3Monkeys on Emacs: Part 6 - Some Fun
Previous in this series : Part 5 - Replace
Sometimes you need to step back and have a little fun. In keeping with that philosophy, I’m taking a small break from some of the more serious Emacs topics, and presenting a few fun things. Emacs has several built in stress relievers, from funny quotes to interactive games. Below are some diversions for your enjoyment.
| Yow | M-x yow | A simple diversion that displays a random Zippy quote in the echo area. |
| Doctor | M-x doctor | Need a little psychotherapy? Call in the doctor. |
| Life | M-x life | Conway’s Game of Life simulation. Still a fascination after all of these years. |
| Hanoi | M-x hanoi | Solves the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. To specify the number of rings us C-u number M-x hanoi, where number is the desired number of rings. |
| Mpuz | M-x mpuz | A multiplication puzzle where numbers are replaced with letters, the user must determine which numbers map to which letters. |
| Blackbox | M-x blackbox | An analytical puzzle where the user must deduce the locations of balls based on certain reactions to events. See the full documentation with this command C-h f blackbox. |
| Pegs | M-x solitaire | The classic peg jump game, where the user jumps one peg with a neighboring peg removing it in the process. The goal is to leave only one peg. |
| Snake | M-x snake | The user navigates a snake in a square box, avoiding doubling back on itself or running into a wall, all while trying to collect tokens. |
| Tetris | M-x tetris | The classic Tetris game we all are familiar with in one form or another. |
| Adventure | M-x dunnet | A text based adventure game much like Zork. We all remember playing Zork on PDP-10’s right? |
Until next time.
-3Monkeys
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