Import of Empire 4.2.12

info/Commands/path.t

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+.TH Command PATH
+.NA path "Show the distribution path of a sector"
+.LV Expert
+.SY "path <SECT>"
+The path command generates a map
+of the distribution path for a specific sector.
+.s1
+The <SECT> argument is a single sector, as described in \*Qinfo syntax\*U.
+
+The distribution paths are indicated with \*Qgo-to\*Us
+exactly as for the "route" command:
+.NF
+.sp
+ m/     up-right        (u in level)
+ m>     right           (j in level)
+ m\\\\     down-right      (n in level)
+/m      down-left       (b in level)
+<m      left            (g in level)
+\\\\m      up-left         (y in level)
+.FI
+.sp
+An example:
+.sp
+.EX path -2,0
+.NF
+     - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
+     3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ -5  .   .   a   a   .   .   .   a  -5
+ -4    .   k   o   .   .   .   1    -4
+ -3  a   h   j   a   .   .   +/  .  -3
+ -2    ^   a   a   a   .   a/  a    -2
+ -1  .   a   a   a   b   +/  +   .  -1
+  0    0\\\\  c   u>  t>  i/  .   .    0
+  1  .   a>  l/  ^   a   a   .   .  1
+  2    .   a   a   a   .   a   .    2
+     - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
+     3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+.FI
+.sp
+where -2,0 distributes to 10,-4 along the path shown.
+.sp
+.SA "distribute, census, Syntax, route, map, Distribution"