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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/cwpuzzle/README b/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/cwpuzzle/README deleted file mode 100644 index 9ae8eb43c77..00000000000 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/source/latex/cwpuzzle/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,73 +0,0 @@ - - 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/other/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). - |