Introduction

examst helps you write exams, quizzes, and homework assignments in Typst with minimal boilerplate. Its main features include:

• Numbered questions with automatic counters and nestable sub-parts.
• Point tracking — assign points per-question or per-category, aggregate across sub-parts, and render a summary table.
• Multiple-choice answers with several marker styles (bubbles, checkboxes, letters) and flexible layouts (vertical, grid, inline).
• Fill-in-the-blank lines with configurable width.
• Solution environments that can be shown or hidden globally — including framed solutions, ruled answer spaces, and grid paper.
• Global configuration via examst-set() — change rendering, positioning, marker styles, and more in one place.

Architecture

examst uses a data-driven configuration system. All options are stored in internal state and controlled through two functions:

• examst-set(..options) — update one or more settings
• examst-reset() — restore all defaults

Components read from this shared state, so changing a setting once affects all subsequent components in the document.