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   From: Franz Fripplfrappl    
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu 6.10 & New York Times crossword puzzle   
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   On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:15:22 -0800, Mike Easter wrote:   
      
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >> Franz Fripplfrappl wrote:   
   >>> Anyone know how to make the New York Times   
   >>> crossword work?   
   >    
   >> Then, besides the Across Lite stuff, there's xword which is up to v. 1   
   >> now.   
   >    
   > Here's the xword site's front page http://x-word.org/  -- Xword is GTK   
   > program for doing crossword puzzles. It is similar to the Across Lite   
   > program for Windows, and it can read and write puzzles in the Across   
   > Lite file format.   
   >    
   > ... which GTK/Python seems like a better strategy than the elf motif   
   > gig.   
   >    
   > // Xword is written in Python. To use Xword, you need PyGTK 2.0.   
   > Nowadays, most Linux distributions come with some version of this   
   > library. You also need Python and GTK. If you want to print puzzles, you   
   > need the GNOME print libraries installed along with their Python   
   > bindings. However, these libraries are optional. //   
   >    
   >    
   > // Download Xword to whatever location you like. Extract it using any   
   > archive extraction tool. For example, from the command line run tar zxf   
   > xword-1.0.tar.gz, which will create a directory xword-1.0. The xword   
   > executable is located in this directory. Xword does not need to go in   
   > any particular location, although all the files in the xword-1.0   
   > directory must stay together (i.e., you cannot just copy the xword   
   > executable to /usr/bin). //   
      
   Thanks.   
   You have been a tremendous help.  Now to find the software and get it to   
   work.   
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