messages making the debugging a lot more user friendly.
I had been using LaTeX at work and decided to give Typst a try:
I installed the compiler and vscode extensions to run Typst natively.
Setting up my orgs template in Typst was significantly easier then LaTeX and took about 20% less lines of code.
I like the more modern, practical syntax for writing docs.
It’s still a relatively young project though, so I found a few rough edges:
- Paragraph indentation rules for my language weren’t available: managed to find a workaround though
- Only allows use of relative paths for images, imports etc: apparently for security reasons, forces me to have template logo in almost every folder
- Localized dates: Typst can’t do it
- No \graphicspath like command: LaTeX will search for an image by filename in each specified folder, in order. Typst has no equivalent command (yet)
Overall I was positively impressed, but went back to LaTeX mostly because of the last two points. Curious to see how Typst will be in a few years!
Under every single LaTeX themed post there is someone suggesting typst. Why use something open, if you can use something proprietary? /s
The compiler is open source: https://github.com/typst/typst
And maybe because LaTeX is a pain to work and debug? So please don’t tell me that you have never been frustrated with it.
I love how the Oreilly books became the gold standard for covers for this sort of thing.
