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Edist, The native macOS Typst editor
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Edist, The native macOS Typst editor

Quick presentation

During the last weeks, I developed Edist, a native macOS Typst editor that bundles all the Typst tools (compiler, live preview, completion, ...). Typst is a typesetting language which is mainly used to write scientific papers.

Features

  • Beautiful and native editor with syntax highlighting, useful shortcuts (for bold, italic, ...), good performances, find and replace, animated caret...
  • live preview (as fast as the Typst website, feels native) with automatic resizing, quick export to PDF, self-window mode (perfect for multi-screen)
  • Jump between editor & preview by clicking in the preview to go to matching text in the editor. Editing in the editor jumps to the corresponding part in the preview.
  • Automatic online package imports (no setup just import packages in your typst file) / local library imports (import local libraries, add local libraries)
  • Errors handling (error panel in the sidebar + inline error indicators)
  • Machine fonts can be used without any setup
  • Layout in the sidebar
  • Handwritten math symbols recognition (draw symbol and it gives the Typst markup) 
  • Typst preview lock : lock the preview on a Typst file, very useful if you are using multiple documents (ex: one per chapter)
  • And more...

Pricing

This software is not free. There is a 7-day no-login trial for testing, and then you must pay 10€ (release price, 20€ in some weeks) for lifetime upgrades. This is always a hard decision to make software paying, especially when backed by an open-source community. Here is why I took this decision:

  • I am still a student, and developing Mac apps comes at a cost (i.e the 100€ to notarize apps 🥲)
  • It is better for long-term support
  • There are alternatives like tinymist + VSCode which are very good. I am not gatekeeping

I hope it can help fellow reasearchers / students! You can download it on edist.app. Suggestions and feedbacks are welcomed, the idea is to make this app a standard.

u/jules_leprince — 6 days ago
▲ 102 r/typst

Edist, The native macOS Typst editor

Quick presentation

During the last weeks, I developed Edist, a native macOS Typst editor that bundles all the Typst tools (compiler, live preview, completion, ...). I dont like using vsCode, and I very much like using native apps. The idea is not to replace the official webapp but to have a native-feeling macOS Typst editor to edit offline, without collaborative features. I hope the "bundled in one app" approach and a beautiful app will help Typst adoption.

Features

  • Beautiful and native editor with syntax highlighting, useful shortcuts (for bold, italic, ...), good performances, find and replace, animated caret...
  • live preview (as fast as the Typst website, feels native) with automatic resizing, quick export to PDF, self-window mode (perfect for multi-screen)
  • Jump between editor & preview by clicking in the preview to go to matching text in the editor. Editing in the editor jumps to the corresponding part in the preview.
  • Automatic online package imports (no setup just import packages in your typst file) / local library imports (import local libraries, add local libraries)
  • Errors handling (error panel in the sidebar + inline error indicators)
  • Machine fonts can be used without any setup
  • Layout in the sidebar
  • Handwritten math symbols recognition (draw symbol and it gives the Typst markup) 
  • Typst preview lock : lock the preview on a Typst file, very useful if you are using multiple documents (ex: one per chapter)
  • And more...

Pricing

This software is not free. There is a 7-day no-login trial for testing, and then you must pay 10€ (release price, 20€ in some weeks) for lifetime upgrades. This is always a hard decision to make software paying, especially when backed by an open-source community. Here is why I took this decision:

  • I am still a student, and developing Mac apps comes at a cost (i.e the 100€ to notarize apps 🥲)
  • It is better for long-term support
  • There are alternatives like tinymist + VSCode which are very good. I am not gatekeeping

I hope it can help fellow reasearchers / students! You can download it on edist.app. Suggestions and feedbacks are welcomed, the idea is to make this app a standard.

u/jules_leprince — 7 days ago