ppmtopuzz(1) General Commands Manual ppmtopuzz(1)NAME
ppmtopuzz - convert a portable pixmap into an X11 "puzzle" file
SYNOPSIS
ppmtopuzz [ppmfile]
DESCRIPTION
Reads a portable pixmap as input. Produces an X11 "puzzle" file as output. A "puzzle" file is for use with the puzzle program included
with the X11 distribution - puzzle's -picture flag lets you specify an image file.
SEE ALSO ppm(5), puzzle(1)AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1991 by Jef Poskanzer.
22 August 1990 ppmtopuzz(1)
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sudoku_generator(1) User Commands sudoku_generator(1)NAME
sudoku_generator - generate and solve Sudoku puzzles
SYNOPSIS
sudoku_generator [-n|--non-sym] [-d|--dump] [givens_count]
sudoku_generator -s|--solve|-p|--print sudoku_dump
DESCRIPTION
sudoku_generator generates, solves and prints Number Place puzzles, so called Sudokus. A Sudoku puzzle consists of 9 x 9 cells subdivided
into 9 regions with 3 x 3 cells. The rules are simple. There have to be the numbers from 1 to 9 in every row, column and region.
givens_count
Number of givens (<= 81). Default is 36. Generation of Sudoku puzzles with less than 26 givens takes very long.
sudoku_dump
String with 81 * 1-9 or _ (+ ignored).
OPTIONS -n, --non-sym
Generate a non-symmetric Sudoku puzzle. Default is symmetric.
-d, --dump
Dump the generated Sudoku puzzle (don't print).
-s, --solve sudoku_dump
Solve a Sudoku puzzle.
-p, --print sudoku_dump
Print a Sudoku puzzle.
-v, --version
Print version information and exit.
-h, --help
Print help message and exit.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2005-2010, Thomas Gunther <tom@toms-cafe.de>
This GPL program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; this is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions;
see the source for details.
sudoku_generator 0.3.5 April 2010 sudoku_generator(1)
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