Re: [lojban] A more complex crossword puzzle

[Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>]

Remo Dentato wrote:
> Here is a draft of another crossword puzzle in lojban. This time is a
> "proper" crossword puzzle all hand made by me :)
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7681579/kuc_01.pdf
>
> I spent the last couple of days trying to figure out how to easily
> publish a crossword online and didn't find anything that I liked so,
> for now, it's just a PDF that has to be printed to be completed.
>
> I have considered so far the following options:
>
>   create a PDF form
>   create an ad hoc javascript version
>   buy a crossword editor (that would not insist on uppercase!)
>   release as an OpenOffice spreadsheet
>   release as a Google Document spreadsheet
>
> each of this will have its pros and cons.
>
> I would be very happy to hear any other suggestion.

The standard form for crossword puzzle distribution these days is Across 
(lite) format, file suffix .puz

You do not need to buy any software to create or to use this format. 
The free downloadable application Across Lite will convert a specially 
formatted text file into a .puz binary file that anyone can use with the 
 program.

http://www.litsoft.com/across/docs/AcrossTextFormat.pdf

describes the text format

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/help/litsoft.html
is one of several places to download AcrossLite.

http://code.google.com/p/puz/
has some software libraries for working with the .puz format in C and 
perhaps other languages

lojbab

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