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Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by TN1ck »

ad404b8a372f2b9 wrote: post #17
TN1ck wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I built an open source, completely free, no ads/tracking whatsoever sudoku with a lot of bells of whistles. It’s only web based, so no native apps. Find it here: https://sudoku.tn1ck.com/ Source is at https://github.com/TN1ck/super-sudoku if anyone is interested

Very cool, feature request if you ever work on it again: numpad support, a way to toggle-off the row/square highlighting when you select a cell, del key to empty a cell.

I thought I added numpad support, will have another look. I’ll add a setting to disable the highlights next week, thanks!

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by joeframbach »

TN1ck wrote: post #40
joeframbach wrote: post #32

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I'm not able to auto-generate notes, then delete some of them. e.g., a row contains the auto-generated notes: [1,2,3,4,5] [1,2,3] [1,2,3] [1,2,3] I can't remove 1,2,3 from the first cell.

Yeah they conflict, haven’t really worked too much on how to resolve this. I mostly did the auto generated notes as I found them cool, how did you expect them to work? Currently they are live updating, but I guess a one of action might more sense?

It's tricky for sure to do it without complicating the interface. You'd need separate concepts of allowed notes and denied notes. If I say a not can _not_ appear somewhere, then it should purge that note forever. But how to portray that concept to the user?

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by angus-g »

TN1ck wrote: post #40
joeframbach wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not able to auto-generate notes, then delete some of them. e.g., a row contains the auto-generated notes: [1,2,3,4,5] [1,2,3] [1,2,3] [1,2,3] I can't remove 1,2,3 from the first cell.

Yeah they conflict, haven’t really worked too much on how to resolve this. I mostly did the auto generated notes as I found them cool, how did you expect them to work? Currently they are live updating, but I guess a one of action might more sense?

I thought it might work a little like the NYT sudoku app: placed numbers delete candidate notes automatically, but you can also manually toggle candidates on/off. I guess a once-off generation would probably work to achieve this?

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by karaokeyoga »

TN1ck wrote: post #41
ad404b8a372f2b9 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very cool, feature request if you ever work on it again: numpad support, a way to toggle-off the row/square highlighting when you select a cell, del key to empty a cell.

I thought I added numpad support, will have another look. I’ll add a setting to disable the highlights next week, thanks!

That will be nice!

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by karaokeyoga »

TN1ck wrote: post #14

Shameless plug: I built an open source, completely free, no ads/tracking whatsoever sudoku with a lot of bells of whistles. It’s only web based, so no native apps. Find it here: https://sudoku.tn1ck.com/ Source is at https://github.com/TN1ck/super-sudoku if anyone is interested

Awesome project. Is there a way for the app not to tell me when I made a mistake? I must be doing something wrong as I'm not able to toggle this setting on/off.

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by ad404b8a372f2b9 »

TN1ck wrote: post #41
ad404b8a372f2b9 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Very cool, feature request if you ever work on it again: numpad support, a way to toggle-off the row/square highlighting when you select a cell, del key to empty a cell.

I thought I added numpad support, will have another look. I’ll add a setting to disable the highlights next week, thanks!

Thank you =)!

Re: Show HN: Sudoku with 0 Bells or Whistles

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Post by joelalcedo »

y-curious wrote: post #10
joelalcedo wrote: post #7

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Thanks! A pencil tool should be straightforward to add. Do people usually use a stylus for these purposes? Someone else mentioned the ads, I can easily embed some mechanism to remove them.

You can keep ads, but the sudoku app I use gives you a few hints for free, first. Pencil tool is usually a toggle- you default to `pen` but toggle `pencil` mode to fill them out. Look at the top android sudoku app's implementation, it's slick.

I finally got around to this. Here's a screenshot of how the new "pencil mode” looks in the latest version of the live app.

https://i.imgur.com/QrSqNwH.png

By tapping the same box twice, pencil mode is activated. You can enter any placeholders you like in the box.

Tapping the box again disables pencil mode, and the inputs you placed will remain in the background if you need to refer back.

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