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.\" $NetBSD: boggle.6,v 1.2 1995/03/21 12:14:35 cgd Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: boggle.6,v 1.3 2001/04/02 22:46:18 wiz Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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.\" @(#)boggle.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/11/93
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.\"
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.TH BOGGLE 6 "June 11, 1993"
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.UC
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.SH NAME
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boggle \- word search game
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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boggle [-bd] [-s seed] [-t time] [-w length] [+[+]] [boardspec]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.Dd April 1, 2001
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.Dt BOGGLE 6
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm boggle
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.Nd word search game
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl bd
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.Op Fl s Ar seed
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.Op Fl t Ar time
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.Op Fl w Ar length
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.Op + Op +
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.Op boardspec
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The object of
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.I boggle
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.Nm
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is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle board within the three
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minute time limit.
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A Boggle board is a four by four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of
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vertically, or diagonally adjacent to the Nth cube.
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Cubes cannot be reused.
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Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.
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.PP
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.Pp
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Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.
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The
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.B +
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flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.
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The
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.B ++
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flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself.
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.B
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A seed other than the time of day is specified by
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.B -s#,
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where
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.B #
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is the seed.
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The time limit can be changed from the default 3 minutes by using the flag
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.B -t#,
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where
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.B #
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is the duration (in seconds) of each game.
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The minimum word length can be changed from 3 letters by specifying
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.B -w#,
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where
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.B #
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is the minimum number of letters to use.
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.PP
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A starting board position can be specified on the command line by
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listing the board left to right and top to bottom.
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.PP
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The
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.B -b
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flag puts
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.I boggle
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.Bl -tag -width boardspec
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.It Fl b
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Run
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.Nm
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in batch mode.
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A
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.B boardspec
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.Ar boardspec
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must also be given.
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The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appearing in
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.B boardspec
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.Ar boardspec
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is printed to stdout.
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.PP
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Help is available during play by typing `?'.
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.It Fl d
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Enable debugging output.
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.It Fl s Ar seed
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Specify a seed
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.Ar seed
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other than the time of day.
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.It Fl t Ar time
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Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to
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.Ar time
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seconds.
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.It Fl w Ar length
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Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to
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.Ar length .
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.It Ar +
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This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.
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.It Ar ++
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This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself.
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.It Ar boardspec
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A starting board position can be specified on the command line by
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listing the board left to right and top to bottom.
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.El
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.Pp
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Help is available during play by typing
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.Ic Sq ? .
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More detailed information on the game is given there.
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.SH BUGS
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.Sh BUGS
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If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words
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may scroll off of the screen. (On a 25 line screen about 130 words can be
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displayed.)
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.sp 2
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No word can contain a 'q' that is not immediately followed by a 'u'.
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.sp 2
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When using the '+' or '++' options the display of words found in the board
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.Pp
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No word can contain a
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.Sq q
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that is not immediately followed by a
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.Sq u .
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.Pp
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When using the
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.Ar +
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or
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.Ar ++
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options the display of words found in the board
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doesn't indicate reused cubes.
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.SH AUTHOR
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.Sh AUTHOR
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Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.
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.br
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.Pp
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Barry Brachman
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.br
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Dept. of Computer Science
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