Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

Update: New version 1.0.9-1

Changes:

• Save/restore the "fullscreen" state.
• Added File->Close and File->Delete, so user can delete the .puz file from disk, typically after the puzzle has been solved.
• Load custom GTK theme to make the onscreen keyboard background white (fix for LCARS theme problem) and to shrink the button font so buttons can fit in rotated fullscreen view.

The update is available in the maemo extras repository for gregale, bora, chinook, and diablo.

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

Thanks for doing this - it's fabulous. I suffered from severe NYT crossword withdrawal on my last long trip - but never again!

One problem, though. I installed 1.0.8 without a hitch. But after updating to 1.0.9-1, the keyboard on my N810 no longer works in xword. The on-screen keyboard works fine. I downloaded the 1.0.8 deb from the garage and installed it over 1.0.9-1, and that works again.

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

You are absolutely correct. I just tested with my bluetooth keyboard on my N800 and I had the same issue. Fortunately, it is a one line fix, and v.1.0.9-2 should be available in the extras repository in a few hours.

My apologies for the problem.

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

Thanks. Another question - when a file has been opened with Open Recent, Save As wants to save it as "File". How about a "Save" option, so we don't have to remember what the filename is? And is there a way to find out what it is, once it's opened?

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

I'm seriously loving this program. The only feature I'd really like to see is loading directly from a net location... Is this viable?

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

It should work, if the website hosting the file is setting the proper URI for the file. I can click on "Today's Puzzle" on the NYT site, and it loads up in xword without issue...

More suggestions
 

Now I see that it saves as you go. So I guess that means the current file is the first entry in the Open Recent list.

The only way I've found to erase a letter is backspace. It would be nice if the space bar worked too.

And the Check and Solve functions are giving me gibberish. This happened with a puzzle I saved the day it was published last week, and also on today's Times puzzle. It works OK on yesterday's puzzle. So perhaps (1) the Check and Solve functions should be grayed out if they are not available, and (2) maybe an unlock or reload function can be provided for a puzzle whose solution becomes available after it's been downloaded.

Aren't users a pain in the neck? (I'm really enjoying the program though.)

Re: More suggestions
 

Correct.

And just to be clear, partially solved puzzles are not saved to the original files. The original .puz file never gets modified. Instead, a partially solved puzzle is saved to a special binary file in the "/home/user/.crossword_puzzles" directory. Basically, just your answers are saved.

That's a good idea. I'll see about adding that feature for the next release.

As stated on the bugs section of the project page, xword can't deal with "locked" puzzles. I don't know the encryption method for those puzzles and thus I can't write a decoding routine. Sorry.

Re: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
 

Perhaps he wanted xword to be able to open a URL directly. I recall that BeCrossword on the Palm had a few sites built in so you could download today's puzzle directly in the program.

But I don't want to duplicate that functionality in xword since that would mean keeping a list of puzzle sites updated. Since you can download a .puz file with the web browser and have it open in xword, all you need is to bookmark those sites that provide .puz files. There really aren't that many out there.

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That's pretty slick. And I see that opened .puz files are automatically saved under their original names, so the user (once he understands that) doesn't need to worry about saving anything.

But the puzzle can effectively be unlocked. That is very smooth.

The documentation says "When an unlocked version of the puzzle comes out, you can continue your partially filled-in puzzle ...". It might be clearer to say "When an unlocked version of the puzzle comes out, you can open that unlocked version in xword. Your filled-in answers will be there just as before, but now you can use the "check/solve" functions."

I would suggest that if the puzzle is locked, you gray out the Check and Solve menu items rather than producing gibberish. (Especially since the XXX's from doing a Check on a locked puzzle are not removed when the Check is done again on the unlocked version.)