Quarkdown: A modern Markdown-based typesetting system

So it's like Typst but easier to learn? Any other advantages?

Looks good but Typst seems miles ahead.

Typst gang, unite!

If the LLM's are starting to output Quarkdown by default - even just one provider (like OpenAI), this will catch on like wildfire. The limitations of Markdown is getting a bit old.

The pendulum swings back...

At this point just use Typst/Latex.

I don’t understand what this does that LaTeX does not, and though I haven’t checked I suspect the inverse is not the case

Is very slightly more concise syntax worth it?

I'm very excited to boot up and try this. I may have finally found what I need to replace my rickety pipeline of templates and pandoc conversions.

Can this compile to LaTeX?

Yes, any alternatives which invented their own syntax which is not markdown is just a waste of everything.

It lost me here:

> Java 17 or higher is required.

Not sure if I would be taunting the trademark lawyers of Quark Software like this, but you do you I guess.

I'm not quite sure who this is for.

Markdown is for keeping things simple.

There's plenty of of "proper" markup languages and full programming languages to actually write code in.

Why do we need a hybrid program like this, which is not as simple as pure markup, and is not as powerful as a proper templating language?

I personally just run markdown -> HTML/CSS -> python templating (Jinja or something) -> PDF/HTML

As a dev, I find this works the best for me. But I also cannot imagine that learning Quarkdown would improve my workflow meaningfully, and I also cannot imagine recommending someone learn such a niche product instead of having them learn HTML/CSS and Python (Jinja if they need fancy). Seems like a comparable amount of effort.

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