1 XDEMINEUR X11 minesweeper game SYNOPSIS $ xdemineur [-display displayname] [-l lines] [-c columns] [-m mines] [-ouvre] 2 DESCRIPTION Xdemineur is a minesweeper game for the X Window System. The object of the game is to find the location of the mines and to mark their location by placing a small flag. You have exactly as many flags as there are mines, no more, no less. The number of flags that remain to be placed is displayed in the top left corner and a timer is displayed in the top right corner. The game is played using a three buttons mouse. The left button is used to uncover the cell on which you click (hoping that a mine is not hidden there) and the right button is used to place a flag (this indicates that there is a mine here). If you click again with the right button on a cell that has a flag, the flag is changed into a question mark: this if you are trying to guess the possible location of specific mines. One more click with the right button and the question mark disappears. Clicking with both buttons on an uncovered cell which has all its flags uncovers the surrounding cells (this will save a lot of time). The numbers displayed in uncovered cells indicate the number of mines which are located all around (for example, a 3 means that there are three mines within the 8 adjacent cells). The whole game relies on the use of these numbers. To start playing, click randomly to uncover some cells until you find an "opening" (a number of cells that will be uncovered at the same time) or specify the option -ouvre which automatically finds an opening. Finally, to start a new game, just click on the little yellow face above the playfield. 2 OPTIONS -display displayname Specifies which X display to use. -l lines Sets the number of lines of the playfield (the default is 16). -c columns Sets the number of columns of the playfield (the default is 30). -m mines Sets the number of mines of the playfield (by default: number_of_lines * number_of_columns / 4.8). If mines is greater that the number of cells in the playfield, this formula is used instead. -ouvre Automatically finds an opening to start the game. 2 BUGS Please report any bug you could find in xdemineur to baudoin@ensta.fr. Also, you should tell me the customizations you may have done, such as adding new functions to the game or making modifications to allow the game to run on your system. 2 COPYRIGHT Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. The author makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. 2 AUTHOR Marc Baudoin (baudoin@ensta.fr) |\\ |\\| \\ |// ) |\\ / / /\\/\\_ |// / /. . / |\\ / / ___/ |_ |// / (____/ /_/\\_ |__| (_____/ __ > /| ___ ________ _< \\ \\__ > \\|| __\\| _|_ _/ \\\\ \\___\\/ \" I know, it's awful | __\\____ | |/ _ \\\\ > /||___\\_____|___/ \\_\\\\ _> \\|____ ____ \\| \\ \\_________/ / \\ _ _ / \\_// //_____/ (_ \\ (_ _\\ |/\\| \\/ Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees (ENSTA) 32, boulevard Victor - 75015 Paris - France 2 VMS_PORT Patrick Moreau - CENA Athis-Mons (pmoreau@cena.dgac.fr) Bertrand Greff (Rhone Poulenc Rorer) Martin P.J. Zinser Email: ddagsi5 (Bitnet)