Crossword Player
A compact and colorful terminal interface for solving crossword puzzles.
- requires Python3 (no external library dependencies)
- works in classic 80x25 terminal size (up to 21x21 puzzle)
- requires 256-color terminal
- supports crosswords in .xd format and AcrossLite .puz format
- Install:
pip3 install git+https://github.com/devottys/xdplayer.git - Usage:
xdplayer <file.xd|file.puz>
There are some crosswords to play with in samples/ and a collection of xds on xd.saul.pw/data.
Keyboard Commands
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Arrow keys: move cursor
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click on a grid square or a clue to jump to that location in the grid
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Letter or number: fill in grid at cursor
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Backspace, Space, Delete: erase backward, forward, in-place
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TAB: change fill direction (across/down)
xdplayer autosaves your progress. It will create and restore from a crosswordfilename-guesses.jsonl
in the current directory or in the location set by the $TEAMDIR shell environment variable.
- Ctrl+S: commits to and checks your solution. The crosswordfilename-guesses.jsonl will be set to read-only, and "wrong" entries will be underlined.
- Ctrl+X: enable hotkeys to cycle through display configurable options. These options are all set at the top of
xdplayer/__init__.py, should you wish to modify them. - Ctrl+Q: quit program.
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