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<title><application>Robots</application> Manual</title>
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Robots is a graphical version of the original text based
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robots game, which can be found on a number of UNIX systems.
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The player must outwit the robots chasing him/her by getting
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them to run into each other.
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<holder>Patanjali Somayaji, Mark Rae</holder>
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<author role="maintainer">
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<firstname>Patanjali</firstname>
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<surname>Somayaji</surname>
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<address> <email>patanjali@mindless.com</email> </address>
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<firstname>Mark</firstname>
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<surname>Rae</surname>
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<firstname>Latin</firstname>
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<contrib>Latin translation</contrib>
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<releaseinfo revision="2.26" role="review"/>
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<revnumber>Robots Manual V2.8</revnumber>
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<date>September 2004</date>
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<para role="author">Patanjali Somayaji
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<email>patanjali@mindless.com</email>
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<para role="author">Mark Rae
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<email>m.rae@inpharmatica.co.uk</email>
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<para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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<revnumber>Robots Manual V2.9</revnumber>
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<date>August 2007</date>
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<para role="author">Claude Paroz
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<email>claude@2xlibre.net</email>
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<para role="publisher">GNOME Documentation Project</para>
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<releaseinfo>This manual describes version 2.18 of Robots.
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<primary>GNOME Robots</primary>
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<application>GNOME Robots</application> is a game where you try
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and avoid a band of marauding robots which are,
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for no adequately explained reason, trying to kill you. It is
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based on the text-based robots game which can be found
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on a number of UNIX systems.
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This new version includes two types of robots, movable
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junkheaps, multiple game configurations, user definable
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keyboard layouts, and sound, as well as all of the features
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which were present in the original GNOME Robots game.
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To run <application>GNOME Robots</application>, select
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<guisubmenu>Games</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Robots</guimenuitem>
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from the <guimenu>Main Menu</guimenu>, or type
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<command>gnobots2</command> on the command line.
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<application>GNOME Robots</application> is included in the
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<filename>gnome-games</filename> package, which is part of the
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GNOME desktop environment. This document describes version
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2.18 of <application>GNOME Robots</application>.
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<sect1 id="objective">
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<title>GNOME Robots Objective</title>
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The objective of GNOME Robots is quite simple. You are surrounded by a
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number of robots or other hostile adversaries. As you move about
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they will move directly towards you for every move that you make.
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Their goal is to kill you. Your goal is to kill all the robots on the
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board by taking advantage of their vulnerabilities.
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Robots are destroyed when they collide with each other, or when they
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collide with the debris of some previous collision. You die if a robot
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ends up right next to you.
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<para> In some of the game configurations (you can choose from
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five different sets of rules), you can push the
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junkheaps around to form barricades to protect you. Also, if you
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are daring enough, you can Splat! the robots by pushing
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junkheaps on top of them for an additional bonus. </para>
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You can also save yourself by teleporting yourself to a random location.
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Unfortunately, randomly teleporting means that
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you might end up being right next to a robot, so they can kill you when
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they make their move. Luckily, there are also
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safe teleports which will place you out of immediate danger, but
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there are only a limited supply of them. You can earn
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more free teleports as you go along (how you gain them depends on the
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chosen game), but typically you get one for each robot that is
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destroyed while you are 'waiting', up to a maximum of 10. If you don't
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want to waste your saved-up safe teleports, you can choose to teleport
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randomly if you think it's safe enough.
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If you press the <guibutton>Wait</guibutton> button (see below) you will no longer be able to
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move until either all of the robots (which still move towards you) are
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gone, or you are killed. Doing this is risky, but may earn you extra
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<para> If you manage to reach the point where more than half of
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the screen is occupied by robots, the number of robots will be
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reset to the starting amount, allowing you to continue.
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<title>Using GNOME Robots</title>
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<application>GNOME Robots</application> is extremely simple to play.
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You can use either the mouse or the keyboard.
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This section describes basic usage of
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<application>GNOME Robots</application>.
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<title>Basic usage</title>
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Starting <application>GNOME Robots</application> opens the
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<interface>Main window</interface>, shown in <xref linkend="mainwindow-fig"/>.
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<title>GNOME Robots Main Window</title>
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<imagedata fileref="figures/gnobots2-main.png" format="PNG" srccredit="Patanjali"/>
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<phrase>GNOME Robots Main Window.</phrase>
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To start a new game, choose <guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem> in the
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<guimenu>Game</guimenu> menu or click on the <guibutton>New</guibutton> button
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To move, either click in the direction you want to move (the
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cursor will show you which way you will go) or press the
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appropriate key on the keyboard (keypad by default). Clicking on the little man
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will keep you still. To teleport (safely or unsafely), and to
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wait, use the buttons on the toolbar or use the items in the
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<guimenu>Move</guimenu> menu.
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The menu bar, located at the top of the <interface>game
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board</interface>, contains the following menus:
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<term><guimenu>Game</guimenu></term>
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This menu contains three items:
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<shortcut><keysym>Ctrl-N</keysym></shortcut>
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<guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> — starts a new game of GNOME Robots.
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<guimenuitem>Scores</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> — shows the higher scores.
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<shortcut><keysym>Ctrl-Q</keysym></shortcut>
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<guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem>
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<term><guimenu>Move</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Teleport</guimenuitem>—
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teleports you in a safe location.
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<guimenuitem>Random</guimenuitem>— teleports you in
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<guimenuitem>Wait</guimenuitem>— places you in wait mode.
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<term><guimenu>Settings</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem>
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which brings up the preferences dialog box.
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<term><guimenu>Help</guimenu></term>
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<guimenuitem>Contents</guimenuitem>—
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<guimenuitem>About</guimenuitem>— shows
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basic information about
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<application>GNOME Robots</application>, such as
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the author's name and the application version number.
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<title>Using the keyboard</title>
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You can use the keyboard to control the little man. By default, the keys from
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the keypad are configured for the game. However you can customize the key
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mappings in the <guimenuitem>Keyboard</guimenuitem> tab in the
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<guimenuitem>Preferences</guimenuitem> dialog. To select a different key
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for a command, double-click on the line for that command and then
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press the key you want to use.
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By default, you use the numeric keypad on the
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right-hand side of the keyboard (not the separate arrow keys).
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<title>Switch off the NumLock Key</title>
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Up Left: <keycap>Home</keycap>
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Up: <keycap>Up</keycap>
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Up Right: <keycap>Page Up</keycap>
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Left: <keycap>Left</keycap>
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Stand Still: <keycap>Begin</keycap>
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Right: <keycap>Right</keycap>
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Down Left: <keycap>End</keycap>
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Down: <keycap>Down</keycap>
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Teleport: <keycap>+</keycap>
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Wait: <keycap>Enter</keycap>
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<title>Customizing GNOME Robots</title>
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You can modify the behaviour and appearance of
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the game by selecting <guimenuitem>
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Preferences</guimenuitem>
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under the <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> menu. This brings up a
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dialog with three tabs:
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<guimenuitem>Game</guimenuitem> — This page allows
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you to choose the type of game you want to play. The
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drop-down box at the top of the page allows you to choose from
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a number of predefined games. You can't change these options in
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the middle of a game, so they will be disabled then. There are
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also several options at the bottom of the dialog:
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<listitem><para> The safe moves option will help you to
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avoid being killed due to a mistake. If you try to make a
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move that would lead to your death when there is a safe
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move available, you will not be allowed to proceed. But be
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warned: if there was no safe move available, other than
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teleporting, the move will be allowed to proceed.
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you get beeped when there is no safe move and your only
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If you select the sound checkbox the game will play
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sounds for various events throughout the game.
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The <quote>Splats</quote> checkbox selects whether you want the sound
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played and a small <quote>Splat!</quote> to appear on the screen.
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<guimenuitem>Appearance</guimenuitem> — This page
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allows you to select the graphics used throughout the game
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from the list in the dropdown-box. You can also select the
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background colour from this tab.
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<guimenuitem>Keyboard</guimenuitem> —
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controls. To select a different key
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for a command, double-click on the button for that command and then
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Any changes you make take effect immediately and are automatically saved.
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You can design your own graphics for the game if you want. The graphics
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<filename class="directory">
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$PREFIX/share/gnome-games/gnobots2/pixmaps
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</filename>, where $PREFIX is the prefix into which GNOME
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was installed. This is usually either
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<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>
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<filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename>.
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Each character is 16x16 pixels and there are 14 of them arranged in
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a PNG file which is 224x16 pixels in size. You can look at the existing
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files to see the order in which they must be arranged to produce the correct
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Any graphics files which are placed in the directory are auto-detected,
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so you don't need to alter any configuration files.
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You can also define your own game configurations by creating extra
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</filename> files which are stored in the
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<title>Known Bugs and Limitations</title>
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This application has no known bugs.
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<title>Authors</title>
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<application>GNOME Robots</application> was written by Mark Rae
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(<email>m.rae@inpharmatica.co.uk</email>).
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This manual was written by Patanjali Somayaji
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(<email>patanjali@mindless.com</email>), from the original
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HTML documentation by Mark Rae.
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this manual, follow the directions in this
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<ulink url="ghelp:user-guide?feedback-bugs" type="help">document</ulink>.
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<title>License</title>
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