Thanks for the welcome, Netcarver and I am one and the same as TXP chap of many moons ago. I was having a problem getting the Textile module to work in 2.5 but turns out it was everything to do with me and not the module - plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. To my uninitiated eye the About Textile notes suggested that it wasn't compatible. I should have known better since you are the module's creator.
I knew that at some point a project would come along that demanded a PW solution and it has. It's a redesign of an Institute's TXP based site and so I was keen to assess using Textile vs CKEditor particularly as the site's handful of authors are familiar with the former.
Alanfluff, thanks for the welcome too. I remember you from the TXP forum. Have you migrated between continents as well as CMS , or is my memory playing tricks on me.