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[angusj]

I may have found a bug of some sort. I have been able to reproduce it every time

Yes, it's still there in version 3 (hot off the press). It might take me a day or two to get around to fixing that one - it looks like the hint/solver doesn't like bad (incorrectly assigned) cells.

Thanks for the ongoing excellent feedback.

Finally, that's one terrific puzzle - lots of pretty colors to solve that one .

[angusj]

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[roger888]

Another one for the wishlist, if I may...

Can we have an "Are you sure you want to quit?" option on exit? I've just closed the programme by mistake in the middle of a puzzle

[GazzaR]

Well done on your progress with this excellent piece of software! [Edited]

Just to add to the ongoing wishlist discussion...

- The ability to print the pencilmarks would be good for those of us who sometimes like to do the puzzles offline. It would be a timesaver to have the marks preprinted.

- Would it be better to have the 'degree of difficulty' as a sub menu of the 'Create New' function? That way we can explicitly select the difficulty as we create the puzzle.

- Oh, yes ... and have the puzzle filename printed with the puzzle.

Apart from that, keep up the good work![/list]

[scrose]

version 3 (hot off the press)

I thought you must have been cooking up something fancy: things had stalled at version 2.1n for almost 4 days! ;)

Thanks for the ongoing excellent feedback.

You're very welcome. My own thanks go to you for listening to all my suggestions and making so many additions and/or fixes so quickly. I'm relieved roger888 and GazzaR have chimed in with their own feedback; I was starting to sound like a whiny child: "I want, I want, I want!"

[angusj]

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[angusj]

At this point (soon after making eliminations to r3c5 and r7c5) the program freezes.

Not completely fixed yet, but should no longer freeze.

Can we have an "Are you sure you want to quit?" option on exit?

Done.

Just to add to the ongoing wishlist discussion...

Pretty much all done.

Currently version 3.0c

[roger888]

This is not a wish-list. It's an instant delivery service!

[Guest]

You have a bit of a cheek hijacking Pappocoms forum for your program support. Your "submit feedback" link points straight to this topic!

Naughty naughty!

[angusj]

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[RFB]

[Edited]

The filter function is very useful for quickly identifying singles however I don't understand why I need to use ctrl-Z to unfilter before I can make the cell a known number or exclude candidates.

Why can't I use the normal range of make/exclude options on the filtered data?
Unfiltering the data could be controlled by a new menu option or ctrl_U or by using ctrl_number as a toggle - press once to filter, press agin to unfilter.

[scrose]

I have found a small bug or, at the very most, a slight inconsistency. I discovered it when looking at these fine puzzles you had posted for Wolfgang. In particular, the second puzzle at this early point in the solution. I'm using version 3.0c.

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 . . . | 4 . . | . 8 7
 . 3 . | 1 . . | 5 . 6
 . 8 . | 5 9 . | 3 . 1
-------+-------+-------
 . . 4 | 8 . . | . 3 5
 . . 8 | . 4 . | . . .
 3 7 . | . . 5 | 8 . 4
-------+-------+-------
 8 6 7 | . 1 2 | 4 5 .
 1 . 3 | . . 4 | . 7 .
 9 4 . | . . . | . . .

When I press F11, the cells r4c5 and r6c5 are highlighted and the candidate 2's are removed from both. Then I click F7 and the status bar taunts me with "Did you really need a hint?!" However, both r4c5 and r6c5 are still highlighted in yellow. (Shouldn't r4c5 be un-highlighted at this point?) Interestingly, when I Alt + Tab away from the program window and back to it, only r6c5 is highlighted.

[roger888]

Hi angusj.

I've been happily using an earlier version for a few weeks, and missed a number of new updates. But I'm now on 3.6i, and I have to congratulate you again. Much simpler and more intuitive to use now you've detached filtering from Ctrl-Z and allowed 'normal' moves in a filtered window. Excellent.

One query: have you stiffened up the grade of the 'extreme' puzzles? In particular have you changed the approach to generalised swordfish? I seem to have to solve many more 4-column/4-row swordfish now, which I don't remeber from the previous version. Or is it just me?

[roger888]

Whoops

It's up to 3.6m already. I suppose with this rapid a rate of update, it's unfair to expect a revision history too

[RFB]

See http://www.setbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=65 for current support forum for Simple Sudoku