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.TH ZNIBBLES 6 "MAY 1999" ZNibbles "ZNibbles User Manuals"
.SH NAME
gznibbles, znibbles, znibblesX \- Clients for the ZNibbles multiplayer game.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B znibbles [options]..
.I playername
.PP
.B gznibbles [options]..
.I playername
.PP
.B znibblesX [options]..
.I playername
.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
In order to play the game, you will have to start a ZNibbles server first.
This is done by using 
.BR nibbles ( 6 ).
.PP
.B znibbles
is the ZNibbles Motif client. It needs Motif 1.2.
.PP
.B gznibbles
is the GTK+ client. This is probably the client you will want to use as it
is kept more up to date.
.PP
.B znibblesX
is the bare X11 client. This one will work on a much wider range of platforms
but is not as nice as other clients.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "-h, --help"
Print a help screen. 
.IP "-V, --version"
Display version of 
.I nibbles.
.IP "-d, --debug"
Enable debug output
.IP "-n \fIHOST\fP, --port=\fIHOST\fP"
Connect to server 
.I HOST.
Default host is 
.I localhost.
.IP "-p \fINUM\fP, --port=\fINUM\fP"
Connect to server on port 
.I NUM.
Default port is 5051. 
.IP "-m \fIfilename\fP, --message-file=\fIfilename\fP"
Load predefined messages from 
.I filename.
These messages are bound to keys 0, 1, ..., 9 and can be sent
to other players during the game by pressing the corresponding key.
.IP "-t, --twokey"
Only use two keys (left and right) to control the worm. 
.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 nibbles(6)