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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:54:44 -0400 |
| commit | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (patch) | |
| tree | 9df484304b560466d145e662c1c254ff0e9ae0ba /static/openbsd/man6/boggle.6 | |
| parent | 160aa82b2d39c46ad33723d7d909cb4972efbb03 (diff) | |
docs: Added All OpenBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man6/boggle.6 b/static/openbsd/man6/boggle.6 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fcff14ec --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man6/boggle.6 @@ -0,0 +1,162 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: boggle.6,v 1.22 2022/03/31 17:27:14 naddy Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: boggle.6,v 1.2 1995/03/21 12:14:35 cgd Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1997, Jason Downs. 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``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 AUTHOR(S) 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. +.\" +.\" 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 $Mdocdate: March 31 2022 $ +.Dt BOGGLE 6 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm boggle +.Nd word search game +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm boggle +.Op Fl Bbcd +.Op Fl t Ar time +.Op Fl w Ar length +.Op Cm + Ns Op Cm + +.Op Ar 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 +.Sq 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 +Use an alternate five by five arrangement of Boggle cubes. +In this mode the default minimum word length is 4 letters. +This arrangement has been marketed over the years under the names +.Em Big Boggle , +.Em Super Boggle +and +.Em Boggle Deluxe . +.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 c +Add a so-called +.Em challenge cube +to the board, which contains less commonly used letters. +The challenge cube will be displayed in boldface on the board. +Depending on the terminal capabilities, it may be displayed in +underline or a different color (such as red). +.It Fl d +Enable debugging output. +.It Fl t Ar time +Change 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 Cm + +Allow a cube to be used multiple times, but not in succession. +.It Cm ++ +Allow a cube to be considered adjacent to itself. +.El +.Pp +A starting board position, +.Ar boardspec , +can be specified on the command line by +listing the board left to right and top to bottom, in lower case. +.Pp +Help is available during play by typing +.Sq \&? . +More detailed information on the game is given there. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width 36n -compact +.It Pa /usr/share/games/boggle/dictionary +compressed dictionary +.It Pa /usr/share/games/boggle/dictindex +dictionary index +.It Pa /usr/share/games/boggle/helpfile +online help file +.El +.Sh AUTHORS +Boggle is a trademark of Parker Brothers. +.Pp +.An Barry Brachman , +Dept. of Computer Science, University of British Columbia +.Sh BUGS +No word can contain a +.Sq q +that is not immediately followed by a +.Sq u . +.Pp +When using the +.Cm + +or +.Cm ++ +options, the display of words found in the board doesn't clearly indicate +reused cubes. |
