X2t Beta 2.7 < Direct 2024 >

Installation varies by platform. The beta is currently available via the official developer portal and select package managers.

brew tap x2t/beta
brew install x2t@2.7

Important Note: Beta 2.7 is not backward-compatible with configuration files from version 1.x. You must migrate your settings using the included x2t-migrate tool. x2t beta 2.7

One of the major pain points in text conversion has been the handling of rare glyphs, emojis, and right-to-left scripts. x2t Beta 2.7 now fully implements the Unicode 15.1 standard. This means that when converting from legacy formats (e.g., Shift-JIS or EBCDIC), the output is pristine, with zero replacement characters (�) under normal conditions. Installation varies by platform

As a beta release, x2t 2.7 has several limitations: Important Note: Beta 2