═══ 1. About Pegged ═══

Pegged is a game of logic with origins dating back to the nineteenth century. 
No one knows for sure who invented the game, but several sources attribute its 
creation to a prisoner in the Bastille. The game was very popular throughout 
Europe in the 1800s, where it was known as "Peg Solitaire" because it was 
played by moving pegs in a wooden board. 

Pegged is played by jumping a peg across any adjacent peg and placing it in an 
open space on the other side. Only horizontal and vertical jumps are allowed. A 
peg that has been "jumped" is automatically removed from the board. 

The object of the game is to jump all the pegs until only one peg remains. 

It is most challenging to end the game with the last peg in the center of the 
board, but you win as long as only one peg remains anywhere on the board. 

Related information: 

Playing the game 
Keys help 
Copyright notice 


═══ 2. Playing the game ═══

The object of Pegged is to finish the game with only one peg remaining on the 
board which is a plus-shaped grid. At the beginning of each game, there is a 
configuration of pegs in the playing area. Choose a Board type from the Options 
menu (Cross, Plus, Fireplace, Up Arrow, Pyramid, Diamond, or Solitaire). Each 
board presents a different, challenging peg configuration. 

Choose New from the Game menu to start a new game, or press Ctrl+N. To jump a 
peg point to the peg you want to jump with and drag that peg over another peg 
with the right mouse button (mouse button 2). The "jumped" peg disappears. You 
must jump horizontally or vertically and you can jump only one peg at a time. 
The game is over when no legal jumps are available. If there is only one peg 
remaining, you win. 

The puzzles get progressively more difficult and each provides insights on how 
to solve the last and hardest, Solitaire. So try to solve the simplest puzzle, 
the Cross, first.  Then try to solve the other puzzles on the Options menu in 
descending order. 


═══ 3. Copyright notice ═══

Pegged 
Version 1.1 
All rights reserved. 
Copyright (C) Peter Wansch, 1993 

June 24, 1993 
Vienna, Austria 


═══ 4. Help for Game ═══

Use the Game menu commands to start a new game or to undo your last jump. 


═══ 4.1. Help for New ═══

Choose New to start a new game. You can start a new game at any time, even in 
the middle of a game. 


═══ 4.2. Help for Undo ═══

Choose undo to undo your last jump. 


═══ 5. Help for Options ═══

Use the Option menu commands to set the initial configuration of the pegs or to 
switch the sound on or off. 


═══ 5.1. Help for Cross ═══

Choose Cross to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.2. Help for Plus ═══

Choose Plus to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.3. Help for Fireplace ═══

Choose Fireplace to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.4. Help for Up arrow ═══

Choose Up arrow to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.5. Help for Pyramid ═══

Choose Pyramid to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.6. Help for Diamond ═══

Choose Diamond to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.7. Help for Solitaire ═══

Choose Solitaire to start a new game and to set this initial configuration. 


═══ 5.8. Help for Sound ═══

Choose Sound to switch the sound on or off. 


═══ 6. Help for Help ═══

Use the Help menu to obtain help information. 


═══ 6.1. Help for General help ═══

Choose General help to get general help for the program. General help provides 
general information about Pegged. 


═══ 6.2. Help for Keys help ═══

Choose Keys help to see a list of keys and a description of the function of the 
keys. 


═══ 6.2.1. Keys help ═══

CONTROL KEYS 

Ctrl+N 
          Starts a new game. 

Ctrl+U 
          Undoes your last jump. 

HELP KEYS 

F1 
          Gets help 

Esc 
          Views previous Help panel or ends help if only one panel has been 
          viewed. 

Alt+F4 
          Ends help or ends program. 

SYSTEM KEYS 

Alt+Esc 
          Switches to the next program. 

Ctrl+Esc 
          Switches to the Window List. 

WINDOW KEYS 

Underlined letter 
          Moves among the choices on the action bar and pull-downs submenu or 
          executes the function chosen. 

Alt+Underlined letter 
          Executes the function chosen immediately. 


═══ 6.3. Help for Help index ═══

Choose Help index to display the help index. The help index lists the titles of 
the help information that is available. 


═══ 6.4. Help for Using help ═══

Choose Using help to obtain information on how to use the Help facility. 


═══ 6.5. Help for Product information ═══

Choose Product information to view a dialog that displays information about 
Pegged, such as version number and copyright notice. 


═══ 6.5.1. Help for Product information dialog ═══

This dialog displays information about Pegged, such as version number and 
copyright notice. 

Related information: 

Help for OK 


═══ 6.5.2. Help for OK ═══

The OK button closes the product information dialog.