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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
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| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man6/boggle.6 b/static/netbsd/man6/boggle.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f5812ffc --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man6/boggle.6 @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: boggle.6,v 1.9 2006/09/24 01:38:57 jmcneill Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" Barry Brachman. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)boggle.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/11/93 +.\" +.Dd September 23, 2006 +.Dt BOGGLE 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boggle +.Nd word search game +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl bd +.Op Fl s Ar seed +.Op Fl t Ar time +.Op Fl w Ar length +.Op + Op + +.Op boardspec +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The object of +.Nm +is to find as many words as possible on the Boggle board within the three +minute time limit. +A Boggle board is a four by four arrangement of Boggle cubes, each side of +each cube displaying a letter of the alphabet or `qu'. +Words are formed by finding a sequence of cubes (letters) that are in the +game's dictionary. +The (N+1)th cube in the word must be horizontally, +vertically, or diagonally adjacent to the Nth cube. +Cubes cannot be reused. +Words consist solely of lower case letters and must be at least 3 letters long. +.Pp +Command line flags can be given to change the rules of the game. +.Bl -tag -width boardspec +.It Fl b +Run +.Nm +in batch mode. +A +.Ar boardspec +must also be given. +The dictionary is read from stdin and a list of words appearing in +.Ar boardspec +is printed to stdout. +.It Fl d +Enable debugging output. +.It Fl s Ar seed +Specify a seed +.Ar seed +other than the time of day. +.It Fl t Ar time +Set the time limit for each game from the default 3 minutes to +.Ar time +seconds. +.It Fl w Ar length +Change the minimum word length from 3 letters to +.Ar length . +.It Ar + +This flag allows a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession. +.It Ar ++ +This flag allows the same cubes to be considered adjacent to itself. +.It Ar boardspec +A starting board position can be specified on the command line by +listing the board left to right and top to bottom. +.El +.Pp +Help is available during play by typing +.Sq Ic \&? . +More detailed information on the game is given there. +.Sh AUTHORS +Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers. +.Pp +Barry Brachman +.Pp +Dept. of Computer Science +.Pp +University of British Columbia +.Sh BUGS +If there are a great many words in the cube the final display of the words +may scroll off of the screen. +(On a 25 line screen about 130 words can be displayed.) +.Pp +No word can contain a +.Sq q +that is not immediately followed by a +.Sq u . +.Pp +When using the +.Ar + +or +.Ar ++ +options the display of words found in the board doesn't indicate reused cubes. +.Pp +The dictionary that +.Nx +installs omits many words that belong in the English language, most +notably inflected forms. |
