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37 lines
1.6 KiB
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.ll 71
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.ls 1
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.ti +5
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The object of Boggle (TM Parker Bros.) is to find, within 3 minutes, as
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many words as possible in a 4 by 4 grid of letters.
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Words may be formed from any sequence of 3 or more adjacent letters
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in the grid. The letters may join horizontally, vertically,
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or diagonally. However, no position in the grid may be used
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more than once within any one word.
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In competitive play amongst humans, each player is given
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credit for those of his words which no other player has found.
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.ti +5
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This program is intended for people
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wishing to sharpen their skills at Boggle.
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If you invoke the program with 4 arguments of 4 letters each,
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(e.g. "boggle appl epie moth erhd")
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the program forms the obvious Boggle grid and lists all the
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words from /usr/dict/words found therein.
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If you invoke the program without arguments, it will generate
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a board for you, let you enter words for 3 minutes, and then
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tell you how well you did relative to /usr/dict/words.
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.ti +5
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In interactive play, enter your words separated by spaces, tabs, or newlines.
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A bell will ring when there is 2:00, 1:00, 0:10, 0:02, 0:01, and 0:00 time
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left.
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You may complete any word started before the expiration of time.
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You can surrender before time is up by hitting 'break'.
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While entering words, your erase character is only effective within the current
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word and your line kill character is ignored.
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.ti +5
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Advanced players may wish to invoke the program with 1 or 2 +'s as the
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first argument. The first + removes the restriction that postions can only
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be used once in each word.
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The second + causes a position to be considered adjacent to itself
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as well as its (up to) 8 neighbors.
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Hit any key to begin.
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