cursor keys to drag a rectangle out from that position, and pressing
the return key again completes the rectangle. Using the space bar
instead of the return key allows you to erase the contents of a
-rectangle without affecting its edges, as above.
+rectangle without affecting its edges, as above. Pressing escape
+cancels a drag.
When a rectangle of the correct size is completed, it will be shaded.
return key will cycle the current cell through empty, then black, then
white, then empty, and the space bar does the same cycle in reverse.
+Moving the cursor while holding Control will colour the moved-over
+squares black. Holding Shift will colour the moved-over squares
+white, and holding both will colour them grey.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{pattern-parameters} \I{parameters, for Pattern}Pattern parameters
You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid. Pressing the
return or space keys will place a \cw{\\} or a \cw{/}, respectively,
-and will then cycle them as above.
+and will then cycle them as above. You can also press \cw{/} or
+\cw{\\} to place a \cw{/} or \cw{\\}, respectively, independent of
+what is already in the cursor square. Backspace removes any line from
+the cursor square.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
feature).
You can also move around the grid with the cursor keys; typing a digit will
-fill the square containing the cursor with that number, or typing 0, Space,
-or Enter will clear it. You can also select multiple squares for numbering
-or clearing by using the return key, before typing a digit to fill in the
-highlighted squares (as above).
+fill the square containing the cursor with that number; typing 0 will clear
+it. You can also select multiple squares for numbering or clearing with the
+return and arrow keys, before typing a digit to fill or clear the highlighted
+squares (as above). The space bar adds and removes single squares to and from
+the selection. Backspace and escape remove all squares from the selection.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
Pressing M will fill in a full set of pencil marks in every square
that does not have a main digit in it.
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it
+if it is already marked.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{towers-parameters} \I{parameters, for Towers}Towers parameters
\q{this cannot be blank} (which can be useful to note deductions while
solving), and right-clicking again empties the domino.
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it if
+it is already marked.
+
You can also use the cursor keys to move a cursor around the grid.
Pressing the return key will lay a domino with a positive pole at that
position; pressing again reverses the polarity and then removes the
You can also use the cursor keys to move around the grid squares.
Pressing Return does the same as clicking with the left button, while
-pressing Space does the same as a right button click.
+pressing Space does the same as a right button click. Moving with the
+cursor keys while holding Shift will place dots in all squares that
+are moved through.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
turns, you might mark the one way it \e{can't} go with a cross.)
Alternatively, use the cursor keys to move the cursor. Use the Enter
-key to begin and end keyboard `drag' operations. Use the Space key to
-cancel the drag. Use Ctrl-arrowkey and Shift-arrowkey to simulate a
-left or right click, respectively, on the edge in the given direction
-relative to the cursor, i.e. to draw a segment or a cross.
+key to begin and end keyboard `drag' operations. Use the Space,
+Escape or Backspace keys to cancel the drag. Or, hold Control while
+dragging with the cursor keys to toggle segments as you move between
+squares.
+
+Pressing Control-Shift-arrowkey or Shift-arrowkey simulates a left or
+right click, respectively, on the edge in the direction of the key.
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
you can press \q{A} to toggle between showing the monsters as monsters or
showing them as letters.
+Left-clicking a clue will mark it as done (grey it out), or unmark it
+if it is already marked.
+
(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
\H{undead-parameters} \I{parameters, for Undead}Undead parameters
\dd If enabled, no two rows are permitted to have exactly the same
pattern, and likewise columns. (A row and a column can match, though.)
+\C{flood} \i{Flood}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.flood}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, coloured at random in multiple
+colours. In each move, you can flood-fill the top left square in a
+colour of your choice (i.e. every square reachable from the starting
+square by an orthogonally connected path of squares all the same
+colour will be filled in the new colour). As you do this, more and
+more of the grid becomes connected to the starting square.
+
+Your aim is to make the whole grid the same colour, in as few moves as
+possible. The game will set a limit on the number of moves, based on
+running its own internal solver. You win if you can make the whole
+grid the same colour in that many moves or fewer.
+
+I saw this game (with a fixed grid size, fixed number of colours, and
+fixed move limit) at \W{http://floodit.appspot.com}\cw{floodit.appspot.com}.
+
+\H{flood-controls} \I{controls, for Flood}Flood controls
+
+To play Flood, click the mouse in a square. The top left corner and
+everything connected to it will be flood-filled with the colour of the
+square you clicked. Clicking a square the same colour as the top left
+corner has no effect, and therefore does not count as a move.
+
+You can also use the cursor keys to move a cursor (outline black
+square) around the grid. Pressing the return key will fill the top
+left corner in the colour of the square under the cursor.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{flood-parameters} \I{parameters, for Flood}Flood parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of the grid, in squares.
+
+\dt \e{Colours}
+
+\dd Number of colours used to fill the grid. Must be at least 3 (with
+two colours there would only be one legal move at any stage, hence no
+choice to make at all), and at most 10.
+
+\dt \e{Extra moves permitted}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the puzzle, by increasing the move
+limit. In each new grid, Flood will run an internal solver to generate
+its own solution, and then the value in this field will be added to
+the length of Flood's solution to generate the game's move limit. So a
+value of 0 requires you to be just as efficient as Flood's automated
+solver, and a larger value makes it easier.
+
+\lcont{
+
+(Note that Flood's internal solver will not necessarily find the
+shortest possible solution, though I believe it's pretty close. For a
+real challenge, set this value to 0 and then try to solve a grid in
+\e{strictly fewer} moves than the limit you're given!)
+
+}
+
+\C{tracks} \i{Tracks}
+
+\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.tracks}
+
+You are given a grid of squares, some of which are filled with train
+tracks. You need to complete the track from A to B so that the rows and
+columns contain the same number of track segments as are indicated in the
+clues to the top and right of the grid.
+
+There are only straight and 90 degree curved rails, and the track may not
+cross itself.
+
+Tracks was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
+
+\H{tracks-controls} \I{controls, for Tracks}Tracks controls
+
+Left-clicking on an edge between two squares adds a track segment between
+the two squares. Right-clicking on an edge adds a cross on the edge,
+indicating no track is possible there.
+
+Left-clicking in a square adds a colour indicator showing that you know the
+square must contain a track, even if you don't know which edges it crosses
+yet. Right-clicking in a square adds a cross indicating it contains no
+track segment.
+
+Left- or right-dragging between squares allows you to lay a straight line
+of is-track or is-not-track indicators, useful for filling in rows or
+columns to match the clue.
+
+(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
+
+\H{tracks-parameters} \I{parameters, for Tracks}Tracks parameters
+
+These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
+\q{Type} menu.
+
+\dt \e{Width}, \e{Height}
+
+\dd Size of the grid, in squares.
+
+\dt \e{Difficulty}
+
+\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle: at Tricky level,
+you are required to make more deductions regarding disregarding moves
+that would lead to impossible crossings later.
+
+\dt \e{Disallow consecutive 1 clues}
+
+\dd Controls whether the Tracks game generation permits two adjacent
+rows or columns to have a 1 clue, or permits the row or column of the
+track's endpoint to have a 1 clue. By default this is not permitted,
+to avoid long straight boring segments of track and make the games
+more twiddly and interesting. If you want to restore the possibility,
+turn this option off.
+
+
\A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2014 Simon Tatham.
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