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38 lines
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The pousse GUI can
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* play a person against another person,
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* play a person against a program,
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* play a program against another program, or
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The "Setup..." button opens a dialog for selecting one of the above
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modes, and for adding new program players to the system. Use
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"Setup..." to reset a game or to cancel a game where two programs are
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playing each other.
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Person Players
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Watch the status line above the board for information. When it's your
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turn, click on one of the numbers surrounding the board to move.
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The left and right arrows above the board undo and redo moves,
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respectively. The right side of the window shows the game played so
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far, including undone moves that have not yet been replaced. The most
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recent move is highlighted in blue.
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When a player loses by repeating a previous board configuration, the
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player's pieces turn red and no further moves are allowed (although
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moves can be undone). When a player wins, the player's pieces that
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form straights are turned green.
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Players are encouraged to move within 30 or 60 seconds. A beep is
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sounded at 30 and 60 seconds from the start of player's turn.
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Program Players
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While a program player is ``thinking,'' the cursor changes to a watch
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over the board. When a person plays a program, clicking the left arrow
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while a program is thinking cancels the program and undoes the
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person's most recent move. Clicking the left arrow during the person's
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turn undoes the program's last move, plus the person's previous move
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(i.e., it undoes two moves).
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