diff rogue3/rogue.6 @ 9:38acf3eb27e6

Update the documentation
author edwarj4
date Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:12:26 +0000
parents 527e2150eaf0
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--- a/rogue3/rogue.6	Fri Oct 23 01:38:53 2009 +0000
+++ b/rogue3/rogue.6	Sat Oct 24 14:12:26 2009 +0000
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 rogue \- Exploring The Dungeons of Doom
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B rogue
+[ -s ]
 [
 .I save_file
 ]
+[ -n
+.I playername
+]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 .I Rogue
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@
 .B /
 will identify the things you see on the screen.
 .PP
-To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people high
+To win the game (as opposed to merely playing to beat other people's high
 scores) you must locate the Amulet of Yendor which is somewhere below
 the 20th level of the dungeon and get it out.  Nobody has achieved this
 yet and if somebody does, they will probably go down in history as a hero
@@ -30,17 +34,40 @@
 When the game ends, either by your death, when you quit, or if you (by
 some miracle) manage to win,
 .I rogue
-will give you alist of the top-ten scorers.  The scoring is based entirely
+will give you a list of the top-ten scorers.  The scoring is based entirely
 upon how much gold you get.  There is a 10% penalty for getting yourself
 killed.
 .PP
 For more detailed directions, read the document
 .I "A Guide to the Dungeons of Doom."
+.SH OPTIONS
+.PP
+If a
+.I save_file
+argument is given,
+.I rogue
+will attempt to load a previously saved game from that file.
+.PP
+With the
+.B -n
+option,
+.I rogue
+will load a game with the name
+.I playername
+from a location defined at compile time.  If no such game exists, it will 
+start one.
+.PP
+The
+.B -s
+option prints the top-ten scores list and exits.
+
 .SH FILES
 .ta 2i
-rogue36.scr                  Score file
+/usr/local/games/roguelike/rogue3.scr   Score file
 .br
-~/rogue36.sav                Default save file
+~/rogue3.save                           Default save file
+.br
+/usr/local/games/roguelike/rogue3save   System savefiles
 .DT
 .SH SEE ALSO
 Michael C. Toy,
@@ -56,3 +83,5 @@
 Copyright (C) 1980, 1981 Michael Toy, Ken Arnold and Glenn Wichman
 .br
 All rights reserved.
+.br
+License: 3-clause BSD, see LICENSE.txt for details.