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xtriangles - Triangles X widget
/usr/games/xtriangles [-geometry [{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]] [-display [{host}]:[{vs}]] [-[no]mono] [-[no]{reverse|rv}] [-{foreground|fg} {color}] [-{background|bg} {color}] [-tile {color}] [-text {color}] [-frame {color}] [-[no]stippleFrame] [-delay msecs] [-[no]sound] [-bumpSound {filename}] [-{font|fn} {fontname}] [-size{X|Y} {int}] [-[no]corners] [-base {int}] [-userName {string}] [-scoreFile {filename}] [-scores] [-version]
A sliding tile puzzle. A triangular version of the 15 puzzle which was originally made around 1879 (the 14-15 puzzle of Sam Loyd was made soon after). T. R. Dawson in Original Puzzles has a similar puzzle with 4 diamond- and 6 triangular-shaped pieces. This puzzle is easier to solve than 15 puzzle with corner mode on and probably about the same with corner mode off.
If corners mode on: click "mouse-left" button to
move a tile. Notice that one can move more than one tile at a time by
clicking on the tile farthest from the spaces and in line with the spaces.
Clicks on the spaces or clicks on tiles that are not in line with the
spaces, will not move tiles.
If corners mode off: click "mouse-left" button to move a
tile. One can only move one tile at a time. The only tiles that can be moved
are the tiles next to the space. Clicks on the space, or clicks on tiles
that are not in line with the space, will not move tiles.
Click "mouse-right" button, or press "C" or "c" keys, to clear the puzzle.
Press "G" or "g" keys to read (get) a saved puzzle.
Press "W" or "w" keys to save (write) a puzzle.
Press "U" or "u" keys to undo a move.
Press "R" or "r" keys to redo a move.
Press "Z" or "z" keys to randomize the puzzle. New records can only be set from a cleared state.
"S" or "s" keys reserved for the auto-solver (not implemented).
Press "M" or "m" keys to toggle corners mode. (Default is on).
Press ">" or "." keys to speed up the movement of tiles.
Press "<" or "," keys to slow down the movement of tiles.
Press "@" key to toggle the sound.
Press "Esc" key to hide program.
Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program.
Use the key pad or arrow keys to move without the mouse.
Key pad is defined for Triangles as:
7 8 9 Upper Left, Up (no corners), Upper Right
^
4< >6 Left, Right
v
1 2 3 Lower Left, Down (no corners), Lower Right
The control key allows you to change the complexity of xtriangles. 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):
You must randomize or clear the puzzle before a record is set, otherwise an assumption of cheating is made if it is solved after a get.
Here is the format for the xtriangles configuration, starting position, and the movement of its pieces.
startingPosition: <array of tile positions where 0 is the empty space for the UP triangle and -1 is the empty space for the DOWN triangle>
This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1.
L. E. Horden, Sliding Piece Puzzles (Recreations in Mathematics Series), Oxford University Press 1986, pp 1, 148, 149.
Jerry Slocum & Jack Botermans, Puzzles Old & New (How to Make and Solve Them), University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987, pp 126, 127.
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