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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: larn.6,v 1.8 2000/06/29 07:55:42 pjanzen Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: larn.6,v 1.9 2001/06/06 21:10:50 pjanzen Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: larn.6,v 1.3 1995/03/23 08:33:42 cgd Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990 The Regents of the University of California.
@@ -55,51 +55,36 @@
.Nm
is a fantasy game in which your child has contracted
a strange disease, and none of your home remedies
-seem to have any effect. You set out to find a remedy in a limited
+seem to have any effect.
+You set out to find a remedy in a limited
amount of time, and to collect gold along the way of course!
.Pp
The options are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl s
-The
-.Fl s
-option shows the scoreboard for the game.
+Show the scoreboard for the game.
.It Fl l
-The
-.Fl l
-option shows the log file (wizards only).
+Show the log file
+.Pq wizards only .
.It Fl i
-The
-.Fl i
-option shows the scoreboard with dead character inventories.
+Show the scoreboard with dead character inventories.
.It Fl c
-The
-.Fl c
-option creates a new game scoreboard (wizards only).
+Create a new game scoreboard
+.Pq wizards only .
.It Fl n
-The
-.Fl n
-option suppresses the welcome message at start up.
+Suppress the welcome message at start-up.
.It Fl Ar #
-The
-.Fl Ar #
-option sets the game difficulty level to
+Set the game difficulty level to
.Ar #
-(example: -5).
+.Pq example: \-5 .
.It Fl h
-The
-.Fl h
-option prints the command line options and exits.
+Print the command-line options and exit.
.It Fl o
-The
-.Fl o
-option specifies a different options file than
+Specify a different options file than
.Pa ~/.larnopts .
.It Ar ++
-The
-.Ar ++
-argument restores a game from a checkpoint file.
+Restore a game from a checkpoint file.
.El
.Sh COMMANDS
.Pp
@@ -154,11 +139,11 @@ Define what the savegame filename will be.
.El
.Pp
Your name and monster names must be enclosed in double quotation marks and may
-be up to 34 characters long. Longer names are truncated.
+be up to 34 characters long.
+Longer names are truncated.
Anything enclosed in quotation marks is considered one word, and must be
separated from other words by whitespace.
.Sh SPECIAL NOTES
-.Pp
When
.Sy dropping gold ,
if you type '*' as your amount, all your gold gets dropped.
@@ -169,11 +154,10 @@ You can get out of the store, trading post, school, or home by hitting
.Sy <esc> .
.Pp
When casting a spell, if you need a list of spells you can cast, type \fBD\fP
-as the first letter of your spell. The available list of spells will be shown,
-after which you may enter the spell code. This only works on the 1st letter
-of the spell you are casting.
-.Sh AUTHOR
-Noah Morgan
+as the first letter of your spell.
+The available list of spells will be shown,
+after which you may enter the spell code.
+This only works on the first letter of the spell you are casting.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/var/games/larn/lscore12.0" -compact
.It Pa /var/games/larn/lscore12.0
@@ -185,3 +169,5 @@ Options file.
.It Pa ~/Larn.sav
Default save file.
.El
+.Sh AUTHOR
+Noah Morgan