Example usage

The command below uses the word_list.txt file to produce png versions (n) of the empty grid and the key and a text file containing the word bank and clues.

genxword word_list.txt n

The next command uses the very_big_word_list.txt file to produce A4 size pdf versions (p) of the empty grid with the clues and the key with the clues. The '-n' option allows you to decide how many words are used from your 'very big word list' file, which can be several thousand words long. The default number is 50.

genxword -n 40 very_big_word_list.txt p

The next command creates an anagram of each word for the clues.

genxword -m word_list.txt n

With the following command, the '-a' option means that genxword is being run non-interactively, and the '-o' option sets the name of the crossword, which in this case is 'Monty'. It is using the 'python_words' word list file, and it will produce letter size pdf versions (l) of the empty grid and key, with clues, and svg versions (s) of the empty grid and key, together with a text file containing the word bank and clues.

genxword -a -o "Monty" python_words ls

In all of the examples above, the files are saved in the user's current working directory.

As you can see from the examples above, the -o option (to set the name) is not required. If you do not set this option, the name "Gumby" will be used.

For more information about all the options available, please consult the man page.