Typst

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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.

Installation

Emerge

app-text/typst is currently in GURU:

root #emerge --ask app-text/typst::guru

Usage

The example document used is:

FILE hello.typ

= Hello, World!

Hello, Gentoo!

== Things to do

+ Write Wiki page for Typst
  - Mention usage
+ Bump ebuild for category/foo

== Definition of a derivative

$lim_(h arrow.r 0) (f(x + h) - f(x)) / h$

Compiling a document

To build a document, use typst compile:

user $typst compile hello.typ

If the document was successfully compiled, nothing should be output.

Troubleshooting

Error compiling

If Typst encounters an issue in the document given, it will provide an error message detailing where the issue is:

user $typst compile hello.typ

error: unclosed delimiter
   ┌─ hello.typ:13:0
   │
13 │ $lim_(h arrow.r 0) (f(x + h) - f(x) / h)
   │ ^