Annotation of src/games/dab/dab.6, Revision 1.7
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1.6 christos 25: .Dd October 7, 2012
1.1 christos 26: .Dt DAB 6
27: .Os
28: .Sh NAME
29: .Nm dab
30: .Nd Dots and Boxes game
31: .Sh SYNOPSIS
32: .Nm
33: .Op Fl aw
34: .Op Fl n Ar ngames
35: .Op Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac
36: .Op Ar xdim Oo Ar ydim Oc
37: .Sh DESCRIPTION
38: .Nm
39: is a game where each player tries to complete the most
40: boxes.
41: A turn consists of putting one border of a box; the player
42: setting the fourth and final border of a box gets the
43: point for the box and has another turn.
44: .Pp
45: The keys used are the vi keys:
46: .Ic k
47: for up,
48: .Ic j
49: for down,
50: .Ic h
51: for left, and
52: .Ic l
53: for right.
54: To switch between even and odd rows, use one of the following
55: keys:
56: .Ic u
57: .Pq diagonal right up ,
58: .Ic y
59: .Pq diagonal left up ,
60: .Ic b
61: .Pq diagonal left down ,
62: .Ic n
63: .Pq diagonal right down ;
64: .Aq Ic space
65: sets a new border,
66: .Ic CTRL-L
67: and
68: .Ic CTRL-R
69: redraw the screen, and
70: .Ic q
71: quits the game.
72: .Pp
1.7 ! dholland 73: Supported options are:
1.1 christos 74: .Bl -tag -width XXnXngamesXXXXX
75: .It Fl a
76: Don't use the alternate character set.
77: .It Fl n Ar ngames
78: .Ar ngames
79: games will be played.
80: .Pq Especially useful in Fl p Ar cc No mode.
81: .It Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac
82: Select which of the two players is a human
83: or a computer.
84: The first argument is the first player;
85: .Ic c
86: stands for computer and
87: .Ic h
88: for human.
1.3 wiz 89: .It Fl w
1.1 christos 90: Wait for a character press between games.
91: .El
92: .Pp
93: .Ar xdim
94: and
95: .Ar ydim
96: define the size of the board in the x and y
97: dimensions.
1.6 christos 98: If the dimensions specified are
99: .Dv 0
100: then the maximum dimensions for the size of the screen are
101: used.
1.1 christos 102: .Sh SEE ALSO
103: .Rs
104: .%A Elwyn R. Berlekamp
105: .%T The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play
106: .%D 2000
107: .%I A K Peters
1.5 joerg 108: .%U http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111
1.1 christos 109: .Re
1.2 wiz 110: .Sh AUTHORS
111: .An Christos Zoulas
112: .Aq christos@NetBSD.org
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