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<title id="menu-level.title">The &level-menu; Menu</title>


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<varlistentry id="level-collections"><term>&level-collections;</term><listitem><para>

A submenu which holds all the collections.
Just select a collection, to jump to the level you played last in this collection (or the
first level of the collection, if it is your first try at the collection).
</para><para>
&EasySok; comes with the following collections:
</para>
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<listitem><para>

The <quote>Dimitri &amp; Yorick</quote> collection was created by Jacques Duthen <email>
duthen@club-internet.fr</email>. It is ideal for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis>
and <emphasis>kids</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sokogen</quote> collection was also was created by Jacques Duthen <email>
duthen@club-internet.fr</email>. Like the <quote>Dimitri &amp; Yorick</quote>
collection it is also well suited for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis>
and <emphasis>kids</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Minicosmos</quote> collection is the easiest one in the series
by Aymeric du Peloux <email>aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org</email>. Its difficulty
is slightly higher than that of the <quote>Sokogen</quote> and
<quote>Dimitri &amp; Yorick</quote> collections.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Microcosmos</quote> collection is considerably harder then the
<quote>Minicosmos</quote> collection. This level set from Aymeric du Peloux
<email>aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org</email> is therefore ideal for <emphasis>
intermediate</emphasis> sokoban players.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Nabokosmos</quote> collection from Aymeric du Peloux
<email>aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org</email> is even harder than <quote>Microcosmos</quote> and suitable
for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>. Like all collections from Aymeric du Peloux,
the levels of this collection contain only a few gems, but are mind boggling.
If you think that this collection is to easy, you should look at
<ulink url="http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/">http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/
</ulink>, where Aymeric du Peloux is creating a new collection called
<quote>Picocosmos</quote>, which is even harder (yes, that's really possible).
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Picokosmos</quote> collection from Aymeric du Peloux
<email>aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org</email> is the hardest one und suitable for
<emphasis>experts</emphasis> and <emphasis>gods</emphasis>. Maybe you should
loook an Aymeric's homepage at
<ulink url="http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/">http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/
</ulink>, where you can  get a hint for every level!
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>dh1</quote> collection from David Holland <email>david@noether.freeserve.co.uk
</email> contains levels of various size and difficulty.
All in all this collection is the right one for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> and
<emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>dh2</quote> collection from David Holland <email>david@noether.freeserve.co.uk
</email> contains medium to huge levels and should be tried by sokoban
<emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>maelstrom</quote> collection from David Holland <email>david@noether.freeserve.co.uk
</email> has a great diversity in the levels. Here you can find everything from small
levels with only five gems to huge levels with nearly 60 gems.
The right collection for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> (if they skip some of the
levels) and <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Bagatelle</quote> collection is from David Holland
<email>david@noether.freeserve.co.uk</email>. It has levels of small to medium size,
which are really hard to solve.
The right stuff for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Cantrip</quote> collection is the newest from David Holland
<email>david@noether.freeserve.co.uk</email>. It has interesting levels of medium
to high difficulty, while the levels are not to big.
The right stuff for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> and <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The small but fine <quote>Twisty</quote> collection from Martin P Holland <email>
m.holland@noether.freeserve.co.uk</email> is part of the soked program (
see <ulink url="http://www.clickfest88.freeserve.co.uk/">
http://www.clickfest88.freeserve.co.uk/</ulink> for obtaining this fine
piece of software). It is suitable for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> and
<emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Yoshio's Autogenerated</quote> collection from Yoshio Murave <email>
yoshio@asahi.email.ne.jp</email> demonstrates perfectly, that even small levels
with few gems (every level has only three gems!) can be quite hard to solve.
The right collection for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Yoshio's Handmade</quote> collection from Yoshio Murave <email>
yoshio@asahi.email.ne.jp</email> contains small to medium levels, with a generally
high difficulty. Because this collection is a <quote>work in progress</quote>, you
should visit Yoshio Murave's homepage
<ulink url="http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ai/yoshio/sokoban/main.htm">
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ai/yoshio/sokoban/main.htm</ulink>, to look for new
levels in the collection.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Microban</quote> collection from David W. Skinner <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> contains levels with increasing difficulty.
This collection is suited for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis> and <emphasis>
intermediate</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>MasMicroban</quote> collection from David W. Skinner <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email>, the sequel of Microban, contains levels with increasing difficulty.
This collection is suited for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis> and <emphasis>
intermediate</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sasquatch</quote> collection is the first in David W. Skinner's <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> sasquatch series. The levels itself are
quite variable, ranging from small to huge, but always interesting.
Suitable for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> and <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Mas Sasquatch</quote> collection is the second in David W. Skinner's <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> sasquatch series. Like the 
<quote>Sasquatch</quote> collection it features some very huge levels, which 
are quite hard to solve. The right collection for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sasquatch III</quote> collection is the third in David W. Skinner's <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> sasquatch series. Like the 
<quote>Sasquatch</quote> and <quote>Mas Sasquatch</quote> collections you will find
levels of all sizes, while huge levels are dominant.
A collection for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sasquatch IV</quote> collection is the fourth in David W. Skinner's <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> sasquatch series.
Here you will find more small levels, compared to the other collections in the series.
A collection for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sasquatch IV</quote> collection is the newest in David W. Skinner's <email>
sasquatch@bentonrea.com</email> sasquatch series.
Here you will find some very big levels, compared to the other collections in the series.
A collection for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Grigr2001</quote> collection was created by Evgeniy Grigoriev
<email>grigr@yandex.ru</email>. It contains a wide variety of levels with all
difficulties.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Kokoban</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of medium sized levels, which are generally hard to solve.
The right collection for <emphasis>expert</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Novoban</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of mostly of medium sized levels with only few gems.
The right collection for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis> and <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Numbers</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of the levels which resemble the numbers from 0 to 9.
The difficulty of the levels vary from easy to hard.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sokoban Online</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of levels where the start position of the gems resembel a letter and
the goals also.
The difficulty of the levels is generally easy.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sokolate</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of medium sized levels with not to much gems.
The difficulty of the levels is medium to hard.
Suitable for <emphasis>intermediates</emphasis> and <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>


The <quote>Sokompact</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of medium sized levels with not to much gems.
The difficulty of the levels hard.
Suitable for <emphasis>experts</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>Sokompact</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of large levels with only one gem.
The difficulty of the collection is trivially (when you play &EasySok; by mouse) or
easy (if you play &EasySok; by keyboard).
The right collection for <emphasis>beginners</emphasis>.
</para></listitem><listitem><para>

The <quote>100 boxes</quote> collection from François Marques <email>Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr</email>
consists of 10 levels with 10 gems each.
The difficulty of the collection is hard.
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<important>
<para>
All the collections are copyrighted by their authors.
</para>
<para>
If you have ever tried to create an interesting sokoban level yourself (apart
from creating a whole collection), you know how much work and creativity this task
requires (in fact it's probably easier to create a whole Sokoban program).
So respect the work of the authors (which made this collections publicly available for
free) and don't distribute this levels under your own name! 
</para>
</important>

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<varlistentry id="level-collections-by-author"><term>&level-collections-by-author;</term><listitem><para>

Here you can select the collections, which are sorted by their authors.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-collections-by-difficulty">
<term>&level-collections-by-difficulty;</term><listitem><para>

Here you can select the collections, which are sorted by their difficulties.
Note that only the average difficulty is given and that the whole concept
of difficulty is highly subjective!

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-recent-collections">
<term>&level-recent-collections;</term><listitem><para>

Shows the last recently used collections.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-prev-collection"><term>&level-prev-collection;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the previous collection.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-next-collection"><term>&level-next-collection;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the next collection.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-prev-level"><term>&level-prev-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the previous level in the collection, if there is a previous level.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-next-level"><term>&level-next-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the next level in the collection if that is possible.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-prev-unsolved-level"><term>&level-prev-unsolved-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the previous unsolved level in the collection, if there is a previous level.

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<varlistentry id="level-next-unsolved-level"><term>&level-next-unsolved-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the next unsolved level in the collection if that is possible.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-first-level"><term>&level-first-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the first level in the current collection.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-last-level"><term>&level-last-level;</term><listitem><para>

Jumps to the last reachable level in the current collection.
The effect is the same, as using &level-next-level; as much as possible.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-goto-level"><term>&level-goto-level;</term><listitem><para>

Allows you to go to a specific level. A dialog pops up, where you can enter the
number of the level you want to visit.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-level-info"><term>&level-level-info;</term><listitem><para>

Shows information about the current level.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-collection-info"><term>&level-collection-info;</term><listitem><para>

Shows information about the current collection.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-find-dups"><term>&level-find-dups;</term><listitem><para>

Tries to find duplicate levels in all collections.
Two level are considered to be the same, if they are the same or
can be made the same by moving the keeper without pushing a gem or
by rotating and mirroring one level and moving the keeper without pushing
a gem. Note that all levels are simplified to determine levels, which are different
only because of irrelevant changes.

</para></listitem></varlistentry>


<varlistentry id="level-force-update"><term>&level-force-update;</term><listitem><para>

Looks for new and updated collections. If any are found, you can choose if you
want to import these and maybe replace the new collections by the old collection.
This function is only needed, if you want to import new collections your have rejected
to import (or update) during the startup of &EasySok; or in the case when you installed
new levels (for example by installing a new version of &EasySok;) when &EasySok; is
running, because in this case the new levels are not considered new (this problem
might be solved in a future version).

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