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		gsinclair 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I wrote my PhD Thesis in Typst I think anything that is chock full of backslashes and braces can surely be improved upon.

Maken 6 months ago | [–]

You will end up with just a different escape character.

cbolton 6 months ago | | [–]

No it really is much lighter, see my examples here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44354520

_bent 6 months ago | [–]

considering the Typst founders are German I wonder if this was one of their concerns with LaTex. Typing \ on QWERTZ is painful

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