Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

The file spec calls for the solved clues to be in upper case so that the comparison (check letter, check word) function can do a simple == comparison. Not difficult, just not "standard".

Then again, I never understood why Litsoft wasted programmer time writing in a pen and pencil option which does nothing other than (slightly) change the color of the "ink"... :shrug:

I do the puzzles for enjoyment, and don't purposefully try to get a "fast time" -- it's just the natural consequence of a quick mind and a typing speed at around 120wpm (this speed can be achieved on an electric typewriter or on any of my desktop PCs; N800 text entry isn't quite so quick, even with a bluetooth keyboard! ;))



terrancegf --

Thanks for the updated update! I'll grab it and get it installed on the tablet this morning...

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

I managed to load up xword once, but now it won't run.

I think I messed it up by accidentally loading a puzzle in palm db format instead of .puz. I assume that xword doesn't run anymore because the program remembers that Palm OS file as the most recent puzzle? If so, can this be cleared out by simply clearing the appropriate file (again I assume it's a file internal to xword and not the original puzzle file itself)?

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

Open an xterm and enter the following commands:
I'm not sure the second "rm" is necessary since the ".crossword.cfg" file holds the pointer to the last opened puzzle.

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

Thanks, it works well now. (Only the first xterm line was necessary...)

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

Thank you everyone for the feedback and especially to Terrence for his code and getting these releases out.
The next thing that needs fixing is to make it load a puzzle automatically when clicking on a .puz file. I think this just means having a correct .desktop and .service file, which I have tried to do, but somehow it still doesn't work for me.

After that I want to have a built-in browser, so when you have a whole bunch of puzzles downloaded, you can select one by title and maybe percentage completed.

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

First of all, thanks VERY much to btb for starting this entire xword project and for coming up with some excellent modifcations!

So you mean like when you use the File Manager to browse a directory and "open" a .puz file? I think that has something to do with associating an extension with a MIME type, but the documentation leaves some important details out (like how to read the new .xml specification file, or even where to put it).

That sounds pretty nice, but a bit out of my hacking ability for right now.

Here are two things I've added for the next release:

• Since there was space in the new keyboard layout, I added two new buttons for "check word" and "solve word".
• For those of us with old eyes, I added a new Preferences option to set the minimum box size between 12 and 40. (In v.1.0.4, it was hardcoded to 20.)

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

Thanks :) It's a lot of fun.

Yes. Also, when you click a .puz from a web page.

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

btb: there is a new post from pipeline, offering this very functionality. :)

see: http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=17757

then, just set up the association with the mime type for *.puz files, and we should be golden...

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

Hooray!!! I finally got the garage page figured out. v.1.0.5 can be downloaded from there.

Two changes to the program:

• Added a new Preference menu option to set the minimum box size (between 12 and 40 inclusive).
• Added two new buttons on the keyboard toolbar for "check word" and "solve word".

Also, I made a new thread for the official announcement.

Re: Online crossword puzzles?
 

whatever dude, just making a joke not being critical. :rolleyes: