dab/dab.6

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  27 .Dd December 24, 2003
  28 .Dt DAB 6
  29 .Os
  30 .Sh NAME
  31 .Nm dab
  32 .Nd Dots and Boxes game
  33 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  34 .Nm
  35 .Op Fl aw
  36 .Op Fl n Ar ngames
  37 .Op Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac
  38 .Op Ar xdim Oo Ar ydim Oc
  39 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  40 .Nm
  41 is a game where each player tries to complete the most
  42 boxes.
  43 A turn consists of putting one border of a box; the player
  44 setting the fourth and final border of a box gets the
  45 point for the box and has another turn.
  46 .Pp
  47 The keys used are the vi keys:
  48 .Ic k
  49 for up,
  50 .Ic j
  51 for down,
  52 .Ic h
  53 for left, and
  54 .Ic l
  55 for right.
  56 To switch between even and odd rows, use one of the following
  57 keys:
  58 .Ic u
  59 .Pq diagonal right up ,
  60 .Ic y
  61 .Pq diagonal left up ,
  62 .Ic b
  63 .Pq diagonal left down ,
  64 .Ic n
  65 .Pq diagonal right down ;
  66 .Aq Ic space
  67 sets a new border,
  68 .Ic CTRL-L
  69 and
  70 .Ic CTRL-R
  71 redraw the screen, and
  72 .Ic q
  73 quits the game.
  74 .Pp
  75 Support options are:
  76 .Bl -tag -width XXnXngamesXXXXX
  77 .It Fl a
  78 Don't use the alternate character set.
  79 .It Fl n Ar ngames
  80 .Ar ngames
  81 games will be played.
  82 .Pq Especially useful in Fl p Ar cc No mode.
  83 .It Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac
  84 Select which of the two players is a human
  85 or a computer.
  86 The first argument is the first player;
  87 .Ic c
  88 stands for computer and
  89 .Ic h
  90 for human.
  91 .It Fl w
  92 Wait for a character press between games.
  93 .El
  94 .Pp
  95 .Ar xdim
  96 and
  97 .Ar ydim
  98 define the size of the board in the x and y
  99 dimensions.
 100 .Sh SEE ALSO
 101 .Rs
 102 .%A Elwyn R. Berlekamp
 103 .%T The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play
 104 .%D 2000
 105 .%I A K Peters
 106 .%O http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111
 107 .Re
 108 .Sh AUTHORS
 109 .An Christos Zoulas
 110 .Aq christos@NetBSD.org