Update v0.1 Linux build with icon support

- Rebuilt Linux executable with updated build system
- Added wordsearch.desktop file for Linux desktop integration
- Desktop file enables icon display in application menus
- Icon will be shown when .desktop file is installed

Users can install desktop file:
  cp wordsearch.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
  sed -i "s|/path/to/|$(pwd)/|g" ~/.local/share/applications/wordsearch.desktop

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitignore

@@ -42,3 +42,9 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Generated PDF files (optional - uncomment if you don't want to track PDFs)
 # *.pdf
+
+# Generated icon files (sizes)
+icon_*.png
+
+# macOS icon set directory
+icon.iconset/

create_icon.py

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+Script to create the Word Search application icon.
+Creates a PNG icon that can be converted to ICO/ICNS for different platforms.
+"""
+
+from PIL import Image, ImageDraw, ImageFont
+import os
+
+def create_icon():
+    # Icon sizes to generate
+    sizes = [16, 32, 48, 64, 128, 256, 512]
+
+    # Create the largest size first
+    size = 512
+    img = Image.new('RGB', (size, size), color='white')
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
+
+    # Draw background gradient (light blue to white)
+    for y in range(size):
+        # Gradient from light blue to white
+        blue_value = int(220 + (35 * y / size))
+        color = (blue_value, blue_value, 255)
+        draw.line([(0, y), (size, y)], fill=color)
+
+    # Draw a grid pattern (simplified word search grid)
+    grid_size = 5
+    cell_size = size // (grid_size + 2)
+    margin = cell_size
+
+    # Draw grid lines
+    for i in range(grid_size + 1):
+        x = margin + i * cell_size
+        y = margin + i * cell_size
+        # Vertical lines
+        draw.line([(x, margin), (x, margin + grid_size * cell_size)],
+                 fill=(100, 100, 150), width=3)
+        # Horizontal lines
+        draw.line([(margin, y), (margin + grid_size * cell_size, y)],
+                 fill=(100, 100, 150), width=3)
+
+    # Add some letters to make it look like a word search
+    letters = [
+        ['W', 'O', 'R', 'D', 'S'],
+        ['X', 'S', 'E', 'A', 'R'],
+        ['P', 'U', 'Z', 'Z', 'L'],
+        ['G', 'A', 'M', 'E', 'F'],
+        ['F', 'I', 'N', 'D', 'X']
+    ]
+
+    # Try to use a bold font, fallback to default
+    try:
+        # Try common font paths
+        font_size = cell_size // 2
+        font_paths = [
+            '/usr/share/fonts/liberation/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf',
+            '/usr/share/fonts/truetype/dejavu/DejaVuSans-Bold.ttf',
+            '/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.ttc',
+            'C:\\Windows\\Fonts\\arialbd.ttf'
+        ]
+        font = None
+        for path in font_paths:
+            if os.path.exists(path):
+                font = ImageFont.truetype(path, font_size)
+                break
+        if font is None:
+            font = ImageFont.load_default()
+    except:
+        font = ImageFont.load_default()
+
+    # Draw letters
+    for i in range(grid_size):
+        for j in range(grid_size):
+            letter = letters[i][j]
+            x = margin + j * cell_size + cell_size // 2
+            y = margin + i * cell_size + cell_size // 2
+
+            # Get text bounding box for centering
+            bbox = draw.textbbox((0, 0), letter, font=font)
+            text_width = bbox[2] - bbox[0]
+            text_height = bbox[3] - bbox[1]
+
+            draw.text((x - text_width // 2, y - text_height // 2),
+                     letter, fill=(50, 50, 100), font=font)
+
+    # Highlight "WORD" in the first row with a green overlay
+    highlight_color = (100, 255, 100, 100)  # Light green with transparency
+    overlay = Image.new('RGBA', (size, size), (255, 255, 255, 0))
+    overlay_draw = ImageDraw.Draw(overlay)
+
+    # Draw highlight rectangle for "WORD"
+    x1 = margin + 5
+    y1 = margin + 5
+    x2 = margin + 4 * cell_size - 5
+    y2 = margin + cell_size - 5
+    overlay_draw.rounded_rectangle([x1, y1, x2, y2], radius=10,
+                                   fill=highlight_color, outline=(50, 200, 50, 200), width=3)
+
+    # Convert to RGBA and composite with overlay
+    img = img.convert('RGBA')
+    img = Image.alpha_composite(img, overlay)
+
+    # Save main PNG icon
+    img.save('icon.png', 'PNG')
+    print("Created: icon.png (512x512)")
+
+    # Create smaller sizes
+    for new_size in sizes:
+        if new_size < 512:
+            resized = img.resize((new_size, new_size), Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+            resized.save(f'icon_{new_size}.png', 'PNG')
+            print(f"Created: icon_{new_size}.png")
+
+    # Create ICO file for Windows (contains multiple sizes)
+    try:
+        icon_sizes = [(16, 16), (32, 32), (48, 48), (64, 64), (128, 128), (256, 256)]
+        images = []
+        for icon_size in icon_sizes:
+            resized = img.resize(icon_size, Image.Resampling.LANCZOS)
+            images.append(resized)
+
+        images[0].save('icon.ico', format='ICO', sizes=icon_sizes, append_images=images[1:])
+        print("Created: icon.ico (multi-resolution)")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Note: Could not create ICO file: {e}")
+
+    # Create ICNS for macOS (requires pillow with ICNS support or iconutil)
+    print("\nFor macOS .icns file, use the following command on macOS:")
+    print("  mkdir icon.iconset")
+    print("  sips -z 16 16     icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_16x16.png")
+    print("  sips -z 32 32     icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_16x16@2x.png")
+    print("  sips -z 32 32     icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_32x32.png")
+    print("  sips -z 64 64     icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_32x32@2x.png")
+    print("  sips -z 128 128   icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_128x128.png")
+    print("  sips -z 256 256   icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_128x128@2x.png")
+    print("  sips -z 256 256   icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_256x256.png")
+    print("  sips -z 512 512   icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_256x256@2x.png")
+    print("  sips -z 512 512   icon.png --out icon.iconset/icon_512x512.png")
+    print("  iconutil -c icns icon.iconset")
+    print("  rm -rf icon.iconset")
+
+    print("\nIcon creation complete!")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    create_icon()

word_search.spec

@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 # -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import sys
+import os
+
 block_cipher = None
 
+# Determine icon path based on platform
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    icon_file = 'icon.ico'
+elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
+    icon_file = 'icon.icns'  # Will need to be created on macOS
+else:
+    icon_file = 'icon.png'
+
 a = Analysis(
     ['word_search_generator.py'],
     pathex=[],
@@ -40,12 +51,13 @@ exe = EXE(
     target_arch=None,
     codesign_identity=None,
     entitlements_file=None,
+    icon=icon_file if os.path.exists(icon_file) else None,
 )
 
 # macOS app bundle
 app = BUNDLE(
     exe,
     name='WordSearch.app',
-    icon=None,
+    icon=icon_file if sys.platform == 'darwin' and os.path.exists(icon_file) else None,
     bundle_identifier='com.firebugit.wordsearch',
 )

wordsearch.desktop

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Type=Application
+Name=Word Search
+Comment=Interactive Word Search Puzzle Generator and Player
+Exec=/path/to/WordSearch
+Icon=/path/to/icon.png
+Terminal=false
+Categories=Game;Education;
+Keywords=puzzle;wordsearch;game;
+StartupNotify=true