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authorAlbrecht Schlosser <albrechts.fltk@online.de>2025-04-04 15:50:36 +0200
committerAlbrecht Schlosser <albrechts.fltk@online.de>2025-04-04 15:50:36 +0200
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Update man pages of games (demo programs), add glpuzzle.man
Prepare for installation of `games` demo programs. Fix inconsistencies and typos in man pages. In the future the man pages can be installed together with the executables. This will be done in a later commit. documentation/src/glpuzzle.man: new file.
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diff --git a/documentation/src/checkers.man b/documentation/src/checkers.man
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-.TH checkers 6 "FLTK Checkers" "15 January 2006"
+.TH checkers 6 "FLTK Checkers" "03 March 2025"
.SH NAME
checkers \- the fltk checkers game
.sp
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ The game is played on an 8x8 board with each player starting with
12 pieces or "checkers" on opposite sides of the board. The
computer plays the white checkers in this version of the game.
.LP
-The object of the game is to remove all of your opponents pieces.
+The object of the game is to remove all of your opponents' pieces.
Players move one of their pieces diagonally forward on each move,
either a single space or by "jumping" an adjacent piece. Your
-opponents pieces are removed by jumping them - you can make
-multiple jumps in a single turn.
+opponents' pieces are removed by jumping them - you can make
+multiple jumps in a single turn. You \fImust\fR jump if you can!
.LP
If a piece reaches the other side of the board, it is converted
to a "king" which can move both forwards and backwards.