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-.\" $NetBSD: boggle.6,v 1.7 2003/08/07 09:37:05 agc Exp $
-.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 1993
-.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
-.\"
-.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by
-.\" Barry Brachman.
-.\"
-.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-.\" are met:
-.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
-.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
-.\" without specific prior written permission.
-.\"
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
-.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
-.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
-.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
-.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
-.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
-.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
-.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
-.\"
-.\" @(#)boggle.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/11/93
-.\"
-.Dd April 1, 2001
-.Dt BOGGLE 6
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm boggle
-.Nd word search game
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.Nm
-.Op Fl bd
-.Op Fl s Ar seed
-.Op Fl t Ar time
-.Op Fl w Ar length
-.Op + Op +
-.Op boardspec
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The object of
-.Nm
-is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle board within the three
-minute time limit.
-A Boggle board is a four by four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of
-each cube displaying a letter of the alphabet or `qu'.
-Words are formed by finding a sequence of cubes (letters) that are in the
-game's dictionary.
-The (N+1)th cube in the word must be horizontally,
-vertically, or diagonally adjacent to the Nth cube.
-Cubes cannot be reused.
-Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.
-.Pp
-Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.
-.Bl -tag -width boardspec
-.It Fl b
-Run
-.Nm
-in batch mode.
-A
-.Ar boardspec
-must also be given.
-The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appearing in
-.Ar boardspec
-is printed to stdout.
-.It Fl d
-Enable debugging output.
-.It Fl s Ar seed
-Specify a seed
-.Ar seed
-other than the time of day.
-.It Fl t Ar time
-Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to
-.Ar time
-seconds.
-.It Fl w Ar length
-Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to
-.Ar length .
-.It Ar +
-This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.
-.It Ar ++
-This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself.
-.It Ar boardspec
-A starting board position can be specified on the command line by
-listing the board left to right and top to bottom.
-.El
-.Pp
-Help is available during play by typing
-.Sq Ic \&? .
-More detailed information on the game is given there.
-.Sh BUGS
-If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words
-may scroll off of the screen.
-(On a 25 line screen about 130 words can be displayed.)
-.Pp
-No word can contain a
-.Sq q
-that is not immediately followed by a
-.Sq u .
-.Pp
-When using the
-.Ar +
-or
-.Ar ++
-options the display of words found in the board doesn't indicate reused cubes.
-.Sh AUTHOR
-Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.
-.Pp
-Barry Brachman
-.br
-Dept. of Computer Science
-.br
-University of British Columbia