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2 Games and Demos XRUBIK(6)
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xrubik - Magic cube X widgets
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/usr/games/xrubik [-geometry [{width}][x{height}][{+-
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}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]] [-display [{host}]:[{vs}]] [-[no]mono]
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[-[no]{reverse|rv}] [-{foreground|fg} {color}] [-
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{background|bg} {color}] [-{border|bd} {color}] [-
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face{0|1|2|3|4|5} {color}] [-size{x|y|z} {int}] [-
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[no]orient] [-[no]practice] [-delay msecs] [-{font|fn}
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{fontname}] [-username {string}]
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2 The original puzzle has 9 squares per face (size = 3). The
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puzzle was designed by Erno Rubik and called the Rubik's
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2 Cube. This has 8!*12!*3^8*2^12/12 or 4.3 * 10^19 different
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2 The Pocket Cube has 4 squares per face (size = 2) also
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designed by Erno Rubik. This has 7!*3^6 or 3,674,160 dif-
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2 Rubik's Revenge has 16 squares per face (size = 4) also
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designed by Erno Rubik. This has 7!*3^6*24!*24!/(4!)^6 or
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7.4 * 10^46 different combinations.
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5x5x5 Cube. This has 8!*12!*3^7*2^10*(24!)^3/(4!)^12 or
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2.83 * 10^74 different combinations.
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2 There is also the Magic Domino 3x3x2 cube which has (8!)^2/4
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or 406,425,600 combinations.
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2 A physical 6x6x6 cube is possible but to my knowledge no one
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has been too successful in building one. 7x7x7 is also pos-
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sible, but here one must make the center most cubes smaller
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than the outside cubes, so the corners do not fall off when
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2 Press "mouse-left" button to move a piece. Release "mouse-
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left" button on a piece on the same face and in the same
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row. The pieces will then turn towards where the mouse but-
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2 Click "mouse-center", or press "P" or "p" keys to toggle the
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practice mode (in practice mode the record should say "prac-
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tice"). This is good for learning moves and experimenting.
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2 Click "mouse-right", or press "R" or "r" keys to randomize
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the puzzle (this must be done first to set a new record).
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2 Press "I" or "i" keys to increase the number of "cubies".
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2 Press "D" or "d" keys to decrease the number of "cubies".
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2 Press "x" key to increase the number of "cubies" along the x
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2 Press "X" key to decrease the number of "cubies" along the x
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2 Press "y" key to increase the number of "cubies" along the y
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2 Press "Y" key to decrease the number of "cubies" along the y
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2 Press "z" key to increase the number of "cubies" along the z
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2 Press "Z" key to decrease the number of "cubies" along the z
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2 Press "O" or "o" keys to toggle the orient mode. One has to
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orient the faces in orient mode, besides getting all the
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faces to be the same color. To do this one has to get the
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lines to be oriented in the same direction, this only
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matters with center "cubies", if at all (i.e. those
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"cubies" not on a corner or edge). This does add complexity
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so there are 2 sets of records.
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2 Press "S" or "s" keys to start auto-solver. Only works on
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1x1x1, 2x2x2, and 3x3x3 cubes (3x3x3 cube in non-orient
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2 Press "U" or "u" keys to undo move.
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2 Press "G" or "g" keys to get a saved puzzle.
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2 Press "W" or "w" keys to write or save a puzzle.
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2 Press "C" or "c" keys to clear a puzzle.
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2 Press "Esc" key to hide program.
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2 Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program.
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2 Use the key pad, "R" keys, or arrow keys to move without
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2 Key pad is defined for the Rubik2d as:
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4<5>6 Left, Clockwise, Right
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2 Key pad for Rubik3d, use must use your intuition (is this a
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cop out or what?). The key pad is defined differently
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depending on which side of the cube your mouse is pointing
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at. One thing that stays the same is "5" is Clockwise and
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"/" is Counterclockwise.
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2 Use the control key and the left mouse button, keypad, or
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arrow keys to move the whole cube. This is not recorded as
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2 The title is in the following format (non-motif version):
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xrubik{2|3}d<dimension>: {1|2|3|4|5|6<cubes per edge on
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x-axis>x{1|2|3|4|5|6<cubes per edge on y-
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axis>x{1|2|3|4|5|6<cubes per edge on z-axis>} @
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(<Number of moves>/{<Record number of moves>
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<username>|"NEVER noaccess"|"practice"}) - <Comment>
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2 If there is no record of the current puzzle, it displays
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-geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y
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This option sets the initial position of the rubik
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window (resource name "geometry").
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This option specifies the X server to contact.
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This option allows you to display on a color screen
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as if monochrome (resource name "mono").
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This option allows you to see the rubik window in
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reverse video (resource name "reverse").
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-{foreground|fg} color
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This option specifies the foreground of the rubik
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window (resource name "foreground").
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-{background|bg} color
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This option specifies the background of the rubik
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window (resource name "background").
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This option specifies the border color of the
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"cubies" in the rubik window (resource name "border-
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-face{0|1|2|3|4|5} <color>
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This option allows you to change the color of a face
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(resource name "faceColorN"). In mono-mode, color is
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represented as the first letter of the color name.
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On the 2-D version, the faces are ordered top to
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bottom and left to right on the "t" configuration.
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The sideways "t" or "+-" configuration is physically
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consistent with the former, so it is ordered "0, 1,
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2, 3, 5, 4". If you has two colors that begin with
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the same letter you should have one in uppercase and
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one in lowercase to distinguish them in mono-mode.
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You can change the colors of the faces to make a
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stupid cube (i.e. all White or in mono-mode all
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"W"). Unfortunately, it will not normally say its
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solved when its randomized. This would be cheating.
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This option allows you to change the number of
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"cubies" on a edge along x-axis (resource name
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This option allows you to change the number of
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"cubies" on a edge along y-axis (resource name
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This option allows you to change the number of
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"cubies" on a edge along z-axis (resource name
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This option allows you to access the orient mode
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(resource name "orient").
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This option allows you to access the practice mode
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(resource name "practice").
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This option specifies the number of milliseconds it
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takes to move a tile or a group of tiles one space
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(resource name "delay").
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This option specifies the font that will be used
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(resource name "font").
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This option specifies the user name for any records
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made or else it will get your login name (resource
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2 You must randomize the puzzle before a record is set, other-
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wise an assumption of cheating is made if it is solved after
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a get or an auto-solve.
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2 The format is not standard. The reason is that this is sim-
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ple to produce and the standard notation is no good for
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variable number of "cubies".
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2 Rubik2d with default colors, not randomized (front is face
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1 2 3 Y W G Yellow, White, Green
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sizex: 1-6 <the number of cubes per row along x-axis>
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sizey: 1-6 <the number of cubes per row along y-axis>
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sizez: 1-6 <the number of cubes per row along z-axis>
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orient: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true; if 1 then lines on
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"cubies" to be oriented>
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practice: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true>
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moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves>
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startingPosition: <2 dimensional array of face and
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cubie position, each face has size * size "cubies", if
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orient mode then orientation number follows face
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number: 0 up, 1 right, 2 down, and 3 left>
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2 This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1.
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move #: <face> <position> <direction> <control>
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2 Each turn is with respect to a face and position.
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2 Position is 0 to size * size - 1. Position 0 is in the
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2 Direction is represented as 0 up, 1 right, 2 down, 3 left, 5
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clockwise, and 7 counterclockwise.
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2 Control is represented as 0 or 1, 1 if the whole cube is
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moved at once (here position does not matter), 0 if not.
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2 The xrubik record keeper does not count a control move as a
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move, but here we do.
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2 If you have a Rubik's Cube you can not solve (2x2x2 or
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3x3x3) enter it in rubik.log file. Have size = 2 or 3,
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orient = 0, practice = 0, randomized = 1, and moves = 0 and
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the number representation for the color of the "cubie" faces
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(usually 0=R, 1=Y, 2=W, 3=G, 4=O, 5=B). Bring up xrubik,
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hit 'g' so it will get your configuration and then 's' to
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solve your cube and then 'w' to write out the steps. Then
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examine your rubik.log file.
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2 Inside Rubik's Cube and Beyond by Christoph Bandelow, Bir-
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khauser, 1982. pp 44, 45, 88, 89
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2 Magic Cubes 1996 Catalog of Dr. Christoph Bandelow.
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2 The Simple Solution To Rubik's Cube, James G. Nourse, June
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2 Rubik's Cube Newsletter by Ideal Aug 1982 Vol.1 No. 2
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2 Rubik's Cube The Solution, Ideal Toy Corporation, 1981
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2 Rubik's Revenge Puzzle The Solution, Ideal Toy Corporation,
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2 X(1), xskewb(6), xdino(6), xpyraminx(6), xoct(6), xmball(6),
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xmlink(6), xpanex(6), xcubes(6), xtriangles(6), xhexa-
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(Reg.) Copyright 1994-2005, David Albert Bagley
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2 Michael B. Martin, <martinm@sps1.phys.vt.edu> wrote an
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independent program cubist10.c-- for IBM PC. I added the
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auto-solve code into xrubik, with his permission.
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2 BUG_REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES
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2 Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author:
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David Albert Bagley, <bagleyd@tux.org>
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2 The latest version is currently at:
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ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/tux/bagleyd/xpuzzles
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ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy
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