freebsd-ports/games/xscrabble/pkg-descr
Edwin Groothuis f4e89d7c04 games/xscrabble: update to 2.12
1. Update to xscrabble 2.12
	2. Fix typo in pkg-descr and trim trailing blanks

	"You might be able to improve upon this"

	This port does something I don't like: it installs an empty,
	unwritable scrabble_scores file in a directory whose contents
	shouldn't be modified. Players then need to override the
	app-defaults by placing a

	XScrabble.scorefile: /path/to/scrabble_scores

	line in $HOME/.Xdefaults (or $HOME/.Xresources, whatever).

	Wouldn't it make more sense to create a new, empty, writable
	score file under /var/games (if it doesn't exist) upon
	package installation; make the app-defaults file reference that;
	on deinstall, remove /var/games/scrabble_scores if it is empty or
	print a message indicating this file needs to be deleted manually
	in order to remove all traces?

PR:		ports/111839
Submitted by:	"Eric P. Scott" <eps+pbug0704@ana.com>
2007-09-25 12:02:57 +00:00

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To run:
Simply type xscrabble. This will bring up the setup box which will allow
you to enter the names and displays and other info for the game to wish
to play. Then click on the Start Game button, (or Load Previous if you're
restarting a game). The main program, xscrab, will then be automatically
called with the appropriate options.
The game is saved after every turn (in "~/.xscrabble.save" of the
person running it) and can be restarted by running xscrabble, entering
exactly the same info, and hitting the Load Previous button.
This was a student project, and there are not likely to be any future
releases.
Have fun,
Matt Chapman.
E-mail: matt@belgarath.demon.co.uk (no longer csuoq@csv.warwick.ac.uk)