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VS Code Extension: Expose `quarto install tinytex` as a command
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Description
For new users a common required step for format: pdf is installing quarto install tinytex.
It would be nice if this could be handled without sending a new user to the Terminal (e.g. in new user materials like the Get Started tutorial on quarto.org, where we generally avoid the Terminal).
I don't know if it's possible, but it would be even nicer if, when a user hits the "No TeX installation was detected" error, there could be an IDE prompt to install TinyTeX.
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Research direction
Start by locating the VS Code extension's command registration and the handling for "No TeX installation was detected." Confirm whether the work should expose quarto install tinytex as a command, add an IDE prompt for that error, or both; done means the agreed user flow works without requiring the Terminal.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- latex, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100