wmpuzzle(6) [debian man page]
wmpuzzle(6) Version 0.5.1 wmpuzzle(6) NAME
wmpuzzle - WindowMaker dock app 4x4 puzzle SYNOPSIS
wmpuzzle [options] [xpm image file] DESCRIPTION
wmpuzzle provides a 4x4 puzzle on a 64x64 mini window. It is designed to work with the WindowMaker dock, but will work with other window managers as well. OPTIONS
-h, --help displays a command line summary. -a, --auto-save automatically save the puzzle state on program exit. -k, --keyboard enable use of the keyboard for arrow-key navigation. -s, --shuffle=count shuffle the image count times, defaults to 2000. Using -s prevents loading the saved state from the resource file. -v, --version displays the version number. --display=id Set the display to use, e.g. --display=:0.0. --geometry=pos Set the position of the dock app, e.g. --geometry=+10+10. Note that the size (64x64) is hard-coded and cannot be changed. The image file must be an XPM file with minimum (and recommended) size of 48x48 pixels. If it is larger then the upper left corner will be shown. USAGE
Left mouse click moves the puzzle tiles, right click saves the current state and middle click recovers the last saved state. If -k has been specified the arrow keys and key s and key r will do as well. If the picture has been completed the last element will be shown. FILES
~/.wmpuzzlerc contains the puzzling state of the images. The basename of an image file will be used as its identifier. Use option -s to ignore this file on startup. BUGS
When wmpuzzle complains about not enough free color symbols that's because it needs to add six colors to the XPM's color table and found no free symbols using the according number of characters per pixel. Try to find some unused entries, delete them and correct the size of the color table (the third number in the first line), or enlarge the number of characters per pixel using some imaging program. Please send any bugs to <martin@godisch.de>. Debian users are encouraged to use the Debian Bug Tracking System at http://bugs.debian.org/wmpuzzle. AUTHOR
wmpuzzle is written by Martin A. Godisch <martin@godisch.de>. Thanks to Gordon Fraser for his suggestions, and to Kyle Boyle for the con- tribution of his numbers puzzle. Thanks to Matthias Klose for bug reports and fixes. The Debian Project February 2012 wmpuzzle(6)
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MISSING_LINK(6) Games Manual MISSING_LINK(6) NAME
xmlink - Missing Link X widget SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/xmlink [-geometry [{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]] [-display [{host}]:[{vs}]] [-[no]mono] [-[no]{reverse|rv}] [-{foreground|fg} {color}] [-{background|bg} {color}] [-tile {color}] [-face{0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7} {color}] [-{border|bd} {color}] [-[no]install] [-picture {filename}] [-delay msecs] [-[no]sound] [-bumpSound {filename}] [-moveSound {filename}] [-{font|fn} {fontname}] [-tiles {int}] [-faces {int}] [-[no]orient] [-[no]middle] [-base {int}] [-userName {string}] [-scoreFile {filename}] [-scores] [-version] DESCRIPTION
Ideal's The Missing Link, a 4x4 puzzle, riding on the wave of Rubik's Cube craze. There are many variations on this theme, including the "6x6" puzzle and Babylon Tower. What makes the Missing Link a harder puzzle to solve is that the 2 center positions rotate together. FEATURES
Press "mouse-left" button to move a tile. Release "mouse-left" button in the same row would move the tile towards the space (unless there is no space in that row). Release on a different row will move the tiles up or down. Click "mouse-right", or press "Z" or "z" keys, to randomize the puzzle (this must be done first to set a new record). Press "G" or "g" keys to get a saved puzzle. Press "W" or "w" keys to save (write) a puzzle. Press "U" or "u" keys to undo a move. Press "R" or "r" keys to redo a move. Press "C" or "c" keys to clear the puzzle. "S" or "s" keys to start the auto-solver. Only works on mxn where m = 4 and n = 4. Press "O" or "o" keys to toggle the orient mode. Slightly more challenging on (default is off). Press "M" or "m" keys to toggle the middle mode. All the middle tiles rotate together. This is considerably more challenging on (default is on). Press ">" or "." keys to speed up the movement of tiles. Press "<" or "," keys to slow down the movement of tiles. Press "@" key to toggle the sound. Press "Esc" key to hide program. Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program. Use the key pad or arrow keys to move without the mouse. Key pad is defined for Missing Link as: 8 Up ^ 4< >6 Left, Right v 2 Down Use the shift key and the up or down arrow keys to rotate all the tiles. Use the control key and the keypad or arrow keys to reduce or enlarge the complexity of the puzzle. The title is in the following format (non-motif version): xmlink: <row>x<column> {norm|ind<control of movement of middle tiles>} @ (<Number of moves>/{<Record number of moves> <user name>|"NEVER noaccess"|"practice"}) - <Comment> Movement of middle tiles are either move together or independent. If there is no record of the current puzzle, it displays "NEVER noaccess". OPTIONS
-geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y This option sets the initial position of the missing link window (resource name "geometry"). -display host:dpy This option specifies the X server to contact. -[no]mono This option allows you to display the missing link window on a color screen as if it were monochrome (resource name "mono"). -[no]{reverse|rv} This option allows you to see the missing link window in reverse video (resource name "reverseVideo"). -{foreground|fg} color This option specifies the foreground of the missing link window (resource name "foreground"). -{background|bg} color This option specifies the background of the missing link window (resource name "background"). -tile color This option specifies the tile color of the tiles in the missing link window (resource name "tileColor"). -face{0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7} <color> This option allows you to change the color of a face (resource name "faceColorN"). In mono-mode, color is represented as the first letter of the color name. The 0th face is the last face face on missing link because I wanted that one to remain white by default when there are more or less faces. -{border|bd} color This option specifies the border color of the tiles in the missing link window (resource name "orderColor"). -[no]install This option specifies if the colormap should be installed or not (resource name "install"). -picture filename This option specifies the file for the picture (resource name "picture"). -delay msecs This option specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to move a tile or a group of tiles one space (1-50) (resource name "delay"). -[no]sound This option specifies if a sliding tile should make a sound or not (resource name "sound"). -bumpSound filename This option specifies the file for the bump sound for the sliding of (resource name "bumpSound"). -moveSound filename This option specifies the file for the move sound for the twisting of the puzzle (resource name "moveSound"). -{font|fn} ontname This option specifies the font that will be used (resource name "font"). -tiles <int> This option allows you to change the number of links in a row (resource name "tiles"). -faces <int> This option allows you to change the number of faces in column (resource name "faces"). -[no]orient This option allows you to access the orient mode (resource name "orient"). -[no]middle This option allows you to access the middle mode (resource name "middle"). -base int This option specifies the base used (default is base 10) (resource name "base"). -userName string This option specifies the user name for any records made or else it will get your login name (resource name "userName"). -scoreFile filename Specify an alternative score file (resource name "scoreFile"). -scores This option lists all the recorded scores and then exits. -version This option tells you what version of xmlink you have. RECORDS
You must randomize the puzzle before a record is set, otherwise an assumption of cheating is made if it is solved after a get. SAVE FORMAT
Here is the format for the xmlink configuration, starting position, and the movement of its pieces. tiles: 1-8 <number of tiles in a row> faces: 1-8 <number of tiles in a column> middle: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true; if 1 then middle moves as one unit> orient: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true; if 1 then chain linked in order> moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves> startingPosition: <array of tile positions where 0 is the empty space> This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1. move #: <direction> <tile> <shift> Direction is represented as 0 up, 1 right, 2 down, and 3 left. Tile is the column of tile. Shift is represented as 0 or 1, 1 if the whole puzzle is moved at once (here Tile does not matter), 0 if not. The xmlink record keeper does not count a control move as a move, but here we do. REFERENCES
L. E. Horden, Sliding Piece Puzzles (Recreations in Mathematics Series), Oxford University Press 1986, Plate X. you are about to find the solution: The Missing Link, Ideal Toy Corporation, 1981. James G Nourse, The Simple Solutions to Cubic Puzzles, Bantam Books, New York, November 1981, pp 16-23. SEE ALSO
X(1), xcubes(6), xtriangles(6), xhexagons(6), xbarrel(6), xpanex(6), xmball(6), xpyraminx(6), xoct(6), xrubik(6), xskewb(6), xdino(6), xabacus(6) COPYRIGHTS
(R) Copyright 1994-2009, David A. Bagley BUG REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES
Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author: David A. Bagley, <bagleyd@tux.org> The latest version is currently at: http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/puzzles.html ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy V7.5.1 10 Nov 2009 MISSING_LINK(6)