Date: Mar 7, 2003

Inspired by my seven year old son who loved woking crossword puzzles. 
I found no really nice puzzle generator with the correct numbering 1 across 
2 down etc. Found may grid type layouts X labeled with letters and Y labeled
with numbers. So I wrote my own python based crossword puzzle generator.

The format of the text file is

###
keyword = value
puzzleWord : hint phrase
puzzleWord : hint phrase
puzzleWord : hint phrase
puzzleWord : hint phrase
###

see Wood.txt for an example:


sample usage:
	python crossword.py Wood.txt 
	#generates two files Wood.ps and Wood.answer.ps
	ps2pdf Wood.ps 
	ps2pdf Wood.answer.ps 
	acroread Wood.pdf
	

#
title = string for page header
across = 10 number of squares across the page
down = 20 number of squares down the page
cellwidth = .5  make the cell square 1/2 inch wide
cellheight = .5 make sthe cell square 1/2 high
wordlist = 1  optionall disply the words for kids !
# show 50% of the answers typically 0 or not specified
hint = 50  

The python code supports hints where you can give 50% of
the letters filled in for complex puzzles for kids.

Hope you all enjoy using this. My email is emarch@poetworld.net
my web site is www.poetworld.org/~emarch and march.freeshell.org.