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MISSING_LINK(6) Games Manual MISSING_LINK(6) NAME xmlink - Missing Link X widget SYNOPSIS /usr/games/xmlink [-geometry [{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]] [-display [{host}]:[{vs}]] [-[no]mono] [-[no]{reverse|rv}] [-{foreground|fg} {color}] [-{background|bg} {color}] [-{border|bd} {color}] [-face{0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7} {color}] [-tile {color}] [-frame {color}] [-[no]stippleFrame] [-[no]install] [-picture {filename}] [-delay msecs] [-[no]sound] [-bumpSound {filename}] [-moveSound {filename}] [-{font|fn} {fontname}] [-tiles {int}] [-faces {int}] [-[no]orient] [-[no]middle] [-[no]practice] [-base {int}] [-userName {string}] [-scoreFile {filename}] [-scores] [-version] DESCRIPTION Ideal's The Missing Link, a 4x4 puzzle, riding on the wave of Rubik's Cube craze. There are many variations on this theme, including the "6x6" puzzle and Babylon Tower. What makes the Missing Link a harder puzzle to solve is that the 2 center positions rotate together. FEATURES Press "mouse-left" button to move a tile. Release "mouse-left" button in the same row would move the tile towards the space (unless there is no space in that row). Release on a different row will move the tiles up or down. Click "mouse-right", or press "Z" or "z" keys, to randomize the puzzle (this must be done first to set a new record). 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 "C" or "c" keys to clear the puzzle. Press "S" or "s" keys to start the auto-solver. Only works where tiles = 4 and faces = 4. Press "O" or "o" keys to toggle the orient mode. Slightly more chal- lenging on (default is off). Press "M" or "m" keys to toggle the middle mode. All the middle tiles rotate together. This is considerably more challenging on (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 Missing Link as: 8 Up ^ 4< >6 Left, Right v 2 Down Use the shift key and the up or down arrow keys to rotate all the tiles. Use the control key and the keypad or arrow keys to reduce or enlarge the complexity of the puzzle. The title is in the following format (non-motif version): xmlink: <row>x<column> {norm|ind<control of movement of middle tiles>} @ (<Number of moves>/{<Record number of moves> <user name>|"NEVER noaccess"|"practice"}) - <Comment> Movement of middle tiles are either move together or independent. If there is no record of the current puzzle, it displays "NEVER noac- cess". OPTIONS -geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y This option sets the initial position of the missing link win- dow (resource name "geometry"). -display host:dpy This option specifies the X server to contact. -[no]mono This option allows you to display the missing link window on a color screen as if it were monochrome (resource name "mono"). -[no]{reverse|rv} This option allows you to see the missing link window in re- verse video (resource name "reverseVideo"). -{foreground|fg} color This option specifies the foreground of the missing link window (resource name "foreground"). -{background|bg} color This option specifies the background of the missing link window (resource name "background"). -tile color This option specifies the tile color of the tiles in the miss- ing link window (resource name "tileColor"). -{border|bd} color This option specifies the border color of the tiles in the missing link window (resource name "orderColor"). -face{0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7} <color> This option allows you to change the color of a face (resource name "faceColorN"). In mono-mode, color is represented as the first letter of the color name. The 0th face is the last face face on missing link because I wanted that one to remain white by default when there are more or less faces. -frame color This option specifies the color of the frame (resource name "frameColor"). -[no]stippleFrame This option allows you to toggle the frame stippling (resource name "stippleFrame"). -[no]install This option specifies if the colormap should be installed or not (resource name "install"). -picture filename This option specifies the file for the picture (resource name "picture"). -delay msecs This option specifies the number of milliseconds it takes to move a tile or a group of tiles one space (1-50) (resource name "delay"). -[no]sound This option specifies if a sliding tile should make a sound or not (resource name "sound"). -bumpSound filename This option specifies the file for the bump sound for the slid- ing of (resource name "bumpSound"). -moveSound filename This option specifies the file for the move sound for the twisting of the puzzle (resource name "moveSound"). -{font|fn} ontname This option specifies the font that will be used (resource name "font"). -tiles <int> This option allows you to change the number of links in a row (resource name "tiles"). -faces <int> This option allows you to change the number of faces in column (resource name "faces"). -[no]orient This option allows you to access the oriented mode (resource name "orient"). -[no]middle This option allows you to access the middle rigid mode (re- source name "middle"). -[no]practice This option allows you to access the practice mode (resource name "practice"). -base int This option specifies the base used (default is base 10) (re- source name "base"). -userName string This option specifies the user name for any records made or else it will get your login name (resource name "userName"). -scoreFile filename Specify an alternative score file (resource name "scoreFile"). -scores This option lists all the recorded scores and then exits. -version This option tells you what version of xmlink you have. RECORDS You must randomize the puzzle before a record is set, otherwise an as- sumption of cheating is made if it is solved after a get. SAVE FORMAT Here is the format for the xmlink configuration, starting position, and the movement of its pieces. tiles: 1-8 <number of tiles in a row> faces: 1-8 <number of tiles in a column> middle: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true; if 1 then middle moves as one unit> orient: 0-1 <0 false, 1 true; if 1 then chain linked in order> moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves> startingPosition: <array of tile positions where 0 is the empty space> This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1. move #: <direction> <tile> <shift> Direction is represented as 0 up, 1 right, 2 down, and 3 left. Tile is the column of tile. Shift is represented as 0 or 1, 1 if the whole puzzle is moved at once (here Tile does not matter), 0 if not. The xmlink record keeper does not count a control move as a move, but here we do. REFERENCES L. E. Horden, Sliding Piece Puzzles (Recreations in Mathematics Se- ries), Oxford University Press 1986, Plate X. you are about to find the solution: The Missing Link, Ideal Toy Corpo- ration, 1981. James G Nourse, The Simple Solutions to Cubic Puzzles, Bantam Books, New York, November 1981, pp 16-23. SEE ALSO X(1), xcubes(6), xtriangles(6), xhexagons(6), xbarrel(6), xpanex(6), xmball(6), xpyraminx(6), xoct(6), xrubik(6), xskewb(6), xdino(6), xbevel(6), xabacus(6) COPYRIGHTS (R) Copyright 1994-2024, David A. Bagley BUG REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author: David A. Bagley, <bagleyd AT verizon.net> The latest version is currently at: https://www.sillycycle.com/puzzles.html http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy/ V8.8.4 15 Aug 2024 MISSING_LINK(6)
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