Converting slides to a version-controllable format

[mjaehn]

It would be nice if we can integrate the slides into this Git repository, including all its advantages.

Options

LaTeX Beamer

• Pro: We already have our C2SM beamer template
• Pro: Excellent diffs; changes to bullet points, diagrams, etc. are perfectly readable in git diff
• Con: Verbose syntax for simple content (code blocks, bullet lists)
• Con: Requires a LaTeX toolchain to compile

Markdown Slides

Tool	Output	Notes
Marp	HTML, PDF, PPTX	VS Code extension available, simplest setup
Slidev	HTML (Vue-based)	Code highlighting, animations, very dev-friendly
Quarto + reveal.js	HTML, PDF	Also exports to Beamer via pandoc
pandoc	Beamer PDF	Bridges both worlds — write Markdown, render with your existing LaTeX template

Ideal Solution

pandoc + Markdown → Beamer

• Writing slides in plain Markdown (consistent with existing .md exercises)
• pandoc renders them (e.g. using C2SM Beamer template)
• No new toolchain beyond pandoc (one binary, available everywhere)