Qxw Download

Download Qxw

The most recent version of Qxw is release 20110923.

If you are using a Debian or derived distribution such as Ubuntu or Mint you may find that this version is already in your repositories: use Synaptic or a similar graphical package manager in the usual way, or at the command line type

sudo apt-get install qxw

If you are using a Debian or derived distribution such as Ubuntu or Mint on a 32-bit x86 machine, you can install this package: qxw_20110923-1_i386.deb. Many systems are set up so that simply clicking on the link above will take you through the installation process. If that doesn’t work, download the file and run the commands:

sudo apt-get install gdebi
sudo gdebi qxw_20110923-1_i386.deb

Binary Debian packages for other architectures are available via Qxw’s Debian package page.

Alternatively, you can download a 32-bit x86 binary: Qxw release 20110923 (gzip’ped, tar’red ELF executable, about 125 kbytes).

The manual: Making crosswords with Qxw (PDF, 1 Mbyte).

You may also want the UKACD dictionary file (gzip’ped, about 760 kbytes: licence).

If the UKACD is not a suitable dictionary for your application, you may wish to consult the FAQ for information about sources of alternatives.

Please let me know if you would like to be informed when new versions of Qxw are released.

Qxw is free software

Qxw is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

Qxw is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

E-mail reports of bugs and other suggestions are welcome.

The source code for this release (which ordinary users will not normally need) is here (about 89 kbytes). The Debian source control file is here.

The program is Copyright 2011 Mark Owen. More legal stuff.

Example plug-ins

The Qxw downloads include the source code for a couple of example plug-ins.

Nick Warne has kindly contributed this example of a plug-in which removes given consecutive strings of letters from lights: like ‘letters latent’ but for multiple letters.

Previous versions

Release 20110826

ELF binary.
Manual.
Source code.
32-bit x86 Debian binary package.
Debian source control file.

Release 20071028

ELF binary.
Source code.