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philistine 11 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: I prefer rST to Markdown

> I don't want to write a book. If I did I'd use LaTeX before RST.

100 times yes. Markdown for light styling. LaTeX for anything else. The next revolution in standardized text parsers will not come from replacing Markdown, but from replacing LaTeX.

lapinot 11 months ago [–]

Every heard about https://typst.app/?

philistine 11 months ago | [–]

I don’t think the global standard of scientific paper writing will be replaced by something that has a pricing tab at the top of the page.

yencabulator 11 months ago | | [–]

https://github.com/typst/typst

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