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- ; VPPROF.XSU - Crossword Publisher 1.0 Setup file for Xerox Professional Extension
- ; Copyright (c) 1990, Longridge Software. All rights reserved.
- ; Author: Richard L. Siddall, 07-OCT-90.
- ;
- ; IMPORTANT NOTE: XWP will object if any of these strings is missing, and
- ; expects them in this order. MODIFY THIS FILE CAREFULLY. KEEP A BACKUP.
- ; XWP concatenates strings on consecutive lines if the first line does not end
- ; with a semi-colon or comma.
- ;
- ; This file illustrates one possible way of generating text from a crossword
- ; for direct importation into Professional Extension as an ASCII text file.
- ; Print it out and examine it.
- ; The lines controlling the format of the clues text file are the same as in
- ; the other setup files, since we assume you will use Ventura Publisher to
- ; typeset your clues.
- ; The matrix is generated as a Professional Extension table. Cell tint is used
- ; to make blank cells black.
- ;
- ; String starting clues file - receives title and author
- "@HEADLINE = %s<$M[CROSSWORD]>\n\n"
- "@BYLINE = Devised by %s\n\n"
- "@SECTION = CLUES ACROSS\n\n";
- ; String starting clues down
- "@SECTION = CLUES DOWN\n\n";
- ; String for each clue - receives number, clue and optional length
- "@UNINDENT = %d. %s%s\n\n";
- ; String ending clues file
- "The solution to this crossword will be published in the next issue.";
- ; String for unsolved cell - receives number
- "%s";
- ; String for solved cell - receives number and one letter of solution
- "%s\t%c";
- ; String for number - receives number
- "<^>%d<D>";
- ; String for blank cell - sets tint of cell
- "<$!B18>";
- ; String separating cells
- ", ";
- ; String ending row of cells
- "\n\n";
- ; String starting crossword matrix - receives width in cells
- "@Z_TBL_BEG = COLUMNS(%d), DIMENSION(IN), VGUTTER(.056), BOX(Z_SINGLE), \n"
- "HGRID(Z_SINGLE), VGRID(Z_SINGLE), KEEP(OFF)\n\n"
- "@Z_TBL_BODY = ";
- ; Header row cell text - blank suppresses header row - this is a tag name
- "CROSSWORD";
- ; String ending crossword matrix
- "@Z_TBL_END = \n\n";
- ; String preceeding solution length in clues file
- " (";
- ; String following solution length in clues file
- ").";
- ; String separating parts of solution length in clues file
- ", ";
- ; String for "Same as 13 across" clue - receives number and direction of clue
- "Same as %d %s";
- ; String for "Opposite of 13 across" clue - receives number and direction of clue
- "Opposite of %d %s";
- ; String for across in generated clues
- "across";
- ; String for down in generated clues
- "down";