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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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