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<!ENTITY % imageobjectco.module "INCLUDE">
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<!ENTITY klickety "<application>Klickety</application>">
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<!ENTITY kappname "&klickety;">
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]>
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<book lang="&language;">
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<bookinfo>
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<title>The &klickety; Handbook</title>
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<authorgroup>
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<author>
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<personname>
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<firstname>Thomas</firstname>
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<surname>Davey</surname>
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</personname>
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<email>thomas.davey@gmail.com</email>
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</author>
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<othercredit role="reviewer">
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&Philip.Rodrigues;
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&Philip.Rodrigues.mail;
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</othercredit>
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</authorgroup>
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<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS -->
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<copyright>
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<year>2005</year>
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<holder>Thomas Davey</holder>
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</copyright>
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<legalnotice>&FDLNotice;</legalnotice>
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<date>2006-01-21</date>
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<releaseinfo>3.5</releaseinfo>
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<abstract>
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<para>
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&klickety; is a strategy game for &tde;, an adaption of the <application>Clickomania</application> game.
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</para>
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</abstract>
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<keywordset>
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<keyword>KDE</keyword>
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<keyword>tdegames</keyword>
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</keywordset>
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</bookinfo>
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<chapter id="introduction">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>The objective of &klickety; is to clear the game board of all
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the colored blocks in the least possible time (although having a short time is
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only a secondary objective). The overall aim is to get the lowest score
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possible. It will provide entertainment for all abilities, but a
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challenge in logical thought if you want to get a really low score.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="the-game-screen">
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<title>The Game Screen</title>
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<screenshot>
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<mediaobjectco>
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<imageobjectco>
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<areaspec units="calspair">
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<area id="play-game" coords="1 1"/>
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<area id="game-board" coords="1 1"/>
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<area id="game-timer" coords="1 1"/>
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<area id="block-counter" coords="1 1"/>
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</areaspec>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="screenshot.png" format="PNG"/>
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</imageobject>
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</imageobjectco>
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</mediaobjectco>
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</screenshot>
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<calloutlist>
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<callout arearefs="play-game">
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<para>This is a colored block, you click on these to play the game.</para>
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</callout>
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<callout arearefs="game-board">
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<para>This is what was referred to in the introduction as the <quote>game
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board</quote>, this is where the game actually takes place.</para>
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</callout>
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<callout arearefs="game-timer">
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<para>This is the game timer, it starts the first time that you click on a
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removable block.</para>
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</callout>
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<callout arearefs="block-counter">
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<para>This the remaining block counter, which also doubles up the score
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counter. It is usually black at the start of a game, it changes to
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blue if the score is good enough to get onto your local highscore
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table, and red if it would make the top spot.
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</para>
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</callout>
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</calloutlist>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="playing-the-game">
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<title>Playing the game</title>
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<para>When you start the program you will get a screen that looks
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something like the screenshot in the previous section. The idea of the
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game is to remove blocks, which you do by clicking on them.</para>
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<para>However, you can only remove a block if it is adjacent to one or
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more other blocks of the same color on one or more of its
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sides. Diagonal connections do not count. You get a random board every
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time you start a new game.</para>
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<para>If you click on a block which is connected as described, it will
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disappear. Any adjacent blocks of the same color will also disappear,
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along with all of the same color adjacent to <emphasis>them</emphasis>, and so
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on. Any blocks above them drop down to fill the gaps left by the
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disappeared pieces. If you clear an entire column, all the columns to
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the right move across to fill the gap.</para>
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<para>The game ends when there are no blocks adjacent to other blocks
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of the same colour</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="scoring">
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<title>Scoring</title>
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<para>Scoring is very simple. Your score is the number of remaining
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blocks when the game ends. In the case of having two high scores of
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the same score, the one completed in the shortest time is listed in
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the higher position.</para>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="menu-reference">
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<title>Menu Reference</title>
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<sect1 id="the-game-menu">
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<title>The <guimenu>Game</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Game</guimenu><guimenuitem>New Game</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>N</keycap>
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</keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Starts a new game before the previous one has finished
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(once you end a game, a button appears on the game board labeled
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'start' which does the same thing).</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Game</guimenu><guimenuitem>Pause</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> (<keycombo><keycap>P</keycap>
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</keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Not yet implemented.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Game</guimenu><guimenuitem>Show
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Highscores</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> (<keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>H</keycap> </keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Shows the Highscore Table for checking a target or for
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bragging purposes. (This is the same highscore table as is displayed
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if you get a new highscore at the end of a game.) There are also tabs
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for seeing all the players who have turned in scores and for looking
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at some statistical analysis of the performance of individual
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players. There are also links to the worldwide highscore and player
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lists on the web.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Game</guimenu><guimenuitem>Quit</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> (<keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>Q</keycap> </keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Ends the program.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="the-view-menu">
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<title>The <guimenu>View</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom In</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>+</keycap>
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</keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Zooms the game board in, increases the window size as
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necessary.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Zoom Out</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>-</keycap>
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</keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Zooms the game board out. Window size will decrease around it.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="the-settings-menu">
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<title>The <guimenu>Settings</guimenu> Menu</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Hide Menu Bar</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice> (<keycombo action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap>
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</keycombo>)</term>
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<listitem><para>Hides the menu bar. It can be brought back with the
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right-click menu or by pressing <keycombo
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action="simul">&Ctrl;<keycap>M</keycap> </keycombo>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Shortcuts...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Allows you to change the shortcut keys listed above.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Notifications...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Allows you to change the notifications for <guilabel>Game
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over</guilabel> and the removal of a column (listed as <guilabel>Line
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removed</guilabel>), such as playing a sound when you remove a column, or
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starting your favorite IRC client when you finish the game so that you
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can tell all your friends about your &klickety; skills.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure Highscores...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>
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Displays the highscores configuration dialog, which has two
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tabs:</para>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Main</guilabel> tab, you can change the default
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nickname that is entered onto the highscore table if you get a
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highscore, add a comment to go with your entry on the players tab of
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the highscore table. You can also activate the <guilabel>World-wide highscores
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enabled</guilabel> feature so that you can compare scores with players
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from around the globe. If you are connected to the
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Internet, &klickety; will send your score automatically at the end of the
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game to the highscore web server (klickety.sf.net).</para>
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<para>The <guilabel>Advanced</guilabel> tab displays your <guilabel>Registration Data</guilabel>
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on klickety.sf.net. If worldwide highscores have been activated,
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this tab shows the <guilabel>Nickname:</guilabel> from the <guilabel>Main</guilabel>
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tab with which you are registered and the cryptographic <guilabel>Key:</guilabel>
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used to prevent any attempts at cheating. This key was generated when you
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registered on klickety.sf.net by selecting
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<guilabel>World-wide highscores enabled</guilabel> the first time.
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The registration key is used in conjunction with the
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nickname to identify uniquely users, but users cannot have the same nickname.
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Click on the <guibutton>Remove</guibutton> button to delete you from the world highscores
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list.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><menuchoice><guimenu>Settings</guimenu><guimenuitem>Configure &klickety;...</guimenuitem>
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</menuchoice></term>
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<listitem><para>Brings up the main configuration dialog, this will be
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dealt with in the next chapter.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="the-help-menu">
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<title>The <guimenu>Help</guimenu> Menu</title>
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&help.menu.documentation;
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="configuring-klickety">
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<title>Configuring &klickety;</title>
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<para>Each page of the &klickety; configuration dialog has buttons
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labeled <guibutton>Help</guibutton> and
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<guibutton>Defaults</guibutton>.The <guibutton>Help</guibutton> button
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brings up this handbook, and the <guibutton>Defaults</guibutton>
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button restores all the settings to their default values.</para>
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<para>The individual options are as follows:</para>
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<sect1 id="the-appearance-tab">
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<title>The <guilabel>Appearance</guilabel> tab</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Enable Animations</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>If checked, pieces are shown with an
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animation (a small rebound effect), when they touch the bottom.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><guilabel>Background</guilabel></term>
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<listitem><para>Allows you to change the background color and change
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its opacity. Trivia: if it has some transparency it doesn't actually
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show what's directly beneath &klickety;, but rather it shows the
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desktop wallpaper.</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="the-colors-tab">
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<title>The <guimenu>Colors</guimenu> tab</title>
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<para>Colors #1 through #5 Allow you to change the colors of the
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colored blocks. For an extra challenge, make them all the same
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color. N.B. You must restart &klickety; for these changes to take
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effect.</para>
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</sect1>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="tips">
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<title>Tips</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>Try to remove sets of two blocks to allow single blocks to join
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up with other ones of the same color, it's your only way to get rid of
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them.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Spend time thinking about your move: you primarily get higher places on the highscore table by getting rid of more pieces than doing it quickly.</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</chapter>
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<chapter id="credits">
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<title>Credits and License</title>
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<para>&klickety; Program Copyright 1995 Eirik Eng and 1996-2004 Nicolas Hadacek</para>
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<para>&klickety; is based on clickomania.</para>
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<para>The &klickety; website can be found at <ulink
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url="http://klickety.sourceforge.net">http://klickety.sourceforge.net</ulink>.</para>
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<para>First version of documentation by Thomas Davey, Copyright 2005.</para>
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<para>Reviewed by &Philip.Rodrigues; &Philip.Rodrigues.mail;.</para>
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<para>Further markup and reviewing by &Francis.Giannaros;
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&Francis.Giannaros.mail;.</para>
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&underFDL;
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&underGPL;
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</chapter>
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<appendix id="installation">
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<title>Installation</title>
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<sect1 id="getting-kapp">
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<title>How to obtain &klickety;</title>
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&install.intro.documentation;
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="compilation">
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<title>Compilation and Installation</title>
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&install.compile.documentation;
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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&documentation.index;
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