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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) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man6/worms.6 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man6/worms.6 b/static/netbsd/man6/worms.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..62f6e52c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man6/worms.6 @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: worms.6,v 1.18 2023/04/26 22:58:09 kre Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" @(#)worms.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd April 26, 2023 +.Dt WORMS 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm worms +.Nd animate worms on a display terminal +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl CfHrt +.Op Fl d Ar delay +.Op Fl l Ar length +.Op Fl n Ar number +.Op Fl S Ar seed +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a +.Ux +version of the DEC-2136 program +.Dq worms . +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -compact -tag -width Fl +.Pp +.It Fl C +Use colours, if available, to make the worms easier to distinguish. +.Pp +.It Fl d Ar delay +Specifies a +.Ar delay , +in milliseconds, between each update. +This is useful for fast terminals. +Reasonable values are around 20-200; +the default is 20. +.Pp +.It Fl f +Makes a +.Dq field +for the worm(s) to eat. +.Pp +.It Fl H +Display the head of the worm differently than its body. +.Pp +.It Fl l Ar length +.It Fl l Ar min Ns \(mi Ns Ar max +Specifies the +.Ar length +of each worm; the default is 16, the minimum is 2. +In the second form, worm lengths are randomly chosen +between +.Ar min +.Pq which must be at least 2 +and +.Ar max . +The +.Ar max +worm length will be reduced if required by the screen +size and the +.Ar number +of worms selected. +This option overrides any earlier +.Fl r . +.Pp +.It Fl n Ar number +Specifies the +.Ar number +of worms; the default is 3. +There must be at least one. +.Pp +.It Fl r +Use random lengths for the worms, within a range of +sizes chosen to suit the screen size. +Note this option overrides any earlier +.Fl l . +.Pp +.It Fl S Ar seed +Provide an integer +.Ar seed +for the random number generator. +Specifying zero (0, the default) causes a random seed to be used. +.Pp +.It Fl t +Makes each worm leave a trail behind it. +.El +.Pp +The maximum +.Ar length , +and +.Ar number , +of worms depends upon the screen size, though the +.Ar length +can never exceed 1024. +If the screen is particularly small, even the defaults +for those may be too large. +Screens with less than 3 rows or columns cannot be handled, +nor can ones with insufficient total space. |
