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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..09c35992db2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/README @@ -0,0 +1,73 @@ + + cwpuzzle.sty + - + a LaTeX package for typesetting crossword puzzles + + Gerd Neugebauer + + +Since I know only of one additional package for this purpose on CTAN +-- named crosswrd.sty -- I will compare it against this package to +show the advantages and disadvantages of both packages. + +I have developed cwpuzzle.sty because I needed to typeset a puzzle +which required more features than those provided by crosswrd. The +feature I was missing was the inclusion of rectangular regions in the +puzzles containing ads or other texts not directly related to the +characters to be filled in. + +I have generalized this requirement by allowing arbitrary rectangles +to be left free. Thus it is possible to typeset puzzles which have no +rectangular border (See the documentation for examples). + +Another idea was to have different types of puzzles generated from the +same source: + +- The classical puzzle contains numbers for the words and clues for + the words to be filled in. + +- The numbered puzzle contains numbers in each cell where identical + numbers represent identical letters. The goal is to find out which + number corresponds to which letter. + +- The fill-in type of puzzle consists of a grid and a list of words. + The goal is to place all words in the grid. + +crosswrd supports the first type of puzzle only. cwpuzzle supports all +of them. + +The input for both packages is completely different. crosswrd assumes +that a user uses this package to develop a puzzle. Thus it is tailored +towards a human user. It checks for consistency and requires +non-redundant input. (As a unpleasant side effect fragile macros used +in clues have to be protected) + +cwpuzzle needs some redundancy in the input for the sake of +flexibility. But it seems quite natural to specify the frame of the +puzzle and the clues separately. Especially for those types where no +clues are needed at all. + +cwpuzzle currently assumes that words are terminated by a black block +(or the border of the puzzle). crosswrd also supports also the variant +where words are terminated by a thicker border. This might also be +incorporated into a future release of cwpuzzle. + +In cwpuzzle it is also possible to specify whether the crossword +puzzle or it's solution should be produced (from the same +source). Thus it is possible to include the puzzle in one issue of a +journal and the solution into another, or to typeset the solution +several pages after the puzzle. + +cwpuzzle provides a larger number of options and hooks which can be +used to customize the result. E.g it is possible to modify the size of +the boxes or the fonts used as well as the appearance of graphical +elements like the black blocks. + + +cwpuzzle is located in the CTAN directory + + tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/gene/crossword + +run tex on cwpuzzle.ins to produce the package and latex on +cwpuzzle.dtx to get the documentation (or the Makefile to do both). + diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/cwpuzzle.pdf b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/cwpuzzle.pdf Binary files differnew file mode 100644 index 00000000000..343c36975b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/latex/crossword/cwpuzzle.pdf |