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.TH WORMS 6
.SH NAME
worms  \-  animate worms on a display terminal
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B worms
[
.B -field
] [
.B -length
# ] [
.B -number
# ] [
.B -trail
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.ad b
Brian Horn (cithep!bdh) showed me a
.I TOPS-20
program on the DEC-2136 machine called
.IR WORM ,
and suggested that I write a similar program that would run under
.IR Unix .
I did, and no apologies.
.PP
.B -field
makes a "field" for the worm(s) to eat;
.B -trail
causes each worm to leave a trail behind it.  You can figure
out the rest by yourself.
.SH FILES
/etc/termcap
.SH AUTHOR
Eric P. Scott
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR Snails ,
by Karl Heuer
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
Invalid length
.br
	Value not in range  2 <= length <= 1024
.sp
Invalid number of worms
.br
	Value not in range  1 <= number <= 40
.sp
TERM: parameter not set
.br
	The
.B TERM
environment variable is not defined.  Do
.sp
		\fBTERM=\fRterminal type
.br
		\fBexport TERM\fR
.sp
Unknown terminal type
.br
	Your terminal type (as determined from the
.B TERM
environment variable) is not defined in
.BR /etc/termcap .
.sp
Terminal not capable of cursor motion
.br
	Your terminal is too stupid to run this program.
.sp
Out of memory
.br
	This should never happen on a VAX.
.SH BUGS
The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly
on a terminal that wraps at the right margin.
.PP
Terminal initialization is not performed.
.PP
There should be an option to have the worms eat
.I Pink Floyd
lyrics.
Commit	Line	Data
882b38fd C	1	.TH WORMS 6
	2	.SH NAME
	3	worms \- animate worms on a display terminal
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B worms
	6	[
	7	.B -field
	8	] [
	9	.B -length
	10	# ] [
	11	.B -number
	12	# ] [
	13	.B -trail
	14	]
	15	.SH DESCRIPTION
	16	.ad b
	17	Brian Horn (cithep!bdh) showed me a
	18	.I TOPS-20
	19	program on the DEC-2136 machine called
	20	.IR WORM ,
	21	and suggested that I write a similar program that would run under
	22	.IR Unix .
	23	I did, and no apologies.
	24	.PP
	25	.B -field
	26	makes a "field" for the worm(s) to eat;
	27	.B -trail
	28	causes each worm to leave a trail behind it. You can figure
	29	out the rest by yourself.
	30	.SH FILES
	31	/etc/termcap
	32	.SH AUTHOR
	33	Eric P. Scott
	34	.SH SEE ALSO
	35	.IR Snails ,
	36	by Karl Heuer
	37	.SH DIAGNOSTICS
	38	Invalid length
	39	.br
	40	Value not in range 2 <= length <= 1024
	41	.sp
	42	Invalid number of worms
	43	.br
	44	Value not in range 1 <= number <= 40
	45	.sp
	46	TERM: parameter not set
	47	.br
	48	The
	49	.B TERM
	50	environment variable is not defined. Do
	51	.sp
	52	\fBTERM=\fRterminal type
	53	.br
	54	\fBexport TERM\fR
	55	.sp
	56	Unknown terminal type
	57	.br
	58	Your terminal type (as determined from the
	59	.B TERM
	60	environment variable) is not defined in
	61	.BR /etc/termcap .
	62	.sp
	63	Terminal not capable of cursor motion
	64	.br
65	Your terminal is too stupid to run this program.
66	.sp
67	Out of memory
68	.br
69	This should never happen on a VAX.
70	.SH BUGS
71	The lower-right-hand character position will not be updated properly
72	on a terminal that wraps at the right margin.
73	.PP
74	Terminal initialization is not performed.
75	.PP
76	There should be an option to have the worms eat
77	.I Pink Floyd
78	lyrics.