On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM Nathan Hartman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM Tomek CEDRO <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another story is about LaTeX.. I want NuttX to have PDF Handbook > > generated too for offline work and as part of releases.. there was > > initial prototype created and it works. But local LaTeX setup is > > complex and heavy and in search for alternatives I found.. ehm Rust > > written tiny PDF generator called TYPST.. but its not yet integrated > > with Sphinx and has its own syntax that is not compatible with LaTeX, > > MD, RST (yet) :-P For people that want to quickly generate any kind of > > PDF (i.e. automation) this may be good utility though.. and templates > > generation/application is a lot easier than LaTeX :-) > > Maybe it is possible to make a Docker container to generate the LaTeX > manual? Then anyone who wants to hack on the book locally could use that? > Perhaps it would be even better if the same container had everything to > hack on the site and documentation... thoughts? > > <https://typst.app/>
Uhm I am on BSD no Docker here and I am not docker familiar enough to create a reference sorry :-( Btw. looking at Typst is seems to be able to convert MD/RST/DOC now :-) And there are two experimental plugins to Sphinx :-) Maybe soon it will become a smaller and faster and easier alternative to LaTeX :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
