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NAME

6       AisleRiot  - a collection of card games which are easy to play with the
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SYNOPSIS

11       sol [options]
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DESCRIPTION

15       This manual page documents briefly the sol command. For  more  informa‐
16       tion, please refer to the excellent GNOME help for AisleRiot
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19       AisleRiot  (also  known  as  Solitaire  or sol) is a collection of card
20       games which are easy to play with the aid of a mouse.   The  rules  for
21       the games have been coded for your pleasure in the GNOME scripting lan‐
22       guage (Scheme).
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24       The following games can be selected from  within  the  program,  or  by
25       using a command line switch:
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27              Peek,  Auld  Lang  Syne,  Fortunes, Seahaven, King Albert, First
28              Law, Straight Up, Jumbo,  Accordion,  Ten  Across,  Plait,  Lady
29              Jane, Gypsy, Neighbor, Jamestown, Osmosis, Kings Audience, Glen‐
30              wood, Gay Gordons, Monte Carlo, Kansas, Camelot, Fourteen, Scor‐
31              pion,  Isabel,  Escalator, Agnes, Bristol, Quatorze, Bear River,
32              Gold Mine,  Athena,  Spiderette,  Chessboard,  Backbone,  Yukon,
33              Union  Square, Eight Off, Napoleons Tomb, Forty Thieves, Streets
34              And Alleys, Maze,  Clock,  Pileon,  Canfield,  Thirteen,  Bakers
35              Game,  Triple  Peaks, Easthaven, Terrace, Aunt Mary, Carpet, Sir
36              Tommy, Diamond Mine, Yield, Labyrinth, Thieves, Saratoga, Cruel,
37              Block  Ten,  Will O The Wisp, Odessa, Eagle Wing, Treize, Zebra,
38              Cover, Elevator, Fortress, Giant, Spider,  Gaps,  Bakers  Dozen,
39              Whitehead,  Freecell,  Helsinki,  Spider  Three  Decks, Scuffle,
40              Poker, Klondike Three Decks, Valentine, Royal  East,  Thumb  And
41              Pouch,  Klondike,  Doublets,  Template,  Golf, Westhaven, Belea‐
42              guered Castle, Hopscotch, Eliminator, Aunt Mary, Hamilton, Wall
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OPTIONS

46       AisleRiot accepts the following options, besides the  usual  Gtk+/GNOME
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50              Select the game to play
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USAGE

57       This text is taken verbatim from the AisleRiot Manual V2.12.
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59       Moving  the  cards  is  reasonably  obvious. Assuming you have a right-
60       handed mouse, left-click on a card and drag it somewhere.  Release  the
61       mouse button to deposit the card.
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63       If  a  card  can be moved to the foundation(s), you do not need to drag
64       it. You can double-click on it and it will move. If a sequence of cards
65       can be moved to the foundations, you can generally move the sequence as
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68       Double clicking a card will send it to a foundation, if that is  possi‐
69       ble.  This  is useful for cleaning up large numbers of cards at the end
70       of a successful game.
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72       In games which have a stock pile you can redeal it by clicking  on  the
73       empty  space  where  it  was. Be warned that some games only let you do
74       this a limited number of time. Watch for the Redeals  Left  message  at
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77       A  useful tip to know is that right-clicking on a face-up card which is
78       partially obscured by a card laid over it will raise it so that you can
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81       There  is  an alternative way to move cards. By selecting Click to move
82       from the Control menu you can click once to pick up  a  card  and  then
83       click  again to place it.  This can be faster than dragging and will be
84       easier on your hand since you don't have to hold the mouse  down.  How‐
85       ever, it may take a while to get used to.
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87       Some games have options to change the way the game is played. For exam‐
88       ple Klondike can be played with either single card deals or  three-card
89       deals.  In  these  games there is a separate menu with the game's name.
90       You can only change the rules of the game at the beginning of the  game
91       -- the menu will be inactive during the game.
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93       Statistics on how well you have done at a particular game are available
94       by selecting Statistics from the Game menu. Only games where you  actu‐
95       ally  start  moving cards are counted. The statistics are here for your
96       own enjoyment, there are numerous ways to cheat and  it  is  unwise  to
97       make comparisons.
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HOMEPAGE

101       https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Aisleriot
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AUTHOR

105       This   manual   page   was   written  by  Martin  Ferrari  <martin.fer‐
106       rari@gmail.com>, for the Debian system (but may  be  used  by  others).
107       You  can  find the list of authors and more information about AisleRiot
108       in /usr/share/doc/aisleriot.
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112AisleRiot                       March 22, 2007                          SOL(6)
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