Palabra

Palabra is a crossword editor with a focus on professional crossword development. Palabra is written in Python and C. It is free software and it is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or any later version.

Requirements

• Python 2.6
• PyGTK 2.14
• lxml package, also known as python-lxml in repositories. It can also be found here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml.
• python-dev from the repositories.

Palabra should work with the above versions of the software packages but they may need to be refined further (please contact me).

How to install/run

• In the directory of Palabra, run the following command:

  python setup.py build

• You can now install Palabra using:

  python setup.py install

• After that, you can run palabra using:

  palabra

If you have trouble installing and you get errors about missing distribution options, try upgrading the setup script with:

sudo python ez_setup.py -U setuptools

For the latest installation instructions, visit:

https://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/wiki/Home

Getting started

Placing a block:

• Left-click on a cell and press '.', or
• Hold SHIFT and left-click on a cell

Removing a block:

• Hold SHIFT and right-click on a cell

Change typing direction:

• Press TAB.

Entering a character in a cell:

• Left-click on the cell and type the character.

Move the selection to a nearby cell:

• Use the ARROW KEYS for left, right, up, and down.

Deleting a character:

• Left-click on a cell and press BACKSPACE or DELETE.
• You can also press BACKSPACE repeatedly to remove the whole slot.

Jump to the first cell of a slot:

• Press HOME.

Jump to the last cell of a slot:

• Press END.

File formats

Palabra supports the file formats XPF and ipuz (experimental).

• XFP (http://xwordinfo.com/xpf)
• ipuz (http://www.ipuz.org/)

ipuz is a trademark of Puzzazz, Inc., used with permission.

Note: All information can currently be saved with XPF while not all information (such as explanations for clues) can currently be saved with ipuz.

Contact

E-mail: simeonvisser@gmail.com

For bugs/comments, see Development below.

Development

Development takes place at:

http://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/

For reporting issues and requesting features:

http://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/issues/