Debacle| LaTeX forever | |
| SILE | |
| Typst | |
| Other |
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Kuchenmampfer
Yoshi 
josch@debacle I create all my documents (grant applications, papers, slide shows, handouts) with pandoc-markdown. This may count as "latex" because pandoc compiles my markdown to latex but i clicked "other" as I'm rarely ever touching the latex part again once I have my templates set up.
matthias 🦭
Caleb MaclennanI like to read more about which tool is better for what. I only know #TeXLaTeX.
@kuchenmampfer mentioned faster compile times of #Typst, which might make it good for report generation, i.e. "mass production". It would have to have very good support for tables, incl. long tables, though.
Pascal Quach@debacle @alerque @typst @kuchenmampfer a good example of mass production is probably #zerodha (https://zerodha.tech/blog/1-5-million-pdfs-in-25-minutes/). They used Typst in early 2024, and since then it has only improved so. I find Typst table support to be functional and fairly complete. It's definitely different from #LaTeX, but it does have its advantages.
Ironically, I wouldn't use Typst in an academic setting. There's just too much friction. Unless you've managed to convince your collaborators AND the publishing venue if necessary then it's unlikely to work. The exception being, if you work mostly alone.
@kuchenmampfer @debacle @alerque @typst
To be honest I wish everyone would just adopt Typst maths syntax, I have nightmares about typing \ 😂. I spent ages typing them until I found out about macros ...
To be honest I wish everyone would just adopt Typst maths syntax, I have nightmares about typing \ 😂. I spent ages typing them until I found out about macros ...
proedie@debacle @alerque @typst LaTeX, but perhaps not forever. Typst has a nice syntax, but it misses the typographic feature I know and love from (La)TeX. Maybe one day? If the electronic version is more important than the printed one, Typst may be fine. Wether you want to count the PDF as ‘printed’ or ‘electronic’ is up to you.
I have never heard of SILE before and when I search for it, I find a lot about a place called Șile in Turkey. 🙄
I’ll have a look at https://sile-typesetter.org/ later...
Ténno Seremél’@debacle LaTeX for now. Might use Typst if it develops and survives the test of time as the one with more, uhm, reasonable syntax.
Omikhleia - Dragon Brumeux@debacle @alerque @typst
One has to use the right tool for the right purpose, based on their needs.
I voted for SILE 'cause I use it in my book production workflow, and every bit of it is replaceable or extensible; but I use the others too for specific needs. They all have their strengths and weaknesses.
One has to use the right tool for the right purpose, based on their needs.
I voted for SILE 'cause I use it in my book production workflow, and every bit of it is replaceable or extensible; but I use the others too for specific needs. They all have their strengths and weaknesses.
J$@debacle @alerque @typst Grown up in #TeXLaTEX, pretty impressed with #Typst, using my own “mark4down” flow (m4 | pandoc) with either LaTeX or Typst as the actual typesetting engine. All work well, allthough I do think there’s room for improvement - are we yet producing PDF/UA?
I don’t know #SILE. Is this a stealthy pitch?
Grégoire Locqueville> are we yet producing PDF/UA?
> For PDF export, there are multiple standards for accessible files, most notably the PDF/UA standard. Its first part (PDF/UA-1) is already supported by Typst while support for the second part (PDF/UA-2) is planned for the future.
Patrick Gundlach@debacle @alerque @typst Glu ( https://boxesandglue.dev/glu/) or the speedata Publisher (https://www.speedata.de/), of course. (The latter uses raw LuaTeX) (Edit: I am the author of both)
Electron Wizard 
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