PDF/Tinytex and Typst

[jgeller112]

Hi @b-rodrigues,

I am trying to get a pipeline where pdf and typst documents can be rendered and am running into some issues. For PDF I usually use tinytex package which requires TinyTex. I cant seem to get that to load as a system-wide dependency (is it called something else in nix store?). I cant get apaquarto-typst to work either to create a pdf. Any suggestions?

[jgeller112]

Would something like this work?

  shellHook = ''
    echo "Installing TinyTeX..."
    curl -fsSL https://yihui.org/tinytex/install-unx.sh | sh
    export PATH=$HOME/.TinyTeX/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
    echo "TinyTeX installed!"
  '';
}

[b-rodrigues]

For PDF rendering your best bet is to install tex packages from Nix directly. tinytex works by installing packages once it’s called, which is not easy to get to work with Nix. See: https://docs.ropensci.org/rix/articles/d2-installing-system-tools-and-texlive-packages-in-a-nix-environment.html#installing-texlive-packages

basically just add the required tex packages to tex_pkgs

[jgeller112]

I'll figure out what Tex packages are included in tinytex and just install those via the method outlined in the doc.

There is still the typst issue but maybe I'll forget that for now.

[jgeller112]

Not having luck with any Tex packages, lol.

[b-rodrigues]

try with

  tex_pkgs = c("amsmath", "ninecolors", "apa7", "scalerel", "threeparttable", "threeparttablex", "endfloat", "environ", "multirow", "tcolorbox", "pdfcol", "tikzfill", "fontawesome5", "framed", "newtx", "fontaxes", "xstring", "wrapfig", "tabularray", "siunitx"), 

it should work, however the default font from the template is times new roman which causes issues. I’m trying to see what can be done.

what’s the typst issue?

[jgeller112]

font issue: wjschne/apaquarto#98

[jgeller112]

When using Typst:

[typst]: Compiling L2_VWP_webcam_ET.typ to L2_VWP_webcam_ET.pdf...warning: `style` is deprecated
    ┌─ _manuscript/L2_VWP_webcam_ET.typ:180:11
    │  
180 │   #let TeX = style(styles => {
    │ ╭────────────^
181 │ │   set text(font: ("New Computer Modern", "Times", "Times New Roman"))
182 │ │   let e = measure("E", styles)
183 │ │   let T = "T"
    · │
186 │ │   box(T + h(-0.15em) + E + h(-0.125em) + X)
187 │ │ })
    │ ╰──^
    │  
    = hint: use a `context` expression instead
warning: `style` is deprecated
    ┌─ _manuscript/L2_VWP_webcam_ET.typ:188:13
    │  
188 │   #let LaTeX = style(styles => {
    │ ╭──────────────^
189 │ │   set text(font: ("New Computer Modern", "Times", "Times New Roman"))
190 │ │   let a-size = 0.66em
191 │ │   let l = measure("L", styles)
    · │
195 │ │   box(L + h(-a.width * 0.67) + A + h(-a.width * 0.25) + TeX)
196 │ │ })
    │ ╰──^
    │  
    = hint: use a `context` expression instead
error: file not found (searched at /home/runner/work/L2_VWP_Webcam/L2_VWP_Webcam/_manuscript/\_extensions/wjschne/apaquarto/apa.csl)
     ┌─ _manuscript/L2_VWP_webcam_ET.typ:1914:25
     │
1914 │ #set bibliography(style: "\_extensions/wjschne/apaquarto/apa.csl")