dab/dab.6

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  25 .Dd October 7, 2012
  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
  73 Supported options are:
  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.
  89 .It Fl w
  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.
  98 If the dimensions specified are
  99 .Dv 0
 100 then the maximum dimensions for the size of the screen are
 101 used.
 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
 108 .%U http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111
 109 .Re
 110 .Sh AUTHORS
 111 .An Christos Zoulas
 112 .Aq christos@NetBSD.org