XMINESWEEP(1) XMINESWEEP(1)
11 November 1992
NAME
xminesweep - A mine-sweeper game.
SYNOPSIS
xminesweep [ toolkit options ] [ -mines <num> ] [ -ncH <numHigh> ] [ -
ncW <numWide> ]
where <num> is the number of mines in the playing field. <numHigh> is
the number of squares high. <numWide> is the number of squares wide.
DESCRIPTION
xminesweep will start up with a window full of cells. clicking on one
with the left mouse button will 'expose' it (and if there is a mine
there you will die!). Clicking in a cell with the right mouse button
will either mark or unmark it as a 'Mine'. If you click in the cell
with the middle mouse button you can toggle a 'questioned' image, you
can expose and mark a questioned cell.
The object is to mark all the mines in the playing field. When a
'Cell' is exposed, and it is not a mine, it will contain a number -
this number is the number of mines in the eight Cells around it (blank
= zero).
If you miss a mine (mark a square that is not a mine), and then the
mine count gets to zero, you will loose because you got one wrong!.
OTHER CONTROLS
There are two buttons in the top part of the window, one will make
xminesweep exit, the other will restart the current game (and
rearrange the mines).
There is also a text box which displays the number of mines in the
playing field, you can change the value in this and then press [Enter]
and the game will restart with the new number of mines. (nothing will
happen of the number is the same). There is a limited range for the
number of mines, it is between 1 and (DEFAULT_NUM_MINES/3).
When you die, all the Cells will be exposed, any mines that you marked
will be shown with the marked image, any Cells that you marked but are
not mines will be shown with the wrong-mark image, and any unmarked
mines will be shown as mines.
xminesweep will take all the normal Athena Widget toolkit options it
is given.
RESOURCES
xminesweep will accept these special resources:
XMinesweep*mines:
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XMINESWEEP(1) XMINESWEEP(1)
11 November 1992
XMinesweep*numCellsHigh:
XMinesweep*numCellsWide:
They correspond to the command line options -mines, -ncH, -ncW.
AUTHOR
Ashley Roll -- aroll@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au
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