Rst2a.com - Do Not Let Formatting Get You Down

Rst2a.com (reStructuredText) was developed by a team at Revver to solve the problem of formatting specs. Basically, Rst2a is a plain text document which keeps the content and style of the content separate. From there it can be put into a wide variety of formats to fit everyone's needs. The creators' goals are to encourage the creation of more rst styles, make them easy to use for everyone, non-geeks included, and make it easy to convert documents into multiple formats without having to download heaps of software. With Rst user don't have to tear their hair out over frivolous details such as how a document will turn out, or how to achieve a certain look. Documents can be shared and edited in HTML or PDF. To get started, upload a document or start typing from within your browser. It's completely free and no registration is required.

"st2a was conceived by Andy Gayton, David Stokes, and Asi Behar as a solution to a persistent problem that plagued the team during their day jobs at Revver.

Every time a spec was needed, invariably, a debate over the format of the spec would arise - with developers preferring a plain text document on a wiki, and business people preferring traditional tools such as Microsoft Word based on a set template.

Cue reStructuredText - an easy-to-read, plain text document format designed to keep content and the style/formatting of content separate. Author the content once, then present it in a variety of formats - like html and pdf - with infinite possibilities for styles and templates."

Rst2a is an incredibly elegant and simple solution to a somewhat frustrating problem. Everyone has certain peeves and likes with formatting, yet such a seemingly simple thing can be extremely difficult, requiring different software or programs.

How well does this actually work? Trying to upload a document, I encountered a problem. Is this a common thing? How will users even know that Rst2a is out there?