https://github.com/IgKh/katvan
Available as an Appimage.
Needs typst installed in the same directory or PATH to allow rendering and export.
Typst is a new, simpler alternative to LaTeX, written in Rust. It did a big headstart, seems to be in a great state and has a lot of sponsors!
Currenlty there only is a VSCode / VSCodium Extension and a Webapp. A Kate extension would be great of course.
There also is a Language server for Typst which seems actively maintained.
Alternative
Typst has a watch mode, which automatically compiles the PDF.
You can then edit the source with any editor you want (best with LSP) and preview the PDF with Okular.
typst watch document.typ &
okular document.pdf &
kate document.typ
You can use any text editor, e.g. kate, open a terminal and use
typst watch document.typor simplytypst w document.typand have any pdf viewer at the side. It'll auto update the new output in real time.Your screenshot actually shows the webeditor of typst.
This is the app you shared:
The web app is not open source. If you want multi user collaboration, use another text editor.
Damn! True!
Will update the post!
So
typst + LSP + Kate = perfect Editor!Now, if you would also have an idea how to spawn 2 processes from one shell script, that would be awesome!
Use case: desktop entry to open .typ files.
typst watch %fand detach processsome-editor %fand detach processI would love to either just add those entries as "applications", or create Dolphin context menus.