VPUZZLE(1) VPUZZLE(1)
15 August 1990
NAME
vpuzzle - Shuffles your display like on old 16 puzzle.
SYNOPSIS
vpuzzle [ -option ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The vpuzzle shuffles your display around like the old puzzle programs.
If you use the -solve option, then the program will undo all the moves
that have been done to restote the screen to its original state.
There are three ways to signal the program to start solving:
+ Allowing the program to make 65364 moves.
+ Hitting one ^C in the window that started the program
+ Any keystroke in the root window.
If you do not use the -solve option, then you can terminate the
program by doing any of the above. In addition, if you are waiting
for all the moves to be undone, any of the above actions will cause
the program to quit.
OPTIONS
vpuzzle accepts the options listed below:
-display display
This option specifies the display. By default it is the
current machine or the current setting of the DISPLAY
variable.
-border This option indicates that a white border should be drawn
around all of the squares of the puzzle.
-solve This option indicates that the program should try to solve the
puzzle, given half a chance.
-numsquares n
This option specifies the number of squares in both direction
to be used. The default is 16.
-xnumsquares n
This option specifies the number of squares horizontally that
should be used. The default is 16.
-ynumsquares n
This option specifies the number of squares vertically that
should be used. The default is 16.
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VPUZZLE(1) VPUZZLE(1)
15 August 1990
-max n This option specifies the number of pixels that should be used
when doing the shuffling. The default is the the screen size.
-xmax n This option specifies the number of pixels across that should
be used when doing the shuffling. The default is the the
screen size.
-ymax n This option specifies the number of pixels up and down that
should be used when doing the shuffling. The default is the
the screen size.
X DEFAULTS
This program doesn't use X defaults (for shame).
SEE ALSO
X(1), xpuzzle(1)
BUGS
The algorithm to solve the puzzle is too simple. It just undoes the
moves that have been done so far. It should use the same algorithm
that xpuzzle uses.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1990, Solbourne Computer, Inc.
AUTHORS
M. Warner Losh (Solbourne)
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