puzzle(1X)                                             puzzle(1X)



NAME
     puzzle - displays a puzzle game of numbered tiles

SYNOPSIS
     puzzle [-display display] [-geometry geometry] [-size size]
     [-speed tiles-per-second] [-picture file] [-colormap] [-
     fn f2font]

DESCRIPTION
     puzzle produces a puzzle game whose object is to arrange
     numbered tiles in a specific order. The window has two
     areas: one area contains a control bar with two boxes and
     the second area contains the tiles. By default, 15 tiles are
     arranged in four columns and rows with one empty space.

     To start a new game, click in the left box of the control
     bar to scramble the tiles. Then move the tiles so they are
     in order.

     Pressing the LEFT ARROW key (or the middle button of a
     three-button mouse) while the pointer is in the control bar,
     but not in the left or right box, causes puzzle to exit.
     Clicking a tile region moves the empty space to that loca-
     tion if the tile is in the same row or column as the empty
     space.  The tiles in that row or column shift as needed, so
     that the previously empty space is occupied.  Clicking in
     the right box of the control bar solves the puzzle by order-
     ing the tiles by number.

   Options
     The puzzle command accepts these options:

     -colormap
             Causes puzzle to create its own colormap for the
             -picture option.

     -display display
             Specifies the display to use.  See X(1X) for de-
             tails.

     -fn font
             Specifies the font that is used to label the tiles.

     -geometry geometry
             Specifies the size and position of the puzzle win-
             dow.  The geometry argument is given in terms of two
             numbers separated by an x. The first number speci-
             fies the width of the bitmap in pixels; the second
             number specifies the height.  See X(1X) for details.

     -picture file
             Specifies an image file containing a picture to su-



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puzzle(1X)                                             puzzle(1X)



             perimpose on the tiles.  This option only works on
             an 8-bit pseudocolor display.

     -size size
             Specifies the size of the puzzle in tiles.

     -speed tiles-per-second
             Specifies the speed in tiles per second for moving
             tiles around.

LIMITATIONS
     The -picture option should work on a wider variety of
     displays.

NOTES
     Copyright 1988, Don Bennett.
     Author: Don Bennett, Hewlett-Packard Labs

SEE ALSO
     X(1X)



































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