Re: crossword project works

"Bartc" <bc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
Malcolm McLean wrote:
"Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
It's now in pre-alpha.

Yoou can see version one on the website. Under "crossword generator"
in the bottom tright hand corner.

(Bottom left on IE7.)

I've had a try but have a couple of comments:

You can specify a grid size but not an actual layout?

Yes. The idea is that it does the layout for you, from a fairly limited list of words.

The layout it generates doesn't have rotational symmetry?

Yes. That would make it even harder to fit the words. I realise now that Richard Heathfield, who suggested the idea, was looking for a different program altogether.

And what are those numbers it prints out like 75464 56.0?

It's to give you something to look at whilst it tries to find the best crossword. The big integer is the iteration it has got up to (you can configure with -iter, the bigger the slower and better) and the real number is the score. At the moment I'm just scoring one for every blank.

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