Aztex is a markup language that serves as a frontend language for LaTeX. LaTeX is cumbersome to write by hand; Aztex introduces lightweight syntax for switching between text and math modes, and offers user-friendly macros and variables.

Code on GitHub

Features

• Scoped variable and function bindings
• Light-weight switching between text/math that just works
• Separates content from presentation more than LaTeX
• Compiles documents to LaTeX; supports embedding LaTeX

Technology

• Compiler built in Haskell using Parsec