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xcheckers(1X)			    X Games			 xcheckers(1X)

NAME
       xcheckers - lets you play at draughts ala point and click.

SYNOPSIS
       xcheckers [options]

DESCRIPTION
       xcheckers  draws a checkerboard into an X Window and connects you to an
       ICDS (international checkers and draughts server) or to a checkers pro‐
       gram  of	 your  choice.	 xcheckers  comes  with simplech, a simple yet
       strong search engine.

       At startup the checkers board is mostly	hidden	by  the	 help  window,
       which  shows two columns of buttons, that send predefind strings to the
       engine and can be customized by editing resource files.

       Keep the terminal window you started xcheckers from to receive messages
       and prompts from the engine or the server.  Now, log into the ICDS, set
       style 5, match another user, watch a game etc. or set up the engine.

       xcheckers passes most of your typing to the  engine  or	to  ICDS,  and
       echoes  to  the	terminal  window;  backspace  behaves somehow obscure,
       though. The Help-key or Ctrl-h brings up the help window. Ctrl-q	 quits
       the  program,  Ctrl-c  force quits the program, Ctrl-n draws numbers on
       the nodes.

       To move, left-click on a piece, drag the piece to the destination  node
       and  release  it there.	Right clicking anywhere in the window displays
       the help window.

       The graphics for pieces and patches can be changed by  supplying	 self‐
       made  *.xpm picture files, similar to those installed with the applica‐
       tion.  (see Readme.artists in the sources distribution.)

OPTIONS
       xcheckers recognizes the following command line switches, all of	 which
       -  to  save  typing  -  may  be	set  to	 defaults  of your liking with
       resources.

       -icds  Connect to an ICDS using telnet(1).

       -host hostname
	      Name the ICDS.

       -port portnumber
	      You have to provide one if different from 4444.

       -local Connect to a search engine using sh(1).

       -engine program
	      Name the checkers engine, as of to date simplech(6).

       -scene file
	      Name a pixmap file to design both board and pieces.

       -font fontname
	      Name a font for the status line.

       -geometry geometry
	      Set the x and y offset for the window  to	 appear	 at.  Size  is
	      determined by the scene file only!

       -display displayname
	      Set the X server for the window to appear at.

RESOURCES
       xcheckers  accepts  the	following  defaults  set  in  ~/.Xdefaults, in
       `pwd`/xcheckersrc, in  ~/.xcheckersrc  and  in  /usr/local/lib/X11/app-
       defaults/XCheckers.  (First mentioned places overriding)

       icds: true | false
	      Make connecting to an ICDS the default ("true").

       host: hostname
	      Name your favourite ICDS.

       port: portnumber
	      Use the specified port on this ICDS.

       engine: program
	      Name your favourite checkers engine.

       font: fontname
	      Name a font for the status line.

       scene: file
	      Name a pixmap to design both board and pieces.

       button[0-9]_label: string
	      A descriptive string to be written on the button.

       button[0-9]_call: string
	      A	 string	 to send to the engine or to ICDS on clicking the but‐
	      ton.  Use "\n" to seperate several ICDS commands sent at once.

ENVIRONMENT
       LOGNAME
	      Read in at startup to determine player name.

FILES
       /usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/XCheckers,
       /usr/local/share/xcheckers/scene.xpm,
       /usr/local/share/xcheckers/stars.xpm

SEE ALSO
       simplech(6),		  http://super.tacheles.de/~girbal/xcheckers/,
       http://sonic.digital-web.net/~lionman/checkers.html

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 1999-2000 Peter Chiocchetti.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
       Free  Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
       option) any later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it	will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT	ANY  WARRANTY;	without	 even  the  implied  warranty  of MER‐
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU  General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

X11				  17 Mar 2000			 xcheckers(1X)

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