Bah! There's _always_ one. Display glitch corrected.

[sgt/puzzles] / puzzles.but

diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but
index cc3ee75..2c0fe87 100644 (file)
--- a/puzzles.but
+++ b/puzzles.but
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 \define{by} \u00D7{x}
 
 
 \define{by} \u00D7{x}
 

+\define{dash} \u2013{-}
+

 This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games.
 
 \copyright This manual is copyright 2004-5 Simon Tatham. All rights
 This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games.
 
 \copyright This manual is copyright 2004-5 Simon Tatham. All rights


@@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ both, and have more recently done a port to Mac OS X as well. When I
 find (or perhaps invent) further puzzle games that I like, they'll
 be added to this collection and will immediately be available on
 both platforms. And if anyone feels like writing any other front
 find (or perhaps invent) further puzzle games that I like, they'll
 be added to this collection and will immediately be available on
 both platforms. And if anyone feels like writing any other front

-ends - PocketPC, Mac OS pre-10, or whatever it might be - then all
-the games in this framework will immediately become available on
-another platform as well.
+ends \dash PocketPC, Mac OS pre-10, or whatever it might be \dash
+then all the games in this framework will immediately become
+available on another platform as well.

 
 The actual games in this collection were mostly not my invention; they
 are re-implementations of existing game concepts within my portable
 
 The actual games in this collection were mostly not my invention; they
 are re-implementations of existing game concepts within my portable


@@ -1208,12 +1210,12 @@ time (but always one that is known to have a solution).
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.dominosa}
 
 
 \cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.dominosa}
 

-A normal set of dominoes - that is, one instance of every (unordered)
-pair of numbers from 0 to 6 - has been arranged irregularly into a
-rectangle; then the number in each square has been written down and
-the dominoes themselves removed. Your task is to reconstruct the
-pattern by arranging the set of dominoes to match the provided array
-of numbers.
+A normal set of dominoes \dash that is, one instance of every
+(unordered) pair of numbers from 0 to 6 \dash has been arranged
+irregularly into a rectangle; then the number in each square has
+been written down and the dominoes themselves removed. Your task is
+to reconstruct the pattern by arranging the set of dominoes to match
+the provided array of numbers.

 
 This puzzle is widely credited to O. S. Adler, and takes part of its
 name from those initials.
 
 This puzzle is widely credited to O. S. Adler, and takes part of its
 name from those initials.


@@ -1389,11 +1391,22 @@ When an appropriate number of balls have been guessed a button will
 appear at the top-left corner of the grid; clicking that will mark
 your guesses. 
 
 appear at the top-left corner of the grid; clicking that will mark
 your guesses. 
 

-Once marked, correctly-placed balls are displayed as filled black
-circles.  Incorrectly-placed balls are displayed as filled black
-circles with red crosses, and missing balls are filled red circles.
-In addition, a red circle marks any laser you had already fired
-which is not consistent with your ball layout, and red text marks
+If you click the \q{mark} button and your guesses are not correct,
+the game will show you as little information as possible to
+demonstrate this to you, so you can try again. If your ball
+positions are not consistent with the laser paths you already know
+about, one laser path will be circled to indicate that it proves you
+wrong. If your positions match all the existing laser paths but are
+still wrong, one new laser path will be revealed (written in red)
+which is not consistent with your current guesses.
+
+If you decide to give up completely, you can select Solve to reveal
+the actual ball positions. At this point, correctly-placed balls
+will be displayed as filled black circles; incorrectly-placed balls
+are displayed as filled black circles with red crosses, and missing
+balls are filled red circles. In addition, a red circle marks any
+laser you had already fired which is not consistent with your ball
+layout (just as when you press the mark button), and red text marks

 any laser you \e{could} have fired in order to distinguish your ball
 layout from the right one.
 
 any laser you \e{could} have fired in order to distinguish your ball
 layout from the right one.
 


@@ -1419,6 +1432,60 @@ using a different number to the original solution is still acceptable,
 if all the laser inputs and outputs match.
 
 
 if all the laser inputs and outputs match.
 
 

+\C{slant} \i{Slant}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.slant}
+
+You have a grid of squares. Your aim is to draw a diagonal line
+through each square, and choose which way each line slants so that
+the following conditions are met:
+
+\b The diagonal lines never form a loop.
+
+\b Any point with a circled number has precisely that many lines
+meeting at it. (Thus, a 4 is the centre of a cross shape, whereas a
+zero is the centre of a diamond shape \dash or rather, a partial
+diamond shape, because a zero can never appear in the middle of the
+grid because that would immediately cause a loop.)
+
+Credit for this puzzle goes to \i{Nikoli} \k{nikoli-slant}.
+
+\B{nikoli-slant}
+\W{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/39/index.htm}\cw{http://www.nikoli.co.jp/puzzles/39/index.htm}
+(in Japanese)
+
+
+\H{slant-controls} \i{Slant controls}
+
+\IM{Slant controls} controls, for Slant
+\IM{Slant controls} keys, for Slant
+\IM{Slant controls} shortcuts (keyboard), for Slant
+
+Left-clicking in a blank square will place a \cw{\\} in it (a line
+leaning to the left, i.e. running from the top left of the square to
+the bottom right). Right-clicking in a blank square will place a
+\cw{/} in it (leaning to the right, running from top right to bottom
+left).
+
+Continuing to click either button will cycle between the three
+possible square contents. Thus, if you left-click repeatedly in a
+blank square it will change from blank to \cw{\\} to \cw{/} back to
+blank, and if you right-click repeatedly the square will change from
+blank to \cw{/} to \cw{\\} back to blank. (Therefore, you can play
+the game entirely with one button if you need to.)
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{slant-parameters} \I{parameters, for slant}Slant parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of grid in squares.
+
+

 \A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
 
 This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2005 Simon Tatham.
 \A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
 
 This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2005 Simon Tatham.