#56 Whishlist: a companion TypMaths

[Sergio Callegari]

Hi, this is actually not a request for an enhancement but for a companion extension, just in case you might be interested and the majority of code can be ported over from TeXMaths. My apology in advance if it is inappropriate.

You might know that there is a new contender to LaTeX in the arena of typesetting programs called Typst. Typst can do fine maths, has a syntax different from LaTeX and currently outputs to PDF (convertible to svg via dvisvgm) and to png, with direct svg output likely coming soon (there is already a pull request for that, I think). Most important, it is designed for extremely fast response, which makes it an excellent candidate as an equation editor for LibO.

For how it is coded, I think that a lot of the TeXMaths infrastructure could be easily adapted to Typst, with the exception of the palettes (because of the different syntax) and with the removal of the dvisvgm step.

May this be of some interest? Before answering please try the compilation time and think of redoing all the equations of some document (e.g. to change font).

[Roland Baudin]

Hi Sergio, thanks for the idea.

I was aware of Typst and sure, a fast compiler would be a good thing. However, TexMaths has a rather complex machinery to deal with LaTeX code (and also considering the multiplatform issue) and I'm not sure it would be feasible for me to implement such major change.

When I started TexMaths (for my own usage at the beginning), I didn't realize how difficult and time consuming it is to maintain such an application, because of the limitations and oddities of LibreOffice basic and the multiplatform idiosyncrasies.

So I'm OK to improve TexMaths, but not very fond of the idea of such major change.
RB

[Roland Baudin]

Ticket moved from /p/texmaths/bugs/175/