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.TH QUIZ 6 
.SH NAME
quiz \- test your knowledge
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B /usr/games/quiz
[
.B \-i
file ]
[
.B \-t
] [ category1 category2 ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Quiz
gives associative
knowledge tests on various subjects.
It asks items chosen from
.I category1
and expects answers from
.IR category2 .
If no categories are specified,
.I quiz
gives instructions
and lists the available categories.
.PP
.I Quiz
tells a correct answer whenever you type
a bare newline.
At the end of input, upon interrupt,
or when questions run out,
.I quiz
reports a score and terminates.
.PP
The
.B \-t
flag specifies `tutorial' mode,
where missed questions are repeated
later, and material is gradually introduced as you learn.
.PP
The
.B \-i
flag causes the named file to be substituted for the
default index file.
The lines of these files have the  syntax:
.IP "" 4
.nf
.ta \w'alternate 'u
line	= category newline \(bv category `:' line
category	= alternate \(bv category `|' alternate
alternate	= empty \(bv alternate primary
primary	= character \(bv `[' category `]' \(bv option
option	= `{' category `}'
.PP
.fi
The first category on each
line of an index file names an information file.
The remaining categories specify the order and contents of
the data in each line of the
information file.
Information files have the same syntax.
Backslash `\\' is used as with
.IR sh (1)
to quote syntactically
significant characters or to insert transparent
newlines into a line.
When either a question or its answer is empty,
.I quiz
will refrain from asking it.
.SH FILES
/usr/games/quiz.k/*
.SH BUGS
The construct `a|ab' doesn't work in an information
file.
Use `a{b}'.
Commit	Line	Data
60913c9a BJ	1	.TH QUIZ 6
	2	.SH NAME
	3	quiz \- test your knowledge
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B /usr/games/quiz
	6	[
	7	.B \-i
	8	file ]
	9	[
	10	.B \-t
	11	] [ category1 category2 ]
	12	.SH DESCRIPTION
	13	.I Quiz
	14	gives associative
	15	knowledge tests on various subjects.
	16	It asks items chosen from
	17	.I category1
	18	and expects answers from
	19	.IR category2 .
	20	If no categories are specified,
	21	.I quiz
	22	gives instructions
	23	and lists the available categories.
	24	.PP
	25	.I Quiz
	26	tells a correct answer whenever you type
	27	a bare newline.
	28	At the end of input, upon interrupt,
	29	or when questions run out,
	30	.I quiz
	31	reports a score and terminates.
	32	.PP
	33	The
	34	.B \-t
	35	flag specifies `tutorial' mode,
	36	where missed questions are repeated
	37	later, and material is gradually introduced as you learn.
	38	.PP
	39	The
	40	.B \-i
	41	flag causes the named file to be substituted for the
	42	default index file.
	43	The lines of these files have the syntax:
	44	.IP "" 4
	45	.nf
	46	.ta \w'alternate 'u
	47	line = category newline \(bv category `:' line
	48	category = alternate \(bv category `\|' alternate
	49	alternate = empty \(bv alternate primary
	50	primary = character \(bv `[' category `]' \(bv option
	51	option = `{' category `}'
	52	.PP
	53	.fi
	54	The first category on each
	55	line of an index file names an information file.
	56	The remaining categories specify the order and contents of
	57	the data in each line of the
	58	information file.
	59	Information files have the same syntax.
	60	Backslash `\\' is used as with
	61	.IR sh (1)
	62	to quote syntactically
	63	significant characters or to insert transparent
	64	newlines into a line.
65	When either a question or its answer is empty,
66	.I quiz
67	will refrain from asking it.
68	.SH FILES
69	/usr/games/quiz.k/*
70	.SH BUGS
71	The construct `a\|ab' doesn't work in an information
72	file.
73	Use `a{b}'.