Tinymist Docs

Run and configure tinymist in Neovim with support for all major distros and package managers.

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Feature Integration

Language service (completion, definitions, etc.)
Code Formatting
Live Web Preview with typst-preview.

Work for full parity for all tinymist features is underway. This will include: exporting to different file types, template preview, and multifile support. Neovim integration is behind VS Code currently but should be caught up in the near future.

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Installation

(Recommended) mason.nvim.
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Or manually:

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Finding Executable

To enable LSP, you must install tinymist. You can find tinymist by:
- Night versions available at GitHub Actions.
- Stable versions available at GitHub Releases.
  If you are using the latest version of typst-ts-mode, then you can use command typst-ts-lsp-download-binary to download the latest stable binary of tinymist at typst-ts-lsp-download-path.
- Build from source by cargo. You can also compile and install latest tinymist by Cargo.
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Configuration

With lspconfig:
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Or with Coc.nvim:
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Or finally with the builtin lsp protocol:
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For a full list of available settings see Tinymist Server Configuration.

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Formatting

Either typstyle or typstfmt. Both are now included in tinymist, you can select the one you prefer with:

formatterMode = "typstyle"

formatterMode = "typstyle"

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Live Preview

Live preview can be achieved with either a web preview or a pdf reader that supports automatic reloading (zathura is good).

Web Preview

-- lazy.nvim

  'chomosuke/typst-preview.nvim',

  lazy = false, -- or ft = 'typst'

  version = '1.*',

  opts = {}, -- lazy.nvim will implicitly calls `setup {}`

-- lazy.nvim

  'chomosuke/typst-preview.nvim',

  lazy = false, -- or ft = 'typst'

  version = '1.*',

  opts = {}, -- lazy.nvim will implicitly calls `setup {}`

See typst-preview for more installation and configuration options.

Pdf Preview

This preview method is slower because of compilation delays, and additional delays in the pdf reader refreshing.

It is often useful to have a command that opens the current file in the reader.

vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("OpenPdf", function()

  local filepath = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)

  if filepath:match("%.typ$") then

    os.execute("open " .. vim.fn.shellescape(filepath:gsub("%.typ$", ".pdf")))

    -- replace open with your preferred pdf viewer

    -- os.execute("zathura " .. vim.fn.shellescape(filepath:gsub("%.typ$", ".pdf")))

end

end, {})

vim.api.nvim_create_user_command("OpenPdf", function()

  local filepath = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0)

  if filepath:match("%.typ$") then

    os.execute("open " .. vim.fn.shellescape(filepath:gsub("%.typ$", ".pdf")))

    -- replace open with your preferred pdf viewer

    -- os.execute("zathura " .. vim.fn.shellescape(filepath:gsub("%.typ$", ".pdf")))

end

end, {})

Make sure to change exportPdf to "onType" or "onSave".

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Working with Multiple-Files Projects

Tinymist cannot know the main file of a multiple-files project if you don't tell it explicitly. This causes the well-known label error when editing the /sub.typ file in a project like that:

// in file: /sub.typ

// Error: unknown label 'label-in-main'

@label-in-main

// in file: /main.typ

#include "sub.typ"

= Heading <label-in-main>

// in file: /sub.typ

// Error: unknown label 'label-in-main'

@label-in-main

// in file: /main.typ

#include "sub.typ"

= Heading <label-in-main>

The solution is a bit internal, which should get further improvement, but you can pin a main file by command.

-- pin the main file

vim.lsp.buf.execute_command({ command = 'tinymist.pinMain', arguments = { vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0) } })

-- unpin the main file

vim.lsp.buf.execute_command({ command = 'tinymist.pinMain', arguments = { nil } })

-- pin the main file

vim.lsp.buf.execute_command({ command = 'tinymist.pinMain', arguments = { vim.api.nvim_buf_get_name(0) } })

-- unpin the main file

vim.lsp.buf.execute_command({ command = 'tinymist.pinMain', arguments = { nil } })

It also doesn't remember the pinned main file across sessions, so you may need to run the command again after restarting Neovim.

This could be improved in the future.

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Troubleshooting

Generally you can find in depth information via the :mes command. :checkhealth and LspInfo can also provide valuable information. Tinymist also creates a debug log that is usually at ~/.local/state/nvim/lsp.log. Reporting bugs is welcome.

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tinymist not starting when creating/opening files

This is most commonly due to nvim not recognizing the .typ file extension as a typst source file. In most cases is can be resolved with:

:set filetype=typst

:set filetype=typst

In older versions of Neovim an autocommand may be necessary.

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.typ setfiletype typst

autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.typ setfiletype typst

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Contributing

You can submit issues or make PRs to GitHub.