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3. Using Rubik's Kube

3.1 Playing the game

The goal of Rubik's Kube to 'clean' the cube. The cube consists of 54 colored sides which must be ordened to form 6 sides of equal colors.

You can turn to cube and twist the individual sides of the cube by clicking and dragging with the mouse (see section 3.2 for more information). By twising the sides of the cube it's possible to rearange the cube.

Turning means that the cube a a whole rotates in space. Twisting means that one of the sides of the cube is turned, but the rest of the cube remains fixed.

Using the cube you can create some beautiful patterns. I've included some example cubes in the distribution, they can be found in the directory $KDEDIR/share/apps/krubik/.

3.2 Using the mouse

When does the cube turn and when does it twist? Whenever the cube is turned or twisted the program computes the "twist areas". These areas determine when the cube turns or when it twists. Just try some clicking and dragging to find out how to turn and twist the cube.

3.3 The Menu Entries

3.3.1 File

New cube : Starts with a new cube

Save cube : Saves the current cube to a file

Load cube : Load a saved cube

Quit : Quit the program

3.3.2 Options

Configure colors : Allows you to configure the colors used

Reset colors : Resets the cube colors

Configure keys : Allows you to configure you're own keybindings

Statusbar : Enables or disabled the statusbar

3.3.3 Help

About : Shows information about Rubik's Kube

Help : Display's online help

3.4 Keybindings

Rubik's Kube has keybindigs for the following functions :

The keys used for these functions are the standard keys, configured by Kde. You can configure these keybindigs with the option "Configure keys" from the menu "Options".


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