xshisen

Synopsis

Description

Rules

(1)

The 2 pieces have the same picture

(2)

The 2 pieces can be connected with up to 3 lines which do not go over other pieces.

It may seem difficult rule, but is easier than describing in

words. "Auto-demo" mode must be very useful for you to understand the rule.

Score

Options

standard Xt options

xshisen accepts standard toolkit options like -display, or -iconic.

-demo

Auto-demo mode. You cannot play game with this mode, but the game will proceed by computer automated algorithm. This mode is quite useful for you to understand rules.

-score

Just displays the best score dialog and exits.

-mag number

Magnify main window by number times. The standard window will be 640x400. Number may be a decimal, but the range is limited from 0.5 to the display size.

-fn fontlist

Use fontlist for menubar and times.

-large

Play double sized game. Game size can be changed with menubar after you started xshisen. Each game size has independent best time records.

-huge

Play quadruple sized game. Game size can be changed with menubar after you started xshisen. Each game size has independent best time records.

-trial

Play as "Click Trial" mode. You can measure your mouse operation speed with this feature.

-gravity

Enable gravity effect. All the pieces above the removed pieces will fall down.

Resource

XShisen*fitPixmap

If this value is True, the initial window size will be automatically calculated with the pixmap data size. When this value is False, the initial window size is determined by the width and height resources. The pixmap data will be resized in this case. Default value is True.

XShisen*width

Width of the initial window. This resource is ignored when fitPixmap resource is set to True. Default value is 640.

XShisen*height

Height of the initial window. This resource is ignored when fitPixmap resource is set to True. Default value is 400.

XShisen*scoreFile

This resource specifies the score file name. This file name must not contain the directory name. Default value is "xshisen-scores".

XShisen*connectLineTime

The delay time in mili-seconds between when you clicked the pair and the pair is actually removed from screen. This value should be big enough for beginners, but experts may want this value smaller in order to play quickly. Default value is 1000 mili-seconds.

XShisen*connectLineColor

This specifies the connection line color which appears when pieces are being removed. Default value is "blue".

XShisen*connectLineWidth

This specifies the connection line width in pixel. Default value is 6.

XShisen*background

Background color. Default value is #004000.

XShisen*libraryDirectory

The directory where the pixmap data and the best score file is located. This resource is ignored when you specify the XSHISENLIB environment variable.

XShisen*drawing.translations

Button binding setting for your mouse. Default is

      <Btn1Down>: #replace PickupPiece() \n <Btn3Down>: CancelPiece()

Menu bar and keyboard

Start (Control + D)

Starts new game. The pieces are located at random position.

Restart (Control + R)

Restarts the current game. The time of restarted game will not be recorded as the best score.

Pause (Control + P)

Pauses the game. The time count will be stopped, but also the pieces picture will be hidden. You can resume your game to do "Pause" again.

Exit

Exits the Shisen-sho.

Search (F1)

Teaches the pair you can remove now. You can use "Search" anytime, but the time will not be recorded as the best score if you use "Search" even once.

Back (F5)

Backs one step. The time will not be recorded if you use "Back".

Mouse control

Button 1

Specifies the piece to remove. You can cancel the selection when you click the selected piece again.

Button 3

Cancels the selected piece. You can use button 3 after "Search", which cancels the search result.

Authors

Picture: Takayuki Akiyama

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