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0 pointslejalv2d ago0 comments

If TeX is “80s good”, Typst might be “90s” good, being generous.

Celebrating batch-mode typesetting in 2026 feels like some weird cyberpunk fixation.

Programmable like Emacs (but via Scheme), interfaced with major Computer Algebra Systems, tree-structured documents that are live-queryable and modifiable, and typesetting that rivals TeX without using TeX - TeXmacs provides all that, and much more (https://www.texmacs.org/tmweb/home/videos.en.html)

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ajkjk2d ago

erg. You're not wrong but TexMacs looks like more 80s software that no one wants to use anymore because the user experience is awful.

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ajkjk2d ago

erg. You're not wrong but TexMacs looks like more 80s software that no one wants to use anymore because the user experience is awful.

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