ReStructured Text (ReST, also sometimes abbreviated as RST) is a very neat format for documents. Main feature of this format is that files are readable in plain ASCII, but if you like, you can convert them to many formats - like HTML, RTF or LaTeX.
Default conversion to LaTeX produces files with no LaTeX styling.
If you want something with a little bit more modern feel, you can use my
stylesheet.tex.
I've also created a simple Makefile. You can put in in the same directory as your ReST files and issue one of these commands:
make foo.pdfmake foo.texmake foo.html
It should work in UN*X-like environments (including Cygwin), just make sure required commands
can be found on $PATH.