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diff --git a/tools/sudoku_generator.1 b/tools/sudoku_generator.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4bc9e50 --- /dev/null +++ b/tools/sudoku_generator.1 @@ -0,0 +1,74 @@ +.\" +.\" Sudoku: A plug-in for the Video Disk Recorder +.\" +.\" Copyright (C) 2008, Thomas Günther <tom@toms-cafe.de> +.\" +.\" 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., +.\" 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. +.\" +.\" $Id: sudoku_generator.1 161 2008-11-23 00:18:02Z tom $ +.\" +.TH sudoku_generator "1" "November 2008" "sudoku_generator 0.3.3" "User Commands" + +.SH NAME +sudoku_generator \- generate and solve Sudoku puzzles + +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B sudoku_generator +[\fI-n|--non-sym\fR] [\fI-d|--dump\fR] [\fIgivens_count\fR] +.br +.B sudoku_generator +\fI-s|--solve|-p|--print\fR \fIsudoku_dump\fR + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B sudoku_generator +generates, solves and prints Number Place puzzles, so called Sudokus. +A Sudoku puzzle consists of 9 x 9 cells subdivided into 9 regions with 3 x 3 +cells. The rules are simple. There have to be the numbers from 1 to 9 in every +row, column and region. + +.TP +\fBgivens_count\fR +Number of givens (<= 81). Default is 36. +Generation of Sudoku puzzles with less than 26 givens takes very long. +.TP +\fBsudoku_dump\fR +String with 81 * 1\-9 or _ (+ ignored). + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +\fB\-n\fR, \fB\-\-non\-sym\fR +Generate a non\-symmetric Sudoku puzzle. Default is symmetric. +.TP +\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-dump\fR +Dump the generated Sudoku puzzle (don't print). +.TP +\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-solve\fR \fIsudoku_dump\fR +Solve a Sudoku puzzle. +.TP +\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-print\fR \fIsudoku_dump\fR +Print a Sudoku puzzle. +.TP +\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR +Print version information and exit. +.TP +\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR +Print help message and exit. + +.SH COPYRIGHT +Copyright \(co 2005-2008, Thomas G\(:unther <tom@toms-cafe.de> +.br +This GPL program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; +this is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it +under certain conditions; see the source for details. |