{"repo":"apexatoll/cliptic","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/apexatoll/cliptic","clone":"git clone https://github.com/apexatoll/cliptic.git","description":"A terminal interface for fetching and playing daily cryptic crosswords","language":"Ruby","stars":121,"topics":["cli","crossword","cryptic","game","puzzle","ruby","tui"],"license":"MIT","category":"cli-tools","readme_excerpt":"cliptic : Crosswords in your Terminal - A command-line interface for downloading and playing cryptic crosswords from within the terminal. - Puzzles are sourced from the free crosswords uploaded daily to [Lovatt's][1]. - cliptic is written in Ruby using the ncurses library New to 0.1.3 Bug Fixes - Fix the ssl certificate bug that prevents fetching puzzles - Fix the \"out of range\" bug when moving to an undefined index using g Features - Add manual redraw feature to the main puzzle view. Called with ^L (useful for terminal resize) - Add exit controls to the resize interface ( q or ^C ) Features - VIM-like keybindings - Puzzles scraped daily from Lovatt's. Puzzles are cached locally to prevent excessive requests - Progress can be saved to continue puzzles at a later time - Time taken to complete the puzzle is logged on completion of puzzle. High scores can be viewed within cliptic - Track progress for puzzles released in the last week - Puzzle history is tracked, making it easy to pick up recently played puzzles - Select puzzles to play by date manually (puzzles are available for up to 9 months from release) - Customisation of cliptic's appearance Dependencies System - Ruby - Ncurses - Curl Gems - curb - curses - sqlite3 Installing As a Gem - cliptic is available as a Ruby Gem. To install, simply run: Manually - Or, to install manually: Running - To run cliptic after installation, simply run the command cliptic from within the terminal - When the program is first run it will ask ","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/apexatoll","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/apexatoll/cliptic/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}