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authorlukem <lukem@NetBSD.org>1997-09-20 14:28:16 +0000
committerlukem <lukem@NetBSD.org>1997-09-20 14:28:16 +0000
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- WARNSify
- deprecate register - getopts returns -1 not EOF - last character returned by fgetln() isn't always \n - cleanup .Nm use
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-.\" $NetBSD: quiz.6,v 1.5 1997/03/08 13:32:12 mouse 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:
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ Specify an alternative index file.
.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"
@@ -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.