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Detect the OS and configure build flags and libraries automatically
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1 rantaiwarna
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2 ===========
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4 Description
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5 -----------
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7 rantaiwarna is a tile-matching puzzle game which is also known under the names
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8 "Chain Shot!" or "SameGame". It is played on a rectangular board which is
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9 initially filled with elements of several different colors. Two or more
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10 adjacent elements of the same color may be eliminated, the score resulting from
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11 the elimination of elements depends on the number of elements eliminated at
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12 once. The goal of the game is to eliminate as many elements as possible until
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13 there are no more adjacent elements of the same color left or the board is
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14 completely cleared. Vertical gaps resulting from the elimination of elements
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15 are filled by sliding down elements from above the gap, column gaps are filled
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16 by sliding columns on the right side of the column gap to the left.
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18 Build Instructions
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21 rantaiwarna requires a POSIX:2004 compatible operating system, it has been
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22 tested to work on Linux distributions, FreeBSD, NetBSD, Solaris and
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23 Illumos-derived distributions, and UnixWare. The following tools and shared
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24 libraries are required to build rantaiwarna:
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26 - GNU make >= 3.81
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27 - GNU or BSD install
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28 - an implementation of the curses library compatible with X/Open CURSES
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29 Issue 4 (rantaiwarna can take advantage of advanced features of recent
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30 ncurses versions, in particular mouse support, but it also works with the
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31 native curses implementations of at least Solaris, NetBSD, and UnixWare)
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33 Rebuilding the man pages additionally requires the xsltproc tool from libxml2.
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35 Before building rantaiwarna check the commented macros in the Makefile for any
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36 macros you may need to override depending on the used toolchain and operating
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37 system.
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39 By default, all files will be installed under the "/usr/local" directory, a
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40 different installation path prefix can be set via the `prefix` macro. In
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41 addition, a second path prefix can be specified via the `DESTDIR` macro which
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42 will be prepended to any path, incuding the `prefix` macro path prefix. In
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43 contrast to `prefix`, the path specified via the `DESTDIR` macro will only be
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44 prepended to paths during installation and not be used for constructing
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45 internal paths.
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47 The following instructions assume that `make` is GNU make, on some platforms
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48 it may be installed under a different name or a non-default path. In order to
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49 start the build process run `make all`. After a successful build, run `make
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50 install` to install the program, any associated data files and the
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51 documentation.
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53 Previously built binaries, object files, generated data files and
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54 documentation can be removed by running `make clean`, any additional,
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55 generated files which are not removed by the `clean` target can be removed by
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56 running `make clobber`.
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58 Contact
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59 -------
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61 Please send any feedback, translations or bug reports via email to
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62 <guido+rantaiwarna@berhoerster.name>.
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64 Bug Reports
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67 When sending bug reports, please always mention the exact version of
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68 rantaiwarna with which the issue occurs as well as the version of the
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69 operating system you are using and make sure that you provide sufficient
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70 information to reproduce the issue and include any input, output, any error
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71 messages.
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73 In case of build issues, please also specify the implementations and versions
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77 In case of crashes, please generate a stack trace with a suitable debugger
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78 such as gdb, lldb, dbx, or debug after a crash has occurred either by
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79 examining the resulting core file or by running the program from the debugger
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80 and attach it to the bug report. In order to generate a meaningful stack
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81 trace the program as well as any dynamically linked libraries need to be built
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82 with debugging information, see the documentation of the used compiler for the
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83 required compiler flags. If any of the dynamically linked shared libraries do
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84 not contain debugging information, please either install debugging information
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85 for these libraries using mechanisms provided by your operating system or
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86 rebuild the libraries accordingly. Please refer to the documentation of the
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87 debugger for detailed instructions on generating backtraces.
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89 License
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92 Except otherwise noted, all files are Copyright (C) 2014 Guido Berhoerster and
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95 Copyright (C) 2014 Guido Berhoerster <guido+rantaiwarna@berhoerster.name>
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97 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
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98 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
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99 "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
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101 distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
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105 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
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106 in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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108 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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