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40 .Nd game of 5 in a row
48 is a two player game were the object is to get 5 in a row horizontally,
49 vertically or diagonally on a 19 by 19 grid.
50 By convention, black always moves first.
53 will display a playing board and prompt for moves from the user.
54 Valid moves are a letter for the column and a number for the row of an empty
56 Entering ``quit" or ``resign" will end the game.
57 You can save the current state of the game by entering ``save" and
58 supplying a file name when prompted.
61 can be used to restore a saved game.
66 This option sets background mode.
67 Input moves are read from standard input,
68 the computer picks a move, and prints it to standard output.
69 The first input line should be either ``black" or ``white" to specify whether
71 has the first move or not respectively.
72 This option was intended for game tournaments where a referee program handles
73 the board display and pits one program against another.
75 Computer versus computer.
77 will play a game against itself.
78 This is mostly used for testing.
80 Print debugging information.
81 Repeating this option more than once yields more detailed information.
83 Print the debug information to
85 instead of to the standard output.
88 This is mostly used for testing.
93 The board display routines were based on the
95 program written by Peter Langston.