README
1Sorry for the lack of a man page, (Anyone want to write one for me??)
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3This is the game of xmines. I really liked minesweeper that ran
4on Windows 3.0. Unfortunately, I only have a 6 MHz 286, so it was
5rather slow. In addition, I don't have a PC at work, so I wrote
6xmines. It follows the same rules as minehunt.
7If you want to pay for it, send money to Microsoft. They are the people
8who came up with the idea, (they just picked the wrong platform :-)
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10Anyway, if you like the game, please send me a message at
11zimmer@calvin.stanford.edu telling me you are playing it.
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13The buttons are something like this
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15left button - turn over the square you are selecting
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17middle button - turn over all of the squares adjacent to the square
18you pick. This only works if you have marked the correct number of
19cells.
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21right button - mark a cell. This is a toggle, so the next push unmarks
22a cell.
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25guru question. Gee, I have to mention this, but there is a way to
26cheat in the game. Does anyone know how to capture a STOP signal?
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28Please feel free to comment on the X11 code.
29(ie You stupid idiot, that is not the way you are supposed to do foo,
30the correct way is ...) Of course, I know that some of the other
31code in X11.c is pretty sloppy also, but I will be cleaning it up when
32I get some time. (Sure I will, wink wink)
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34Anyway, have fun, and send suggestions for future X clones of games
35you would like to see.
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37Andrew
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39Andrew Zimmerman - X11.c and mine.c
40Bill Lynch - score.c and mine.c
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42Brian Flachs
43Gary Bewick - sound effects and games testers
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45Brian Bray - game tester
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README.linux
1This is the game xbombs (xmines) for linux. I have made only minor
2changes to the code and the makefile.
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4The game looks for its scorefile at /usr/X386/lib/X11/games/xbomb-scores
5but you can change that. It is defined at the top of score.c and a path
6to it defined in the makefile.
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8I have it set up to install with ownership games and group games, and
9sgid games. If you don't want this, you can take it out of the makefile
10or install by hand (it's only two files). Be sure to set the permissions
11on the scorefile accordingly.
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13The binary was compiled with GCC 2.4.5 and Xfree86.2.0 under linux
14kernel 0.98.13s.
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16Enjoy!
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18Jeff Newbern
19jnewbern@mit.edu
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