On Wednesday 16 November 2011 22:05:59 Kristopher John Gamrat wrote:
> On Wednesday 16 November 2011 03:51:01 pm Timothy Pearson wrote:
> > I would definitely encourage the usage of an open format flat file (or
> > files), such as fodt or some sort of Latex format, in the GIT repository.
> > This would greatly simplify differences between versions (if needed), and
> > thereby make it easier for those without write access to GIT to jump in,
> > edit the document, and submit a patch with their additions.
> 
> Not everybody will have a Latex editor at the ready. I don't know what fodt
> is. Most people will have an ODT-compatible editor such as LibreOffice or
> AbiWord (I think even MS Office can read/save ODT files since their 2007
> edition).

Excuse me if I jump in the discussion just to put my 2 cents about the editor.
What about the good old LyX?

http://www.lyx.org/

It's easy to use, it outputs LaTeX, it's multi-platform and it's Free 
Software.

Andrea