A brave soul to help finish the crossword app

[Dan]

I have been working on a crossword app, hoping I could get it to a polished final product, but I just can't seem to find the time. So I am looking for a brave soul to take over the code. 

There are quiet a few things that work:

* .puz file parsing

* displaying the puzzle

* displaying the correct clue depending on the position of the cursor

* entering and erasing solution letters

* checking letter at cursor position (if the puzzle is unlocked)

Issues to be addressed:

* non-touch reader interface

* puzzles larger than 15x15

* help menu

* the field layout was borrowed from Minesweeper and there may be a better approach

* checking a whole word and a whole puzzle

This is surely an incomplete list but it gives an idea of the remaining work.

Finally, the current name of the project is an unimaginative "Word" ("XWord" is already taken by another crossword project). So as a bonus you get to rename it something clever and funny 

if you decide to take this on, not to mention bringing crossword to PRS platform:)

Dan

[Ben]

Hi Dan,

I've taken a quick look and I have it working in the Sim.  However, I needed to modify the MineSweeper skin to make it look right.  Do you have a skin file that you were using?

Also, I was puzzled by the keyboard appearing over the top of the crossword itself.  It is sort of possible to see between the keys, but is this really what you wanted?  (For example, I think we could have a button that toggles the keys between the upper and lower parts of the crossword.)

Probably the best way to get this finished will be for me to update the Apps repository and then others can take a look more easily.  I am very impressed by how much you have been able to do, and I think it won't actually take a lot of effort to have it ready for touch-enabled readers.  (Non-touch is going to be rather more work than I have time for, though!)

For the moment, I have just called the app "CrossWord".  Not very imaginative, I know!

Sincerely,

Ben.

[Dan]

Hello Ben,

Right, I did forget the skin file.

The keyboard is supposed to be below the crossword field and the clue rectangle. Layout for me was the most difficult part as I only partially understood how the layout xml file worked. The problem may be that the coordinates are hard-coded for 905 and do not come out for other models. So that probably needs to be fixed as well.

BTW, I forgot to mention saving the entered solution back in the same .puz file also works.

Thank you so much for helping.

Dan

[Ben Chenoweth]

Explains a lot that you have a 950!  I worked out a suitable way for it to work on a 650, but I am having trouble getting it to actually work on my reader.  It's working fine in the Sim!

Thanks for the skin file.  I had come up with something similar, but it is good to see yours.

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