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- Commands:
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- Enter word: <return> or <linefeed> or <space>
- Delete previous character: <delete> or <backspace>
- Delete line: <^u> or <^w>
- Redraw screen: <^l> or <^r>
- Pause game: <^s>
- Resume game: <^q> or <^s>
- Suspend game (BSD only): <^z>
- Give up on current cube: <^d>
- Show remaining time: <space> first thing on a line
- Show help: ? (Suspends timer until done)
- Exit game: <^c>
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- (^u means "control u", etc.)
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- [Note for users of versions of this program that do not display a timer:
- The first word entered after the timer has run out causes a list of all the
- words you found, the words you missed, and your running statistics to be
- displayed.]
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- Any time you are prompted while the board is displayed you can type:
- <esc>word
- to see where "word" is on the board.
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- Usage:
- bog [-b] [-d] [-s#] [-t#] [-w#] [+[+]] [boardspec]
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- -b: batch mode (boardspec must be present); dictionary read from stdin
- -d: debug mode
- -s#: use # as the random number seed
- -t#: time limit is # seconds instead of default 180
- -w#: minimum word length is # letters instead of default 3
- +: can reuse a cube, but not twice in succession
- ++: can reuse cubes arbitrarily
- boardspec: the first board to use (use 'q' for 'qu'); e.g.:
- bog nolezeebnqieegei
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- Default Rules
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- A Boggle board is a four by four arrangement of Boggle cubes.
- You have 3 minutes to find as many words as possible in the Boggle board.
- Words are formed by finding a sequence of cubes (letters) that are in the
- game's dictionary. The (N+1)th cube in the word must be horizontally,
- vertically, or diagonally adjacent to the Nth cube. Cubes cannot be reused.
- Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long.
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- Options
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- Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game.
- The '+' flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession.
- The '++' flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself.
- The time limit can be changed from the default 3 minutes by using the flag
- '-t#', where # is the duration (in seconds) of each game.
- The minimum word length can be changed from 3 letters by specifying 'w#',
- where # is the minimum number of letters to use.
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- Bugs and Limitations
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- The following bugs and problems are known to exist:
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- - If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words
- may scroll off of the screen. (On a 25 line screen about 130 words can be
- displayed.)
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- - Computing the complete word list can be too slow on small machines.
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- - No word can contain a 'q' that is not immediately followed by a 'u'.
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- - When using the '+' or '++' options the display of words found in the board
- doesn't indicate reused cubes.
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- About This Program
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- Permission is given to freely copy and distribute this software providing:
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- 1) You do not sell it,
- 2) You do not use it for commercial advantage,
- 3) If you pass the program on you must make the source code available, and
- 4) This notice must accompany the distribution
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- Please notify the author of any bugs or if you have any suggestions.
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- Copyright (c) 1988:
- Barry Brachman
- Dept. of Computer Science
- Univ. of British Columbia
- Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5
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- brachman@ubc.csnet
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- Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers.
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