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whyho | 11 months ago

Typst( https://typst.app/) Is good Latex alternative which should be mentioned here. Their roadmap also features html as a target.

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teleforce|11 months ago

Another is TeXmacs [1].

"Despite its name, TeXmacs is not a front-end to TeX or LaTeX.[mHowever, TeXmacs documents can be converted to either TeX or LaTeX. LaTeX also can be imported (to some extent), and both import from and export to HTML, Scheme, Verbatim, and XML is provided; the HTML export is stylable with CSS (since version 1.99.14). There is a converter for MathML as well, and TeXmacs can output PDF and PostScript for printing."

[2] GNU TeXmacs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_TeXmacs

IshKebab|11 months ago

Yeah they really need to rebrand.

TimorousBestie|11 months ago

If only it weren’t subscription model. At least I can still install LaTeX without a credit card.

raegis|11 months ago

Typst is Apache licensed. I install it with "cargo install --locked typst-cli". The subscription model is for their web interface with storage. I write simple worksheets for a living, so I've been using it instead of TeX lately. (I've use LaTeX or plain TeX since around 1990.)

jenny91|11 months ago

That "LaTeX alternative" looks awful? `integral_t^oo` in place of `\integral_t^\infty`?

Why would anyone switch from LaTeX to this other than the speed?

wanderlust123|11 months ago

Its a lot easier and idiomatic to write. I would try it first before knocking it off.

AugustinWinther|11 months ago

Switched from LaTeX to Typst two years ago and have never looked back. Looking forward to their HTML export feature.

Looks like you can already play with it (though it's still "very incomplete") https://typst.app/docs/reference/html/

zellyn|11 months ago

HTML is available as a preview feature now