Installation
Installing the Technique toolchain
Download
Download the latest release for your platform, decompress it, and place the
technique binary somewhere on your PATH. For other platforms, or to build
from source, see Technique's GitHub
releases page.
Verify installation
Once installed, verify that the compiler is on your path and working as you'd expect:
$ technique --version
v0.5.4
$ technique --help
The Technique Procedures Language.
Usage: technique [COMMAND]
Commands:
check Validate the syntax, structure, and types in the given
Technique document.
format Format the code in the given Technique document.
render Render the Technique document into a printable PDF.
$
Generating PDFs
To use the technique render subcommand, you will also need the
Typst typesetting compiler installed and on your PATH.
If you have the Rust toolchain on your computer then Typst can be installed via:
$ cargo install typst-cli
$
otherwise you can download a binary from Typst's GitHub releases page.