Canonical neovim console workflow as of 2024 with live(ish) output view?

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I’m evaluating this great-sounding project, and while some of my colleagues will love the web app, I and a few programmers are dedicated terminal junkies. I recall that there was a workflow where you’d type your Typst document in your text editor, and it would live update in your browser whenever you save. I assume it used inotify on Linux and something else on MacOS, but also, what does one run in the browser to get an auto page-refresh? What’s the cleanest way of achieving this?

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Hello @Vegabook,

if you wish to watch the document, then typst watch is your friend. Instant updates would require your text editor to be configured with near-instant save after write. In neovim, that’s the autowriteall option.

❯ typst watch -h
Watches an input file and recompiles on changes

Usage: typst watch [OPTIONS] <INPUT> [OUTPUT]

Arguments:`autowriteall`
  <INPUT>   Path to input Typst file. Use `-` to read input from stdin
  [OUTPUT]  Path to output file (PDF, PNG, SVG, or HTML). Use `-` to write
            output to stdout
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I had this in a makefile for a bigger project recently, requires the tinymist cli:

preview:
	open -a firefox "http://127.0.0.1:23627"
	tinymist preview --no-open $(MAIN)

I use mac, but Safari won’t auto refresh. Firefox worked.

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Excellent. That’s what I’ll use.