the LEDs
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:34 am
In another post I reported that using ctrl to select multiple cells then using ctrl-keypad is usually ineffective since one or more of the candidates is not removed.
Example:
r1c1-r1c3 contains a naked triple for 138. If one uses ctrl and highlights the other cells in box one and/or the remaining cells in c1 and does ctrl-keypad 1-3-8, maybe all the candidate 3s are removed, or the 1s and 3s but not the 8s, etc.
I figured, ok, when it's fixed, it's fixed. In the interim, I figured I'd try the LEDs to remove the candidates. However, selecting multiple cells doesn't seem to matter to the LEDs. Only the candidates in the last box selected is represented via LED. One might assume that if you highlighted, just as an extreme example, cells containing 123, 456 and 789, all the leds would be green but such isn't the case. Perhaps I'm not understanding the true purpose of the LEDs or how they're used to solve puzzles.
Thanks Ruud.
Example:
r1c1-r1c3 contains a naked triple for 138. If one uses ctrl and highlights the other cells in box one and/or the remaining cells in c1 and does ctrl-keypad 1-3-8, maybe all the candidate 3s are removed, or the 1s and 3s but not the 8s, etc.
I figured, ok, when it's fixed, it's fixed. In the interim, I figured I'd try the LEDs to remove the candidates. However, selecting multiple cells doesn't seem to matter to the LEDs. Only the candidates in the last box selected is represented via LED. One might assume that if you highlighted, just as an extreme example, cells containing 123, 456 and 789, all the leds would be green but such isn't the case. Perhaps I'm not understanding the true purpose of the LEDs or how they're used to solve puzzles.
Thanks Ruud.