[four-in-a-row] Changed user-help to Mallard
- From: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [four-in-a-row] Changed user-help to Mallard
- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:31:13 +0000 (UTC)
commit 690ebac66b404bcad3b00ce6f81b8759892ec9fd
Author: Aruna Sankaranarayanan <arunasank src gnome org>
Date: Fri Mar 29 17:02:32 2013 +0530
Changed user-help to Mallard
Added 9 new pages to Mallard documentation for Four-in-a-row.
These are appearance.page, basics.page, choose-opponent.page
controls-change.page, controls-default.page, index.page,
make-easy.page, scores.page, sound-animation.page
Edited ../Makefile.am
Added a new image to help/C/figures - logo.png.
Removed trailing whitespaces and made text 80 characters compliant
Changed contents of legal.xml to CC-by-SA.
help/C/appearance.page | 40 ++++
help/C/basics.page | 53 +++++
help/C/choose-opponent.page | 54 +++++
help/C/controls-change.page | 55 +++++
help/C/controls-default.page | 40 ++++
help/C/figures/logo.png | Bin 0 -> 562 bytes
help/C/index.docbook | 515 ------------------------------------------
help/C/index.page | 33 +++
help/C/legal.xml | 82 +------
help/C/make-easy.page | 55 +++++
help/C/scores.page | 57 +++++
help/C/sound-animation.page | 41 ++++
help/Makefile.am | 13 +-
13 files changed, 445 insertions(+), 593 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/appearance.page b/help/C/appearance.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d062756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/appearance.page
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="appearance">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Use different themes to improve your gaming experience.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Change the appearance of your gaming area</title>
+
+ <p>By default, <app>Four-in-a-row</app> uses solid red and blue marbles
+ against a black grid when you start a new game. In order to use a different
+ theme:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Settings</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Game</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Under <gui>Appearance</gui>, you will see
+ <gui style="group">Theme</gui>. Pick the theme of your choice from
+ the drop down menu present on the right of <gui>Theme</gui>. The change
+ will be reflected immediately in the game window.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/basics.page b/help/C/basics.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4b2d408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/basics.page
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="basics">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc> Start, play in fullscreen mode and quit a game of
+ <app>Four-in-a-row</app>.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Basic instructions</title>
+
+<section id="start">
+ <title>Start a new game</title>
+
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">New</gui></guiseq>
+ or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq> to start a new
+ game.</p>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="fullscreen">
+ <title>Play <app>Four-in-a-row</app> in fullscreen mode</title>
+
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">View</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Fullscreen</gui></guiseq> or press <key>F11</key> to
+ play your game in fullscreen mode. You can return to the default screen size
+ by pressing <key>F11</key> again.</p>
+
+</section>
+
+<section id="quit">
+ <title>Quit <app>Four-in-a-row</app></title>
+
+ <p> Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Quit</gui></guiseq> or press
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Q</key></keyseq> to quit <app>Four-in-a-row</app>
+ at any time.</p>
+
+</section>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/choose-opponent.page b/help/C/choose-opponent.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6326610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/choose-opponent.page
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="choose-opponent">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Change the level at which the computer plays or play with a
+ friend.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Choose a different opponent to play with</title>
+ <p>By default, your opponent in <app>Four-in-a-row</app> is the computer,
+ playing at level 1. To change this level or to play with a friend:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Settings</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Game</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>You will see <gui>Player One</gui> and <gui>Player Two</gui>. Under
+ each player, you can see the color of his marbles or blocks during the
+ game. Choose <gui style="radiobutton">Human</gui> if want to play with a
+ friend or family member. Alternatively, if you want to play against the
+ computer and want to change the level at which the computer plays, you
+ can choose between <gui style="radiobutton">Level one</gui>,
+ <gui style="radiobutton">Level two</gui> or
+ <gui style="radiobutton">Level three</gui>, where
+ <gui style="radiobutton">Level one</gui> is the
+ easiest level and <gui style="radiobutton">Level three</gui> is the most
+ difficult level.</p>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>If you are playing with a friend or family member,
+ <gui>Player One</gui> gets to play first in the first game of
+ <app>Four-in-a-row</app>. In subsequent games, the chance to play first
+ is given alternately to each player. So, <gui>Player Two</gui> will get
+ to play first in the second game, <gui>Player One</gui> can play first
+ in the third game and so on.</p>
+ </note>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/controls-change.page b/help/C/controls-change.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc8cba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/controls-change.page
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="controls-change">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
+
+ <link type="seealso" xref="controls-default"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Set custom control keys.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Change the default controls</title>
+
+ <p>To change the <link xref="controls-default">default controls</link> in
+ <app>Four-in-a-row</app>: </p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Settings</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Keyboard Controls</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>In the list, select the line you want to change, then click on the
+ control. This highlights the line and the words
+ <gui>New accelerator…</gui> are now present in place of the
+ old control.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Press the key you want to use instead of the default key.</p>
+ <note style="tip">
+ <p>To keep the old setting click <gui>New accelerator…</gui> again,
+ right click on <gui>New accelerator…</gui>, press <key>Esc</key> or
+ click anywhere else inside the <gui>Keyboard Controls</gui> box.</p>
+ </note>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <p>When you are playing with a friend or a family member, both players
+ will share the same set of controls, to be used alternately during your
+ respective turns.</p>
+ </note>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/controls-default.page b/help/C/controls-default.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f570645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/controls-default.page
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="controls-default">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
+
+ <link type="seealso" xref="controls-change"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Default controls for <app>Four-in-a-row</app>.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Controls</title>
+
+ <p>You can use your mouse and click on a particular square in the game area
+ to drop your marble into that square. If you want to use the keyboard
+ instead, the default keys for <app>Four-in-a-row</app> are:</p>
+
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p><key>←</key> to move the marble to your left.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><key>→</key> to move the marble to your right.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><key>↓</key> to drop the marble.</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/figures/logo.png b/help/C/figures/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b58b0ea
Binary files /dev/null and b/help/C/figures/logo.png differ
diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..768af06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="guide" style="task"
+ id="index">
+
+ <info>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Index</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title><media type="image" src="figures/logo.png" width="22" height="22">
+ </media>Four-in-a-row</title>
+
+ <p><app>Four-in-a-row</app> is a strategy game for GNOME. The aim of the
+ game is to stack four of your marbles in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal
+ line while stopping your opponent from doing the same with their marbles.</p>
+
+ <section id="play" style="2column">
+ <title>Game play</title>
+ </section>
+
+ <section id="preferences" style="2column">
+ <title>Preferences</title>
+ </section>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/legal.xml b/help/C/legal.xml
index 899282c..09cd8c8 100644
--- a/help/C/legal.xml
+++ b/help/C/legal.xml
@@ -1,76 +1,6 @@
- <legalnotice id="legalnotice">
- <para>
- Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
- document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
- License (GFDL), Version 1.1 or any later version published
- by the Free Software Foundation with no Invariant Sections,
- no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. You can find
- a copy of the GFDL at this <ulink type="help"
- url="help:fdl">link</ulink> or in the file COPYING-DOCS
- distributed with this manual.
- </para>
- <para> This manual is part of a collection of GNOME manuals
- distributed under the GFDL. If you want to distribute this
- manual separately from the collection, you can do so by
- adding a copy of the license to the manual, as described in
- section 6 of the license.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- Many of the names used by companies to distinguish their
- products and services are claimed as trademarks. Where those
- names appear in any GNOME documentation, and the members of
- the GNOME Documentation Project are made aware of those
- trademarks, then the names are in capital letters or initial
- capital letters.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE PROVIDED
- UNDER THE TERMS OF THE GNU FREE DOCUMENTATION LICENSE
- WITH THE FURTHER UNDERSTANDING THAT:
-
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR
- IMPLIED, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, WARRANTIES
- THAT THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE
- DOCUMENT IS FREE OF DEFECTS MERCHANTABLE, FIT FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGING. THE ENTIRE
- RISK AS TO THE QUALITY, ACCURACY, AND PERFORMANCE
- OF THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION OF THE
- DOCUMENT IS WITH YOU. SHOULD ANY DOCUMENT OR
- MODIFIED VERSION PROVE DEFECTIVE IN ANY RESPECT,
- YOU (NOT THE INITIAL WRITER, AUTHOR OR ANY
- CONTRIBUTOR) ASSUME THE COST OF ANY NECESSARY
- SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION. THIS DISCLAIMER
- OF WARRANTY CONSTITUTES AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THIS
- LICENSE. NO USE OF ANY DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED
- VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT IS AUTHORIZED HEREUNDER
- EXCEPT UNDER THIS DISCLAIMER; AND
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES AND UNDER NO LEGAL
- THEORY, WHETHER IN TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE),
- CONTRACT, OR OTHERWISE, SHALL THE AUTHOR,
- INITIAL WRITER, ANY CONTRIBUTOR, OR ANY
- DISTRIBUTOR OF THE DOCUMENT OR MODIFIED VERSION
- OF THE DOCUMENT, OR ANY SUPPLIER OF ANY OF SUCH
- PARTIES, BE LIABLE TO ANY PERSON FOR ANY
- DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR
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- LOSSES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO USE OF THE
- DOCUMENT AND MODIFIED VERSIONS OF THE DOCUMENT,
- EVEN IF SUCH PARTY SHALL HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF
- THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
- </para>
- </legalnotice>
-
+<license xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/";>
+ <p>This work is licensed under a
+ <link href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/";>Creative Commons
+ Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License</link>.</p>
+</license>
diff --git a/help/C/make-easy.page b/help/C/make-easy.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfea585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/make-easy.page
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="make-easy">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Use hints or undo your wrong moves.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Make your game a little easier</title>
+
+<section id="undo">
+ <title>Change your last move</title>
+
+ <p>When the computer makes a winning move because of your last move or when
+ you accidentally make the wrong move, you can undo your last move and change
+ it. To undo your last move, select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Undo Move</gui></guiseq> or press
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>. You can now drop your marble at
+ a different square in the game area to change your move.</p>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <p>You can undo all your moves starting from your current move till you
+ reach a favourable state of the game or till the beginning of your current
+ game by pressing <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Z</key></keyseq>
+ repeatedly.</p>
+ </note>
+</section>
+
+<section id="hint">
+ <title>Use hints</title>
+
+ <p>If you are not sure of your next move, you can use a hint. On using one,
+ your marble moves to the top of the column that is the best choice
+ strategy-wise and blinks. You can then drop your marble in that column. To
+ use a hint select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Hint</gui></guiseq> or press
+ <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>H</key></keyseq>.</p>
+
+ <note style="info">
+ <p>There is no limit on the number of hints you can use in a game.</p>
+ </note>
+</section>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/scores.page b/help/C/scores.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3eca6d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/scores.page
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="scores">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Keep track of your wins and losses.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Scores</title>
+ <p>The score in <app>Four-in-a-row</app> is recorded in terms of your wins,
+ your opponent's wins and games that ended in a draw. To check the scores,
+ select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Game</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Scores</gui></guiseq>. If you are playing against the
+ computer, the number next to:</p>
+
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>You</gui> displays the number of games you have won.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Me</gui> displays the number of games won by the computer.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Drawn</gui> displays the number of games that ended in a
+ draw.</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
+ <p>If you are playing against a friend, the number next to:</p>
+
+ <list>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Red</gui> displays the number of games won by the player who was
+ controlling the red marbles.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Blue</gui> displays the number of games won by the player who
+ was controlling the blue marbles.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p><gui>Drawn</gui> displays the number of games that ended in a
+ draw.</p>
+ </item>
+ </list>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/C/sound-animation.page b/help/C/sound-animation.page
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..517c8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/C/sound-animation.page
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="sound-animation">
+
+ <info>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#preferences"/>
+
+ <revision pkgversion="3.8" version="0.1" date="2013-03-29" status="draft"/>
+
+ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Aruna Sankaranarayanan</name>
+ <email>safincrazy gmail com</email>
+ </credit>
+
+ <desc>Play <app>Four-in-a-row</app> without sounds and animation.</desc>
+ </info>
+
+ <title>Disable sounds and animation</title>
+ <p>When sounds are enabled, you will hear something every time a marble is
+ dropped and at the end of the game. Enabling animation results in a more
+ fluid movement of the marbles. To disable sounds and animation:</p>
+
+ <steps>
+ <item>
+ <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Settings</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Preferences</gui>
+ <gui style="menuitem">Game</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+ </item>
+ <item>
+ <p>Under <gui>Appearance</gui>, you will see
+ <gui style="checkbox">Enable animation</gui> and
+ <gui style="checkbox">Enable sounds</gui>. Click on the small
+ square next to the feature you want to disable. This unchecks the
+ feature. You can check the square again if you
+ want to enable the feature.</p>
+ </item>
+ </steps>
+
+</page>
diff --git a/help/Makefile.am b/help/Makefile.am
index 51bd763..f574e01 100644
--- a/help/Makefile.am
+++ b/help/Makefile.am
@@ -3,10 +3,19 @@ HELP_ID = four-in-a-row
HELP_MEDIA = \
figures/mainwindow.png \
- figures/tileset.png
+ figures/tileset.png \
+ figures/logo.png
HELP_FILES = \
- index.docbook \
+ appearance.page \
+ basics.page \
+ choose-opponent.page \
+ controls-change.page \
+ controls-default.page \
+ index.page \
+ make-easy.page \
+ scores.page \
+ sound-animation.page \
legal.xml
HELP_LINGUAS = ca cs da de el en_GB es eu fi fr it oc pt_BR sl sr sr latin sv zh_CN
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