LEXTER(6) Player's Guide LEXTER(6) NAME lexter - a curses falling letters puzzle game SYNOPSIS lexter [ -v | -h | -s | -d dictionary ] DESCRIPTION Lexter is a real-time word puzzle. Arrange the falling letters into words to score points. Words can be formed in any direction except diagonal. Palindromes are counted twice (forwards and backwards). Lex‐ ter supports multiple dictionaries. Letter scores and frequencies will vary with each dictionary. In addition to the characters found in the dictionary there is a "blank" character. Anytime before the character has landed you can press a key to assign it a valid letter. OPTIONS -v Show version and exit -h Show help and exit -s Show score file and exit -d dictionary Use a different dictionary. The default is the local language code. IN GAME Left/Right/Down Move letter Spacebar Drop letter P Pause game. This blanks the pit while paused. H Show help. L Show letter scores and probabilities. W Show words found. S Saves a screenshot in the current directory. Q Quit game. FILES /var/games/lexter.scores /usr/local/share/lexter/dict.* BUGS The game probably needs more play testing. AUTHOR Mark Pulford <mark@kyne.com.au> v1.0.3 February 12, 2001 LEXTER(6)[top]
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