From 92fa1aa9172d640d7fe4baaf106e93cc99e2cd27 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Armbruster Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2020 17:24:24 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] man/fairland: Fix typos, polish markup, clarify text Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster --- man/fairland.6 | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/fairland.6 b/man/fairland.6 index 1daabd0c9..9e611b231 100644 --- a/man/fairland.6 +++ b/man/fairland.6 @@ -3,10 +3,7 @@ fairland \- Empire land generator .SH SYNOPSIS .B fairland -[\fB\-ahioqv\fP] -[\fB\-e\fP \fIconfigfile\fP] -[\fB\-R\fP \fIseed\fP] -[\fB\-s\fP \fIscriptout\fP] +[\fIoption\fP]... \fInc\fP \fIsc\fP [\fIni\fP @@ -18,17 +15,16 @@ fairland \- Empire land generator .br .SH DESCRIPTION .B fairland -is a program which creates land and ore for Empire. It -should be run after +is a program which creates land for Empire. It should be run after .I files has been run and before .I emp_server -has been started. This is a land generator for empire that creates a -specified number of continents, and spaces them evenly accross the -map. It tries to make all of them the same size, and makes sure that -they don't meet. It gives each start island exactly the same -distribution of resources and the same number of mountains. You can -get nearly any kind of map you want by choosing the right arguments. +has been started. It creates a specified number of start islands +("continents"), and spaces them evenly accross the map. It makes all +of them the same size, and makes sure that they don't meet. It gives +each start island exactly the same distribution of resources and the +same number of mountains. Different arguments produce quite different +kinds of maps. .SH OPTIONS .TP .BI \-e " configfile" @@ -38,23 +34,21 @@ Use game configuration in \fIconfigfile\fR. Help. Print brief usage information and exit. .TP .B \-i -islands will crash into each other and merge +Islands will crash into each other and merge. .TP .B \-q -run quietly without printing anything to the terminal +Run quietly without printing anything to the terminal. .TP .BI \-R " seed" Use .I seed -as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. T his can be used to +as seed for the pseudo-random number generator. This can be used to reproduce a previously created world. The seed used to generate a world is printed along with the map. .TP -.BI \-s " scriptout" -writes a script for placing capitol to the file -.I scriptout -(If you don't specify this argument, then the script will be written -to "newcap_script".) +.BI \-s " script" +Write script to add countries and sanctuaries to file \fIscript\fP +(default "newcap_script"). .TP .B \-v Print version information and exit. @@ -67,21 +61,22 @@ number of continents continent size .TP .I ni -number of islands (optional, default = nc) +number of additional islands (default \fInc\fP) .TP .I is -average size of islands (optional, default = sc/2) +average size of additional islands (default \fIsc\fP/2) .TP .I sp -spike percentage: 0 = round, 100 = snake (default = 10) +land spikiness (in percent, default 10), low values result in rounded +islands, high values result in snakes .TP .I pm -the percentage of land that is mountain (default = 0) +how much of each island is mountain (in percent, default 0) .TP .I di -the minimum distance between continents (default = 2) +minimum distance between continents (default 2) .TP .I id -minimum distance from islands to continents (default = 1) +minimum distance between additional islands and continents (default 1) .SH AUTHOR -Ken Stevens +Ken Stevens -- 2.43.0