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NAME

       xpanex - Panex X widget

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/games/xpanex   [-geometry   [{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]]   [-display
       [{host}]:[{vs}]]    [-[no]mono]     [-[no]{reverse|rv}]     [-{foreground|fg}     {color}]
       [-{background|bg}   {color}]   [-tile  {color}]  [-pyramid{0|1}  {color}]  [-delay  msecs]
       [-[no]sound]  [-moveSound  {filename}]  [-{font|fn}  {fontname}]  [-tiles  {int}]  [-{mode
       {int}|hanoi|algorithme|panex}]  [-userName  {string}]  [-scoreFile  {filename}]  [-scores]
       [-version]

DESCRIPTION

       Panex - A grooved sliding tile puzzle created by Toshio Akanuma and  manufactured  by  the
       Tricks  Co.,  Ltd of Tokyo, Japan (a Magic Company) in the 1980's.  Mathematicians at Bell
       Laboratories calculated the number of moves to be  27,564  to  31,537.   It  came  in  two
       varieties:  one  with  a  magenta and a orange pyramid of order 10 on silver tiles; in the
       gold version pieces of each color look alike (i.e. no pyramid is drawn on them), this is a
       little  harder.   The  goal in this puzzle is to simply exchange the 2 piles.  Pieces with
       smaller trapazoids can not go down as far as pieces with bigger trapazoids.

       The original Tower of Hanoi puzzle is the invention of Edouard Lucas and was sold as a toy
       in  France  in  1883.   The  legend  of 64 disks in the great temple of Benares of the god
       Brahma is also his invention.  The goal in this puzzle is to move the pile from  the  left
       side  to  the  right  most column.  Unlike panex, a large trapazoid can not go on top of a
       smaller one, but pieces always fall to the bottom.

       The original Algorithme 6 is 2 stacks of 3 wooden spheres on 2 of 3  posts.   The  spheres
       come  in  3 different sizes.  The goal goal is to swap the spheres using the posts without
       putting a bigger sphere on a smaller one and without exceeding the size of the  post.   It
       was  created and produced by Patrick Farvacque around 1997.  The puzzle presented here has
       a simpler solution because the tiles are all the same height (i.e. a 39 move  solution  as
       opposed to 66).

FEATURES

       Press  "mouse-left"  button  to  move  a  tile  in  the  top  tile  of  a column.  Release
       "mouse-left" button on another column to move the tile to that column.  It will  not  move
       if blocked.

       Click "mouse-right" button, or press "C" or "c" keys, to clear the puzzle.

       Press "R" or "r" keys to read a saved puzzle.

       Press "W" or "w" keys to save (write) a puzzle.

       Press "U" or "u" keys to undo a move.

       Press "E" or "e" keys to redo a move.

       Press  "S"  or  "s"  keys  to  auto-solve.   Unfortunately,  its only implemented from the
       starting position.

       Press "M" or "m" keys to switch between Hanoi (one pyramid column), Algorithme, and Panex,
       (each has two pyramid columns) modes (they each have different rules).
       In  Hanoi, one can not place larger trapezoid on a smaller trapezoid.  Here the goal is to
       move the pile from the left peg to the rightmost peg.
       Algorithme is similar, here we must exchange tiles and we are limited by the size  of  the
       stack.  A move from stack 1 to stack 3 and vice-versa when stack 2 is full.
       In  Panex,  a tile can not go lower that its initial starting point.  Here again, the goal
       is to exchange the 2 piles.

       Press "I" or "i" keys to increase the number of tiles.

       Press "D" or "d" keys to decrease the number of tiles.

       Press ">" or "." keys to speed up the movement of tiles.

       Press "<" or "," keys to slow down the movement of tiles.

       Press "@" key to toggle the sound.

       Press "Esc" key to hide program.

       Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program.

       Unlike other puzzles in the collection there is no way to move  pieces  without  drag  and
       drop.

       The title is in the following format (non-motif version):
              x{hanoi  |  algorithme  |  panex}:  <Number  of rows> @ (<Number of moves>/{<Record
              number of moves> <user name>|"NEVER noaccess"}) - <Comment>
       If there is no record of the current puzzle, it displays "NEVER noaccess".

OPTIONS

       -geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y
               This option  sets  the  initial  position  of  the  panex  window  (resource  name
               "geometry").

       -display host:dpy
               This option specifies the X server to contact.

       -[no]mono
               This option allows you to display the panex window on a color screen as if it were
               monochrome (resource name "mono").

       -[no]{reverse|rv}
               This option allows you to see the panex window in  reverse  video  (resource  name
               "reverseVideo").

       -{foreground|fg} color
               This   option  specifies  the  foreground  of  the  panex  window  (resource  name
               "foreground").

       -{background|bg} color
               This  option  specifies  the  background  of  the  panex  window  (resource   name
               "background").

       -tile color
               This  option  specifies  the tile color of the tiles in the panex window (resource
               name "tileColor").

       -pyramid0 color
               This  option  specifies  the  foreground  of  the  first  pyramid  (resource  name
               "pyramidColor0").

       -pyramid1 color
               This option specifies the foreground of the second pyramid, if it exists (resource
               name "pyramidColor1").

       -delay msecs
               This option specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to  move  a  tile  or  a
               group of tiles one space (1-50) (resource name "delay").

       -[no]sound
               This  option specifies if a sliding tile should make a sound or not (resource name
               "sound").

       -moveSound filename
               This option specifies the file for the move sound for the  sliding  of  the  tiles
               (resource name "moveSound").

       -{font|fn} ontname
               This option specifies the font that will be used (resource name "font").

       -tiles int
               This option specifies the number of tiles in a column (resource name "tiles").

       -mode int
               This  option  specifies the hanoi (0), algorithme (1), or panex (2) mode (resource
               name "mode").

       -hanoi  This option specifies the hanoi mode (resource name "mode").

       -algorithme
               This option specifies the algorithme mode (resource name "mode").

       -panex  This option specifies the panex mode (resource name "mode").

       -userName string
               This option specifies the user name for any records made or else it will get  your
               login name (resource name "userName").

       -scoreFile filename
               Specify an alternative score file (resource name "scoreFile").

       -scores This option lists all the recorded scores and then exits.

       -version
               This option tells you what version of xpanex you have.

RECORDS

       You  must  clear the puzzle before a record is set, otherwise an assumption of cheating is
       made if it is solved after a get or an auto-solve.

SAVE FORMAT

       Here is the format for the xpanex configuration, starting position, and  the  movement  of
       its pieces.

              mode: 0-2 <0 hanoi, 1 algorithme, 2 panex>
              tiles: 1-10 <number of tiles in a column>
              moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves>

              startingPosition: <array pairs of column and position of each tile>

       This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1.
              move #: <from_column> <to_column>
       from_column is the top tile of the column
       to_column is where that tile is moved to.

REFERENCES

       Mark  Manasse  &  Danny  Sleator  of  AT&T  Bell  Laboratories  and  Victor K. Wei of Bell
       Communications Research, Some Results on the Panex Puzzle, Murray Hill, NJ,  1985  20  pp.
       (unpublished).

       Vladimir  Dubrovsky,  Nesting  Puzzles  Part 1: Moving oriental towers, Quantum/Toy Store,
       January/February 1996 pp 55-57, 50-51.

       L. E. Horden, Sliding Piece Puzzles (Recreations in Mathematics Series), Oxford University
       Press 1986, pp 144, 145.

       Jerry  Slocum & Jack Botermans, Puzzles Old & New (How to Make and Solve Them), University
       of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987, p 135.

       Dick Hess, Analysis of the Algorithme 6 Puzzle and its Generalisations,  Cubism  For  Fun,
       July 2008 76 pp 8-13.

SEE ALSO

       X(1),   xcubes(6),   xtriangles(6),   xhexagons(6),   xmlink(6),   xbarrel(6),  xmball(6),
       xpyraminx(6), xoct(6), xrubik(6), xskewb(6), xdino(6), xabacus(6)

COPYRIGHTS

       ® Copyright 1996-2013, David A. Bagley

       Main algorithm taken from AT&T paper above.

       Thanks to Nick Baxter <nickb@baxterweb.com> for debugging level n > 4 and vTrick.

       Though  most  code  by  Rene  Jansen  <rene.j.jansen@bigfoot.com>  is  now  removed,  much
       inspiration   was   gained   by   his  efforts  implementing  an  algorithm  from  Quantum
       January/February 1996 by Vladimir Dubrovsky.

BUG REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES

       Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author:
              David A. Bagley, <bagleyd@tux.org>

       The latest version is currently at:
              http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/puzzles.html
              ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy