palabra 0.1.5

A free crossword editor

Palabra is a free crossword editor with a focus on professional crossword development.

Please look at https://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/wiki/Home for updated installation instructions!

History

Palabra 0.1.5 provides a basic crossword editor with the following features:

• Store puzzles in the open XPF crossword file format (see http://www.xwordinfo.com/XPF/ ).

• Export to PDF and PNG.

• Various grid editing options, such as symmetry, adding and removing rows/columns, and moving content left/right/up/down.

• Adding and editing of clues.

• View puzzle properties, such as statistics and metadata.

• Visual warnings for unchecked cells, consecutive unchecked cells and two-letter words.

• Insert words using the default wordlist of Ubuntu (/usr/share/dict/words). Future versions will allow you to configure wordlists yourself.

Development

Development takes place at https://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/

If you’re interested in helping out then send me an email (see contact details below).

If you have found a bug or if you have a suggestion then please create a new issue at https://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/issues/new so we can all keep track of it.

Please look at https://bitbucket.org/svisser/palabra/wiki/Home for updated installation instructions!