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authorBen Harris <bjh21@bjh21.me.uk>2023-02-15 23:17:04 +0000
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Note in the documentation that Pattern clues are in order
Requested in Debian bug #642207 and seems perfectly reasonable.
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@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@ Netslide was contributed to this collection by Richard Boulton.
\cfg{winhelp-topic}{games.pattern}
You have a grid of squares, which must all be filled in either black
-or white. Beside each row of the grid are listed the lengths of the
-runs of black squares on that row; above each column are listed the
-lengths of the runs of black squares in that column. Your aim is to
-fill in the entire grid black or white.
+or white. Beside each row of the grid are listed, in order, the
+lengths of the runs of black squares on that row; above each column
+are listed, in order, the lengths of the runs of black squares in that
+column. Your aim is to fill in the entire grid black or white.
I first saw this puzzle form around 1995, under the name
\q{\i{nonograms}}. I've seen it in various places since then, under