I've decided I didn't like the asymmetry of putting the solution

markers in the top left of the square.

[originally from svn r5974]

2 files changed, 16 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/flip.c b/flip.c
index 0cd5348..a5ee044 100644
--- a/flip.c
+++ b/flip.c
@@ -1053,11 +1053,19 @@ static void draw_tile(frontend *fe, game_drawstate *ds,
 	    }
 
     /*
-     * Draw a hint blob if required.
+     * Draw a hint rectangle if required.
      */
     if (tile & 2) {
-	draw_rect(fe, bx + TILE_SIZE/20, by + TILE_SIZE / 20,
-		  TILE_SIZE / 6, TILE_SIZE / 6, COL_HINT);
+	int x1 = bx + TILE_SIZE / 20, x2 = bx + TILE_SIZE - TILE_SIZE / 20;
+	int y1 = by + TILE_SIZE / 20, y2 = by + TILE_SIZE - TILE_SIZE / 20;
+	int i = 3;
+	while (i--) {
+	    draw_line(fe, x1, y1, x2, y1, COL_HINT);
+	    draw_line(fe, x1, y2, x2, y2, COL_HINT);
+	    draw_line(fe, x1, y1, x1, y2, COL_HINT);
+	    draw_line(fe, x2, y1, x2, y2, COL_HINT);
+	    x1++, y1++, x2--, y2--;
+	}
     }
 
     unclip(fe);
diff --git a/puzzles.but b/puzzles.but
index 3101bf1..5f34a83 100644
--- a/puzzles.but
+++ b/puzzles.but
@@ -1013,12 +1013,11 @@ change when you flip it.
 
 Left-click in a square to flip it and its associated squares.
 
-If you use the \q{Solve} function on this game, it will highlight
-some of the squares with red blobs. If you click once in every
-square with a red blob, the game should be solved. (If you click in
-a square \e{without} a red blob, a red blob will appear in it to
-indicate that you will need to reverse that operation to reach the
-solution.)
+If you use the \q{Solve} function on this game, it will mark some of
+the squares in red. If you click once in every square with a red
+mark, the game should be solved. (If you click in a square
+\e{without} a red mark, a red mark will appear in it to indicate
+that you will need to reverse that operation to reach the solution.)
 
 \H{flip-parameters} \I{parameters, for flip}Flip parameters