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Subject: Re: Jigsaw puzzles
From: Lenore Horner <LenoreHorner () sbcglobal ! net>
Date: 2020-04-11 15:53:59
Message-ID: FCF932D1-1366-4974-B67A-91AFE52A682A () sbcglobal ! net
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Ian,
Thanks for a really nice suggestion. Sadly, libkdegames has had an failure on Mojave \
for the last 18 months. There's a purported solution followed by a comment that it's \
not the right way to do things which leaves me debating whether to try a "not right \
way" solution that is reported to work but will maybe cause strangeness down the road \
for things that are more critical than a game. Lenore
> On Mar 29, 2020, at 20:03, Ian Wadham <iandw.au@gmail.com \
> <mailto:iandw.au@gmail.com>> wrote:
> If you like jigsaw puzzles and are isolated or stuck at home due to coronavirus and \
> looking for things to do, try the Palapeli port, which is part of KDE Games 4.
> Advantages are:
>
> - You can cut your own puzzles from your own photos, etc.
> - You can choose the number of pieces and the general shape, using any of several \
> "slicer" modules.
> - When playing, the game saves its state to disk every two seconds.
> - It can handle puzzles up to 10,000 pieces in size, providing "holder" windows for \
> subsets of pieces, such as Sky, Edges, etc.
> - The manual is comprehensive and is online at \
> https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdegames/palapeli/index.html \
> <https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdegames/palapeli/index.html> or google kde docs \
> palapeli.
> - An optional Preview window lets you see all or part of the completed puzzle.
> - The game is in good working order, except for occasional crashes with minor \
> impact (see below).
> - You get a starter library of five easy puzzles and can add your own puzzles to \
> it.
> Disadvantages are:
>
> - Palapeli takes a while to install under MacPorts, because it has a huge chain of \
> dependencies via qt4-mac and kdelibs4, but you can break up the load by installing \
> those two ports first from the binaries.
> - Pieces are not rotated when the puzzle is shuffled.
> - The functionality of the game has not changed for a few years: I was the last \
> maintainer, but am retired from FOSS development now.
> - Crashes can occur when you move and join pieces rapidly: I was never able to find \
> why, but the autosave feature (see above) ensures that you do not lose hours of \
> work.
> - If you have a Linux system, Palapeli is available in a maintained KF5 version, \
> but I don't think there are many bug fixes or new features.
> "Palapeli" is a German word with a meaning something like "pell-mell" in English.
>
> Enjoy,
> Ian Wadham.
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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Ian, <div \
class="">Thanks for a really nice suggestion. Sadly, <span \
style="font-family: Menlo; font-size: 11px;" class="">libkdegames </span>has had \
an failure on Mojave for the last 18 months. There's a purported solution \
followed by a comment that it's not the right way to do things which leaves me \
debating whether to try a "not right way" solution that is reported to work but will \
maybe cause strangeness down the road for things that are more critical than a \
game.</div><div class="">Lenore</div><div class=""><div class=""><br \
class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 29, 2020, at 20:03, \
Ian Wadham <<a href="mailto:iandw.au@gmail.com" \
class="">iandw.au@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br \
class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">If you like jigsaw \
puzzles and are isolated or stuck at home due to coronavirus and looking for things \
to do, try the Palapeli port, which is part of KDE Games 4.<br class=""><br \
class="">Advantages are:<br class=""><br class="">- You can cut your own puzzles from \
your own photos, etc.<br class="">- You can choose the number of pieces and the \
general shape, using any of several "slicer" modules.<br class="">- When playing, the \
game saves its state to disk every two seconds.<br class="">- It can handle puzzles \
up to 10,000 pieces in size, providing "holder" windows for subsets of pieces, such \
as Sky, Edges, etc.<br class="">- The manual is comprehensive and is online at <a \
href="https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdegames/palapeli/index.html" \
class="">https://docs.kde.org/trunk5/en/kdegames/palapeli/index.html</a> or google \
kde docs palapeli.<br class="">- An optional Preview window lets you see all or part \
of the completed puzzle.<br class="">- The game is in good working order, except for \
occasional crashes with minor impact (see below).<br class="">- You get a starter \
library of five easy puzzles and can add your own puzzles to it.<br class=""><br \
class="">Disadvantages are:<br class=""><br class="">- Palapeli takes a while to \
install under MacPorts, because it has a huge chain of dependencies via qt4-mac and \
kdelibs4, but you can break up the load by installing those two ports first from the \
binaries.<br class="">- Pieces are not rotated when the puzzle is shuffled.<br \
class="">- The functionality of the game has not changed for a few years: I was the \
last maintainer, but am retired from FOSS development now.<br class="">- Crashes can \
occur when you move and join pieces rapidly: I was never able to find why, but the \
autosave feature (see above) ensures that you do not lose hours of work.<br \
class="">- If you have a Linux system, Palapeli is available in a maintained KF5 \
version, but I don't think there are many bug fixes or new features.<br class=""><br \
class="">"Palapeli" is a German word with a meaning something like "pell-mell" in \
English.<br class=""><br class="">Enjoy,<br class="">Ian \
Wadham.</div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>
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