11-27-2001
Use "cut" to split the file into three pieces with the middle piece being the column you want to modify. Then modify it. Then use "paste" to reassemble the three pieces back to a single file.
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gpe-othello
GPE-OTHELLO(6) gpe-othello GPE-OTHELLO(6)
NAME
gpe-othello - Stategic one-player board game for GPE.
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the gpe-othello game.
Othello is also known as Reversi. gpe-othello is a strategic boardgame for the GPE Palmtop Environment which involves play against a
handheld computer on an eight-by-eight square grid with pieces that have light and dark faces.
The player places light-faced pieces so that there is at least one straight (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) line between the new piece
and another light piece, with one or more contiguous dark pieces between them. Pieces captured in this manner are turned over and can be
used in later moves. The winner has the most number of pieces showing the appropriate face when the grid is full or when the other player
has no pieces of their own colour left.
This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> for the Debian(TM) system (but may be used by others). Permission is
granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version
published by the Free Software Foundation.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
AUTHOR
Joseph J. McCarthy
Author.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008 Neil Williams
Debian 6 January 31, 2008 GPE-OTHELLO(6)