# txt2tags version 2.0

## July 25, 2004

# Links

- Screenshot: Check out the new GUI interface look.

- What's New: A complete and detailed document showing the new features of the 2.0 version. Read it to take advantage of all the news.

- Upgrade Guide: A nice guide to help users of previous txt2tags versions for a smooth upgrade. It is a MUST READ.

# Official Announce

    Txt2tags version 2.0 Released
    July 25, 2004 by Aurelio Jargas

    After more than a year of spare time coding and lots of
    mailing list messages, the version 2.0 of txt2tags was
    finished. It is the beginning of a new cycle, resulting
    in a code rewrite that improved the program quality and
    brought many new features.

    Some hot spots are: XHTML support, code approved by W3C
    validator (for HTML and XHTML), user configuration file
    ~/.txt2tagsrc, many new command line options, i18n, CSS
    facilities and extra tools to help site managing.

    Please go to the program site for a detailed description
    of all new features and links to download it:

       http://txt2tags.sf.net

    Hope you like it!

    --
    Txt2tags is a generic text conversion tool that generates
    documents in various formats. It is a 3 years old free
    software, part of the GNU project with a large user base.

# Author Testimonial

    Hi,

    The last released version of txt2tags is 1.7, dated Nov 30,
    2003. After 8 months of silence, the 2.0 version is ready.

    The work for this new 2.x series began in May 2003, when
    I've forked the code of txt2tags version 1.5. That was
    necessary to support the XHTML target, which required deep
    changes on the program core.

    It took me all this time (14 months) to finish it because
    I'm a spare-time programmer, and the "spare" was really
    rare in that period. Plus, versions 1.6 and 1.7 were coded
    and released in parallel with v2.0 coding.

    After intensive testing of the new code on my personal docs
    and homepage, the first ALPHA release came out on Sep 2003.
    There were a total of 5 ALPHA and 4 BETA releases tested by
    the mailing list users, making this the most stressed and
    polished txt2tags version.

    As the first 0.1 version was released in Jul 26, 2001, this
    2.0 release also marks 3 years of coding. I think now the
    program reached a mature state, with a good base to keep
    evolving, always following the sacred KISS principle.

    I am also really excited with all the user contributions.
    The program team grew and the tarball is full of goodies.

    Take a time to test v2.0, I guess you will like it.

                     Aurelio Jargas, txt2tags author.