Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst

Re:Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst by stared on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:00AM (#48628534)

My take: does something add value OR is there because were are just used to?

Gribouille is not ggplot2, or other. Syntax is different. Superficial keyword similarity is (usually) a false friend. Reusing a keyword might be useful, but keeping an unnecessary construction is (in my view), a cargo cult.

Typst itself breaks with a lot of LaTeX stuff, and it is good that it does not pretend it is LaTeX-with-Rust, but has a fresh look.

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Re:Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst by mcanouil on Monday June 22, 2026 @07:46AM (#48628875)

With a constructor, you get to document/validate. A plain dictionary makes this harder or virtually impossible (you most often will silently fail).

https://m.canouil.dev/gribouille/reference/core/aes.html

I already drifted apart from ggplot2/plotnine in many ways, I don't mind as long as it's not confusing.

I've opened a GitHub issue about this question (no ansers at this point): https://github.com/mcanouil/gribouille/issues/143

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Re:Gribouille 0.3.0: A Grammar of Graphics for Typst by stared on Monday June 22, 2026 @10:40AM (#48630818)

> A plain dictionary makes this harder or virtually impossible (you most often will silently fail)

I didn't know about these Typst restrictions. Silent fails are the worst, so if a constructor is necessary to prevent these, good it is there.

Thanks for explaining! (And for developing gribouille in the first place!)

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