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diff --git a/dab/dab.6 b/dab/dab.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a5feab51 --- /dev/null +++ b/dab/dab.6 @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: dab.6,v 1.1.1.1 2003/12/26 17:57:04 christos Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Thomas Klausner. +.\" +.\" 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. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.Dd December 24, 2003 +.Dt DAB 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm dab +.Nd Dots and Boxes game +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl aw +.Op Fl n Ar ngames +.Op Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac +.Op Ar xdim Oo Ar ydim Oc +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a game where each player tries to complete the most +boxes. +A turn consists of putting one border of a box; the player +setting the fourth and final border of a box gets the +point for the box and has another turn. +.Pp +The keys used are the vi keys: +.Ic k +for up, +.Ic j +for down, +.Ic h +for left, and +.Ic l +for right. +To switch between even and odd rows, use one of the following +keys: +.Ic u +.Pq diagonal right up , +.Ic y +.Pq diagonal left up , +.Ic b +.Pq diagonal left down , +.Ic n +.Pq diagonal right down ; +.Aq Ic space +sets a new border, +.Ic CTRL-L +and +.Ic CTRL-R +redraw the screen, and +.Ic q +quits the game. +.Pp +Support options are: +.Bl -tag -width XXnXngamesXXXXX +.It Fl a +Don't use the alternate character set. +.It Fl n Ar ngames +.Ar ngames +games will be played. +.Pq Especially useful in Fl p Ar cc No mode. +.It Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac +Select which of the two players is a human +or a computer. +The first argument is the first player; +.Ic c +stands for computer and +.Ic h +for human. +.It Fl w +Wait for a character press between games. +.El +.Pp +.Ar xdim +and +.Ar ydim +define the size of the board in the x and y +dimensions. +.Sh AUTHORS +.An Christos Zoulas +.Aq christos@NetBSD.org +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Rs +.%A Elwyn R. Berlekamp +.%T The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play +.%D 2000 +.%I A K Peters +.%O http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111 +.Re |