Re:Crossword.el – download and play crossword puzzles in Emacs
by ashton314 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:57PM
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> Emacs is meant to really be a text-editor.
That’s where you’re wrong, kiddo. ;-P emacs is an interactive Lisp environment that incidentally ok at editing text. I remember someone making the argument that Emacs is a great application platform, because it provides an extremely consistent API across all operating systems.
Re:Crossword.el – download and play crossword puzzles in Emacs
by stretchcat on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:47AM
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Crosswords are grid based word games. A text editor displays text in a grid. It seems like a great fit to me.
Re:Crossword.el – download and play crossword puzzles in Emacs
by yakubin on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:24AM
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Not necessarily. Acme displays variable-width fonts just fine.
However, Emacs is not just a text editor, so it shouldn't be judged solely as a text editor.
Re:Crossword.el – download and play crossword puzzles in Emacs
by stretchcat on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @01:43PM
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Emacs also can display proportional fonts fine. But it's proficiency with fixed-width fonts seems most relevant for crosswords.
I applaud the developer regardless, but I personally would be much more keen on using this if it was standalone and not dependent on Emacs.