How to install Typst

[Riqing_Fan]

I have downloaded “typst-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc”. When open it , get:

Firstly, I open typst.exe.

Then, I press enter, and then it disappear. Want to get teaching here. Thanks!

[vmartel08]

typst.exe is meant to be used via the command line.

Assuming typst.exe is included in your PATH, try running:

>  echo Testing | typst.exe compile - ./test.pdf

Or you could install VS Code and the Tinymist extension if you don’t want to use the terminal.

[Riqing_Fan]

Thank you

[Andrew]

IIRC, you don’t need to specify the executable extension.

FYI, Tinymist only has the first letter capitalized.

[vmartel08]

@Andrew

IIRC, you don’t need to specify the executable extension.

Thanks. Well aware, I figured at that point it wouldn’t hurt to indicate what was the intent here.

[mndtr0]

Consider try using Windows’ package manager made by Microsoft: open command prompt and use winget install Typst.Typst to install on C:\ drive or winget install --location="D:\path" Typst.Typst to specify installation path. To use pure Typst locally you need to use Windows PowerShell, cmd.exe or install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), which I think you don’t need, first two options more preferable because it’s works natively on Windows and work out-of-the-box. For start you can open some specific directory from Explorer by typing cmd in path header:

Or install Windows Terminal (by Microsoft, so it’s not 3rd party for your system) and just use right click in some folder to open it in Windows Terminal.

Alternatively you can use VSCode and Tinymist extension which makes life easier and takes all that command line stuff away from you. But command prompt is very handy for tools like Typst since there are no mature full-featured Typst IDE for Windows unlike LaTeX which have for example TeXmaker, TeXstudio.

That is how people used to run software back in days without GUI by interacting with OS only with text.

@Riqing_Fan

then it disappear

Because exe file is finished it’s work. It need some commands which most comfortable enter in terminal.

Read usage section of readme.md at Typst’s Github. For creating files you can use any editor like VS Code or even notepad.exe…

[gezepi]

Nearly a duplicate of

How do I use the Typst application under Windows?

Due to a School project we have to use the typst application, however after downloading it over the powershell via chocolatey, after starting the .exe file i get a cmd window telling me to press enter to continue… when I enter in the window, it disappears and nothing happens. Any ideas what went wrong?

Only difference seems to be the method of installing Typst.

[Andrew]

I don’t understand what is “at that point” and “intent here”, and what you are implying. Do you want me to explain something?