christos

tui-sudoku (lemmy.world)

tui-sudoku is a configurable terminal interface sudoku game, with quite a few features....

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WORDY: A TUI WORD PUZZLE (gitlab.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4793853...

christos, 8 months ago

Thanks!

christos, 8 months ago

Oh the word list issue is a matter of great debate. I opted for using the default word list just to avoid this matter (thinking that this list is something fixed and undebatable). It might be a good idea to make the word list configurable, so that each user may use their prefered word list. Stay tuned, I might do it the very near future.

christos, 8 months ago

• As mentioned above, this script is using the word list contained in /usr/share/dict/words.

  If your distro doesn’t include this installed, you can install the respective package (wordlist, words) using the respective command (apt, pacman).

• ADDITIONALLY, if someone wishes to play the game using a different word list, they can do so, editing LINE 17of the wordy.sh

<span style="color:#323232;">WORD_LIST="/usr/share/dict/words"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span>

change to

<span style="color:#323232;">WORD_LIST="/path/to/prefered/wordlist"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span>

christos, 8 months ago

If someone wishes to play the game using a different word list, they can do so, editing LINE 17of the wordy.sh

<span style="color:#323232;">WORD_LIST="/usr/share/dict/words"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span>

change to

<span style="color:#323232;">WORD_LIST="/path/to/prefered/wordlist"
</span>

I have already considered this before. I know that what you propose is quite easy. However I do not want to impose any other word list (that might even be considered “proprietary”) to anyone, when the majority of the users’s systems already have the default word list. So, whoever user want any other list, they can easily edit that line and go on enjoy the game using the list they like.

Another solution is a config file instead of editing line 17. It is just as easy, but having a config file to configure just one parameter sounds not great.

christos, 8 months ago

Another alternative is to provide the user a few word lists (as you mentioned, they should be quite light), and from then on each one is free to choose their prefered one.

It could be done with curl as well, but then if we did that, we would have another dependency: curl.

I forgot to thank you for the feedback, and for your willlingness to help, it is appreciated.

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SPELION: A TUI Spelling Bee Puzzle (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4516369...

SPELION: A TUI Spelling Bee Puzzle (lemmy.world)

cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/4516333...

christos, 9 months ago

Hey nobody’s prefect.

christos, 9 months ago

Thank you for this response. I will mention /use/share/dict/words as a dependency for this script in the README. However, as I am not an Arch user, and thus not familiar with aur and respective commands, and as installing this dependency would be beyond the scope of this project, I will ommit giving precise instructions on how to install this package.

christos, 9 months ago

A couple of interesting features:

• The selection of letters is random, so, the number of words - solutions is also random. However the user can configure the range of the number of words - solutions, editing the ~/.config/spelion/spelion.config file. That means that the puzzle can have e.g. between 10 and 30 solutions, or between 50 and 100 etc.
• The user can avoid the frustration of not ever knowing the right answers when no other solutions come to mind: with the W option the user can browse the list of all possible solutions to the puzzle.

Thank you for your feedback, any other suggestion/correction/input is most welcome.

christos, 9 months ago

I already updated the README, mentioning the dependency.

Thank you very much for the feedback and the kind words!

christos, 9 months ago

Update: Another feature has been added to the script, lolcat helps show the Highscores in color, and therefore more fun.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/81fa787e-3ce7-44d3-9b4f-469627a33896.png

The user can configure whether the highscores are shown in color or not.

This is done again by editing the value HISCORE_COLOR (yes / no) in $HOME/.config/spelion/spelion.config

christos, 8 months ago

UPDATE:

The word list now is configurable.

By editing the WORD_LIST line in $HOME/.config/spelion/spelion.config, the user can play the game using another word list.

christos, 9 months ago

Thank you!

christos, 9 months ago

A couple of interesting features:

• The selection of letters is random, so, the number of words - solutions is also random. However the user can configure the range of the number of words - solutions, editing the ~/.config/spelion/spelion.config file. That means that the puzzle can have e.g. between 10 and 30 solutions, or between 50 and 100 etc.
• The user can avoid the frustration of not ever knowing the right answers when no other solutions come to mind: with the W option the user can browse the list of all possible solutions to the puzzle.

Thank you for your feedback, any other suggestion/correction/input is most welcome.

christos, 9 months ago

Update: Another feature has been added to the script, lolcat helps show the Highscores in color, and therefore more fun.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/81fa787e-3ce7-44d3-9b4f-469627a33896.png

The user can configure whether the highscores are shown in color or not.

This is done again by editing the value HISCORE_COLOR (yes / no) in $HOME/.config/spelion/spelion.config

christos, 8 months ago

UPDATE:

The word list now is configurable.

By editing the WORD_LIST line in $HOME/.config/spelion/spelion.config, the user can play the game using another word list.