README
1 X-BASED DINOSAUR CUBE
2 ===================== Dino X widgets, V5.5.2
3
4Primary site: ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/tux/bagleyd/xpuzzles
5Secondary site: ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/games/puzzles
6Web page: http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/puzzles.html
7Maintainer: David A. Bagley <bagleyd@tux.org>
8
9 It has been tested on the following platforms:
10 Sun Ultra SunOS 5.6-5.7
11 PC Pentium Linux 2.0.9
12 IBM PowerPC AIX 4.3.1.0
13 HP 898 HP-UX 10.20
14
15 Previous versions tested on:
16 Sun SPARC SunOS 5.5.1 (X11R5 & X11R6)
17 Sun SPARC SunOS 4.1.3
18 PC 486 Linux 1.2.13(*)
19 DEC VAX & ALPHA VMS 6.1
20 HP 3xx & 700 HP-UX 9.01
21
22 * Keypad may not work, since various keycodes may not be defined
23 by default. Check that "KP_1 - KP_9, Home, Up, Prior, Left,
24 Begin, Right, End, Down, Next" are defined towards the end of
25 /usr/lib/X11/etc/xmodmap.std . If not defined
26 cp /usr/lib/X11/etc/xmodmap.std /usr/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap
27 and then motify this or create your own at ${HOME}/.Xmodmap .
28 You should just have to uncomment them (get rid of some '!').
29 This should be done before X is started. Also it may work better
30 with the Num-Lock on.
31
32 If you have to do any editing to get this to work, please mail me
33 the changes.
34
35HOW TO BUILD?
36
37 An ANSI C compiler is required for build.
38
39 To build, it should be easy. There are 3 choices.
40
41 configure:
42 Relatively new so there is a good possiblity that it is not set up
43 correctly on your system. You may want to set SCOREFILE and DATAFILE
44 in Makefile.in .
45
46 configure ; make
47
48 imake:
49 Sometimes this is not setup correctly by the distributer ... i.e. not
50 my fault. You may want to set SCOREFILE and DATAFILE in Imakefile .
51 If you have Motif you may want to do this quick edit in the Imakefile:
52 Uncomment line "#define XpmLibrary".
53
54 xmkmf ; make
55
56 make.com (VMS users only):
57 You may want to set SCOREFILE and DATAFILE in make.com .
58
59 @make
60
61 Then just run "xdino" (or "xmdino" if you have Motif).
62 If you do a "make install" "SCOREFILE" and "DATAFILE" must be
63 set correctly.
64
65 You should have Dino.ad copied to $(HOME)/Dino or
66 /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Dino to run, especially if the background
67 is similar to one of the faces. Edit this file for your preferences.
68 You might want to move xdino into /usr/bin/X11 (or wherever your
69 X binaries are).
70 You might also want to move xdino.man to /usr/man/man6/xdino.6
71
72 Try resizing the cube. Notice the puzzle resizes to take advantage
73 of the "room" available.
74
75 If you were looking for a auto-solver, sorry. If you know of one
76 let me know.
77
78 Also a tesseract (4D cube) would be nice. (Does such an analog exist
79 for 4d?)
80
81 Personally, I have solved "Period 3" mode using this program.
82 The "Period 2" mode was suggested by Derek Bosch <bosch@sgi.com>.
83 The physical puzzle ("Period 3") is now available. It is called
84 a Triangle - 4 Cube - Dinosaur with colored dinosaurs on it, (or
85 Triangle - 4 Cube - 6 Colors with solid colors, (a 4 color and a
86 2 color are also available with point oriented coloring)).
87
88 Refer to the man page for detailed command line options.
89
90 If you want further information on puzzles, I'll be glad :-) to send
91 it to you.
92
93FOUND A BUG?
94
95 Send bugs reports and fixes to the author. For bugs, please include
96 as much information as to their location as possible, since I may not
97 have the resources to duplicate the them.
98
99HISTORY
100
101 [Aug 11, 99] V5.5.2: Fixed runtime library problems when using configure.
102 [Jun 20, 99] V5.5: Added -rv, fixed flashing on mono.
103 [Jan 01, 97] V5.4: Username, concurrency check, configure, man page
104 updates.
105 [Aug 01, 96] V5.3.2: Fixed drag and drop bug.
106 [Apr 08, 96] V5.3: Minor changes.
107 [Jan 31, 96] V5.2: Puzzle can now moved by a more intuitive drag and
108 drop approach. Pieces will invert, when selected.
109 [Dec 15, 95] V5.1: Minor updates, RNG for 32/64 bit, border color
110 to make faces look more realistic.
111 [Oct 06, 95] V5.0: Xt/Motif, your choice.
112 [May 16, 95] V4.10: Xt version.
113 [Jun 06, 95] V4.10.1: Period 2, Both and Orient modes added.
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