{"id":3673,"date":"2021-01-20T08:18:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:16:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T19:16:03","slug":"black-ink-2-1-1-unusual-puzzle-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/3673\/black-ink-2-1-1-unusual-puzzle-support","title":{"rendered":"Black Ink 2.1.1: Unusual Puzzle Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Ink 2.1.1 is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blackink\/\">Black Ink site<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/black-ink-2\/id1487333695?mt=12&#038;at=10l4LD\">Mac App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This update includes a fix for an unusual edge case in puzzles that use the Across Lite puzzle format, but specify &#8220;unused&#8221; squares in a way that is typically reserved for diagramless puzzles. Why might you care about this fix? Good question! I only came upon an example of such a puzzle a few weeks ago, and set about ensuring that Black Ink would support it. Here&#8217;s how it looks:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-content\/downloads\/2021\/01\/PooPuzzle.png\" alt=\"Crossword puzzle grid in the shape of a pile of poo emoji.\" title=\"PooPuzzle.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"450\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This bit of inspired puzzle design was created by Brian Thomas and published on his <a href=\"https:\/\/puzzlesthatneedahome.blogspot.com\">Puzzles That Need a Home<\/a> blog:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1YDIzIZlWAKpgG2kWn7Vi5raUeMYzlFnw\/view?usp=sharing\">Download Puzzle #53: &#8220;2020&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t already have Black Ink 2.1.1 installed, be sure to download it or update to the latest version before opening the puzzle!<\/p>\n<p>This update also includes a few other bug fixes and enhancements. Here&#8217;s the complete list of changes:\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adapt to support puzzles that mix diagramless and regular formats<\/li>\n<li>Fix a bug that prevented puzzle window from being resized by dragging the window&#8217;s edge<\/li>\n<li>Selected clue is now scrolled to visible with a little buffer area around it in the clue list<\/li>\n<li>Now marks any incorrect answers in the puzzle when enabling the &#8220;Automatic Correction&#8221; preference<\/li>\n<li>Remove &#8220;move to unsolved after switching direction&#8221; preference as it was not behaving well<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you enjoy Black Ink, please consider writing a review or rating the app on the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/black-ink-2\/id1487333695?mt=12&#038;at=10l4LD\">Mac App Store<\/a>, spreading the word on <a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/blackinkapp\/\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/blackinkapp\">Twitter<\/a>! Thanks for your support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Ink 2.1.1 is now available on the Black Ink site and the Mac App Store. This update includes a fix for an unusual edge case in puzzles that use the Across Lite puzzle format, but specify &#8220;unused&#8221; squares in a way that is typically reserved for diagramless puzzles. Why might you care about this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blackink","category-red-sweater-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3673"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3677,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3673\/revisions\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redsweater.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}