CUBES(6)CUBES(6)NAMExcubes - Cubes X widget
SYNOPSIS
/usr/games/xcubes [-geometry
[{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]] [-display
[{host}]:[{vs}]] [-[no]mono] [-[no]{reverse|rv}] [-{foreground|fg}
{color}] [-{background|bg} {color}] [-{border|bd} {color}] [-brick
{color}] [-{size{x|y|z} {int}] [-base {int}] [-username {string}]
DESCRIPTION
This is basically a 15 puzzle. The 15 puzzle was originally made
around 1879 (the 14-15 puzzle of Sam Loyd was made soon after). Simi‐
lar 3D puzzles include BloxBox; Qrazy Qube (2x2x2) by P. Hein of Den‐
mark and Varikon Box 'L (3x3x3) (Hungary) and Mad Marbles (3x3x3) by
Toys & Games International USA.
FEATURES
Click "mouse-left" button to move a brick. Clicks on spaces or clicks
bricks that are not in line with a space will not move the bricks.
Notice one can move more than one brick at a time by clicking on the
brick farthest from the space but in line with the space. Since you
only have a 2-D screen the next level down is either the box to the
right of the current box or the bottom of the current box.
Click "mouse-right" button, or press "R" or "r" keys, to randomize the
puzzle. One must double click on "mouse-right" if the puzzle is cur‐
rently being worked on.
Press "I" or "i" keys to move brick in.
Press "O" or "o" keys to move brick out.
"S" or "s" keys reserved for the auto-solver (unimplemented).
Press "U" or "u" keys to undo move.
Press "G" or "g" keys to get a saved puzzle.
Press "W" or "w" keys to write or save a puzzle.
Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program.
Use the key pad, "R" keys, or arrow keys to move without the mouse.
Key pad is defined for Cubes as:
/ Out
8 Up
^
4<5>6 Left, In, Right
v
2 Down
The control key allows you to change the complexity of xcubes. Hold
down control key and use the keypad or arrow keys to reduce or enlarge
puzzle complexity.
The title is in the following format (non-motif version):
xcubes: <Number of rows>x<Number of columns>x<Number of stacks>
@ (<Number of moves>/{<Record number of moves> <username>|"NEVER
noaccess"}) - <Comment>
If there is no record of the current puzzle, it displays "NEVER noac‐
cess".
OPTIONS-geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y
This option sets the initial position of the cubes window
(resource Pname "geometry").
-display host:dpy
This option specifies the X server to contact.
-{foreground|fg} color
This option specifies the foreground of the cubes window
(resource name "foreground").
-{background|bg} color
This option specifies the background of the cubes window
(resource name "background").
-{border|bd} color
This option specifies the border color of the bricks in the
cubes window (resource name "borderColor").
-brick color
This option specifies the brick color of the bricks in the
cubes window (resource name "brickColor").
-size{x|y|z} <int>
This option allows you to change the number of cubes in a row,
column, or stack (resource name "sizeA").
-base int
This option specifies the base used (default is base 10)
(resource name "base").
-username string
This option specifies the user name for any records made or
else it will get your login name (resource name "userName").
SAVE FORMAT
The format is not standard. The reason for this is that this is simple
and I do not know what the standard is.
sizeX: 1-8 <number of bricks in a row>
sizeY: 1-8 <number of bricks in a column>
sizeZ: 1-8 <number of bricks in a stack>
moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves>
startingPosition: <array of tile positions where 0 is the empty
space>
This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1.
move #: <direction>
Direction is represented as 0 up, 1 right, 2 down, 3 left, 4 in, and 5
out.
Caution: the program may crash on corrupted input.
REFERENCES
Sliding Piece Puzzles (Recreations in Mathematics Series) by L. E. Hor‐
den, Oxford University Press 1986, pp 1, 157-159.
Puzzles Old & New (How to Make and Solve Them) by Jerry Slocum & Jack
Botermans, University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987, pp 126, 127.
SEE ALSOX(1), xrubik(6), xskewb(6), xdino(6), xpyraminx(6), xoct(6), xmball(6),
xmlink(6), xpanex(6), xtriangles(6), xhexagons(6), xabacus(1)COPYRIGHTS
® Copyright 1994-99, David Albert Bagley
BUG REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES
Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author
David Albert Bagley, <bagleyd@tux.org>
The latest version is currently at:
ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/tux/bagleyd/xpuzzles
ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/games
V5.5 20 June 1999 CUBES(6)
