From 9ffde3e8dbb1d3d130f2cbbb83181673498163a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:47:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Factual and other corrections/additions to the Guess docs. git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/puzzles@6003 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- puzzles.but | 30 +++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but index 4a42eb6..17d1003 100644 --- a/puzzles.but +++ b/puzzles.but @@ -1047,11 +1047,11 @@ predetermined sequence of them (chosen by the computer) within a certain number of guesses. Each guess gets marked with the number of correctly-coloured pegs -in the correct places (in red), and also the number of -correctly-coloured pegs in the wrong places. +in the correct places (in black), and also the number of +correctly-coloured pegs in the wrong places (in white). This game is also known (and marketed, by Hasbro, mainly) as -a board game `Mastermind', with 6 colours, 4 pegs per row, and 10 guesses. +a board game \q{Mastermind}, with 6 colours, 4 pegs per row, and 10 guesses. However, this version allows custom settings of number of colours (up to 10), number of pegs per row, and number of guesses. @@ -1063,27 +1063,35 @@ Guess was contributed to this collection by James Harvey. \IM{Guess controls} keys, for Guess \IM{Guess controls} shortcuts (keyboard), for Guess -Drag a peg from the tray on the left-hand side to its required -position in the current guess; pegs may also be dragged from the -current guess to copy them elsewhere. +This game can be played with either the keyboard or the mouse. + +With the mouse, drag a peg from the tray on the left-hand side to its +required position in the current guess; pegs may also be dragged from +current and past guesses to copy them elsewhere. -Right-clicking in the current guess adds a 'hold' marker; pegs +Right-clicking in the current guess adds a \q{hold} marker; pegs that have hold markers will be automatically added to the next guess after marking. +Alternatively, with the keyboard, the up and down cursor keys can be +used to select a peg colour, the left and right keys to select a +peg position, and the space bar to place a peg of the selected colour +in the chosen position. + When the guess is complete, the feedback pegs will be highlighted; -clicking on these will mark the current guess, copy any held pegs -to the next guess, and move the 'current guess' marker. +clicking on these (or moving the peg cursor to them with the arrow keys +and pressing the space bar) will mark the current guess, copy any held pegs +to the next guess, and move the \q{current guess} marker. If you correctly position all the pegs the solution will be displayed -below; if you run out of guesses (or select 'Solve...') the solution +below; if you run out of guesses (or select \q{Solve...}) the solution will also be revealed. \H{guess-parameters} \I{parameters, for guess}Guess parameters These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the \q{Type} menu. The default game matches the parameters for the -board game 'Mastermind'. +board game \q{Mastermind}. \dt \e{Colours} -- 2.11.0