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.TH NIBBLES 6 "MAY 1999" ZNibbles "ZNibbles User Manuals"
.SH NAME
nibbles - Server for the ZNibbles multiplayer game.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nibbles [OPTIONS] ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B ZNibbles 
is a classic multiplayer networked game for X11, GTK+ and Motif
based on the old nibbles game. Each player controls a worm and tries to 
grow as much as possible by eating nibbles. Any number of players can 
join the game at any time. It is a client/server game which means multiple
clients connect to a server located on the network.
.PP
.B nibbles 
is the ZNibbles game server. Clients will connect to this server
to play together.
.PP
Note that once the server is started, you will need to use a client
such as
.B gznibbles
or
.B znibbles
to play the game. See
.BR znibbles ( 6 ),
.BR gznibbles ( 6 )
and
.BR znibblesX ( 6 ).
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-h, --help"
Print a help screen. 
.IP "-V, --version"
Display version of 
.I nibbles.
.IP "-d, --debug"
Enable debug output
.IP "-p \fINUM\fP, --port=\fINUM\fP"
Listen for clients on port 
.I NUM.
Default port is
.I 5051
.IP "-s \fINUMxNUM\fP, --size=\fINUMxNUM\fP"
Create a world with dimensions 
.I NUM
x
.I NUM.
Default size is 80x40.
.IP "-w \fINUM\fP, --width=\fINUM\fP"
Create a world with a width of 
.I NUM.
Default width is 80.
.IP "-g \fINUM\fP, --height=\fINUM\fP"
Create a world with a height of 
.I NUM.
Default width is 40.
.IP "-c, --no-computer"
Disable computer-controlled worms.
.SH NOTE
This man page is a first attempt at making a decent documentation. 
Expect useful information in the next version.
.SH AUTHOR
Vincent Mallet <vmallet@enst.fr>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR znibbles(6),
.IR gznibbles(6),
.IR znibblesX(6)