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.TH "GALOIS" "6" "0.7" "Gerardo Ballabio" "Games"

.SH NAME
galois \- falling blocks game with blocks of various shapes and sizes

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B galois

.SH DESCRIPTION
Galois is a computer game of the "falling blocks" type, but with
unique features. 
Unlike most other games of that type, it is not limited to blocks made
of four two-dimensional, square bricks: you can choose among several
different brick shapes, blocks composed of more or fewer bricks, and
even between two- and three-dimensional games.
.PP
Galois is free software, released under the terms of the GNU General
Public License, version 3 or later.

.SH CONFIGURATION
Select
.B Preferences
from the application menu (if your environment supports that), or
.B Game/Preferences
from the menu bar to modify game settings and control keys.

.SH FILES
.I <config_dir>/galois/galois.conf
: configuration file
.br
.I <data_dir>/galois/galois.res
: scores file
.PP
.I <config_dir>
and
.I <data_dir>
are the paths returned by the glibmm functions
.B get_user_config_dir()
and
.B get_user_data_dir()
, respectively.
Typical values on GNU/Linux systems are
.I $HOME/.config
and
.I $HOME/.local/share

.SH SEE ALSO
Detailed information is available in the Galois manual:
.br
.I /usr/share/gnome/help/galois/C/galois.html

.SH AUTHOR
Gerardo Ballabio