[…] 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].

[…] LaTeX ignores whitespace, so you can just use a formatter to space out your code and ensure the curly braces. This is not even an option in typst, which uses the space as an escape character.

I’m not sure I exactly follow what you mean. Could you elaborate?

[…] You can see how this would start to struggle even with high school level maths, with bracketed terms and possibly fractional terms in exponents, integrals, etc.

For example, it is very difficult for me to work out the difference between the following three in typst. That is specifically not what you want from a typesetting language.

1/2(x + y)
1/x(x + y)
1/2^x(x + y)

[…]

I think these are valid complaints. For clarity, this is the output that I found for each:

1. ^[1]
2. ^[2]
3. ^[3]

I was surprised by the second; I expected it to produce ^[6]. I didn’t know what to expect for the third.

I tried searching through the documentation ^[4], but I was unable to find any information that exactly defined expressions ^[5], and how they are grouped within the fraction when juxtaposed like in your examples.

[…] \frac{n(n+1)}{2} in latex turns into (n(n + 1)) / 2 in typst […]

Note that one can also write that as frac(n(n+1), 2) ^[1][4].

[…] For example, \frac{n(n+1)}{2} in latex turns into (n(n + 1)) / 2 in typst. The typst code is incredibly unclear - the first set of brackets with the slash together actually form the fraction operator, so neither end up visible. […]

IMO, it’s only unclear if one isn’t familiar with the syntax — I think the documentation states the behaviour clearly:

[…] Multiple atoms can be grouped into a single expression using round grouping parentheses. Such parentheses are removed from the output, but you can nest multiple to force them. ^[1]

This isn’t in defense of Typist’s syntax, but I challenge you to show the uninitiated your example LaTeX expression, \frac{n(n+1)}{2}, and see if they are able to accurately parse it.

[…] use markdown with a typst backend

How could one do that?

I’d say it still have a long way to go, especially for advanced use cases […]

What do you think it’s still lacking?

[…] misses the entire point.

Could you elaborate on what you mean? 🙂

And I hope that you will encounter many more! :)

Thank you for linking the original source! The source in my post currently just points to a Reddit repost of it. I’ll update my references section with your source :)

This is really neat! […]

Thank you! 😊

Thank you! 😊

You’re welcome! 😊

IDK if they’re “Fediverse specific”, but I love SSTF’s (@setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world) art.

Neo-neolithic? 😜

[…] sh.itjust.works will fall under the Fedecan umbrella and will share common […] policies

Does this mean changes to the ToS, defederation practices, etc.?

[…] Solarpunk’s Pleasant Politics comm has an automod that bans and unbans based on recent karma ratios. […]

Do they have any documentation for that behavior? If so, could you link it?

Karma does not persist […]

I’m not sure what you mean; if I look at your account, for example, I can see all of your past vote scores ^[1].

Thunder

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