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I don't always use LaTeX, but when I do, I compile to HTML (2013)

Quarto Asciidoctor Antora Typst
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    Open-source scientific and technical publishing system built on Pandoc.
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    I've recently switched to Quarto[0] with RStudio desktop[1] as the editor. It's my preferred approach for all writing now: 1. Great markdown editor with both source and WYSIWYG views 2. Render to a wide range of formats including html, pdf, epub, docx 3. Generate books, web sites, single page docs, presentations 4. Incorporate code (like jupyter) except the source is plain text with fenced blocks 5. Supports code in a number of languages including Python and R. 6. Can use other editors too (iirc there's a plugin for VS Code though never tried it). 7. Built in support for MathJax for mathematical formulae and Mermaid for text-based diagramming with auto inline preview I prefer it to Word for writing and jupyter for notebooks. No affiliation to Posit, the company that develops both Quarto & RStudio. Just a fan of the products. -- [0]: https://quarto.org/.

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    You have also AsciiDoctor ( https://asciidoctor.org/ ) which is alive and well. I am using it for technical CS documentation internally, but only for single page documents. I did not try to deploy their whole multi-document setup called Antora ( https://antora.org/ ).

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Knowledge Base 23 social mentions

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    A static site generator for creating documentation sites from AsciiDoc content aggregated from...
    You have also AsciiDoctor ( https://asciidoctor.org/ ) which is alive and well. I am using it for technical CS documentation internally, but only for single page documents. I did not try to deploy their whole multi-document setup called Antora ( https://antora.org/ ).

    #Documentation #Documentation As A Service & Tools #Static Site Generators 21 social mentions

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    Focus on your text and let Typst take care of layout and formatting. Join the wait list so you can be part of the beta phase.
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    Have you seen typst? I have moved over from LaTex to Typst and most if not all your use cases are covered. https://typst.app/.

    #Document Management #Writing Tools #Writing 18 social mentions

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