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.\"
.\" 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.
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