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-Here are three programs and a script for use with Gerd
-Neugebauer's excellent cwpuzzle.sty package for typesetting
-crossword puzzles in LaTeX.
-
-The purpose of the programs is to convert the popular
-Across Lite(R) puzzle formats, both binary and text, to
-LaTeX input suitable for use with Gerd's package.
-
-Build the programs like this:
-
-gcc -o nytconv nytconv.c
-gcc -o nytsconv nytsconv.c
-gcc -o usaconv usaconv.c
-
-1. nytconv
-
-This program converts Across Lite(R) binary puzzle files:
-
-nytconv puzzlefile.puz >puzzlefile.tex
-
-where of course 'puzzlefile' is the name of the binary
-input file. The program is best suited to puzzles up to
-size 15x15, which is the standard daily puzzle size for
-the New York Times. NYT puzzles are distributed from their
-web site in Across Lite binary format. The web site is
-http://www.nytimes.com but registration (currently free)
-is needed to access the contents of the site.
-
-2. nytsconv
-
-This program is very similar to the previous one except
-it's for the larger Sunday puzzles, up to about 23x23.
-
-nytsconv puzzlefile.puz >puzzlefile.tex
-
-3. usaconv
-
-This program converts Across Lite(R) text files. Puzzles
-such as the USA Today daily puzzle and the Times of London
-daily puzzle are converted to LaTeX input via a two step
-process. You should go to the Across Lite web site,
-http://www.litsoft.com to pick up a USA Today conversion
-program and a Times of London conversion program. You can
-then pick up the puzzles (http://www.usatoday.com, or
-http://www.the-times.co.uk), convert to Across Lite text form,
-and then convert to LaTeX.
-
-usaconv puzzlefile.txt >puzzlefile.tex
-
-Well, you might say, what's the point? There are several.
-I don't want to solve crosswords on screen; I want printed
-copy to work with. So, why not just print from the Across
-Lite program? Because (1) I'm a LaTeX fanatic, and more
-importantly (2) I use an automated procedure to download
-the NYT and USA puzzles every morning, format them, and
-ready them for printing whenever I want a fresh puzzle!
-The only work I have to do is to actually solve the
-puzzle. (I don't have the skill needed to solve difficult
-cryptics such as the Times of London puzzles so I don't
-download them regularly.)
-
-Another important point is generating your own crosswords
-with computerized tools. Tools such as Crossword Express
-(http://www.puzzledepot.com/cwe) help you to produce
-crosswords quickly and effectively. One of the output
-format is Across Lite binary. This can then be converted
-(with the nyt- or nyts- conversion program, depending on
-puzzle size) and dropped into a LaTeX document. This is
-nice for newsletters, educational material, etc.
-
-There is still another possibility using postscript tools
-usually found on Unix systems. You might collect, say,
-100 puzzles, convert them all to LaTeX input, and process
-them. Then you can use tools such as psbook to make books
-of puzzles to take along on boring business trips or
-interesting vacation trips.
-
-For those of you with an interest, here is my automated
-Perl script for downloading and formatting puzzles. It
-requires the program 'wget' which can be found at
-ftp://gnjilux.cc.fer.hr/pub/unix/util/wget/
-(This site is sometimes hard to reach. Keep trying. Or
-contact me for alternatives.)
-
-Now, the script, which will require local site modification:
----------------
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-
-chdir("/usr/games/crossword");
-($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst)=localtime(time);
-
-# NY Times
-
- $mpart = (Jan,Feb,Mar,Apr,May,Jun,Jul,Aug,Sep,Oct,Nov,Dec)[$mon];
- if ($mday lt 10){$puzzle = $mpart."0".$mday.$year;}
- else {$puzzle = $mpart.$mday.$year;}
- system("/usr/bin/wget --http-user=myname --http-passwd=secret http://www.nytimes.com/partners/xword/$puzzle.puz");
- if ($wday ne 0) {system("./nytconv $puzzle.puz >$puzzle.tex");}
- else {system("./nytsconv $puzzle.puz >$puzzle.tex");}
- system("/usr/bin/latex $puzzle");
- if ($wday ne 0) {system("/usr/bin/dvips -x 1400 $puzzle");}
- else {system("/usr/bin/dvips -x 1100 $puzzle");}
- system("/usr/bin/psnup -l -2 -pletter $puzzle.ps $puzzle.wps");
- system("echo \"quit\" >>$puzzle.wps");
- system("/usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=$puzzle.lj $puzzle.wps ");
- system("gzip -9 -f $puzzle.lj");
- system("/bin/rm *dvi *ps *log *aux *tex");
-
-# USA Today
-
-if ($wday ne 6 && $wday ne 0) { # no weekend puzzles
- $month = $mon + 1;
- if ($month lt 10) {$directory = $year."0".$month;}
- else {$directory = $year.$month;}
- if ($mday lt 10){$puzzle = "ut".$directory."0".$mday;}
- else {$puzzle = "ut".$directory.$mday;}
- system("/usr/bin/wget http://www.usatoday.com/life/puzzles/$directory/$puzzle.puz");
- system("./usa-acl $puzzle.puz $puzzle.txt");
- system("./usaconv $puzzle.txt >$puzzle.tex");
- system("/usr/bin/latex $puzzle");
- system("/usr/bin/dvips -x 1400 $puzzle");
- system("/usr/bin/psnup -l -2 -pletter $puzzle.ps $puzzle.wps");
- system("echo \"quit\" >>$puzzle.wps");
- system("/usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dQUIET -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=$puzzle.lj $puzzle.wps ");
- system("gzip -9 -f $puzzle.lj");
- system("/bin/rm *dvi *ps *log *aux *tex *txt");
-}
-
-exit;
---------------
-
-For any questions, bug reports, or especially improvements, please
-contact me:
-
-bnewell@btigate.com
-http://www.btigate.com/~bnewell
-
-
-Bob Newell
-Bismarck, North Dakota
-28 November, 1996
-
-