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diff --git a/boggle/boggle/boggle.6 b/boggle/boggle/boggle.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2b9f3053 --- /dev/null +++ b/boggle/boggle/boggle.6 @@ -0,0 +1,114 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Barry Brachman. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by the University of +.\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)boggle.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/11/93 +.\" +.TH BOGGLE 6 "June 11, 1993" +.UC +.SH NAME +boggle \- word search game +.SH SYNOPSIS +boggle [-bd] [-s seed] [-t time] [-w length] [+[+]] [boardspec] +.SH DESCRIPTION +The object of +.I boggle +is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle board within the three +minute time limit. +A Boggle board is a four by four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of +each cube displaying a letter of the alphabet or `qu'. +Words are formed by finding a sequence of cubes (letters) that are in the +game's dictionary. +The (N+1)th cube in the word must be horizontally, +vertically, or diagonally adjacent to the Nth cube. +Cubes cannot be reused. +Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long. +.PP +Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game. +The +.B + +flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession. +The +.B ++ +flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself. +.B +A seed other than the time of day is specified by +.B -s#, +where +.B # +is the seed. +The time limit can be changed from the default 3 minutes by using the flag +.B -t#, +where +.B # +is the duration (in seconds) of each game. +The minimum word length can be changed from 3 letters by specifying +.B -w#, +where +.B # +is the minimum number of letters to use. +.PP +A starting board position can be specified on the command line by +listing the board left to right and top to bottom. +.PP +The +.B -b +flag puts +.I boggle +in batch mode. +A +.B boardspec +must also be given. +The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appearing in +.B boardspec +is printed to stdout. +.PP +Help is available during play by typing `?'. +More detailed information on the game is given there. +.SH BUGS +If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words +may scroll off of the screen. (On a 25 line screen about 130 words can be +displayed.) +.sp 2 +No word can contain a 'q' that is not immediately followed by a 'u'. +.sp 2 +When using the '+' or '++' options the display of words found in the board +doesn't indicate reused cubes. +.SH AUTHOR +Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers. +.br +Barry Brachman +.br +Dept. of Computer Science +.br +University of British Columbia |