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Situation. TEXTILE is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline. Solution: a T2T, produced below. Converting TEXTILE to T2T keeps the document's content but changes how it is distributed. Textile Markup may be the right editing format; txt2tags may be the right delivery format (or vice-versa). KaijuConverter renders the document through a LibreOffice + pandoc pipeline so headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, images and hyperlinks survive the round-trip intact. In practice TEXTILE is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline. On the other end, T2T is a document format oriented around a particular office suite or publishing pipeline.
Textile Markup
Source formatTextile is a lightweight markup language that generates HTML from a human-readable syntax. It was popularized by the Textpattern CMS and the Redmine project management tool, offering a cleaner writing experience than raw HTML.
txt2tags
Target formattxt2tags is a minimal markup language that can be converted to many output formats including HTML, LaTeX, DocBook, and plain text. Its syntax is intentionally simple, using only ASCII characters for all formatting directives.
Why convert TEXTILE to T2T
TEXTILE and T2T both describe paginated text, but they target different parts of the document life cycle. TEXTILE is usually editable; T2T is usually final. Converting is about moving from editing to distribution (or the other way round) without losing headings, styles, tables or embedded images along the way.
HOW TO CONVERT
TEXTILE → T2T
Upload your TEXTILE
Drop the document onto the uploader. We transfer over HTTPS and keep the file in an isolated processing container.
Render with LibreOffice
LibreOffice opens the TEXTILE headlessly and writes it as T2T with styles, tables and images mapped across.
Download the T2T
The T2T is ready to download; typography, pagination and embedded assets match what you saw in the source.
Common Use Cases
Corporate collaboration
Most enterprise pipelines expect T2T; arriving with TEXTILE triggers "what format is this?" conversations and conversion delays.
Cloud co-editing
Google Docs and Office Online open T2T with formatting intact; TEXTILE often triggers a conversion step that drops styles.
Legal and regulatory filing
Courts, government portals and compliance systems accept T2T as the canonical format — TEXTILE may be rejected outright.
Academic submission
Journals, universities and grant portals specify T2T for manuscripts, theses and proposals in their submission guidelines.
TEXTILE vs T2T — Strengths and limitations
What each format does best, and where it falls short.
TEXTILE Strengths
- More expressive than Markdown in classical usage (tables, footnotes, classes).
- Mature implementation in RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile.
- Core format of Redmine — millions of daily users.
- Clean human-readable syntax.
Limitations
- Market share decimated by Markdown since the mid-2000s.
- Not as widely supported outside the Ruby/Rails ecosystem.
- No CommonMark-style spec — implementations differ on edge cases.
T2T Strengths
- Plain-text source → multi-format output.
- Simple syntax.
- Tiny implementation.
Limitations
- Superseded by Pandoc.
- Tiny ecosystem.
- Limited modern tooling.
TEXTILE vs T2T — Technical specifications
Side-by-side comparison of the technical details.
TEXTILE
- MIME type
- text/x-textile
- Extensions
- .textile
- Implementations
- RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile
- Primary users
- Redmine, Textpattern, early Rails
- Encoding
- UTF-8
T2T
- MIME type
- text/x-txt2tags
- Extension
- .t2t
- Targets
- 15+ formats including HTML, LaTeX, man, Wiki
| Specification | TEXTILE | T2T |
|---|---|---|
| MIME type | text/x-textile | text/x-txt2tags |
| Extensions | .textile | — |
| Implementations | RedCloth (Ruby), php-textile, js-textile | — |
| Primary users | Redmine, Textpattern, early Rails | — |
| Encoding | UTF-8 | — |
| Extension | — | .t2t |
| Targets | — | 15+ formats including HTML, LaTeX, man, Wiki |
TEXTILE vs T2T — Typical file sizes
Approximate file sizes for common scenarios.
TEXTILE
- Blog post 3-30 KB
- Redmine wiki page 5-50 KB
T2T
- Short article source 2-20 KB
Quality & Compatibility
LibreOffice handles the heavy lifting and maps the overwhelming majority of TEXTILE features to their T2T equivalents. Standard system fonts (Arial, Calibri, Times, Helvetica) transfer exactly; corporate or custom fonts are substituted with the closest available match, which can shift line breaks by a character or two. Inline images embed at original resolution.
Tips for Best Results
- Embed fonts in the TEXTILE before uploading if you use non-system fonts — it guarantees the T2T renders identically on any viewer.
- Check tables, figure captions and page headers after conversion; complex layouts occasionally need a minor nudge in the target application.
- For documents with a table of contents, refresh the TOC field after opening the T2T so page numbers reflect the new pagination.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, as long as the fonts are standard (system fonts or common office fonts like Arial, Calibri, Times, Helvetica). Custom corporate fonts survive if they are embedded in the source document; otherwise the conversion substitutes the closest available match, which can shift line breaks by a character or two.
Yes. Inline images are embedded into the T2T at full resolution, editable tables become native T2T tables, and hyperlinks keep their URLs. Complex features unique to TEXTILE — macros, form fields, track-changes — are mapped where an equivalent exists in T2T and flattened into static content otherwise.
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