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.TH CHESSCLOCK UCB 2/24/79 UCB
.SH NAME
chessclock \- a poor mans chess clock
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chessclock
[
.B \-m
moves ] [
.B \-t
time ] [
.B \-M
contmoves ] [
.B \-T
conttime ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Chessclock
is an electronic chessclock for crt's.
The space bar switches the clock.
The clock can be paused by `p' and continued by `c'.
The `q' key quits the clock.
The `!' key pauses the clock and forks a shell on one input line.
Any other key describes these options.
.PP
By default
.I chessclock
implements five minute chess.
Each player has at most five minutes to play the game.
A move limit can be specified with
.B \-m
after this many moves have elapsed the clocks are reset and the
same number of moves must be played in the same amount of time.
A different amount of time (in minutes) can be given with the
.B \-t
option.
.PP
To give a different continuation strategy after the basic period
one can give the continuation time with the
.B \-T
flag and the number of moves in a continuation period with
.B \-M.
If either of these is specified, the other defaults to the basic period
quantity.
.PP
Finally, argument times may be include `:' to give times in
minutes and seconds rather than just minutes.
.SH FILES
.DT
/bin/sh	Shell
.SH AUTHOR
Bill Joy
.SH BUGS
Unequal settings of the clock for black and white are not possible.
Commit	Line	Data
8b3a6d2f BJ	1	.TH CHESSCLOCK UCB 2/24/79 UCB
	2	.SH NAME
	3	chessclock \- a poor mans chess clock
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B chessclock
	6	[
	7	.B \-m
	8	moves ] [
	9	.B \-t
	10	time ] [
	11	.B \-M
	12	contmoves ] [
	13	.B \-T
	14	conttime ]
	15	.SH DESCRIPTION
	16	.I Chessclock
	17	is an electronic chessclock for crt's.
	18	The space bar switches the clock.
	19	The clock can be paused by `p' and continued by `c'.
	20	The `q' key quits the clock.
	21	The `!' key pauses the clock and forks a shell on one input line.
	22	Any other key describes these options.
	23	.PP
	24	By default
	25	.I chessclock
	26	implements five minute chess.
	27	Each player has at most five minutes to play the game.
	28	A move limit can be specified with
	29	.B \-m
	30	after this many moves have elapsed the clocks are reset and the
	31	same number of moves must be played in the same amount of time.
	32	A different amount of time (in minutes) can be given with the
	33	.B \-t
	34	option.
	35	.PP
	36	To give a different continuation strategy after the basic period
	37	one can give the continuation time with the
	38	.B \-T
	39	flag and the number of moves in a continuation period with
	40	.B \-M.
	41	If either of these is specified, the other defaults to the basic period
	42	quantity.
	43	.PP
	44	Finally, argument times may be include `:' to give times in
	45	minutes and seconds rather than just minutes.
	46	.SH FILES
	47	.DT
	48	/bin/sh Shell
	49	.SH AUTHOR
	50	Bill Joy
	51	.SH BUGS
	52	Unequal settings of the clock for black and white are not possible.