PySol
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PySol Fan Club Edition displaying a deal of Black Hole | |
| Developer(s) | Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer |
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| Stable release | 4.82 / September 2, 2003 |
| Development status | Discontinued in 2004[1] |
| Written in | Python and Tk |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Computer game |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website |
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PySol is an open source (GPLed) and platform independent computer game that incorporates around 1,000 solitaire games, including card games and other types of single-player games.[2] It is written in the Python programming language.[3] PySol was originated by Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer, and it uses the Tk GUI toolkit.
While development of PySol officially ceased in 2004,[1] several forks, including PySolitaire, UltraSol, PySol Fan Club Edition (also known as “PySolFC”) and FlowerSol, continue to be developed. PySolFC now contains over 1,000 games.[4]
The games in PySol are classified according to several criteria for better usability. The basic division is as follows:
- Baker's Dozen type
- Beleaguered Castle type
- Canfield type
- Fan type
- Forty Thieves type
- FreeCell type
- Golf type
- Gypsy type
- Klondike type
- Montana type
- Napoleon type
- Numerica type
- Spider type
- Terrace type
- Yukon type[5]
Features
- Hint system
- Multiple undo/redo
- Bookmarks
- Demo mode showing how to play each game
- Random game choice
- Saving the status of games.
- Won/lost game statistics
- Choice of cardsets and table tiles
- Several assist play and automatic play options
- Sound server[6]
See also
References
- 1 2 Oberhumer, Markus. "Pysol Solitaire Home Page". Retrieved 2015-07-15.
- ↑ "PySolFC - List of solitaire games". sourceforge.net.
- ↑ skomoroh. "PySolFC". SourceForge.
- ↑ "PySolFC Home Page". sourceforge.net.
- ↑ Scott M. Morris. "Cool Solutions: PySol: More Solitaire Than You Can Shake a Stick At". novell.com.
- ↑ "Debian -- Details of package pysol in lenny". debian.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2010.
External links
- PySolFC (PySol Fan Club Edition) Homepage
- Original PySol Homepage
- Scott M. Morris (27 Sep 2005). "PySol: More Solitaire Than You Can Shake a Stick At". Novell Cool Solutions. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- Ian Harac. "Editorial Review of PySol Fan Club Edition (PySolFC)". PC World. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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