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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="question" id="flags" xml:lang="oc">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
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<revision version="0.1" date="2012-03-24" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Tiffany Antopolski</name>
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<email>tiffany.antopolski@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
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<email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
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<desc>What are flags and how to use them</desc>
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<media type="image" mime="image/svg" src="figures/flags.png"/>
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<p>Flags are used to mark tiles which you suspect may hide a mine. Putting a flag
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on a tile prevents you from clicking on it and possibly causing an explosion, ending the game.</p>
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<section id="flags-put">
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<title>How to place a flag on a tile</title>
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<p>To place a red flag on a tile:</p>
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<item><p>Right click on a blank tile.</p></item>
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<media type="image" mime="image/svg" width="60" src="figures/flag.svg"/>
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<note style="tip"><p>The number of flags available is</p>
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<p>equal to the number of remaining mines.</p></note>
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<section id="flags-blue">
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<title>Use of <em>I'm not sure</em> flag</title>
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<p>If you're unsure if a tile hides a mine or not, you can use the blue
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<em>I'm not sure</em>.</p>
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<p>To put an <em>I'm not sure</em> flag on a tile:</p>
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<item><p>Right-click twice on a blank tile.</p></item>
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<media type="image" mime="image/svg" width="60" src="figures/flag-question.svg"/>
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<note><p>To enable these flags, click <guiseq><gui>Settings</gui><gui>Preferences</gui>
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</guiseq>, and tick <gui>Use <em>I'm not sure</em> flags</gui>.