Vim9Script Plugin: Typst-Powershell

Typst, a markup-based typesetting system, provides built-in markup for common formatting tasks.

It integrates a scripting system that lets you input code directly into your documents which is especially useful for creating tables, or defining custom elements.

To use Typst from the command line in a PowerShell terminal, you have to invoke the Typst command-line interface. This CLI allows for compiling Typst documents locally.

The video below demonstrates a Vim plugin designed to simplify the compilation of Typst source code into PDF files.

Errors are displayed in a pop-up window. You can also easily recall the PDF viewer (:PDFViewer), and pin it to your desktop with the keyboard shortcut CTRL-SHIFT-SPACE (Windows OS only) for a seamless workflow.

A Vim command (:TypstFonts) has also been added to display the fonts available in the system within a separate dedicated buffer.

Configuration

This Vim plugin provides the flexibility to define different PDF viewers for displaying compiled documents. Specifically, you can configure it to use SumatraPDF as your preferred PDF viewer.

To set a PDF viewer add one of the following lines to your .vimrc file:

    let g:pdf_viewer = 'SumatraPDF.exe' ""legacy
    g:pdf_viewer = 'SumatraPDF.exe' #vim9script

If the executable is not in a directory included in the PATH variable, the full path is required.