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Chapter 13
Using Puzzle


Puzzle is a video version of a number puzzle with sliding squares. To play with Puzzle, you can either use the mouse or type corresponding numbers from the keypad.

This chapter describes how to

Starting Puzzle

To start Puzzle:

  1. Choose Menu Bar... from the Session Manager's Options menu. A dialog box appears.
  2. Click on Games.
  3. Click on OK or Apply. The Games menu appears on the Session Manager's menu bar.
  4. Choose Puzzle from the Session Manager's Games menu. Puzzle appears on the screen.

Playing with Puzzle

The puzzle squares are scrambled. The trick is to arrange them in ascending order in the fewest possible moves. Puzzle keeps track of the number of moves you make.

Click on the square you want to move. Alternatively, you can type the corresponding number on the keypad and press the Enter key. Although you can move only those squares that are adjacent to the blank square, you can slide an entire row at a time.

You can make Puzzle easier or more challenging by changing the settings. To change the Puzzle settings, choose Settings... from the Options menu. A dialog box appears.


Try increasing the number of squares per side. To do so, press and hold MB1 on the number in the slider and drag to the right. To change the settings, click on OK. To return to Puzzle without changing any settings, click on Cancel.

To save the changes you made, choose Save Settings from the Options menu before you exit Puzzle. To restore the system settings, choose Restore System Settings from the Options menu.

Starting a New Game

You can end an existing game at any time. To rescramble the squares and start a new game, choose New Game from the File menu.

Exiting Puzzle

To exit Puzzle, choose Exit from the File menu.


Appendix A
Composing Characters

In a DECterm window, you can use compose sequences to create special characters. A compose sequence is a series of keystrokes that create characters that do not exist as standard keys on your keyboard. You can create any character from the character set that DECterm is currently using. (For more information about choosing a character set, see Chapter 8.)

Depending on the keyboard type, you compose characters in either of the following ways:

To compose a character:

  1. Find the character you want to create in column 1 of the three tables that follow.
  2. To compose a three-stroke sequence, simultaneously press and then release the Compose key and the space bar, and type the two characters in column 2.

    Note

    You must simultaneously press the Compose key and the space bar to begin a compose sequence.
  3. To compose a two-stroke sequence, type the two characters in column 3. The desired character is displayed.
  4. Press the Compose key and space bar, <X| key, Tab key, Return key, or Enter key to cancel a compose sequence.

Note

The North American, United Kingdom, and Dutch keyboards do not have diacritical marks. If you use a diacritical mark, DECterm uses an equivalent character.

The characters that you compose in Multinational Character Mode are as follows:
Character   Three-Stroke
Sequence
Two-Stroke
Sequence
" double quotation
mark
" space bar " space bar
# number sign ++  
' apostrophe ' space bar ' space bar
@ commercial at A A  
[ opening bracket ( (  
\ backslash / / or / <  
] closing bracket ) )  
^ circumflex accent ^ space bar ^ space bar
` grave accent ` space bar ` space bar
{ opening brace ( -  
| vertical line / ^  
} closing brace ) -  
~ tilde ~ space bar ~ space bar
¡ inverted ! !!  
¢ cent sign C / or C|  
£ pound sign L- or L=  
¥ yen sign Y- or Y=  
§ section sign SO or S! or S0  
¤ currency sign XO or X0  
© copyright sign CO or C0  
ª feminine ordinal A_  
« open angle brackets < <  
° degree sign 0 ^  
± plus-or-minus sign + - -  
² superscript 2 2 ^  
³ superscript 3 3 ^  
µ micro sign / U  
paragraph sign P!  
· middle dot . ^  
¹ superscript 1 1 ^  
º masculine ordinal O_  
» closed angle brackets >>  
¼ fraction one-quarter 1 4  
½ fraction one-half 1 2  
¿ inverted ? ??  
À A grave A` `A
Á A acute A' 'A
 A circumflex A^ ^A
à A tilde A~ ~A
Ä A umlaut A" or "A "A
Å A ring A* or A° °A
    (degree sign)  
Æ A E diphthong AE  
Ç C cedilla C,  
È E grave E` `E
É E acute E' 'E
Ê E circumflex E^ ^E
Ë E umlaut E" or "E "E
Ì I grave I` `I
Í I acute I' 'I
Î I circumflex I^ ^I
Ï I umlaut I" or "I "I
Ñ N tilde N ~ ~ N
Ò O grave O` `O
Ó O acute O' 'O
Ô O circumflex O^ ^O
Õ O tilde O~ ~O
Ö O umlaut O" or "O "O
OE O E diphthong O E  
Ø O slash O /  
Ù U grave U` `U
Ú U acute U' 'U
Û U circumflex U^ ^U
Ü U umlaut U" or "U "U
Y Y umlaut Y" or "Y "Y
ß German small sharp s ss  
à a grave a` `a
á a acute a' 'a
â a circumflex a^ ^a
ã a tilde a~ ~a
ä a umlaut a" or "a "a
å a ring a* or a° °a
    (degree sign)  
æ a e diphthong a e  
ç c cedilla c , (comma)  
è e grave e` `e
é e acute e' 'e
ê e circumflex e^ ^e
ë e umlaut e" or "e "e
ì i grave i` `i
í i acute i' 'i
î i circumflex i^ ^i
ï i umlaut i" or "i "i
ñ n tilde n~ ~n
ò o grave o` `o
ó o acute o' 'o
ô o circumflex o^ ^o
õ o tilde o~ ~o
ö o umlaut o" or "o "o
oe o e diphthong o e  
ø o slash o/  
ù u grave u` `u
ú u acute u' 'u
û u circumflex u^ ^u
ü u umlaut u" or "u "u
ÿ y umlaut y" or "y "y
       
ISO Latin 1 Characters 1
  no break space sp sp  
|| broken vertical bar || or ! ^  
-, logical not - ,  
SHY soft (syllable) hyphen - -  
RO registered trademark R O  
-- macron - ^  
3/4 three quarters 3 4  
-: division sign - :  
xx multiplication sign x x  
' acute accent ' '  
, cedilla , ,  
" diereses " " " space bar
Y' Y acute Y' 'Y
y' y acute y' 'y
TH capital Icelandic thorn T H  
th small Icelandic thorn t h  
-D capital Icelandic Eth - D  
-d small Icelandic Eth - d  


1In the ISO Latin 1 mode, the characters ÷, ×, and Ý are not available.

The characters that you compose in National Replacement Mode using the typewriter keys are as follows:
Character   Three-Stroke
Sequence
Two-Stroke
Sequence
British
£ pound sign L- or L=  
` grave accent ` space bar  
       
Danish
# number sign ++  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
@ commercial at AA  
` grave accent ` space bar  
Dutch
£ pound sign L- or L=  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
¼ one quarter 1 4  
½ one half 1 2  
3/4 three quarters 3 4  
ij i j sign i j  
fl florin f -  
` grave accent ` space bar  
' acute accent ' '  
.. diereses " ^  
       
Finnish
# number sign ++  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
       
Flemish and French/Belgian
£ pound sign L- or L=  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
` grave accent ` space bar  
       
French Canadian
' apostrophe ' space bar  
à a grave `a `a
â a circumflex ^ a ^ a
è e grave `e `e
ê e circumflex ^ e ^ e
î i circumflex ^ i ^ i
ô o circumflex ^ o ^ o
ù u grave `u `u
û u circumflex ^ u ^ u
       
German/Austrian
' apostrophe ' space bar  
` grave accent ` space bar  
       
Italian
' apostrophe ' space bar  
       
Norwegian
' apostrophe ' space bar  
` grave accent ` space bar  
       
Portuguese
' apostrophe ' space bar  
` grave accent ` space bar  
à A tilde ~ A  
Õ O tilde ~ O  
ã a tilde ~ a  
õ o tilde ~ o  
       
Spanish
£ pound sign L- or L=  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
§ section sign !S or OS or 0S  
` grave accent ` space bar  
~ tilde ~ space bar  
       
Swedish
# number sign ++  
' apostrophe ' space bar  
É E acute ' E  
é e acute ' e  
       
Swiss/French and Swiss/German
' apostrophe ' space bar  
ê e circumflex ^ e ^ e
î i circumflex ^ i ^ i
ô o circumflex ^ o ^ o
ù u grave ` u ` u
û u circumflex ^ u ^ u


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