Cryptogram Puzzle Tool is designed to solve daily newspaper's simple cryptogram puzzles.
Cryptogram Puzzle Tool is a software project that is designed to help solve simple cryptogram puzzles that appear in daily newspapers. This tool is ideal for puzzles that are not easily solvable just by inspection. Featuring a drag-and-drop functionality, and the ability to key in suspected solution letters, Cryptogram Puzzle Tool (CPT4) provides instant updates on all occurrences of new assignments. Additionally, it offers frequency and used/not-used letter lists that make the bookkeeping process easier.
If you prefer to have the computer do the work, Cryptogram Puzzle Tool features an automatic solution algorithm that usually provides a complete solution in just a few seconds. Also, as a bonus, CPT4 can create new puzzles. All you need to do is key in or load plaintext from a file and select the 'Encrypt' item from the Options menu.
To install/build/run Cryptogram Puzzle Tool, simply unpack in a directory where you have write permissions, and all tar files create and populate a cpt4/ directory and contain sample puzzles, as well as various information. For the source distribution, change to the 'cpt4' directory and just type make. If you are not knowledgeable about such things, you might try the shared library executable distribution instead.
For the 4.1.x shared library executables, you may need to supply a font alias file in a location that the precompiled Pango routines can find. The easiest way to do this is by copying the two files '.pangorc' and 'pangox.aliases' from the installation directory into your $HOME directory.
Moreover, once you have the executables, try out the program by changing to the installation directory and issuing the command line. You can specify a different font on the command line and also put a soft link to 'cpt4' from somewhere in your PATH and leave both the 'cpt4' and 'do_hart' executables in the installation directory.
A 32x32 CPT4 icon in .xpm format is included in all distributions for use in desktop shortcuts. The latest release changes fixed width font logic, and it has been updated to use glib 2.6.1, Gtk+2.6.1, Pango 1.8.0, atk 1.9.0, and associated packages as supplied in Slackware 10.0. Functionality is virtually unchanged.
If you prefer to have the computer do the work, Cryptogram Puzzle Tool features an automatic solution algorithm that usually provides a complete solution in just a few seconds. Also, as a bonus, CPT4 can create new puzzles. All you need to do is key in or load plaintext from a file and select the 'Encrypt' item from the Options menu.
To install/build/run Cryptogram Puzzle Tool, simply unpack in a directory where you have write permissions, and all tar files create and populate a cpt4/ directory and contain sample puzzles, as well as various information. For the source distribution, change to the 'cpt4' directory and just type make. If you are not knowledgeable about such things, you might try the shared library executable distribution instead.
For the 4.1.x shared library executables, you may need to supply a font alias file in a location that the precompiled Pango routines can find. The easiest way to do this is by copying the two files '.pangorc' and 'pangox.aliases' from the installation directory into your $HOME directory.
Moreover, once you have the executables, try out the program by changing to the installation directory and issuing the command line. You can specify a different font on the command line and also put a soft link to 'cpt4' from somewhere in your PATH and leave both the 'cpt4' and 'do_hart' executables in the installation directory.
A 32x32 CPT4 icon in .xpm format is included in all distributions for use in desktop shortcuts. The latest release changes fixed width font logic, and it has been updated to use glib 2.6.1, Gtk+2.6.1, Pango 1.8.0, atk 1.9.0, and associated packages as supplied in Slackware 10.0. Functionality is virtually unchanged.
What's New
Version 4.2.0: N/A