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TRACTORGEN(6)			 Games Manual			 TRACTORGEN(6)

NAME
       tractorgen - Generates ASCII tractors

SYNOPSIS
       tractorgen [number of wheels]

DESCRIPTION
       tractorgen generates ASCII tractors using the universal tractor coeffi-
       cient  (TC). The	intended audience is practical ASCII tractor theorists
       and lay people interested in abstract tractor theory.

       Before using this program, ensure that you understand  the  fundamental
       theorem of ASCII	tractor	mechanics:

       "ASCII Tractors must have at least four wheels."	[1]

       Note  that  this	 theorem applies to side-on views. No useful models of
       two-sided ASCII tractors	have been found, nor is	there  even  any  con-
       crete proof of their existence.

       In  keeping with	this theorem, TRACTORGEN will politely inform the user
       if any attempt to make tractors with less than four wheels is made  (by
       calling abort(3)	and dumping core).

       [1]  See,  for  example,	"Introductory ASCII tractor design, vols 3-7",
       Blum&Merven, Slarken Press 1973.

OPTIONS
       number of wheels
	      If no argument is	given, the optimal configuration of 7 is  gen-
	      erated.

USAGE
       Tractorgen  takes  one argument.	This argument is indirectly related to
       the TC and is a cardinal	enumerating the	desired	wheel configuration.

       For example, if you want	a tractor with 5 wheels,  type	at  the	 shell
       prompt:

       $ tractorgen 5

       Conversely, if you want a tractor with 113 wheels, type:

       $ tractorgen 113

       Remember	 that  tractors	 with large numbers of wheels may overflow the
       width of	your terminal, with unpredictable results. Actually,  it  will
       probably	just look like shit.

FILES
       None

SEE ALSO
       abort(3)

WEBSITE
       http://www.vergenet.net/~konradd/software/tractorgen/

AUTHOR
       Kbert <k@vergenet.net>

LICENSE
       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. See the file COPYING for details.

       Though I	have no	idea why you'd want to do any of this.

				3th March 2000			 TRACTORGEN(6)

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