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3. Using Kgo

3.1 The rules

The basic rules for Go are very simple. More information ao the rules of Go can be found at the following sites :

3.2 Playing the game

There are 3 different kinds of game types :

Computer game
Play against the computer
Two player game
You can play with 2 persons against each other
Network game
You can play over the Internet against someone else

When the program starts up a dialog appears where you can select the game type you want to play. In this dialog you can also select the game size you want to play.

To play the game just click with the mouse on the place where you want a stone placed. To pass you can click on the button labelled 'Pass'. The game will automaticly end when both players pass more than 2 times after eachother.

To play over the internet you only need to know who will be the server and who will be the client. You can use the default port of 5001 or select an alternative port. The client has to specify the hostname of the server, the server always used localhost.

3.3 The Menu Entries

3.3.1 File

New game
Start a new game
Save game
Save the current game to disk
Load game
Load a game from disk
Quit
Quit the program

3.3.2 Options

Enable/Disable Statusbar
Toggles the StatusBar on or off
Enable/Disable legenda
Toggles the legenda on or off
Enable/Disable moves list
Toggles the move list on or off
Configure keys
Allows you to customize keybindigs
Count score
Ends the current game and counts the score

3.3.3 Help

Contents
Shows online help
About kgo
Shows information about Kgo
About KDE
Shows information about KDE

3.4 Keybindings

Kgo has keybindigs for severval functions. You can configure these keybindings with the option Configure keys from the Options menu.


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