Black Ink 1.1.7

September 15th, 2009

I’ve been fixing bugs and adding little tweaks to Black Ink, my nifty crossword solving application. Looks like they really piled up and it’s definitely time for a release!

Version 1.1.7 includes some fixes to the default puzzle source configuration, and a number of bug fixes ranging from minor to fairly significant.

Puzzle Sources

  • Fix the Chronicle of Higher Education source
  • Remove Syndey Morning Herald – the paper has stopped publishing new puzzles
  • Fix a bug that could cause downloads to stop working until relaunching the app

Bug fixes and minor improvements

  • Can now hover over a long puzzle title to see a tool tip window with the entire content
  • Fix a visual bug with “Open As Unsolved” when the puzzle is already open
  • Fix a bug that prevented numeric answers from being checked correctly
  • Fix a bug that caused direction to change abruptly in puzzle that starts in “down” mode

Multi-character answer improvements

  • When revealing a multiple character answer, make sure the “revealed” color applies to all characters
  • Fix check-as-you-type for multi-character answers
  • Enter Multiple Letters menu item is now called “Enter Special Letters”
  • After entering multiple character answer, now jumps to next square same as when entering single
  • Fix a bug that caused reveal/correct to fail on some multi-character answers