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I use the Gnome document viewer, and every time I recompile it automatically refreshes and keeps position etc. I compile with $ luatex <myfile.tex>, not sure if that matters.
I have tried that too, but not for this task. Well packaged, so I will compare it.
You know, I am looking for something that doesnt flicker, at all.
I don't know about flicker, since I only recompile once in a while.
Yeah, that is likely the best way when you are more knowledgeable, but currently I would explore how to do everything with direct feedback.
Oh yes, same for me if I'm positioning an image or making a table, I compile to double check every little edit to the code :) I just mostly have plain old text so no surprises.
Same. I really need to learn typst, it is very cool.
Markdown is kinda useless, because
I started with LaTeX back in the day, but it was too hacky and complex, so I went to ConTeXt, which felt more consistent and planned out. Then I did OpTeX for a while and eventually I picked up the TeXbook by Knuth and it all just started to make sense to me. So now I use plain TeX with my own macro file to fill the gaps in functionality, I implemented colour support and picture support and small macros that I needed. I am very much into grid typesetting, so I need to know where all the vertical material comes from. There are areas that still scare me, like modifying the output routine or several \expandafter in a row, but usually that's not needed. With plain TeX I can know every detail of the code down to the primitives. Of course this is possible in LaTeX too, but, there's just a lot of code, layer upon layer, and I'm not smart enough to keep all that in my head.