# Crosswords
Crossword generator tool

### Features

* Generates a crossword puzzle that contains as many given words as possible
* Fills up empty space with words from a dictionary

### Prerequisites

* [Clean][clean]
* TeX
* The [crossword][crossword] TeX package for `cwpuzzle.dtx`
* A dictionary for your language (one word per line, for Dutch you can have a
  look at [OpenTaal][opentaal])

### Installation

    $ clm -I $CLEAN_HOME/lib/MersenneTwister -b -h 100M Crosswords -o cwgen

### Usage example

Words are read from stdin, ended with an empty line or `EOF`, and of course
from the dictionary installed.

    $ ./cwgen < words.txt > cw-gen.tex
    $ pdftex cw.tex

### Author &amp; License

Copyright &copy; 2016 [Camil Staps][camilstaps]. Licensed under MIT, See the
`LICENSE` file for details.

### Acknowledgements

* `dict/wordsEn.txt`: compiled from
  [SIL International](http://www-01.sil.org/linguistics/wordlists/english/)
  (only words with 3-10 characters were kept)

[camilstaps]: https://camilstaps.nl
[clean]: http://clean.cs.ru.nl
[crossword]: http://ctan.org/pkg/crossword
[opentaal]: http://www.opentaal.org/bestanden