XDEMINEUR(6x)

💖 NAME 💖

xdemineur — an X11 minesweeper game 🎀 (yes, the classic, and yes, it will eat your entire afternoon)

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

xdemineur [-v] [-display displayname] [-geometry geom] [-m mines]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so Xdemineur is a minesweeper game for the X Window System. it's giving "one more round" energy and it never stops giving 💀

the whole object of this game is to find where the mines are hiding in the minefield and to mark their location by placing a warning flag 🚩. here's the thing bestie — you get exactly as many flags as there are mines. no extras, no hoarding. the number of flags you still have left to place is displayed in the top left corner of the window, and a timer is chilling in the top right corner ⏱️

the game is played with a three button mouse, as usual with the X Window System. here's the breakdown, iykyk:

• Left button (button 1) — uncovers the square you click on, and you're just praying a mine isn't hidden there 🙈
• the number that shows up in an uncovered square tells you how many mines are located around this square. like, a 3 means there are three mines within the 8 surrounding squares. the whole entire game relies on the right use of these numbers. no cap.
• Right button (button 3) — places a flag on a square, which is you saying "there's a mine here, trust me".
• click again with the right button on a square that already has a flag and the flag turns into a question mark ❓ — super useful if you're trying to guess the possible location of some mine, you can use question marks to think about it.
• one more click with the right button and the question mark disappears. gone. poof ✨
• Middle button (button 2) — click it on an uncovered square that has all its flags placed around it, and it uncovers the surrounding cells which have no flags. this will save you a LOT of time, bestie, it's iconic.

finally, to start a new game, just click on the yellow face above the minefield 😄 it's the main character of the window, honestly.

🌈 OPTIONS 🌈

• -v — prints out the version number and copyright notice, then exits. cute little info dump, then it dips 👋
• -display displayname — specifies the name of the X server to use. see X(1).
• -geometry geom — specifies the initial size and location of the window. see X(1). the size is expressed in number of columns times number of rows. the default is 30x16. the minimum number of columns is 12.
• -m mines — specifies the number of mines in the minefield. and here's the tea: if there are more mines than squares in the minefield, the default mine number is used instead 🫠

💀 BUGS 💀

please report any bug you could find in xdemineur to <babafou@babafou.eu.org>. also, you should tell me the customizations you may have done, such as adding new functions to the game or making modifications to allow the game to run on your system. devs supporting devs, we love to see it 🫶

👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 1993-1999 Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. The author makes no representations about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

heads up bestie: it's provided "as is", no express or implied warranty, so no blaming anyone if things go sideways 💅

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Marc Baudoin <babafou@babafou.eu.org>

aaaand that's the whole page, filed under XDEMINEUR(6x) — section 6x, games, exactly where a certified banger like this belongs 🎮✨ go click that yellow face, bestie, you got this 💖