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OCTANS
Andinus
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Table of Contents
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1. Demo
2. Documentation
.. 1. Implementation
.. 2. Options
Octans is a program to solve Algot's Wordplay (Wordsearch) puzzles.
• Website: <https://andinus.nand.sh/octans>
• Source: <https://git.tilde.institute/andinus/octans>
• GitHub: <https://github.com/andinus/octans>
1 Demo
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This was recorded with `asciinema(1)'.
[https://asciinema.org/a/385500.png]
⁃ Octans v0.1.0 - finds 10 solutions to a puzzle:
<https://asciinema.org/a/385598>
⁃ Octans v0.1.0: <https://asciinema.org/a/385500>
⁃ Octans 2020-01-14: <https://asciinema.org/a/384464>
⁃ alt-link (download): <https://andinus.nand.sh/static/octans>
[https://asciinema.org/a/385500.png] <https://asciinema.org/a/385500>
2 Documentation
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2.1 Implementation
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Initially it went over the list of words & checked if they exist in
the grid. This was very slow.
Currently it walks the grid & checks if the current string exist in
the dictionary. This is faster for these reasons:
• The dictionary is sorted, we perform binary range search on the
dictionary to return the list of all words that start with specific
string.
• Starting positions are limited.
If the dictionary wasn't sorted then this probably would've been
slower than previous implementation.
2.2 Options
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2.2.1 dict
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Octans's default dictionary file is `/usr/share/dict/words', use
`--dict' flag to change the dictionary. The words in dictionary must
be seperated by a newline (`\n') & sorted alphabetically.
2.2.2 path
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The path to be passed must be a *readable file* or an *url* in either
format:
• Link when you view it from your local instance:
<https://tilde.zone/web/statuses/105531207939242077>
• Link from Algot's profile:
<https://mastodon.art/@Algot/105333136907848390>
2.2.3 verbose
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This will increase verbosity.
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