XWordGiver Changelog

What's new in XWordGiver 5.1.8

Feb 17, 2024
  • Slightly improved Kana dictionaries.
  • Made "Choose a pattern from &PAT.txt automatically" default.
  • Proper exclusive control.
  • Disabled unusable items in the context menu.
  • Added "Checking answer" feature to "Solution" menu.
  • Corrected display of calculation time.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.6 (Feb 1, 2024)

  • Supported TIFF images.
  • Improved Input Palette.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.5 (Jan 7, 2024)

  • Fixed an issue where extra black area were created when saving a bitmap.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.4 (Jan 4, 2024)

  • Displayed the area of the board.
  • Enhanced status bar to display policy value and dictionary name etc.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.3 (Dec 25, 2023)

  • In "Initialize application", we decided to erase the block information.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.2 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Improved Japanese dictionaries.
  • Improved "Policy Preset" dialog. Improved policy descriptions.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.1 (Aug 14, 2023)

  • Caret no longer protrudes from the board when deleting a row or column.
  • Strengthened PAT.txt.
  • Added support for black square pattern sizes up to 45x45.
  • Added "Swap Top and Bottom" and "Swap Left and Right" options in the "Help" menu.
  • Updated the URLs.

New in XWordGiver 5.1.0 (Jul 1, 2023)

  • Improved the input of "", "♯" and "■" etc.
  • Rectangular text can be pasted as a board.
  • Paste of Excel grid as a board is now possible.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.9 (May 30, 2023)

  • Fine-tuned the amount of scrolling for comfortable scrolling.
  • Fine-tuned the amount of zoomingfor comfortable zooming.
  • Speeded up zooming of the Clue.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.8 (May 29, 2023)

  • Supported loading ECW files (of EclipseCrossword).
  • Used the ScrollWindow function to speed up scrolling.
  • Speeded up caret movement by decoupling the caret drawing from the internal image.
  • Speeded up drawing the board in zooming.
  • The zoom cannot be smaller than 9%.
  • Speeded up putting a character.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.7 (May 28, 2023)

  • Improved printing of the outer frame.
  • Improved the drawing routine.
  • Fixed NumCro drawing.
  • Fixed Skeleton View line drawing.
  • Improved marked word drawing.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.6 (May 25, 2023)

  • Ctrl+Wheel can be used to zoom in on Clues.
  • Line widths can now be imported/exported properly.
  • Added a setting for the width of the outer frame.
  • Fixed drawing of the outer frame.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.5 (May 24, 2023)

  • Changed to save line width in LOOKS file.
  • Implemented "Recent Files".
  • Assign Ctrl+D to "Copy double square word".
  • Fixed image not updating when dropped.
  • Line width can also be reset.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.4 (May 23, 2023)

  • Allowed line widths to be specified. Default line width to 1.0.
  • Properly calculating the width of the line.
  • Improved drawing of the board.
  • Avoided EMF drawing defects for external softwares with incomplete EMF support.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.3 (Mar 24, 2023)

  • Made the maximum size of the block patterns 20x20.
  • Improved block patterns (PAT.txt).
  • Global optimization that focuses on the fact that there are fewer candidates for longer words.
  • Improved block patterns dialog.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.2 (Oct 2, 2022)

  • Improved "Marking" dialog.
  • Correctly undoing "setting a double-frame word".
  • Added labels to THEME.txt.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.1 (Oct 1, 2022)

  • Strengthened the block patterns.
  • Added POLICY.txt. The Policy Presets can now be customized.
  • Do not misspell 'skeleton'.
  • Added "Marking double-frame word" to "Solution" menu. Improved handling of double-frame.

New in XWordGiver 5.0.0 (Aug 29, 2022)

  • Added "Undo" and "Redo" on Toolbar.
  • Able to specify the "save to" location by folder drop.
  • Don't clear the opening filename when finding a solution.
  • Fixed display of the Policy menu.
  • Made the XWJ/JSON/XD files to store an integer value under the name "Policy".
  • Enabled undoing "Boxes".
  • Fixed Undo/Redo.
  • Uniformed all the positions and sizes in the forms of (x, y) and (columns x rows).
  • Made the default codepage UTF-8 of file reading.
  • Modified the values of "Japanese publisher policy (Loose)".
  • Added digital signatures as trial.
  • Revived the installer.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.9 (Aug 16, 2022)

  • Improved the "Policy" menu.
  • Improved the "Policy Preset" dialog.
  • Saved the latest maximized status of the main window.
  • Improved the context menu of board.
  • Block patterns available for download (in preparation).
  • Dictionaries available for download (in preparation).
  • Abolished installer version.
  • Fixed display of the candidates.
  • Able to set the font name and size to the Text Box.
  • Fixed XD file boxes writing.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.8 (Aug 7, 2022)

  • Migration of block pattern data from "data.json" to "PAT.txt".
  • In the skeleton view, draw small white dots at the four corners so that the margins are not omitted.
  • Added "Open PAT.txt" and "Open THEME.txt" to the Help menu.
  • Displayed Win32/Win64 on the "About" dialog.
  • Added file "THEME.txt" to define the theme preset values.
  • Clearly displayed the selection status in the Theme dialog.
  • Fixed a bug about handling items on the Theme dialog.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.7 (Aug 6, 2022)

  • Improved XD file saving.
  • Fixed a bug about NumCro.
  • Able to undo the view mode.
  • Fixed the display of the title bar.
  • Improved the "About" dialog.
  • Reordered of items in the Help menu.
  • Improved the icons.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.6 (Aug 5, 2022)

  • 2022-08-05 ver.4.9.6:
  • Fixed the critical bug on ver.4.9.5 that it cannot open the files.
  • Added "NumCro Mode" to the "View" menu. It is possible to make a NumCro after creating a problem. You can save the NumCro puzzles to XD or XWJ / JSON files.
  • Deleted XWordGiver.py.
  • Faster by specifying noexcept keyword.
  • Added "Reflect black cells" to the "Help" menu.
  • August 05, 2022 ver.4.9.6:
  • Fixed a fatal bug that the file could not be opened in ver.4.9.5.
  • Added "Nankuro Mode" to the "View" menu. It is possible to make a number cross after creating a question. Nankuro can be saved in XD files and XWJ / JSON files.
  • Deleted XWordGiver.py.
  • Speed up by specifying the noexcept keyword.
  • Added "Reflect black squares" to the "Help" menu.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.5 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • Added the ability to highlight textbox in the hint window when clicking on a numbered cell.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.4 (Aug 1, 2022)

  • Strengthened the Kanji dictionary.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.3 (Jun 30, 2022)

  • The dictionary title is translated by the UI language.
  • Also importing dictionaries with the extension ".dic".
  • Improved "Policy Preset" dialog.
  • Strengthened the Kotowaza dictionary.
  • Strengthened the Kana dictionary.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.2 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Added "UI Language Select" to the [Edit] menu.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.1 (Feb 25, 2022)

  • Added "Save Overwrite" for application standardization.
  • The "View" menu became more compact.
  • Improved the way files are loaded and saved.

New in XWordGiver 4.9.0 (Feb 22, 2022)

  • Fixed the copying position of boxes.
  • Text files can be dropped as text boxes.
  • Adjusting the zoom when maximized and the display area is small.
  • Improved reading/writing XD files.
  • Improved mouse wheel handling.
  • Improved boxes.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.9 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Made the skeleton view transparent when copying and printing.
  • Boxes (text boxes, image boxes) can be added.
  • Monitoring file changes and confirming file save.
  • Loading/saving related files in *_files folder when loading/saving the main file.
  • Renamed some rules.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.8 (Feb 18, 2022)

  • The dictionary "BasicDict-ENG-Modesty.tsv" is added.
  • Added "Lowercase" and "Hiragana" to Appearance.
  • Able to drop the LOOKS file.
  • Renamed "Policies" as "Policy".
  • Renamed some policies (English only).
  • Abolished "skeleton mode".
  • Modified the default policy.
  • Added "Copy the multiset of characters" feature.
  • Added "policy preset" feature.
  • Improved initial position of Clues window.
  • Zooming on the entire board after generating the puzzle.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.7 (Feb 17, 2022)

  • Added tags to English dictionaries.
  • Sorted and uniqued the candidates.
  • Fixed drawing of double-frame cell letters on Skeleton View.
  • Able to import/export settings (The LOOKS file).
  • Modified "File" menu a little.
  • Renamed "Settings" as "Appearance".
  • Fixed the color of small labels.
  • Able to edit "header and remarks" by Ctrl+Enter.
  • The supported formats for block image have been expanded.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.6 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • Improved READMEs more.
  • Fixed a problem where Ctrl+/ could not switch the input direction.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.5 (Dec 13, 2021)

  • Human-friendly display of dictionary names.
  • Improved the display of the unspecified string of IME.
  • Improved drawing of highlight and double-frame cells.
  • Improved READMEs.
  • Simplified the display of cell position for error messages.
  • Changed the specification of the dictionary data.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.4 (Dec 1, 2021)

  • Introduced "Any Input" mode. Made it default.
  • Improved "Generate from words".
  • "View" → "Zoom" → "Fit the whole" (Ctrl+F) added.
  • Fixed the fatal bug on generation and policy settings.
  • Fixed a fatal bug regarding dictionary switching and hint copying.
  • Added highlight feature.
  • Added more patterns.
  • Made the small letter size 30%.
  • Set the skeleton view as the default for non-Japanese users.
  • Improved the "Dictionary" menu display.
  • Saving the current view mode to the file.
  • Saving the current file type.
  • Made saving XD Files default for non-Japanese users.
  • Improved reading/writing XD files.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.3 (Nov 25, 2021)

  • Supported French input (Ctrl+Shift+^ A for  etc.).
  • Added a French dictionary.
  • Supported Greek and Turkish input.
  • Supported reading/writing XD files.
  • Improved Header and Notes.
  • Command line "--convert input.xwj output.xd" makes file conversion automated.
  • Changed to use half-width characters when drawing alphabet and digits.
  • Fixed the accelerators.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.2 (Nov 18, 2021)

  • Fixed the bugs around "Generate from a word list".
  • Dragging with the middle mouse button is now possible.
  • Fine-tuned the max word length when linear symmetry.
  • Fixed and improved the block patterns.
  • Properly handled the parse error when loading "data.json".

New in XWordGiver 4.8.1 (Nov 11, 2021)

  • Added "Generate from a word list" feature.
  • Relaxed the limit on the size of the board.
  • Able to toggle whether the double-frame letters are visible or not.
  • Do not repeatedly warn about the existence of unregistered words.
  • Added "Insert Row/Column" feature.
  • Added "Delete Row/Column" feature.
  • Improved "Erase Configuration".
  • Improved GUI a little.
  • Improved the English of the GUI.
  • Added more block patterns.
  • If there are no empty cells, "Find a solution" is not restricted.
  • Fixed a bug when the number of dictionaries is large.
  • The zoom is now aligned with the window when a file is opened.

New in XWordGiver 4.8.0 (Nov 3, 2021)

  • Supported "Line symmetry of blocks".
  • Enabled the "double-frame letters" settings.
  • Changed "Copy the double-frame word image" to "Copy the double-frame word".
  • Abolished "Copy the double-frame word image with height".
  • Abolished "Copy Image with size".
  • Add "Copy the list of words" menu item.
  • Improved "Web search word".
  • Relaxed the limit on the number of dictionaries to 64.
  • When the policy is symmetrical, "Finding solution (without adding blocks)" forces the board symmetrical.
  • Fixed around Max Word Length.
  • Fixed typo of skeleton.

New in XWordGiver 4.7.9 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • Added "Skelton View" menu item.
  • Improved the English dictionary by using the web service Grammarly.
  • Improved drawing the letter of the double-frame cell.
  • Fixed "Copy the double-frame word image".
  • Relaxed the size limit of crosswords to 30x30 (for high end).

New in XWordGiver 4.7.8 (Oct 27, 2021)

  • Dramatically improved the quality of the English dictionary.
  • Improved English dialogs.
  • Added more block patterns.
  • Added "Reload &Dict List" menu item.
  • Improved around policies.
  • Fixed dictionary loading.
  • Renamed the EXE file.

New in XWordGiver 4.7.7 (Aug 27, 2021)

  • Strengthened English dictionary.
  • Changed "Delete solution and unlock board" to "Delete clues and unlock board".