Title: Write and Render 'Typst' Documents
Version: 0.0.4
Description: Compile 'Typst' files using the 'typst-cli' (https://typst.app) command line tool. Automatically falls back to rendering via embedded 'Typst' from 'Quarto' (https://quarto.org) if 'Typst' is not installed. Includes utilities to check for 'typst-cli' availability and run 'Typst' commands.
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Encoding: UTF-8
RoxygenNote: 7.3.2
Imports: cli, fs, processx, rlang
Depends: R (≥ 4.1.0)
Suggests: jsonlite, rstudioapi, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
SystemRequirements: Typst command line tool (<https://github.com/typst/typst>) or Quarto command line tool (<https://github.com/quarto-dev/quarto-cli>).
Config/testthat/edition: 3
URL: http://christophertkenny.com/typr/, https://github.com/christopherkenny/typr
NeedsCompilation: no
Packaged: 2025-09-02 17:54:17 UTC; chris
Author: Christopher T. Kenny ORCID iD [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Christopher T. Kenny <ctkenny@proton.me>
Repository: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2025-09-02 20:50:02 UTC

Find if Typst is available

Description

Find if Typst is available

Usage

has_any_typst()

has_typst_cli()

has_quarto_typst()

has_quarto_cli()

typr_has_typst()

typr_has_quarto()

typr_has_quarto_typst()

Value

a logical if Typst or Quarto are found

Examples

has_any_typst()
has_typst_cli()
has_quarto_cli()
has_quarto_typst()

Compile a Typst document

Description

Compile a Typst document

Usage

typr_compile(
  input = NULL,
  output_file = NULL,
  output_format = c("pdf", "png", "svg", "html"),
  typst_args = NULL
)

Arguments

input

either a path to a .typ file or text to use as the file

output_file

file to output to

output_format

format to use. One of c('pdf', 'png', 'svg', 'html'),

typst_args

Additional arguments to pass to Typst. Can be listed with typr_help('compile')

Value

a path to the created file

Examples


typr_compile('hello world')
typr_compile(
  input = 'Hello world', output_format = 'png',
  typst_args = c('--ppi', '300')
)

List Available Typst Fonts

Description

List Available Typst Fonts

Usage

typr_fonts()

Value

a character vector of font names

Examples


typr_fonts()

Get Help Information for a Typst command

Description

Prints a message to the terminal with help information. Silently returns the content as character which can be printed with cat().

Usage

typr_help(command = NULL)

Arguments

command

name of a command to get help for, e.g. 'compile'

Value

a character vector of information, invisibly

Examples


typr_help('compile')

Create a project from a template

Description

Create a project from a template

Usage

typr_init(template = NULL, version = NULL, dir = NULL, typst_args = NULL)

Arguments

template

a template to use, can be local or on Typst Universe. If the string does not specify ⁠@preview⁠ or ⁠@local⁠, '@preview' will be prepended.

version

a version string, e.g. ⁠0.1.0⁠

dir

The project directory

typst_args

Additional arguments to pass to Typst. Can be listed with typr_help('init')

Value

a directory, invisibly

Examples


typr_init('charged-ieee', dir = paste0(tempdir(), '/typr_example'))

Query within a Typst file

Description

Query within a Typst file

Usage

typr_query(
  input = NULL,
  selector = NULL,
  typst_args = NULL,
  as_json = rlang::is_installed("jsonlite")
)

Arguments

input

a path to a .typ file

selector

a string to search for, e.g. a "<label>"

typst_args

Additional arguments to pass to Typst. Can be listed with typr_help('query')

as_json

if TRUE, return a list, otherwise a character string

Value

a length one character with json syntax if !as_json, otherwise a list

Examples


tf <- fs::file_temp(ext = 'typ')
writeLines(text = '= test <lbl>\n', con = tf)
typr_query(input = tf, selector = '<lbl>')

Get installed Typst version

Description

Get installed Typst version

Usage

typr_version(keep_hash = FALSE)

Arguments

keep_hash

description

Value

a version, numeric if !keep_hash

Examples


typr_version()

Watch a Typst document

Description

Watch a Typst document

Usage

typr_watch(
  input = NULL,
  output_file = NULL,
  output_format = c("pdf", "png", "svg", "html"),
  typst_args = NULL
)

typr_watch_stop()

Arguments

input

either a path to a .typ file or text to use as the file

output_file

file to output to

output_format

format to use. One of c('pdf', 'png', 'svg', 'html'),

typst_args

Additional arguments to pass to Typst. Can be listed with typr_help('watch')

Value

a path to the created file

Examples


tf <- fs::file_temp(ext = 'typ')
writeLines(text = '= test', con = tf)
typr_watch(tf)
writeLines(text = c('= test', 'hello'), con = tf)

Identify Install Typst to Use

Description

Identify Install Typst to Use

Usage

typr_which_typst()

Value

a character vector or NULL if no Typst is found

Examples

typr_which_typst()