# vesti
A transpiler that compiles into LaTeX.
## Why need a LaTeX transpiler?
I used to make several documentations using LaTeX (or plainTeX, but TeX is quite cumbersome to write
a document, especially very complex tables or put an image, for example).
However, its markdown like syntax is not confortable to use it.
For example, there is a simple LaTeX document.
```tex
% coprime is my custom class. See https://github.com/e0328eric/coprime.
\documentclass[tikz, geometry]{coprime}
\settitle{My First Document}{Sungbae Jeong}{}
\setgeometry{a4paper, margin = 2.5cm}
\begin{document}
\section{Foo}
Hello, World!
\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) -- (1,1);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
Upper code is a figure using tikz.
\end{document}
```
What I am anoying about to use it is `\begin` and `\end` block. Is there a way to write much simpler? This
question makes me to start this project. Currently, below code is generated into upper LaTeX code
using vesti except comments.
```
% coprime is my custom class. See https://github.com/e0328eric/coprime.
docclass coprime (tikz, geometry)
\settitle{My First Document}{Sungbae Jeong}{}
\setgeometry{a4paper, margin = 2.5cm}
startdoc
\section{Foo}
Hello, World!
useenv figure [ht] {
\centering
useenv tikzpicture {
\draw (0,0) -- (1,1);
}
}
Upper code is a figure using tikz.
```
## Installation
Vesti can be installed using `cargo`.
```console
$ cargo install vesti
```
## Warning
This language is in beta version, so future break changes can be exist. Beware to use in the large
projects.