On 2017-04-25T22:03, Tobias Pape <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 25.04.2017, at 21:57, L. Aaron Kaplan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 25 Apr 2017, at 19:02, Johannes Burk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Regarding to the discussion about bringing some breath of fresh air into > >> this project we should also think about of how to reduce the threshold of > >> participating. > >> Beside the ideas already mentioned by some on this list (an explicit call > >> for help/contributions and providing a guide about how to contribute) I > >> want to propose a slightly more drastically step: Stop using latex and > >> switch to a more intuitive and human readably language, making > >> contributions as easy as editing a wiki page. But we have not to stop > >> using latex completely nor abandon the PDF as the final product. It’s just > >> necessary to rethink the build chain. Using markdown as the language to > >> write the document (or maybe just as an option for contributions) and a > >> converter like pandoc would allow to easily contribute but also using > >> latex for advanced formatting and get a PDF as the final product. > >> > >> I saw there was already a thread about conversion to markdown/RST a year > >> ago (march 2016). But the discussion ended without any final conclusions. > > +1 > > > > Agreed. Unfortunately latex needs to go. > > See my other mail…
Maybe strange suggestion: Base the document on github pages? Ciao, Alexander Wuerstlein. _______________________________________________ Ach mailing list [email protected] http://lists.cert.at/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ach
