NAME

       qxw - create and publish crosswords

SYNOPSIS

       qxw [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page briefly documents the qxw command.

       Qxw  is  a  program  that  can  help you create and publish crosswords, from the simplest blocked grid to
       sophisticated thematic puzzles. It can  make  rectangular-,  hexagonal-  or  circular-format  grids  with
       blocks,  bars  or  both. It has an automatic grid-filling facility that can handle a wide range of answer
       treatments and you can even add your own answer treatment methods. Grids can  be  filled  using  letters,
       digits,  or  a mixture of both; non-Roman and custom alphabets are also supported. Qxw can produce output
       in a range of formats ready for publication.

       Qxw can run interactively with a GUI (the default) or non-interactively. In non-interactive mode  it  can
       be  used  to  solve a wide range of word-based constraint satisfaction problems and can help automate the
       exploration of grid designs.

       In interactive mode the optional argument is the name of a crossword description  file  in  Qxw's  native
       format  to  load  at start-up. In non-interactive mode the argument is mandatory, and specifies a problem
       for Qxw's filler to solve.

OPTIONS

       -?     Show usage summary including built-in alphabets, along with version and licence information.

       -d file
              Load specified dictionary at start-up. This option may be repeated to load multiple dictionaries.

       -a alphabet
              Load specified alphabet at start-up. The list of built-in alphabets is output as part of the usage
              summary information.

       -b     Enable batch (non-interactive) mode.

       The program also accepts the standard GTK options, which only have effect in interactive mode.

       Exit  status is 0 for normal exit and 16 for a file format error, an internal error or other catastrophic
       failure. In addition, in non-interactive mode, an exit status of 4 indicates that no solution  was  found
       to the problem specified.

SEE ALSO

       gtk-options(7).

       Further documentation, including a PDF manual, can be found at <https://www.quinapalus.com/qxw.html>.

AUTHOR

       Qxw was written by Mark Owen.

       This  manual  page  was  written by Mark Owen <debian@quinapalus.com>, for the Debian project (and may be
       used by others).

                                                 March 22, 2019                                           QXW(6)