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NAME

       gtans - Tangram game for X

SYNOPSIS

       gtans [no options]

DESCRIPTION

       Gtans  is  a tangram game that runs in X. Tangram is a kind of puzzle game where the player has to arrange a set of pieces to match a given
       shape.

OPTIONS

	    No command-line options
	    Use the graphical interface to customize the program. See below.

USAGE

       move the pieces (known as tans) until they match the figure drawn on the right window.  You must always use the seven tans and they  should
       not be laid on top of one another.

       To  move  a  tan, click and drag it with left mouse button, for rotation click AROUND it.  You can flip the selected tan by right-clicking.
       This is usefull for the parallelogram tan (all positions can not be reached by rotating only).

       If you are a beginner to Tangram you should try the first 10 figures.  The other ones are not sorted, some of them are very  difficult  (to
       my taste).

       When  a	figure	has  been solved the background color of the silhouette area changes. The solved figures are remembered by saving a status
       file in the user's directory (~/.gtans/afile.figures.status for a figure file called afile.figures)

       Show a tan This button shows the position of a tan. Each further click will display an other tan.

       Show outline Draw the figure in the main area. This makes the game much easier.

       Preferences Most of this menu's options allow you to change the colors used by the game. For the main area you may choose textures  (pixmap
       files) instead of colors. Some sample files are supplied (I can't remember where I found them) but as the complete pathname is saved in the
       config file you can choose a file located anywhere (for example in /usr/share/pixmaps/). On a 8 bits display the colors may not be  exactly
       what you want (GTK tries to find the best matching color).

       Preferences/Tans  size/Increase	Makes  the  tans  5  %	bigger relatively to the game area. If you resize the window the tans size will be
       scaled.

       Preferences/Tans size/Decrease Makes the tans 4.76 % smaller

       Preferences/Accuracy Changes the precision of the comparison between the tans position and the solution. A lower accuracy  makes  the  game
       more easy.

       Preferences/Rotation Step by step allows only rotation by increment of 11.5 degrees.  Continuous rotation makes the game more difficult and
       you probably shouldn't use it unless you really dislike step by step rotation.

       Preferences/Figures file Allows you to choose another figures file.

       Preferences/Save config Save a config file in the user's home directory.

       Misc/Clear figure status Set the current figure as unsolved.

       Misc/Clear all figures status Set all the loaded figures (i.e. from the current figure file) as unsolved.

FILES

	    ~/.gtans/.gtansrc		Configuration options for gtans.  All of  these options can be set from the interface, there should be	no
       need to edit this file.

	    ~/.gtans/somename.figures.status		 Status files (for each figures file the user played with) remenbering which figures where
       solved.

SEE ALSO

	    The gtans  homepage  at  <http://gtans.sourceforge.net/>.	     Additional  information  and  documentation  can  also  be  found	in
       /usr/share/doc/gtans/ .

AUTHOR

       The author of gtans is Philippe Banwarth <bwt@users.sourceforge.net>

								   February 2000							  gtans(6)