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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
       program 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
       selfmade *.xpm picture files, similar to those installed with the
       application.  (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
              button.  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 (C) 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
       MERCHANTABILITY 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

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