xshisen - Shisen-sho puzzle game for X11

       Shisen-sho for X11: Masaoki Kobayashi

       Picture: Takayuki Akiyama

       XShisen Copyright 1995,1996,1999,2002 by Masaoki Kobayashi <masaoki@techfirm.co.jp>.  Picture#1 Copyright
       by Takayuki Akiyama <taco3@ybb.ne.jp>.  Picture#2 Copyright by Mario Weilguni <mweilguni@sime.com>.   See
       LICENSE file for detail.

X Version 11                                       Oct 6, 1995                                        xshisen(6)

xshisen  is  a  puzzle  game for X11.  Similar to the famous "Shang-hai". The objective of the game is to
       remove all the pieces from the board.  Two pieces may be removed when they share an identical picture and
       can be connected by at most three vertical or horizintal line  segments  not  crossing  any  other  tile.
       xshisen requires a pointing device like mouse.  It cannot be controlled with only keyboard.

Start(Control+D)
               Starts new game. The pieces are located at random position.

       Restart(Control+R)
               Restarts the current game. The time of restarted game will not be recorded as the best score.

       Pause(Control+P)
               Pauses the game. The time count will be stopped, but also the pieces picture will be hidden.  You
               can resume your game to do "Pause" again.

       Exit    Exits the Shisen-sho.

       Search(F1)
               Teaches the pair you can remove now.  You can use "Search" anytime, but  the  time  will  not  be
               recorded as the best score if you use "Search" even once.

       Back(F5)
               Backs one step.  The time will not be recorded if you use "Back".

       The   following   mouse   control   is   available.    You   can   change   mouse  button  bindings  with
       XShisen*drawing.translations resource.

       Button1
               Specifies the piece to remove.  You can cancel the selection when you click  the  selected  piece
               again.

       Button3
               Cancels  the  selected  piece.   You  can  use  button 3 after "Search", which cancels the search
               result.

       xshisen - Shisen-sho puzzle game for X11

       The following command line options are available.

       standardXtoptionsxshisen accepts standard toolkit options like -display, or -iconic.

       -demo   Auto-demo mode.  You cannot play game with this mode, but  the  game  will  proceed  by  computer
               automated algorithm.  This mode is quite useful for you to understand rules.

       -score  Just displays the best score dialog and exits.

       -magnumber
               Magnify  main  window  by  number  times.   The standard window will be 640x400.  Number may be a
               decimal, but the range is limited from 0.5 to the display size.

       -fnfontlist
               Use fontlist for menubar and times.

       -large  Play double sized game.  Game size can be changed with menubar after you started  xshisen.   Each
               game size has independent best time records.

       -huge   Play  quadruple  sized  game.   Game  size can be changed with menubar after you started xshisen.
               Each game size has independent best time records.

       -trial  Play as "Click Trial" mode.  You can measure your mouse operation speed with this feature.

       -gravity
               Enable gravity effect.  All the pieces above the removed pieces will fall down.

       The following resources are available.

       XShisen*fitPixmap
               If this value is True, the initial window size will be automatically calculated with  the  pixmap
               data  size.   When  this  value  is False, the initial window size is determined by the width and
               height resources.  The pixmap data will be resized in this case.  Default value is True.

       XShisen*width
               Width of the initial window.  This resource is ignored when fitPixmap resource is  set  to  True.
               Default value is 640.

       XShisen*height
               Height  of  the initial window.  This resource is ignored when fitPixmap resource is set to True.
               Default value is 400.

       XShisen*scoreFile
               This resource specifies the score file name.  This file name must not contain the directory name.
               Default value is "xshisen-scores".

       XShisen*connectLineTime
               The delay time in mili-seconds between when you clicked the pair and the pair is actually removed
               from screen.  This value should be big enough for beginners, but  experts  may  want  this  value
               smaller in order to play quickly.  Default value is 1000 mili-seconds.

       XShisen*connectLineColor
               This  specifies  the  connection line color which appears when pieces are being removed.  Default
               value is "blue".

       XShisen*connectLineWidth
               This specifies the connection line width in pixel. Default value is 6.

       XShisen*background
               Background color. Default value is #004000.

       XShisen*libraryDirectory
               The directory where the pixmap data and the best score file is located.  This resource is ignored
               when you specify the XSHISENLIB environment variable.

       XShisen*drawing.translations
               Button binding setting for your mouse.  Default is

                     <Btn1Down>: #replace PickupPiece() \n <Btn3Down>: CancelPiece()

       The  game  will be over when you remove all the pieces on the board.  The pieces can be removed only when
       both of the following conditions are true.

       (1) The 2 pieces have the same picture

       (2) The 2 pieces can be connected with up to 3 lines which do not go over other pieces.

       It may seem difficult rule, but is easier than describing in
       words.  "Auto-demo" mode must be very useful for you to understand the rule.

   Score
       The best scores will be recorded at xshisen-scores file  under  the  directory  specified  by  XSHISENLIB
       environment  variable.   X resources "libDirectory" will be valid if the environment variable is not set.
       Note that the score will not be recorded if you use even one of "Back", "Search", or "Restart".

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