1.\" $NetBSD: dab.6,v 1.4 2008/05/08 15:31:07 wiz Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Thomas Klausner. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR 15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 16.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 17.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, 18.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT 19.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 20.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY 21.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT 22.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF 23.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 24.\" 25.Dd December 24, 2003 26.Dt DAB 6 27.Os 28.Sh NAME 29.Nm dab 30.Nd Dots and Boxes game 31.Sh SYNOPSIS 32.Nm 33.Op Fl aw 34.Op Fl n Ar ngames 35.Op Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac 36.Op Ar xdim Oo Ar ydim Oc 37.Sh DESCRIPTION 38.Nm 39is a game where each player tries to complete the most 40boxes. 41A turn consists of putting one border of a box; the player 42setting the fourth and final border of a box gets the 43point for the box and has another turn. 44.Pp 45The keys used are the vi keys: 46.Ic k 47for up, 48.Ic j 49for down, 50.Ic h 51for left, and 52.Ic l 53for right. 54To switch between even and odd rows, use one of the following 55keys: 56.Ic u 57.Pq diagonal right up , 58.Ic y 59.Pq diagonal left up , 60.Ic b 61.Pq diagonal left down , 62.Ic n 63.Pq diagonal right down ; 64.Aq Ic space 65sets a new border, 66.Ic CTRL-L 67and 68.Ic CTRL-R 69redraw the screen, and 70.Ic q 71quits the game. 72.Pp 73Support options are: 74.Bl -tag -width XXnXngamesXXXXX 75.It Fl a 76Don't use the alternate character set. 77.It Fl n Ar ngames 78.Ar ngames 79games will be played. 80.Pq Especially useful in Fl p Ar cc No mode. 81.It Fl p Ao Ar c|h Ac Ns Ao Ar c|h Ac 82Select which of the two players is a human 83or a computer. 84The first argument is the first player; 85.Ic c 86stands for computer and 87.Ic h 88for human. 89.It Fl w 90Wait for a character press between games. 91.El 92.Pp 93.Ar xdim 94and 95.Ar ydim 96define the size of the board in the x and y 97dimensions. 98.Sh SEE ALSO 99.Rs 100.%A Elwyn R. Berlekamp 101.%T The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play 102.%D 2000 103.%I A K Peters 104.%O http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111 105.Re 106.Sh AUTHORS 107.An Christos Zoulas 108.Aq christos@NetBSD.org 109