X-Git-Url: https://git.cameronkatri.com/bsdgames-darwin.git/blobdiff_plain/20ff91c7838848bc950603c21c8c5e27fcc112cf..ccdde728ae3782113b7cc37dfd324b95fd647b80:/quiz/quiz.6?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/quiz/quiz.6 b/quiz/quiz.6 index bfc9ecfe..67009a96 100644 --- a/quiz/quiz.6 +++ b/quiz/quiz.6 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: quiz.6,v 1.4 1995/04/22 10:16:56 cgd Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: quiz.6,v 1.6 1997/09/20 14:28:16 lukem Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ .Nm quiz .Nd random knowledge tests .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Nm quiz +.Nm .Op Fl t .Op Fl i Ar file .Op Ar question answer .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Nm quiz +.Nm utility tests your knowledge of random facts. It has a database of subjects from which you can choose. With no arguments, -.Nm quiz +.Nm displays the list of available subjects. .Pp The options are as follows: @@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ Use tutorial mode, in which questions are repeated later if you didn't get them right the first time, and new questions are presented less frequently to help you learn the older ones. .It Fl i -Specify an alternate index file. +Specify an alternative index file. .El .Pp Subjects are divided into categories. You can pick any two categories from the same subject. -.Nm Quiz +.Nm will ask questions from the first category and it expects answers from the second category. For example, the command ``quiz victim killer'' asks questions which are @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ untimely demise, whereas the command ``quiz killer victim'' works the other way around. .Pp If you get the answer wrong, -.Nm quiz +.Nm lets you try again. To see the right answer, enter a blank line. .Sh "Index and Data File Syntax" @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ meta-characters: .sp .Bl -tag -width "pat|pat" -compact -offset indent .It pat|pat -alternate patterns +alternative patterns .It {pat} optional pattern .It [pat] @@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ characters, or at the end of a line to signify that a continuation line follows. .Pp If either a question or its answer is empty, -.Nm quiz +.Nm will refrain from asking it. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/games/quiz.db -compact @@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ will refrain from asking it. The default index and data files. .El .Sh BUGS -.Nm Quiz +.Nm is pretty cynical about certain subjects.