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.IX Title "HOOLA 6"
.TH HOOLA 6 2025-11-18 "Freecell Solver 6.16.0" "Freecell Solver"
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.SH NAME
pi\-make\-microsoft\-freecell\-board, make_pysol_freecell_board.py \-
Programs to generate boards to be used as input to Freecell Solver.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&\fBpi\-make\-microsoft\-freecell\-board\fR \fI[\-t]\fR \fIboard\-number\fR
.PP
or for make_pysol_freecell_board.py:
.PP
\&\fBmake_pysol_freecell_board.py\fR \fI[\-t]\fR \fI[\-F]\fR \fI[\-\-ms]\fR \fIboard\-number\fR [\fIgame\-string\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
These programs are command\-line programs that can generate the \fIinitial\fR board
of the games of several popular Solitaire implementations. Those boards
can in turn be input to \fBfc\-solve\fR by means of a pipeline, or placed
inside a file for safe\-keeping.
.PP
\&\fBmake_pysol_freecell_board.py\fR also accepts an optional third argument which
indicates the game variants. 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 \fBfc\-solve\fR, if necessary.
.PP
\&\fBmake_pysol_freecell_board.py\fR also accepts a flag called \fI\-F\fR
or \fI\-\-pysolfc\fR that deals the PySolFC boards instead of the classic PySol
ones, and one called \fI\-\-ms\fR or \fI\-M\fR that deals Microsoft Freecell/Freecell
Pro deals even for higher seeds.
.PP
A common paradigm for using those programs is something like:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    bash:~$ pi\-make\-microsoft\-freecell\-board \-t 11982 | fc\-solve \-l gi
.Ve
.PP
If the "\-t" option is specified, then the 10 cards are printed with "T"\*(Aqs,
instead of "10"\*(Aqs. While \fBfc\-solve\fR can accept either as input, it
may prove useful for other solvers or solitaire implementations which do
not accept "10"\*(Aqs.
.PP
Here is a short description of each program:
.PP
\&\fBmake_pysol_freecell_board.py\fR
.PP
A Python script that generates the boards of the various games of PySol.
.PP
\&\fBpi\-make\-microsoft\-freecell\-board\fR
.PP
A program that generates the boards of Microsoft Freecell and of the
Freecell Pro implementation of Freecell.
.SH OPTIONS
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\&\fIboard\-number\fR is the board number as a decimal number.
.PP
\&\fIgame\-string\fR is a string describing the game. Valid strings and their
respective games are:
.PP
bakers_game        \- Baker\*(Aqs Game
.PP
bakers_dozen       \- Baker\*(Aqs Dozen
.PP
beleaguered_castle \- Beleaguered Castle
.PP
citadel            \- Citadel
.PP
cruel              \- Cruel
.PP
der_katz           \- Der Katzenschwantz
.PP
die_schlange       \- Die Schlange
.PP
eight_off          \- Eight Off
.PP
fan                \- Fan
.PP
forecell           \- Forecell
.PP
freecell           \- Freecell (the default)
.PP
good_measure       \- Good Measure
.PP
ko_bakers_game     \- Kings\*(Aq Only Baker\*(Aqs Game
.PP
relaxed_freecell   \- Relaxed Freecell
.PP
relaxed_seahaven   \- Relaxed Seahaven Towers
.PP
seahaven           \- Seahaven Towers
.PP
simple_simon       \- Simple Simon
.PP
streets_and_alleys \- Streets and Alleys
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
\&\fBfc\-solve\fR (6)
.PP
gen\-multiple\-pysol\-layouts (6)
.PP
/usr/share/doc/freecell\-solver\-FCS_VERSION/board_gen/README
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Shlomi Fish, <http://www.shlomifish.org/> .