Palabra is a crossword editor with a focus on professional crossword development. Palabra is written in Python and C. It is free software and it is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or any later version.
- Python 2.7
- PyGTK 2.14
- lxml package, also known as python-lxml in repositories. It can also be found here: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/lxml.
- python-dev from the repositories.
Palabra should work with the above versions of the software packages but they may need to be refined further (please contact me).
In the directory of Palabra, run the following command:
python setup.py build
You can now install Palabra using:
python setup.py install
After that, you can run palabra using:
palabra
For the latest installation instructions, visit:
- Placing a block:
- Left-click on a cell and press '.', or
- Hold SHIFT and left-click on a cell
- Removing a block:
- Hold SHIFT and right-click on a cell
- Change typing direction:
- Press TAB.
- Entering a character in a cell:
- Left-click on the cell and type the character.
- Move the selection to a nearby cell:
- Use the ARROW KEYS for left, right, up, and down.
- Deleting a character:
- Left-click on a cell and press BACKSPACE or DELETE.
- You can also press BACKSPACE repeatedly to remove the whole slot.
- Jump to the first cell of a slot:
- Press HOME.
- Jump to the last cell of a slot:
- Press END.
Palabra supports the file formats XPF and ipuz (experimental).
- XFP (http://xwordinfo.com/xpf)
- ipuz (http://www.ipuz.org/)
ipuz is a trademark of Puzzazz, Inc., used with permission.
Note: All information can currently be saved with XPF while not all information (such as explanations for clues) can currently be saved with ipuz.
E-mail: simeonvisser@gmail.com
For bugs/comments, see Development below.
Development takes place at:
For reporting issues and requesting features: