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NAME
gomoku — game of 5 in a row
SYNOPSIS
gomoku [-bcdu] [-D debugfile] [inputfile]
DESCRIPTION
gomoku is a two player game where the object is to get 5 in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally on
a 19 by 19 grid. By convention, black always moves first. With no arguments, gomoku will display a
playing board and prompt for moves from the user. Valid moves are a letter for the column and a number for
the row of an empty board location. Entering ``quit" or ``resign" will end the game. You can save the
current state of the game by entering ``save" and supplying a file name when prompted. The optional file
inputfile can be used to restore a saved game.
The options are:
-b This option sets background mode. Input moves are read from standard input, the computer picks a
move, and prints it to standard output. The first input line should be either ``black" or ``white"
to specify whether gomoku has the first move or not respectively. This option was intended for
game tournaments where a referee program handles the board display and pits one program against
another.
-c Computer versus computer. gomoku will play a game against itself. This is mostly used for
testing.
-d Print debugging information. Repeating this option more than once yields more detailed
information.
-D debugfile
Print the debug information to debugfile instead of to the standard output.
-u User versus user. This is mostly used for testing.
AUTHOR
Ralph Campbell
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The board display routines were based on the goref program written by Peter Langston.