@database LazyMines.guide
@author "Lorens Younes
@(c) "Copyright © 1994 Lorens Younes"
@$VER: LazyMines.gide 2.0 (27.8.94)


@node Main "LazyMines Documentation"

@{b}Wellcome to LazyMines!@{ub}

LazyMines is just another minesweeper game but it is more colorfull than other
implementations for Amiga.

   @{"Copyright Notice    " link Copyright}
   @{"Acknowledgements    " link Acknowledgements}
   @{"System Requirements " link Requirements}
   @{"Installation        " link Installation}
   @{"The Menu            " link Menu}
   @{"The Display         " link Display}
   @{"Tooltypes           " link Tooltypes}
   @{"The Game            " link Game}
   @{"Version History     " link History}
   @{"Plans for the Future" link Future}
   @{"Troubleshooting     " link Troubleshooting}
   @{"Bug Reports         " link Bugs}
   @{"Localization        " link Localization}

@endnode


@node Copyright "Copyright Notice"

@{b}Copyright Notice@{ub}

LazyMines, LazyMines.info, LazyMines.guide and the Swedish catalog
Copyright © 1994 Lorens Younes.

LazyMines.guide.info by Martin Huttenloher (from his wonderful
MagicWB-package).

This program may be freely distributed except for commercial purpose, so long
as the files included are not separated or modified.

If any of the following files are missing, please contact me:
   LazyMines                          - Executable file
   LazyMines.info                     - Icon for LazyMines
   LazyMines.guide                    - Documentation
   LazyMines.guide.info               - Icon for LazyMines.guide
   Catalogs/svenska/LazyMines.catalog - Swedish catalog for use with
                                        locale.library
   Catalogs/Instructions              - How to translate LazyMines
   Catalogs/LazyMines.cd              - Catalog description file
   Catalogs/template.ct               - Catalog translation file
   misc/palette.ilbm                  - WB palette for 2.x
   misc/palette3.0                    - WB palette for 3.x

@endnode


@node Requirements "System Requirements"

@{b}System Requirements@{ub}

LazyMines will run on any Amiga computer with version 2.0 or higher of the OS
(or at least I hope it will). If you have version 2.1 or higher LazyMines will
try to use the language you have selected through Preferences. If you have
version 3.0 or higher LazyMines will try to use lots of colors for the
graphics.

@endnode


@node Installation "Installation"

@{b}Installation@{ub}

Copy LazyMines and LazyMines.guide to the place where you want to have the
game. Copy the catalogs you want to use either to sys:Catalogs or to a Catalog
dir in the same location as the executable file.
All icons are MagicWB style. If you don't have MagicWB installed and want the
icons to look nice you need at least an 8 color WB and you will have to load
the correct color palette into the palette Preferences. The palette can be
found in the misc dir (one for 2.x and one for 3.x).

@endnode


@node Menu "The Menu"

@{b}The Menu@{ub}

@{u}Game@{uu}
New                 - Start a new game.
Novice              - Set level to novice and start a new game.
Amature             - Set level to amature and start a new game.
Expert              - Set level to expert and start a new game.
Fastest Sweepers... - Show the fastest sweepers.
About...            - Show info about program (i.e. version number and author).
Quit LazyMines      - Quit the program (same effect as pressing the
                      closegadget).

@{u}Settings@{uu}
Warnings      - Make it possible to place warnings.
Auto Mark     - If this is selected the game will mark obvious mines
                automatically.
Safe Openings - With this active you won't hit a mine on your first move.
Save Settings - Save the settings (uses @{"tooltypes" link Tooltypes}).

@endnode


@node Display "The Display"

Depending on the size of the screen you are opening LazyMines on the display
will look different. If the screen is small the timer and the flag counter will
be displayed in the title bar of the window, otherwise you will get nice
digital counters. The counter to the left is the flag counter and the one to
the right is the timer.

@endnode


@node Game "The Game"

I don't think there is any need for an thorough explanation - if you
haven't played any minesweeper game by now you're probably not interested
in playing LazyMines either. All you need to know is this:

Use the left mousebutton to reveal a cell.
Use the right mousebutton to lock an unlocked cell. Pressing the right button
over a locked cell will remove the lock (if you have selected Warnings from the
Settings menu this will place a warning on that cell instead. Press the right
button once more to remove the warning too).
Use both (right and left) mousebuttons to reveal all cells around the cell
you clicked on. If you have Auto Mark activated pressing both buttons will
also make the game place flags on cells that obviously must be a mine.

@endnode


@node Tooltypes "Tooltypes"

The following tooltypes are recognized by LazyMines:

PUBSCREEN=<name of public screen>
Use this to open the window on other public screens than the default one (if
there is no public screen with the given name, the program will try to open its
window on the default public screen).

LEVEL=<Novice | Amature | Expert>
Use this to set the initial level.

WARNINGS, AUTOMARK and SAFEOPEN
These tooltypes are used to activate the menu items in the Settings Menu at
startup.

@endnode


@node History "Version History"

@{b}Version History@{ub}

v1.0 (94-04-21) First public release.
v2.0 (94-08-27) LazyMines will now adjust the display so that it will fit on
                almost any screen.
                Added timer and High Scores.
                Now with three difficulty levels.
                Added Save Settings menuitem in the Settings menu.
                Localized LazyMines.
                Improved graphics.

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@node Future "Plans for the Future"

Write more catalogs (if you help me).
Add "online-help".
Add gadget for starting a new game without having to use the menu.
Add optional level.
Write installation script.

@endnode


@node Troubleshooting "Troubleshooting"

If you get the message "Screen is too small!" when you run LazyMines, you're
either using a too big screen font or you're trying to run LazyMines on a too
small public screen. LazyMines is guaranteed to open on a 640 x 200 screen with
a screen font of resonable size.
If you get a message about opening libraries make sure you've got at least
version 37 of the system libraries.
Any other message is probably due to lack of memory. They're not likely
to show up.

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@node Acknowledgements "Acknowledgements"

@{b}Acknowledgements@{ub}

I would like to thank Odd Möller for being a great source of inspiration to me.

@endnode


@node Bugs "Bug Reports"

@{b}Bug Reports@{ub}

If you discover any bugs please let me know. Also if you have any suggestions
for improvements or just want to tell me how great this program is, I would
appreciate to hear from you.

This is where you can reach me:
snail-mail: Lorens Younes
            Sandkullsv. 16
            S-163 57 Spånga
Internet:   d93-hyo@nada.kth.se

@endnode


@node Localization "Localization"

LazyMines is localized, so if you have v2.1 or higher of the OS LazyMines will
try to use the language you have set in Preferences. If there is no catalog for
your language, English will be used as default.

Since I'm not very good at languages I've only written one additional catalog
(the Swedish one). However I've included some files so that you easily can make
LazyMines support your language too. Read Instructions in the Catalog directory
for more information.

@endnode