2024-10-22

Typst

I've encountered typst a while ago, and having used Latex for most of the real texts that I've had to write since starting university -- and struggling with it, quite a lot -- I've come to find it a welcome breath of fresh air.

Today marked the first day I've helped out someone on the internet with their own typst problem, and this seems to be as good a reason as any to start writing about my experiences.

Typst enum no-hang-indent

The unofficial IRC channel presented me with a problem

    10/22    aedinius  I'm trying to recreate this (probably with less space between the
                   number and body, but that's not the point of this)
                   https://i.imgur.com/UqlNrnU.png
             aedinius  I can't seem to get the body to wrap to the margin, it wants to keep
                   the entire body indented at whatever indent I set.

here's the image the link pointed to:

I was sure this couldn't be too hard, right?

Took me some time, but I figured it out in the end.

So if you're ever in the need for enums without their default hanging indentation, here's a show rule that achieves that:

#show enum: it => context {
  let max = it.children.len() + it.start
  let w = measure(
            numbering(it.numbering, max)
          ).width
  set par(
    hanging-indent: -it.body-indent - w
  )
  it
}

This is what the result then looks like:

Hope it helps, and happy typsting :)