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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man6/boggle.6 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man6/boggle.6 deleted file mode 100644 index 6befc4f6..00000000 --- a/upstream/debian-unstable/man6/boggle.6 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,122 +0,0 @@ -.\" $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 |