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NAME

       xpanex - Panex X widget

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/games/xpanex                                            [-geometry
       [{width}][x{height}][{+-}{xoff}[{+-}{yoff}]]]                 [-display
       [{host}]:[{vs}]]   [-[no]mono]   [-[no]{reverse|rv}]  [-{foreground|fg}
       {color}]  [-{background|bg}  {color}]  [-tile  {color}]  [-pyramid{0|1}
       {color}]    [-delay   msecs]   [-[no]sound]   [-moveSound   {filename}]
       [-{font|fn}       {fontname}]       [-tiles       {int}]        [-{mode
       {int}|hanoi|algorithme|panex}]    [-userName    {string}]   [-scoreFile
       {filename}] [-scores] [-version]

DESCRIPTION

       Panex - A grooved sliding tile puzzle created  by  Toshio  Akanuma  and
       manufactured  by the Tricks Co., Ltd of Tokyo, Japan  (a Magic Company)
       in the 1980’s.  Mathematicians  at  Bell  Laboratories  calculated  the
       number  of moves to be 27,564 to 31,537.  It came in two varieties: one
       with a magenta and a orange pyramid of order 10 on silver tiles; in the
       gold  version pieces of each color look alike (i.e. no pyramid is drawn
       on them), this is a little harder.  The  goal  in  this  puzzle  is  to
       simply exchange the 2 piles.  Pieces with smaller trapazoids can not go
       down as far as pieces with bigger trapazoids.

       The original Tower of Hanoi puzzle is the invention  of  Edouard  Lucas
       and was sold as a toy in France in 1883.  The legend of 64 disks in the
       great temple of Benares of the god Brahma is also his  invention.   The
       goal in this puzzle is to move the pile from the left side to the right
       most column.  Unlike panex, a large trapazoid can not go on  top  of  a
       smaller one, but pieces always fall to the bottom.

       The  original  Algorithme  6  is 2 stacks of 3 wooden spheres on 2 of 3
       posts.  The spheres come in 3 different sizes.  The  goal  goal  is  to
       swap  the  spheres using the posts without putting a bigger sphere on a
       smaller one and without exceeding the size of the post.  It was created
       and  produced  by  Patrick Farvacque around 1997.  The puzzle presented
       here has a simpler solution because the tiles are all the  same  height
       (i.e. a 39 move solution as opposed to 66).

FEATURES

       Press  "mouse-left"  button to move a tile in the top tile of a column.
       Release "mouse-left" button on another column to move the tile to  that
       column.  It will not move if blocked.

       Click  "mouse-right"  button,  or  press  "C" or "c" keys, to clear the
       puzzle.

       Press "G" or "g" keys to get a saved puzzle.

       Press "W" or "w" keys to save (write) a puzzle.

       Press "U" or "u" keys to undo a move.

       Press "R" or "r" keys to redo a move.

       Press  "S"  or  "s"  keys  to  auto-solve.   Unfortunately,  its   only
       implemented from the starting position.

       Press  "M"  or  "m"  keys to switch between Hanoi (one pyramid column),
       Algorithme, and Panex, (each has two pyramid columns) modes (they  each
       have different rules).
       In  Hanoi,  one  can not place larger trapezoid on a smaller trapezoid.
       Here the goal is to move the pile from the left peg  to  the  rightmost
       peg.
       Algorithme  is  similar, here we must exchange tiles and we are limited
       by the size of the stack.  A move from stack 1 to  stack  3  and  vice-
       versa when stack 2 is full.
       In  Panex,  a  tile  can  not go lower that its initial starting point.
       Here again, the goal is to exchange the 2 piles.

       Press "I" or "i" keys to increase the number of tiles.

       Press "D" or "d" keys to decrease the number of tiles.

       Press ">" or "." keys to speed up the movement of tiles.

       Press "<" or "," keys to slow down the movement of tiles.

       Press "@" key to toggle the sound.

       Press "Esc" key to hide program.

       Press "Q", "q", or "CTRL-C" keys to kill program.

       Unlike other puzzles in the collection there is no way to  move  pieces
       without drag and drop.

       The title is in the following format (non-motif version):
              x{hanoi  |  algorithme  | panex}: <Number of rows> @ (<Number of
              moves>/{<Record number of moves> <user name>|"NEVER  noaccess"})
              - <Comment>
       If  there  is  no  record  of  the  current  puzzle, it displays "NEVER
       noaccess".

OPTIONS

       -geometry {+|-}X{+|-}Y
               This option sets the  initial  position  of  the  panex  window
               (resource name "geometry").

       -display host:dpy
               This option specifies the X server to contact.

       -[no]mono
               This  option  allows you to display the panex window on a color
               screen as if it were monochrome (resource name "mono").

       -[no]{reverse|rv}
               This option allows you to see the panex window in reverse video
               (resource name "reverseVideo").

       -{foreground|fg} color
               This  option  specifies  the  foreground  of  the  panex window
               (resource name "foreground").

       -{background|bg} color
               This option  specifies  the  background  of  the  panex  window
               (resource name "background").

       -tile color
               This  option specifies the tile color of the tiles in the panex
               window (resource name "tileColor").

       -pyramid0 color
               This option specifies  the  foreground  of  the  first  pyramid
               (resource name "pyramidColor0").

       -pyramid1 color
               This  option specifies the foreground of the second pyramid, if
               it exists (resource name "pyramidColor1").

       -delay msecs
               This option specifies the number of milliseconds  it  takes  to
               move a tile or a group of tiles one space (1-50) (resource name
               "delay").

       -[no]sound
               This option specifies if a sliding tile should make a sound  or
               not (resource name "sound").

       -moveSound filename
               This  option  specifies  the  file  for  the move sound for the
               sliding of the tiles (resource name "moveSound").

       -{font|fn} ontname
               This option specifies the font that will be used (resource name
               "font").

       -tiles int
               This option specifies the number of tiles in a column (resource
               name "tiles").

       -mode int
               This option specifies the hanoi (0), algorithme (1),  or  panex
               (2) mode (resource name "mode").

       -hanoi  This option specifies the hanoi mode (resource name "mode").

       -algorithme
               This  option  specifies  the  algorithme  mode  (resource  name
               "mode").

       -panex  This option specifies the panex mode (resource name "mode").

       -userName string
               This option specifies the user name for  any  records  made  or
               else it will get your login name (resource name "userName").

       -scoreFile filename
               Specify  an alternative score file (resource name "scoreFile").

       -scores This option lists all the recorded scores and then exits.

       -version
               This option tells you what version of xpanex you have.

RECORDS

       You must clear  the  puzzle  before  a  record  is  set,  otherwise  an
       assumption  of cheating is made if it is solved after a get or an auto-
       solve.

SAVE FORMAT

       Here is the format for the xpanex configuration, starting position, and
       the movement of its pieces.

              mode: 0-2 <0 hanoi, 1 algorithme, 2 panex>
              tiles: 1-10 <number of tiles in a column>
              moves: 0-MAXINT <total number of moves>

              startingPosition:  <array  pairs  of column and position of each
              tile>

       This is then followed by the moves, starting from 1.
              move #: <from_column> <to_column>
       from_column is the top tile of the column
       to_column is where that tile is moved to.

REFERENCES

       Mark Manasse & Danny Sleator of AT&T Bell Laboratories  and  Victor  K.
       Wei  of Bell Communications Research, Some Results on the Panex Puzzle,
       Murray Hill, NJ, 1985 20 pp. (unpublished).

       Vladimir Dubrovsky, Nesting Puzzles Part  1:  Moving  oriental  Quantum
       January/February 1996 pp 55-57, 50-51.

       L.  E.  Horden,  Sliding  Piece  Puzzles  (Recreations  in  Mathematics
       Series), Oxford University Press 1986, pp 144, 145.

       Jerry Slocum & Jack Botermans, Puzzles Old & New (How to Make and Solve
       Them), University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1987, p 135.

       Dick Hess, Analysis of the Algorithme 6 Puzzle and its Generalisations,
       Cubism For Fun, July 2008 76 pp 8-13.

SEE ALSO

       X(1), xcubes(6), xtriangles(6),  xhexagons(6),  xmlink(6),  xbarrel(6),
       xmball(6),   xpyraminx(6),  xoct(6),  xrubik(6),  xskewb(6),  xdino(6),
       xabacus(6)

COPYRIGHTS

       ® Copyright 1996-2008, David A. Bagley

       Main algorithm taken from AT&T paper above.

       Thanks to Nick Baxter <nickb@baxterweb.com> for debugging level n  >  4
       and vTrick.

       Though  most  code  by  Rene  Jansen <rene.j.jansen@bigfoot.com> is now
       removed, much inspiration was gained by  his  efforts  implementing  an
       algorithm from Quantum January/February 1996 by Vladimir Dubrovsky.

BUG REPORTS AND PROGRAM UPDATES

       Send bugs (or their reports, or fixes) to the author:
              David A. Bagley, <bagleyd@tux.org>

       The latest version is currently at:
              http://www.tux.org/~bagleyd/puzzles.html
              ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy