Hang Man for Newton



hangMan software (hM) is a free word guessing game. Using hM sharpens your word and spelling skills. hM comes with dictionaries or you can use your own.



Version 2.1 adds the following new features:



- Guess phrases.

- Multiple dictionaries.

- Randomly select dictionary and word to guess.

- Accepts auxiliary buttons (Newton 2.0 only).





hangMan 2.1 accepts new dictionaries in two forms. The first form is precompiled as Newton packages. This distribution includes 10 such precompiled dictionaries in the folder DICTNARY, and they may be installed using Newton Package Installer or comparable utility.



BIBLE.PKG is books and people of the Bible.

CARS.PKG is modern cars.

COUNTRY.PKG is countries of the modern world.

FOODS.PKG is gourmet dishes.

GAMES.PKG is computer games.

INDY.PKG is Indy cars and their drivers.

LEGENDS.PKG is famous sports figures.

MOVIES.PKG is popular movies.

TOP20CMP.PKG is top 20 people, hardware, and software in computing.

USNATMON.PKG is US National Monuments.



hangMan 2.1 also accepts text dictionaries using the free hangMan Transfer Utility (HMX). HMX allows you to transfer hangMan text dictionaries back and forth between Newton and a desktop computer via a serial connection and a standard terminal emulator. For more information about HMX, please see the hangMan World-Wide Web page below.





In this distribution:



HMAN21E.PKG is hangMan (21K).

DICTNARY is the folder of sample dictionaries.



http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/~schlimme/newton/index.shtml



Many thanks to the Newton AI group at Washington State University.



9 February 1996



)1995-96 Jeffrey C. Schlimmer, Geoff Allen, Washington State University, newton@eecs.wsu.edu .