For example, if I want to collaborate on making a (non-computer related) textbook with someone, and we want to use git as a version control system. Should we use github/codeberg for this or is there a platform that’s more suitable for using git in nontechnical contexts?
If it helps, a number of courses at my university used open source git based textbooks. For example, you can replicate this Statistics textbook using any static site generator designed for documentation: https://moderndive.com/ (https://github.com/moderndive/ModernDive_book/)
We use vitepress for our docs: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/get-started
Or you can get even simpler by using plain markdown files organized into folders.
In my opinion, it’s better to start off simple while writing the content since then you can pick a tool based on what type of formatting you end up needing
Thanks for the info.
Yeah I guess there should be rudimentary markdown to LaTeX translation programs, right?
pandoc. Converts markdown to html, latex, pdf, and Word.
It serves as the backend behind basically every program that support some kind of rendering of markdown, e.g. quarto, ipython notebooks.
Pandoc - Pandoc User’s Guide - https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html
I haven’t tried any, but I would think so yes. You can probably run a script over the files to accomplish the same thing :)