
1: .\" $NetBSD: hangman.6,v 1.12 2003/08/07 09:37:21 agc Exp $ 2: .\" 3: .\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1993 4: .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 5: .\" 6: .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7: .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8: .\" are met: 9: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10: .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11: .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12: .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13: .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14: .\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors 15: .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16: .\" without specific prior written permission. 17: .\" 18: .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19: .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20: .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21: .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22: .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23: .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24: .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25: .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26: .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27: .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28: .\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29: .\" 30: .\" @(#)hangman.6 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 31: .\" 32: .Dd May 31, 1993 33: .Dt HANGMAN 6 34: .Os 35: .Sh NAME 36: .Nm hangman 37: .Nd computer version of the game hangman 38: .Sh SYNOPSIS 39: .Nm 40: .Op Fl d Ar wordlist 41: .Op Fl m Ar minlen 42: .Sh DESCRIPTION 43: In 44: .Nm , 45: the computer picks a word from the on-line word list 46: and you must try to guess it. 47: The computer keeps track of which letters have been guessed 48: and how many wrong guesses you have made on the screen in a graphic fashion. 49: .Sh OPTIONS 50: .Bl -tag -width flag 51: .It Fl d 52: Use the specified 53: .Ar wordlist 54: instead of the default one named below. 55: .It Fl m 56: Set the minimum word length to use. 57: The default is 6 letters. 58: .El 59: .Sh FILES 60: .Bl -tag -width @hangman_wordsfile@ -compact 61: .It Pa @hangman_wordsfile@ 62: On-line word list 63: .El 64: .Sh AUTHORS 65: .An Ken Arnold