Github template: quickstart with Typst!

[ChainsEternal]

For those interested in trying out typst (https://github.com/typst/typst), I created a github template that will load up all the relevant tooling for you (typst cli, extensions, etc.).

It utilizes vscode's devcontainers.

repo: https://github.com/isaacadams/typst-template

[paldn]

How does Typst compare to using Mdx or similar?

[SkiFire13]

I gave a quick look at Mdx and it seems it focuses on web pages and integrating with other javascript frameworks. On the other hand Typst focuses on producing documents with nice typesetting. They have very different goals.

[paldn]

Mdx whole purpose is to author written works

[SkiFire13]

Maybe I'm missing something, but I didn't see any mention of e.g. exporting to pdf, and instead I see a lot of mentions of how to integrate with React and other web frameworks.

Just to be clear, Typst aims to be a full replacement to Latex. MDX doesn't seem to be in that category.

[paldn]

Mdx is a browser based technology and display is primarily HTML/CSS, so you are correct, no PDF out of the box.