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diff --git a/ipl/gpacks/htetris/menus.html b/ipl/gpacks/htetris/menus.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a2f7a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/ipl/gpacks/htetris/menus.html @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<!--NewPage--> +<html> +<head> +<title>htetris documentation</title> +</head> +<body> +<h1> +<center>User Manual For htetris Version 1.0</center> +<center>Henrik Sandin 1999</center> +</h1> +<hr> +<a href="http://lww.CS.Arizona.EDU:80/~henriks/htetrisdoc.html">Main page</a> +<h2>Menu items and features</h2><br> +<font size="5"> +<ul type="square"> +<li>The <b>Game</b> menu<br><br> +<ul type="disc"> +<li><b>New game</b><br> +Starts a new game regardless of whether a game is already in progress or not. +This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut <b>meta-n</b> or by +pressing the <b>New game</b> button on the interface. If a game is in +progress, a possible highscore is lost. +<li><b>Stop game</b><br> +Stops a game in progress. This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut +<b>meta-s</b> or by pressing the <b>Stop game</b> button on the interface. +A possible highscore is lost. +<li><b>Pause</b><br> +Pauses a game in progress. This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut +<b>meta-p</b> or by pressing the <b>Pause</b> button on the interface. +The game is resumed by repeating this action. +<li><b>Speed factor</b><br> +This option lets the user specify a number between -10 and 10 which makes the +application run faster or slower. A negative number makes the application slow +down and a positive number makes the application go faster. This can be used if +the current hardware is too fast or too slow. +This option is not availible when a game is in progress. +<li><b>Pick level</b><br> +This option lets the user specify a difficulty level between one and fifteen +at which the next game is to be started. This option is not availible when +a game is in progress. +<li><b>Quit</b><br> +This exits the <b>htetris</b> application. This can also be acheived by the +keyboard shortcut <b>meta-q</b> or by pressing the <b>Quit</b> button on the +interface. If a game is in progress, a possible highscore is lost. +</ul> +<br> +<li>The <b>Controls</b> menu<br><br> +<ul type="disc"> +<li><b>Set keys</b><br> +This option lets the user specify which keys to use for game control. +Valid keys are: Any character or any special key which synonym is displayed +in the separate popup window. Any of these synonyms can be specified. +<li><b>Current keys</b><br> +This option shows which keys are currently used for game control. +</ul> +<br> +<li>The <b>Bricks</b> menu<br><br> +<ul type="disc"> +<li><b>Add brick</b><br> +This option lets the user add a user defined brick to the game by loading it +from a file created with the editor which is described in <a href="http://lww.CS.Arizona.EDU:80/~henriks/editor.html"><b>Brick editor</b></a>. +This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut <b>meta-a</b>. +If the brick is added successfully, the user is given an id for the brick +which should be used if the brick is going to be removed from the game again. +The added brick will appear in every game from here on until it is removed or +the application is closed. +<li><b>Remove brick</b><br> +If any user defined bricks are currently in the game, this option lets the +user remove such bricks. This means that they are not going to appear in any +game from here on unless they are added again by selecting <b>Add brick</b>. +This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut <b>meta-r</b>. +<li><b>Bricks in use</b><br> +This option lets the user display user defined bricks in play if there are any. +The user is prompted to enter one of the listed brick id's and in doing so, +that brick is displayed in a popup window. The dialog reappears until +<b>Cancel</b> is pressed. Thus, several user bricks can be viewed +simultanously. +<li><b>Brick editor</b><br> +This starts up the brick editor in which a user can create his/hers own bricks +to use in the game. This can also be acheived by the keyboard shortcut +<b>meta-e</b>. +The editor is described in detail in <a href="http://lww.CS.Arizona.EDU:80/~henriks/editor.html"><b>Brick editor</b></a>. +</ul> +<br> +<li>The <b>Help</b> menu<br><br> +<ul type="disc"> +<li><b>How to play</b><br> +This option basicly displays the same information as the <a href="http://lww.CS.Arizona.EDU:80/~henriks/howto.html"><b>How to play</b></a> +document. +<li><b>Menus</b><br> +This option basicly displays the same information as this document. +<li><b>About</b><br> +This option displays information about the application and the author. +</ul> +</ul> +</font> +</body> +</html> |