NAME

       xdemineur - X11 minesweeper game

SYNOPSIS

       xdemineur [-v] [-display displayname] [-geometry geom] [-m mines]

DESCRIPTION

       Xdemineur is a minesweeper game for the X Window System.

       The  object  of  this game is to find the location of the mines hidden in the minefield and to mark their
       location by placing a warning flag.  You have exactly as many flags as there are mines.   The  number  of
       flags that remain to be placed is displayed in the top left corner of the window and a timer is displayed
       in the top right corner.

       The  game  is  played  using  a  three buttons mouse, as usual with the X Window System.  The left button
       (button 1) is used to uncover the square on which you click (hoping that a mine  is  not  hidden  there).
       The  number displayed in an uncovered square indicates how many mines are located around this square (for
       example, a 3 means that there are three mines within the 8 surrounding squares).  The whole  game  relies
       on the right use of these numbers.  The right button (button 3) is used to place a flag on a square (this
       indicates  that  there  is a mine here).  If you click again with the right button on a square that has a
       flag, the flag is changed into a question mark: this is useful if you are trying to  guess  the  possible
       location  of  some  mine,  you  can  use question marks to think about it.  One more click with the right
       button and the question mark disappears.  Clicking with the middle button  (button  2)  on  an  uncovered
       square  which  has  all  its flags placed around uncovers the surrounding cells which have no flags (this
       will save a lot of time).

       Finally, to start a new game, just click on the yellow face above the minefield.

OPTIONS

       -v      Print out version number and copyright notice then exit.

       -display displayname
               This option specifies the name of the X server to use.  See X(1).

       -geometry geom
               This option specifies the initial size and location  of  the  window.   See  X(1).  The  size  is
               expressed  in number of columns times number of rows. The default is 30x16. The minimum number of
               columns is 12.

       -m mines
               This option specifies the number of mines in the minefield.  If there are more mines than squares
               in the minefield, the default mine number is used.

BUGS

       Please report any bug you could find in xdemineur to <babafou@babafou.eu.org>.  Also, you should tell  me
       the customizations you may have done, such as adding new functions to the game or making modifications to
       allow the game to run on your system.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1993-1999 Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>

       Permission  to  use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and
       without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in  all  copies  and  that
       both  that  copyright  notice  and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.  The author
       makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as  is"
       without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR

       Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>

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