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 <file1.xd|file1.puz> ... <fileN.xd|fileN.puz>
There are some crosswords to play with in samples/ and a collection of xds on xd.saul.pw/data.
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.
- Click on a grid square or a clue: jump to that position in the grid.
- Arrow keys: move cursor to next grid position.
- Shift+{Left,Right}Arrow: move to next clue in current fill direction.
- Tab: change fill direction (across <-> down).
- Letter or number: fill in grid position at cursor.
- Backspace, Space, Delete: erase backward, forward, in-place.
- Ctrl+R: insert rebus key in grid position at cursor; at the prompt, either add a new rebus word or enter the numeric key of a previously-added word.
- 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+Y: add a note to the current clue.
- Ctrl+F/Ctrl+B or PageUp/PageDown: scroll forwards/backwards through notes for current clue.
- Ctrl+N: move to the next puzzle.
- Ctrl+Q: quit program.
- puzterm (2018, Rust)
- cursewords (2019, Python)