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.TH xshisen 6 "Oct 6, 1995" "X Version 11"
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xshisen \- Shisen-sho puzzle game for X11
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is a puzzle game for X11. Similar to the famous "Shang-hai", your
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objective is to remove all the pieces on the board.
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requires a pointing device like mouse. It cannot be controlled
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The game will over when you remove all the pieces on the board.
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The pieces can be removed only when both of the following
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The 2 pieces have the same picture
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The 2 pieces can be connected with up to 3 lines which do not go
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It may seem difficult rule, but is easier than describing in
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words. "Auto-demo" mode must be very useful for you to understand
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The best scores will be recorded at
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file under the directory specified by
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environment variable. X resources "libDirectory" will be valid if
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the environment variable is not set.
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Note that the score will not be recorded if you use even one of "Back",
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"Search", or "Restart".
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The following command line options are available.
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.B standard Xt options
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accepts standard toolkit options like \fB-display\fR, or \fB-iconic\fR.
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Auto-demo mode. You cannot play game with this mode, but the game
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will proceed by computer automated algorithm. This mode is quite
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useful for you to understand rules.
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Just displays the best score dialog and exits.
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Magnify main window by \fBnumber\fR times. The standard window
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will be 640x400. \fBNumber\fR may be a decimal, but the range is
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limited from 0.5 to the display size.
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Use \fBfontlist\fR for menubar and times.
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Play double sized game. Game size can be changed with menubar
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after you started \fIxshisen\fP. Each game size has independent
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Play quadruple sized game. Game size can be changed with menubar
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after you started \fIxshisen\fP. Each game size has independent
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Play as "Click Trial" mode. You can measure your mouse operation
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speed with this feature.
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Enable gravity effect. All the pieces above the removed pieces
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The following resources are available.
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If this value is \fBTrue\fR, the initial window size will be
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automatically calculated with the pixmap data size.
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When this value is \fBFalse\fR, the initial window size is
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determined by the \fBwidth\fR and \fBheight\fR resources. The
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pixmap data will be resized in this case. Default value is
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Width of the initial window. This resource is ignored when
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Height of the initial window. This resource is ignored when
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Default value is 400.
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This resource specifies the score file name. This file name must
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not contain the directory name. Default value is "xshisen-scores".
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.B XShisen*connectLineTime
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The delay time in mili-second between you clicke the pair and the
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pair is actually removed from screen. This value should be enough
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big for beginners, but experts may want this value smaller in
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order to play quickly. Default value is 1000 mili-seconds.
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.B XShisen*connectLineColor
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This specifies the connection line color which appears when pieces
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Default value is "blue".
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.B XShisen*connectLineWidth
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This specifies the connection line width in pixel. Default value
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.B XShisen*background
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Background color. Default value is #004000.
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.B XShisen*libraryDirectory
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The directory where the pixmap data and the best score file is
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located. This resource is ignored when you specify the
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environment variable.
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.B XShisen*drawing.translations
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Button binding setting for your mouse. Default is
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<Btn1Down>: #replace PickupPiece() \n <Btn3Down>: CancelPiece()
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.SH MENU BAR AND KEYBOARD
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.B Start (Control + D)
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Starts new game. The pieces are located at random position.
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.B Restart (Control + R)
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Restarts the current game. The time of restarted game will not be
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recorded as the best score.
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.B Pause (Control + P)
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Pauses the game. The time count will be stopped, but also the
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pieces picture will be hidden. You can resume your game to do
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Exits the Shisen-sho.
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Teaches the pair you can remove now. You can use "Search"
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anytime, but the time will not be recorded as the best score if
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you use "Search" even once.
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Backs one step. The time will not be recorded if you use "Back".
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The following mouse control is available. You can change mouse
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\fBXShisen*drawing.translations\fR resource.
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Specifies the piece to remove. You can cencel the selection when
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you click the selected piece again.
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Cancels the selected piece. You can use button 3 after "Search",
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which cancels the search result.
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Shisen-sho for X11: Masaoki Kobayashi
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Picture: Takayuki Akiyama
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XShisen Copyright 1995,1996,1999,2002 by Masaoki Kobayashi <masaoki@techfirm.co.jp>.
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Picture#1 Copyright by Takayuki Akiyama <taco3@ybb.ne.jp>.
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Picture#2 Copyright by Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>.
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See LICENSE file for detail.
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