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<years>2012</years>
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<desc>What are flags and how to use them</desc>
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<credit type="author copyright editor">
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<name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
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<email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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<title>How to use flags</title>
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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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<p>Flags are used to mark tiles which you suspect may hide a mine. Putting
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a flag on a tile prevents you from clicking on it and possibly causing an
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explosion, which would end 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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<title>How to place a flag on a tile</title>
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<p>Red flags are those that cannot be clicked. To place a red flag on
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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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<p>To make the number of available flags equal to the number of
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remaining mines, enable <gui style="checkbox">Warn if too many flags
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placed</gui> and <gui style="checkbox">Use "I'm not sure" flags</gui>
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preference options, then restart the application.<!-- This is a bug!
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The warnings do not work properly at the moment.--></p>
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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>.
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<title>Use of the <em>I'm not sure</em> flag</title>
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<p>If you are not sure whether a tile hides a mine, you can use the blue
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<em>I'm not sure</em> flag.</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 or once on a red
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<media type="image" mime="image/svg" width="60" src="figures/flag-question.svg"/>
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<p>To enable these flags, click <guiseq><gui style="manu">Mines</gui><gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui></guiseq>, and select <gui>Use "I'm not
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sure" flags</gui>.</p>