8.8.8

wbevel
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A Bevel Widget

Web: https://www.sillycycle.com/puzzles.html

Download: Primary site: https://www.sillycycle.com/puzzles
          Secondary site: http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/games/strategy

Maintainer: David A. Bagley <bagleyd AT verizon.net>

  To build you need at minimum both of these, X11 and Xt (unless you are
  looking to build win32).
    sudo apt-get install libx11-dev
    sudo apt-get install libxt-dev
  You may need to install one of these to build Motif version:
    sudo apt-get install libmotif-dev (strongly recommended)
    sudo apt-get install lesstif2-dev (defunct)
  As an alternative to Motif you can use Athena (and its variants):
    sudo apt-get install xaw7-dev
    (Also could use XAW3D xaw3d-1.6.3-3-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst)
  You need to install XPM if you want color icons:
    sudo apt-get install libxpm-dev (strongly recommended)
  To install XMU if you want editres:
    sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev (probably not useful)
  To install sound libraries (defunct):
    sudo apt-get install librplay3-dev
    sudo apt-get install libesd0-dev
    sudo apt-get install libaudiofile-dev
    sudo apt-get install nas-dev
    sudo apt-get install pulse-dev
    In place of these it is just configured by default with
      --enable-def-play=play.sh
  You need to install gl and glu if you want 3D graphics of OpenGL:
    sudo apt-get install libgl1-mesa-dev
    sudo apt-get install libglu-dev
  Then should be a simple
    configure; make

  Try resizing the puzzle. Notice the puzzle resizes to take advantage of
  the "room" available.

  Note: if using Athena and want the popups to be able to be closed when
    using a close window button in top bar, uncomment translations stuff
    in app-defaults file (.ad file) prior to "make install".  This may
    lead to warnings if for example the Motif version also exists.

  Try editing the file XBevel.ad to get a certain feature and then
  copying to $(HOME)/XBevel (where XBevel is the file name) and
  running xbevel again.  There is also a Windows port (wbevel),
  though not all features are included.

  Also a tesseract (4D cube) would be nice. (Does such an analog exist
  for 4d?)

  Personally, I have solved this puzzle, but only physically, never in
  software. The biggest handicap is that the puzzle is hard to follow
  through the diagonals. But the real one is like that too.

  Refer to the man page for detailed command line options.

FOUND A BUG?

  Send bugs reports and fixes to the author. For bugs, please include
  as much information as to their location as possible, since I may not
  be able to duplicate them.

other stuff to do
  1. auto-solve for orient mode
  2. alt turning of whole cube by edge
  3. allow ~71 degree turning
  4. GL: mono/gray scale not handled right, should also have letters on cube

Updates:
  [Jan 25, 2025]  V8.8.8:
    Fixes for VMS.
  [Aug 15, 2024]  V8.8.4:
    Fix for frame color.
  [May 31, 2024]  V8.8.1:
    Moving resource file from Bevel to XBevel to follow standard.
    Revamped default install to install for Gnome/KDE.
  [Dec 03, 2023]  V8.7.5:
    Auto-solve when orient mode is off.
    Fixed orient lines on center pieces in GL.
  [Nov 19, 2023]  V8.7.4:
    Fixed orient mode for 3D representation.
    GL was not being redrawn after randomized.
  [Nov 12, 2023]  V8.7.3:
    First release of Helicopter Cube or Bevel Cube (based on skewb).
