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NAME

6       nudoku - ncurses based sudoku game
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SYNOPSIS

9       nudoku [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

12       nudoku  is  a  ncurses  based sudoku game. Perfect to relax a little or
13       just waste some time when you are on the console.
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Keybindings

17       For navigation use vi-keybindings (hjkl) or  arrow  keys.   Pressing  a
18       number  will  put  it  in a field. Pressing delete, backspace or x will
19       delete it.
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21       Some keys need to be typed uppercase to prevent pressing them  acciden‐
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24       c  Gives feedback whether your solution is right. If you think you fin‐
25       ished your sudoku press this key to make sure it is. You can  also  use
26       this during the game to check if you have made any mistakes.
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28       H The computer will fill in one number for you. If you are pretty close
29       to finishing he might not want to help you.  And if you  did  something
30       wrong so far, he will not say anything.
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32       m  Toggle  marks. If enabled, the number in the currently selected cell
33       will be highlighted in all other cells they occur in.  Only works  when
34       colors are enabled.
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36       N Create a new puzzle.
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38       Q Quit nudoku.
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40       r  Redraw  screen.  In  case  you  resized your terminal this will come
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43       S Let the computer solve the puzzle.
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OPTIONS

47       -h Print help.
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49       -v Display version information.
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51       -c Do not use colors. Black and white mode. Some terminals  don't  sup‐
52       port colors, use this option in this case.
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54       -d Choose difficulty.  Available options are: easy, normal, hard
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56       -s User provided stream.  The user can provide a sudoku himself. Nudoku
57       won't generate it in this case. Notation is in stream  format,  meaning
58       everthing  in  one line. Use dots (.) for empy fields.  Example: nudoku
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60       4.....8.5.3..........7......2.....6.....8.4......1.......6.3.7.5..2.....1.4......
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62       -p Output PDF.  Prints a sudoku into a PDF file.  File  name  needs  to
63       follow.   This  can  be combined with -n to define how many sudokus the
64       PDF should contain.  Example: -p riddle.pdf
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66       -n Number of sudokuks to put in PDF.  This can only be used with -p Ex‐
67       ample: -p riddle.pdf -n 8
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69       -i Output PNG image.  Puts a single sudoku into an PNG image file. File
70       name needs to follow.  Example: -i sudoku.png
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BUGS

74       No known bugs.
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AUTHOR

78       Michael Vetter (jubalh@iodoru.org)
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