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- CWP -- A crossword puzzle time-waster by Mike Epting, Cupertino, CA.
-
- I can't imagine that you really need any documentation to use this
- program with the puzzles provided, but it is possible that you could
- have trouble getting started. There are four possible ways to
- successfully run CWP:
-
- 1. Click on a puzzle file icon, hold down the shift key, and double click
- on the CWP icon. The selected puzzle will appear.
-
- 2. Double click on a puzzle icon. This approach works if the icon's tool
- type is CWP, as with the puzzles provided.
-
- 3. Double click the CWP icon and choose a puzzle file by using the ARP
- file requestor. This method is available to you only if you have
- arp.library installed in your LIBS: directory. If this makes no sense,
- forget it or get ARP somewhere.
-
- 4. From the CLI, use "CWP filename". You don't need to type the ".cwp"
- part of the filename. Note that if you omit the filename and have
- arp.library, the arp file requestor will appear.
-
- You'll note that small puzzles open up on the Workbench screen, but larger
- ones get a custom interlaced screen. I'm sorry about the crummy colors on
- the latter -- I don't have a flicker-fixer and these colors are tolerable
- on my Amiga.
-
- Once you have a puzzle, just type your guesses. You can move the cursor
- around by using the keyboard cursor controls or by pointing and clicking.
- You can get a single letter hint or check your solution at any time by
- using the menu or keyboard substitutes (right-Amiga-H or -C). If you wish
- to save a partial solution, use the menu or right-Amiga S. Later, you can
- bring up the blank puzzle and use Restore to get back to where you left
- off.
-
- I wrote the program (it's my first C project -- I hope you can't tell), but
- the puzzles are from here and there. As the author, I guess I have the
- right to make the program public domain, so use it any way you please.
-
- You can enter your own puzzles using any text editor, but I'm real picky
- about format. Take a look at any of the provided puzzle files to see how
- yours needs to look.
-
- The first line is the height and width of the puzzle, in squares, separated
- by a comma (e.g. 13, 13).
-
- The next lines are the puzzle solution. You can use either upper or lower
- case letters, but be careful about spaces. To make this thing square you
- probably need spaces at the ends of some lines.
-
- After the solution, you need a line that says only: Across:
-
- Next are the coordinates and text of the across clues. First enter the
- horizontal and vertical coordinates; for example, the upper left hand
- square is 1,1. The fifth square from the left, four down is 5,4.
- The clue itself may include any text you wish, but must fit on one line.
- The total line must look like:
- x,y,Here is the across clue for square x,y.
-
- After all the across clues you need a line with just: Down:
- Then enter the down clues in the same format as the across clues.
-
- After you enter a puzzle file, you need to carefully debug it by running
- CWP, positioning the cursor on each square, and checking that the proper
- across and down clues are displayed. Check especially for blank clues,
- because they suggest that you made a mistake on the coordinates. I admit
- that I have not thoroughly tested CWP with every kind of possible error
- in puzzle files, so you might meet the Guru if you are careless with
- your puzzle entry.
-
- Note that if you want to use method 2, above, you need to either copy my
- puzzle icon for your file or edit your icon's tool type.
-
- When you have a few good legal puzzles, I'd appreciate it if you make them
- available to the rest of us. If you upload them to Genie, the Mission
- (415-967-2021), or BBS-JC (415-961-7250), I will get them, consolidate them
- and pass them along.
-
- The same three places are also good ways to let me know about bugs. This
- stuff has been tested only on my A1000 so far, so there might be some.
-
- Mike Epting