ref: 232cbaf5a8affcb0c61f1355f0569efaae534ad9
parent: 9394e9c74bdb48dc1c74693bcb41fd35f8fc743c
author: Ben Harris <[email protected]>
date: Wed Feb 15 18:17:04 EST 2023
Note in the documentation that Pattern clues are in order Requested in Debian bug #642207 and seems perfectly reasonable.
--- a/puzzles.but
+++ b/puzzles.but
@@ -880,10 +880,10 @@
\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