NAME

pi-make-microsoft-freecell-board, make_pysol_freecell_board.py - Programs to generate boards to be used as input to Freecell Solver.

SYNOPSIS

program [-t] board-number or for make_pysol_freecell_board.py: program [-t] [-F] [--ms] board-number [game-string]

DESCRIPTION

These programs are command-line programs that can generate the initial board of the games of several popular Solitaire implementations. Those boards can be in turn be input to fc-solve by means of a pipeline, or placed inside a file for safe-keeping. make_pysol_freecell_board.py also accepts an optional third argument which indicates the game type. This type defaults to Freecell, but is useful for generating the boards of other games. Note that using this flag still requires one to use the "--game" flag of fc-solve, if necessary. make_pysol_freecell_board.py also accepts a flag called -F or --pysolfc that deals the PySolFC boards instead of the classic PySol ones, and one called --ms or -M that deals Microsoft Freecell/Freecell Pro deals even for higher seeds. A common paradigm for using those programs is something like:

    bash:~$ pi-make-microsoft-freecell-board 11982 | fc-solve -l gi

If the "-t" option is specified, then the 10 cards are printed with "T"'s, instead of "10"'s. While fc-solve can accept either as input, it may prove useful for other solvers or solitaire implementations which do not accept "10"'s. Here is a short description of each program: make_pysol_freecell_board.py A Python script that generates the boards of the various games of PySol. pi-make-microsoft-freecell-board A program that generates the boards of Microsoft Freecell and of the Freecell Pro implementation of Freecell.

OPTIONS

board-number is the board number as a decimal number. game-string is a string describing the game. Valid strings and their respective games are: bakers_game - Baker's Game bakers_dozen - Baker's Dozen beleaguered_castle - Beleaguered Castle citadel - Citadel cruel - Cruel der_katz - Der Katzenschwantz die_schlange - Die Schlange eight_off - Eight Off fan - Fan forecell - Forecell freecell - Freecell (the default) good_measure - Good Measure ko_bakers_game - Kings' Only Baker's Game relaxed_freecell - Relaxed Freecell relaxed_seahaven - Relaxed Seahaven Towers seahaven - Seahaven Towers simple_simon - Simple Simon streets_and_alleys - Streets and Alleys

SEE ALSO

fc-solve (6) /usr/share/doc/freecell-solver-FCS_VERSION/board_gen/README

AUTHOR

Shlomi Fish, <http://www.shlomifish.org/> .