xd is a text-based crossword format which is easy for humans to read and reason about.
This repo provides tools for taking different crossword file formats and converting them to xd. Then has a comprehensive xd to JSON function. Mostly conforms to the v2 xd spec, and comes with a few editor-experience extensions for a REPL-like environment. Uses a vendored copy of 'puzjs' which was ported to TypeScript.
Runs in node, browsers, React Native and edge runtimes.
import { xdToJSON } from "xd-crossword-tools"
const xd = "[...]"
const crossword = xdToJSON(xd)The JSON format is a bit more verbose than you might expect (see below for an example), but the goal is to have as much information pre-computed at parse time in order to save lookups later at runtime. You should use crossword.report to determine the parsing's success. You can see the type definitions here: ./lib/types.ts.
Builds on puzjs (ISC license). The puz format is generally what tools and websites will give you as an output format.
import { puzToXD } from "xd-crossword-tools"
const puzResponse = await fetch(url)
const puzBuffer = await res.arrayBuffer()
const xd = puzToXD(puzBuffer)This API should cover most features in puz and xd.
import { uclickXMLToXd } from "xd-crossword-tools"
const xmlResponse = await fetch(url)
const xmlString = await res.body()
const xd = uclickXMLToXd(xmlString)We don't support all of .puz features, but this library can generate a JSON object which can then be used @confuzzle/writepuz to generate a .puz file as a buffer which you can write to a file in node, or offer as a download on the web.
import { JSONToPuzJSON } from "xd-crossword-tools"
import { writepuz } from "@confuzzle/writepuz"
const xd = "[...]"
const writeJSON = JSONToPuzJSON(xd)
const puzBuffer = writepuz(writeJSON)You can opt-in to more information from the parser, and lint warnings, by passing true as the third argument to xdToJSON.
Triggering this will:
- Turn on the linter for your code editor, which will give you warnings about your crossword based on pretty universally useful rules.
- Add section metadata in the return value's
editorInfoproperty - Add line numbers to the metadata section of the puzzle
- Add line numbers to clues/hints/other in the metadata section of each clue
This library includes editorInfoAtCursor which can get some information about what's under the cursor at { line, index }.
import { xdToJSON, editorInfoAtCursor } from "xd-crossword-tools"
const xd = "[...]"
const editorSupport = true
const crossword = xdToJSON(xd, true, editorSupport)
const info = editorInfoAtCursor(crossword)
const cursorInfo = info(0, 0)Which returns a union of different results, you can check the types + tests to see what's available, but it's something like this:
export type PositionInfo =
| { type: "noop" }
| { type: "grid"; position: Position }
| { type: "clue"; direction: CursorDirection; number: number }
| ...
This library includes a diffing function which can take two xd strings and return a list of changes. This is useful for version control, and for building a diffing UI.
import { diffXD } from "xd-crossword-tools"
const diff = diffXD(xd1, xd2)Let's take this free .puz: https://dehodson.github.io/crossword-puzzles/crosswords/alpha-bits/
Their .puz file turns into this xd:
## Metadata
title: Alpha-Bits
author: Drew Hodson
copyright: © 2021
description: N/A
## Grid
AHAB..CUD.SERIF
MADAM.ANY.ABODE
PLANE.DIE.NOTON
....TODO.EGO...
GASH.NINJA.KEEL
ARTICLE.ORU.DOE
YEARLY.MISPRINT
..NEI.MAN.SOT..
CALENDAR.RETIES
ICE.TAR.POTHOLE
OTEP.HQTRS.SNIT
...ALL.HEAL....
SPIRO.NET.ATLAS
TARTS.ETA.DOONE
UWAVE.WAX..YUTZ
## Clues
A1. Captain of the Pequod ~ AHAB
A5. Food for second chance chewing ~ CUD
A8. Font feature ~ SERIF
A13. Palindromic address to a female ~ MADAM
A15. ___ Way You Want It ~ ANY
A16. Place often described as humble ~ ABODE
A17. Flat two dimensional surface in geometry ~ PLANE
A18. Grim homophone of 7D ~ DIE
A19. Off ~ NOTON
A20. Heading for some lists ~ TODO
A22. Kanye West is famous for his ~ EGO
A23. Laceration ~ GASH
A27. Alias of Twitch star Richard Tyler Blevins ~ NINJA
A29. Capsize ~ KEEL
A33. Piece of clothing or print ~ ARTICLE
A35. Evangelical school in Tulsa, OK ~ ORU
A37. ___-eyed ~ DOE
A38. Annual ~ YEARLY
A39. The stamp with the upside down airplane is a famous one ~ MISPRINT
A41. With 42A and Marcus, a luxury department store chain ~ NEI
A42. 41A continued ~ MAN
A43. Lush ~ SOT
A44. The Mayan one ended in 2012 ~ CALENDAR
A47. What a child often does to their shoes ~ RETIES
A50. Vanilla ___ ~ ICE
A51. Maligned cigarette ingredient ~ TAR
A52. Frequent cause for a new tire ~ POTHOLE
A53. Los Angeles heavy metal act ~ OTEP
A55. Bldgs. such as the Googleplex ~ HQTRS
A57. A fit of irritation ~ SNIT
A58. Lead-in to American or day ~ ALL
A60. What Pokémon do at a Pokémon Center ~ HEAL
A62. Nixon's vice ~ SPIRO
A65. Nothing but ___ ~ NET
A66. One with the world on his shoulders ~ ATLAS
A71. Filled pastries ~ TARTS
A72. Age, in Milan ~ ETA
A73. Lorna ___, novel or cookie ~ DOONE
A74. Electrocardiogram readout feature ~ UWAVE
A75. Hip slang for records ~ WAX
A76. Yiddish for a foolish person ~ YUTZ
D1. Pc. of concert gear ~ AMP
D2. AI antagonist of 2001 ~ HAL
D3. Programming pioneer Lovelace ~ ADA
D4. Prohibit ~ BAN
D5. Type of person to routinely carry a club ~ CADDIE
D6. State of the ___ Address ~ UNION
D7. Colorful homophone of 18A ~ DYE
D8. Snitched ~ SANG
D9. Kindle fare ~ EBOOK
D10. Decayed matter ~ ROT
D11. Type of response you hope to get at the altar ~ IDO
D12. Peat-accumulating wetland ~ FEN
D14. The ___, NY art museum ~ MET
D21. ___Fans ~ ONLY
D22. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your... ~ EARS
D23. "Friend of Dorothy" ~ GAY
D24. We ___ the Champions ~ ARE
D25. Father of Spider-Man ~ STANLEE
D26. What a certain applicant becomes ~ HIREE
D28. Connect ~ JOIN
D30. Particular form of a published text ~ EDITION
D31. Suffix at the end of all of Eevee's evolutions ~ EON
D32. Live and ___ Die ~ LET
D34. Famous Eastwood whose name became a famous Gorillaz song ~ CLINT
D36. Unexpected result in a sporting competition ~ UPSET
D39. Disfigure ~ MAR
D40. David Lee and Tim ~ ROTHS
D42. Luxury watch collection by Garmin ~ MARQ
D44. Top dog in an IT org ~ CIO
D45. Sister ___ ~ ACT
D46. Author Roald ~ DAHL
D47. Civil rights activist Parks ~ ROSA
D48. An additional name that could be part of 40D's clue ~ ELI
D49. Director's domain ~ SET
D52. Type of income to go in a 401k ~ PRETAX
D54. The Empire Strikes Back, to the Star Wars saga ~ PARTV
D56. Greek letter following 72A ~ THETA
D59. Misplace ~ LOSE
D61. Wee boy ~ LAD
D62. Dad to Tommy Pickles ~ STU
D63. The only Patrol I trust ~ PAW
D64. Smart savings plan, briefly ~ IRA
D65. Fresh ~ NEW
D67. Breeds such as Chihuahua or Pomeranian ~ TOY
D68. Bega behind "Mambo No. 5" ~ LOU
D69. Aardvark breakfast ~ ANT
D70. Sonic ___ ~ SEZ
## Notes
## Design
<style>O { background: circle }</style>
O..O##O.O#.O..O
.....#...#.....
.....#...#.....
####....#...###
O..O#.O.O.#O..O
.......#...#...
......#........
##...#O.O#...##
........#......
...#...#.......
O..O#.O.O.#O..O
###...#....####
.....#...#.....
.....#...#.....
O..O.#O.O##O..O
And then turned into this JSON
{
"meta": {
"title": "Alpha-Bits",
"author": "Drew Hodson",
"date": "Not set",
"editor": "Not set",
"title:line": "2",
"author:line": "3",
"copyright": "© 2021",
"copyright:line": "4",
"description": "N/A",
"description:line": "5"
},
"tiles": [
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "H"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "B"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "C"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "U"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "F"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "M"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "M"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Y"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "B"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "P"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
}
],
[
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "G"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "G"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "H"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "J"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "K"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "C"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "U"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Y"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Y"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "M"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "P"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
}
],
[
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "M"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "C"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "C"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "P"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "H"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "P"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "H"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Q"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
}
],
[
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "H"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "P"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "I"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "L"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "R"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "S"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "D"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "O"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "N"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
}
],
[
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "U"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "W"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "V"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "E"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "W"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "A"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "X"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "blank"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Y"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "U"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "T"
},
{
"type": "letter",
"letter": "Z"
}
]
],
"clues": {
"across": [
{
"body": "Captain of the Pequod",
"answer": "AHAB",
"number": 1,
"position": {
"col": 0,
"index": 0
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "28",
"answer:unprocessed": "AHAB"
}
},
{
"body": "Food for second chance chewing",
"answer": "CUD",
"number": 5,
"position": {
"col": 6,
"index": 0
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "29",
"answer:unprocessed": "CUD"
}
},
{
"body": "Font feature",
"answer": "SERIF",
"number": 8,
"position": {
"col": 10,
"index": 0
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "30",
"answer:unprocessed": "SERIF"
}
},
{
"body": "Palindromic address to a female",
"answer": "MADAM",
"number": 13,
"position": {
"col": 0,
"index": 1
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "31",
"answer:unprocessed": "MADAM"
}
},
{
"body": "___ Way You Want It",
"answer": "ANY",
"number": 15,
"position": {
"col": 6,
"index": 1
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "32",
"answer:unprocessed": "ANY"
}
},
{
"body": "Place often described as humble",
"answer": "ABODE",
"number": 16,
"position": {
"col": 10,
"index": 1
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "33",
"answer:unprocessed": "ABODE"
}
},
{
"body": "Flat two dimensional surface in geometry",
"answer": "PLANE",
"number": 17,
"position": {
"col": 0,
"index": 2
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "34",
"answer:unprocessed": "PLANE"
}
},
{
"body": "Grim homophone of 7D",
"answer": "DIE",
"number": 18,
"position": {
"col": 6,
"index": 2
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "35",
"answer:unprocessed": "DIE"
}
},
{
"body": "Off",
"answer": "NOTON",
"number": 19,
"position": {
"col": 10,
"index": 2
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "36",
"answer:unprocessed": "NOTON"
}
},
{
"body": "Heading for some lists",
"answer": "TODO",
"number": 20,
"position": {
"col": 4,
"index": 3
},
"metadata": {
"body:line": "37",
"answer:unprocessed": "TODO"
}
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"title: Alpha-Bits",
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"D21. ___Fans ~ ONLY",
"D22. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your... ~ EARS",
"D23. \"Friend of Dorothy\" ~ GAY",
"D24. We ___ the Champions ~ ARE",
"D25. Father of Spider-Man ~ STANLEE",
"D26. What a certain applicant becomes ~ HIREE",
"D28. Connect ~ JOIN",
"D30. Particular form of a published text ~ EDITION",
"D31. Suffix at the end of all of Eevee's evolutions ~ EON",
"D32. Live and ___ Die ~ LET",
"D34. Famous Eastwood whose name became a famous Gorillaz song ~ CLINT",
"D36. Unexpected result in a sporting competition ~ UPSET",
"D39. Disfigure ~ MAR",
"D40. David Lee and Tim ~ ROTHS",
"D42. Luxury watch collection by Garmin ~ MARQ",
"D44. Top dog in an IT org ~ CIO",
"D45. Sister ___ ~ ACT",
"D46. Author Roald ~ DAHL",
"D47. Civil rights activist Parks ~ ROSA",
"D48. An additional name that could be part of 40D's clue ~ ELI",
"D49. Director's domain ~ SET",
"D52. Type of income to go in a 401k ~ PRETAX",
"D54. The Empire Strikes Back, to the Star Wars saga ~ PARTV",
"D56. Greek letter following 72A ~ THETA",
"D59. Misplace ~ LOSE",
"D61. Wee boy ~ LAD",
"D62. Dad to Tommy Pickles ~ STU",
"D63. The only Patrol I trust ~ PAW",
"D64. Smart savings plan, briefly ~ IRA",
"D65. Fresh ~ NEW",
"D67. Breeds such as Chihuahua or Pomeranian ~ TOY",
"D68. Bega behind \"Mambo No. 5\" ~ LOU",
"D69. Aardvark breakfast ~ ANT",
"D70. Sonic ___ ~ SEZ",
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}This lib creates xd compatible files, but also extends the format in a way that allows for thinking of xd as a human-editor format.
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Headers -
xdout of the box has an implicit order:- Meta
- Grid
- Clues
- Notes (optional)
This library respects that behavior, but also supports a markdown header format whereby you could write an
xddocument like:## Metadata Title: Square Author: Orta Editor: Orta Therox Date: 2021-03-16 ## Grid BULB OK#O L##O DESK ## Clues A1. Gardener's concern. ~ BULB A4. A reasonable statement. ~ OK A5. The office centerpiece. ~ DESK D1. To \_ly go. ~ BOLD D2. Bigger than britain. ~ UK D3. A conscious tree. ~ BOOK
This makes the sections a bit more explicit (and conceptually more user-friendly if you have not read the xd documentation ahead of seeing the file) and frees the order in which someone could write a document. Capitalization is ignored.
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You can add arbitrary metadata to clues by repeating the clue with a custom suffix:
A1. Gardener's concerns with A2 and D4. ~ BULB A1 ^Hint: Turned on to illuminate a room. A1 ^Refs: A2 D4 A4. A reasonable statement. ~ OK A4 ^Hint: All \_\_. A5. The office centerpiece. ~ DESK A5 ^Hint: Fried. D1. To \_ly go. ~ BOLD D1 ^Hint: When you want to make some text stronger. D2. Bigger than britain. ~ UK D2 ^Hint: A union which left europe. D3. A conscious tree. ~ BOOK D3 ^Hint: Registering with a restaurant. ~ BOOK
Capitalization is ignored, the metadata prefix will always be given as lowercase inside the JSON representation.
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In markdown you can write
<!--and-->to comment out a section of your code. Our implementation is not super smart:## Metadata <!-- WIP: Maybe it should be called rectangle? --> Title: Square Author: Orta Editor: Orta Therox <!-- Date: 2021-03-16 -->
The key is that a line has to start with
<!--and eventually the same or another line has to end with-->.
When a clue is written in markdown, it will be parsed into a JSON representation that can be used to render the clue in a UI. The markdown syntax is limited, but should be enough to cover most cases. The syntax is:
A1. [Captain](https://github.com/orta) _of_ /the/ ship Pequod ~ AHABWhich will add the optional "bodyMD" to the clue:
{
"answer": "AHAB",
"body": "[Captain](https://github.com/orta) *of* /the/ ship Pequod",
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["link", "Captain", "https://github.com/orta"],
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Italics
/word/or/a phrase/(not_word_because_is often used as a "gap" in the clue text) -
Bold:
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Strike through:
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Link:
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Provide hints for where one word terminates and the next begins in a single solution by declaring
SplitCharacter: {character}inMetadata, and adding the chosen SplitCharacter between words inClues.## Metadata SplitCharacter: | ## Clues … D25. Father of Spider-Man ~ STAN|LEEThe 'answer' given from the parser here will be 'STANLEE', but the indexes for each bar will be noted in the clue.
We want to highlight that 'Clue Metadata', 'Comments' and 'Split Characters' are all spec-breaking extensions. E.g. a parser which conforms exactly to the xd spec would likely choke when seeing these features.
We'd be open to a variant of our JSONToXD function which produces spec-compliant versions of the xd files instead of just our extensions.
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Shrodinger's Squares. It's likely that a special form of Rebus will work here, for example:
Rebus: 1=M|FIndicates to the game engine that the rebus for
1on the grid can be eitherMorF.Rebus: 1=M&F 2=L&TIndicates to the game engine that the rebus for
1on the grid can be eitherMorF, but that the side needs to be respected across all possible rebuses in the clue. So forM1L2you could haveMALEandFATEbut notFALEorMATE.
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## DesignThis is our WIP extension to describe the visual aspects of individual cells. The
xdformat uses lowercase letters in the grid to indicate a particular special trait (for example having a circle background.) We are looking at describing a more complex set of visual attributes, and so the puz -> xd parser uses a new section to indicate the design attributes in a manner similar to how rebuses are handled.## Design <style> O { background: circle } </style> ....###...#.... ....##....#.... ....#.....#.... ............### ...#....##....# ......#....O... ##...#....#O... ..O....#...O... ..O.#....#.O.## ..O.....#..O... #.OO.##....#O.. ###O........O.. ...O#.....#.O.. ...O#....##.O.. ...O#...###.O..
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## StartInstead of starting with an board, create a board with letters pre-filled. For example this crossword would start with "GO" "FOR" and "IT" already in:
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## MetapuzzleWe'd like a way to describe a final question and a final answer for a puzzle. For example, in alpha-bits above the circles indicate a letter pattern and there could be a way to respond that you got the theme. For example:
## Metapuzzle How are the words sorted? > Alphabetic
Case in the answer should be ignored by engines.