This looks like a promising alternative to LaTeX. Written in Rust of course, as all new tools are written in Rust these days …
I have tried LaTeX several times, and have never been very successful. I’ve also not been all that impressed with the PDF output of tools like Pandoc. Typora does OK, but it is not a command-line/OSS tool.
typst has a --watch option that will update the PDF on every save, so if you view the file in Evince, you can see changes in real-time.
I was able to quickly produce a nice-looking document:
#set text(
font: "liberation sans",
size: 14pt
)
#set page(
paper: "us-letter"
)
#align(center, image("bec.png", width: 25%))
= Typst Test
hi there Cliff
+ item 1
- indent 1
- indent 2
+ item 2
$ A = B + C beta $
$ v := vec(x_1, x_2, x_3) $
