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  21.           <th colspan="3" align="center">11.9.¬†
  22.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Maze</span>
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  27.           <th width="60%" align="center">11.¬†
  28.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Rendering Filters</span>
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  39.             <h3 class="title"><a id="plug-in-maze"></a>11.9.¬†
  40.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Maze</span>
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  48.                     <b>Revision History</b>
  49.                   </th>
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  52.                   <td align="left">Revision $Revision: 2230 $</td>
  53.                   <td align="left">2006-12-18</td>
  54.                   <td align="left">j.h</td>
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  67.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2773686"></a>11.9.1.¬†
  68.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Overview</span>
  69.     </h4>
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  71.           </div>
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  73.         <div class="figure">
  74.           <a id="id2773697"></a>
  75.           <p class="title">
  76.             <b>Figure¬†16.254.¬†
  77.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">An example of a rendered maze.</span>
  78.       </b>
  79.           </p>
  80.           <div class="figure-contents">
  81.             <div class="mediaobject">
  82.               <img src="../images/filters/examples/render-taj-maze.jpg" alt="An example of a rendered maze." />
  83.               <div class="caption">
  84.                 <p>Filter ‚Äú<span class="quote">Maze</span>‚Äù applied</p>
  85.               </div>
  86.             </div>
  87.           </div>
  88.         </div>
  89.         <br class="figure-break" />
  90.         <p>
  91.       You can find this filter in the image menu through
  92.       <span class="guimenu">Filte<span class="accel">r</span>s</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">R</span>ender</span> ‚Üí <span class="guisubmenu"><span class="accel">P</span>attern</span> ‚Üí <span class="guimenuitem"><span class="accel">M</span>aze</span>
  93.     </p>
  94.         <p>
  95.       This filter generates a random black and white maze
  96.       pattern.  The result completely overwrites the previous
  97.       contents of the active layer.  A typical example is shown
  98.       below.  Can you find the route from the center to the edge?
  99.     </p>
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  105.               <h4 class="title"><a id="id2773794"></a>11.9.2.¬†
  106.       <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Options</span>
  107.     </h4>
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  113.           <p class="title">
  114.             <b>Figure¬†16.255.¬†
  115.         <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">
  116.           ‚Äú<span class="quote">Maze</span>‚Äù filter options
  117.         </span>
  118.       </b>
  119.           </p>
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  122.               <img src="../images/filters/filters-render-maze.png" alt="Maze filter options" />
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  126.         <br class="figure-break" />
  127.         <div class="variablelist">
  128.           <dl>
  129.             <dt>
  130.               <span class="term">Width/Height</span>
  131.             </dt>
  132.             <dd>
  133.               <p>
  134.             The <span class="guilabel">Width</span> and
  135.             <span class="guilabel">Height</span> sliders control how many
  136.             pathways the
  137.             maze should have. The lower the values for width and height,
  138.             the more paths you will get. The same happens if you
  139.             increase the number of pieces in the Width and Height
  140.             <span class="guilabel">Pieces</span> fields.  The result won't
  141.             really look like a maze unless the width and height are
  142.             equal.
  143.           </p>
  144.             </dd>
  145.             <dt>
  146.               <span class="term">Tileable</span>
  147.             </dt>
  148.             <dd>
  149.               <p>
  150.             If you want to use it in a pattern, you can make the maze
  151.             tileable by checking this check-button.
  152.           </p>
  153.             </dd>
  154.             <dt>
  155.               <span class="term">Seed</span>
  156.             </dt>
  157.             <dd>
  158.               <p>
  159.             You can specify a seed for the random number generator, or
  160.             ask the program to generate one for you.  Unless you need
  161.             to later reproduce exactly the same maze, you might as
  162.             well have the program do it.
  163.           </p>
  164.             </dd>
  165.             <dt>
  166.               <span class="term">Algorithm</span>
  167.             </dt>
  168.             <dd>
  169.               <p>
  170.             You can choose between two algorithms for maze,
  171.             <span class="guilabel">Depth First</span> and
  172.             <span class="guilabel">Prim's Algorithm</span>.  Only a computer
  173.             scientist can tell the difference between them.
  174.           </p>
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  194.     <span lang="en" xml:lang="en">Grid</span>
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