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Add James H's new puzzle, `Unequal' (otherwise known as the
Guardian's `Futoshiki'). [originally from svn r7100]
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\C{unequal} \i{Unequal}
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\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.unequal}
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You have a square grid; each square may contain a digit from 1 to
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the size of the grid, and some squares have greater-signs between
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them. Your aim is to fully populate the grid with numbers such that:
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\b Each row contains only one occurrence of each digit
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\b Each column contains only one occurrence of each digit
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\b All the greater-than signs are satisfied.
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In 'Trivial' mode, there are no greater-than signs; the puzzle is
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to solve the latin square only.
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At the time of writing, this puzzle is appearing in the Guardian
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weekly under the name 'Futoshiki'.
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Unequal was contributed to this collection by James Harvey.
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\H{unequal-controls} \i{Unequal controls}
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\IM{Unequal controls} controls, for Unequal
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Unequal shares much of its control system with Solo.
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To play Unequal, simply click the mouse in any empty square and then
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type a digit or letter on the keyboard to fill that square. If you
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make a mistake, click the mouse in the incorrect square and press
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Space to clear it again (or use the Undo feature).
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If you \e{right}-click in a square and then type a number, that
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number will be entered in the square as a \q{pencil mark}. You can
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have pencil marks for multiple numbers in the same square.
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The game pays no attention to pencil marks, so exactly what you use
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them for is up to you: you can use them as reminders that a
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particular square needs to be re-examined once you know more about a
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particular number, or you can use them as lists of the possible
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numbers in a given square, or anything else you feel like.
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To erase a single pencil mark, right-click in the square and type
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the same number again.
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All pencil marks in a square are erased when you left-click and type
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a number, or when you left-click and press space. Right-clicking and
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pressing space will also erase pencil marks.
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(All the actions described in \k{common-actions} are also available.)
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\H{unequal-parameters} \I{parameters, for Unequal}Unequal parameters
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These parameters are available from the \q{Custom...} option on the
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\q{Type} menu.
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\dt \e{Size (s*s)}
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\dd Size of grid.
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\dt \e{Difficulty}
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\dd Controls the difficulty of the generated puzzle. At Trivial level,
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there are no greater-than signs (the puzzle is to solve the latin
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square only); at Tricky level, some recursion may be required (but the
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solutions should always be unique).
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\A{licence} \I{MIT licence}\ii{Licence}
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This software is \i{copyright} 2004-2007 Simon Tatham.
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