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<H1>How to play PySol</H1>
<BR><BR>
<H2>Mouse Usage</H2>
<P>
Left mouse button:
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Drag cards around
<LI> Click on the Talon to deal new cards
</UL>
<P>
Right mouse button (or double-click the left button):
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Drop cards to the Foundations
<LI> Quick play (if enabled)
</UL>
<P>
Middle mouse button (or Ctrl-click the right button):
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> View partially overlapped cards
</UL>
<P>
Ctrl-click the left mouse button:
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Highlight all matching cards on the table
</UL>
<P>
Shift-click the left mouse button:
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Highlight all cards with the same rank.
</UL>
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<H2>Two-handed play</H2>
<P>
Put three fingers of one hand on '<I>A</I>' (auto drop),
'<I>S</I>' (undo) and '<I>D</I>' (deal).
You can also reach '<I>R</I>' (redo) from there.
<BR><BR>
<H2>Point-and-Click play</H2>
<P>
If you prefer Point-and-Click over Drag-and-Drop you can enable
<i>Quick play</i> and use the right mouse button. See below.
<BR><BR>
<H2>Automatic play</H2>
<P>
Note that automatic play can spoil the gameplay, so purists should
not enable any option but maybe <i>Auto face up</i>. Also, some games
disable certain features as they would be trivial otherwise.
<P>
Auto face up
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Automatically face up all cards.
</UL>
Auto drop
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Automatically drop cards to the Foundations.
</UL>
Auto deal
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Automatically deal cards to the Waste stack if it is empty.
</UL>
Quick play
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Use the right mouse button to move piles around quickly.
The logic involved is not too clever on purpose
(i.e. it does not consult the hint system).
</UL>
<BR><BR>
<H2>The animation is too slow...</H2>
<P>
Unfortunately the Tcl/Tk toolkit lacks a sprite concept, so
there is a lot of (invisible double-buffered) redraw going on
when dragging cards around.
<P>
Disabling <I>Card shadow</I>, <I>Shade legal moves</I>
and background table tiles will somewhat improve the display speed.
<BR><BR>
<H2>Selecting a cardset</H2>
<P>
Loading the new cardset is deferred until you start a new game.
<BR><BR>
<H2>The table tiles look strange</H2>
<P>
Background table tiles should only be enabled when using
a true-color video mode - otherwise they may look bad
because of dithering.
<P>
BTW, you can add your own background tiles by copying the images
to the main <i>data/tiles</i> or your home <i>~/.pysol/tiles</i> directory.
They must be in GIF or PPM format.
<BR><BR>
<H2>Some notes about scoring</H2>
<P>
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> Scoring only begins when you make your first move.
Also, if you undo all your moves back to the start
the game won't score either.
<LI> You will lose a game if you consume a hint or start demo mode.
<LI> You can restart any time to get another chance to win this game.
<LI> If you don't want to score a lost game you can temporarily change
the player name.
<LI> Loaded games don't count.
<LI> If you win a game without using <i>Undo</i>, <i>Quick play</i> and
any other of the assist functions you will be given special awards.
<LI> There are no score values in PySol - you win a game, or you lose it.
And don't even think about asking me to implement this nonsense - get
a nice pinball game if you're a highscore freak...
<LI> And finally always remember that this is a <b>Patience</b> game.
Relax and enjoy.
</UL>
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<H2>Undocumented key bindings</H2>
<UL TYPE="disc">
<LI> <I>Space</I> - Deal
<LI> <I>S</I> - Undo
<LI> <I>Backspace</I> - Undo
<LI> <I>Ctrl-A</I> - Auto drop and face-up cards in one step
<LI> <I>Ctrl-B</I> - Change card background
<LI> <I>Ctrl-H</I> - Show internal rating when giving a hint
<LI> <I>Ctrl-I</I> - Change table tile
<LI> <I>Ctrl-N</I> - Start a new game with the next game number
<LI> <I>Ctrl-P</I> - Change player name
<LI> <I>Ctrl-T</I> - Player statistics
</UL>
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