Thread: [Announce] xword - Across Lite compatible crossword program
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2008-08-03 , 04:00
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Originally Posted by bilofsky View Post
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.
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.

The only way I've found to erase a letter is backspace. It would be nice if the space bar worked too.
That's a good idea. I'll see about adding that feature for the next release.

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.
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.