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xvier - a X11 board game.
xvier [ -display displayname ] [ -geometry
geometry ] [ -fn fontpattern ] [ -iconic ] [ -rows rows ] [ -columns columns
] [ -prog programpath ] [ -level levelnumber ]
Xvier is a board
game where you and the computer alternately throw stones into free columns.
The stones pile up in the columns, and the goal is to get four stones in
a row, in a column or diagonally. You can choose various board sizes and
levels of difficulty.
During the game you click with the mouse onto the
column where you want to put your stone. Another possibility is a lower
case letter in the range 'a' to 'm' (maximally) where 'a' is the left column.
If you want to change the level of difficulty, you must use the keyboard.
Simply type the number of the desired level. These levels correspond to
the search depth of the game program. The meaning of the command line options
and buttons is given below.
While the game program computes a move, everything
besides Change and Quit is blocked.
- -display displayname
- The X11 screen
you want to use.
- -geometry geometry
- The desired geometry of the game window.
- -fn fontpattern
- A pattern describing the fonts which are used for the buttons
and messages. Xvier chooses the biggest font that fits into the window. Therefore
the pattern should describe different sizes of one font. The default is
*-Helvetica-Medium-R-Normal-*.
- -iconic
- Start in iconic state.
- -rows rows
- The number
of rows of the board. The possible range is 4 to 13. The default is 6.
- -columns
columns
- The number of columns of the board. The possible range is 4 to 13.
The default is 7.
- -prog programpath
- The path of the game program.
- -level levelnumber
- The level of difficulty to start with. The possible range is 0 to 9. The
default is 0.
The keyboard equivalents of the buttons are given in
brackets.
- Quit ['q' or 'Q']
- Finish the game.
- New ['n' or 'N']
- Start a new game.
- Undo
['u' or 'U']
- Undo one move.
- Start ['s' or 'S']
- Let the computer begin with the first
move. The board must be empty.
- Change ['C']
- Exchange the colours of your and
the computer's stones.
Norbert Jung jung@dia.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
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