NAME

       pescetti — Pseudo-Duplimate Generator

SYNOPSIS

       pescetti

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the pescetti command.

OPTIONS

       Here  are  a  list  of  the available options and what they do. You must specify exactly one from --demo,
       --generate or --load.

       --help    Prints the help text

       --demo    Demonstration mode. Generates one hand with permutations and the tutorial for how to use them.

       --generate=N
                 Generate N random boards

       --load=boards.txt
                 Load boards+analysis from boards.txt

       --load-dds=boards.dds
                 Load boards from boards.dds in dds format

       --load-analysis=tricks.txt
                 Load analysis from tricks.txt

       --permutations=permutations.txt
                 Generate the permutations and save them to the given file

       --curtains=curtains.txt
                 Save curtain cards to file curtains.txt

       --save=boards.txt
                 Save the boards+analysis to boards.txt

       --save-dds=boards.dds
                 Save the boards to boards.dds in dds format

       --save-analysis=tricks.txt
                 Save the analysis to tricks.txt

       --format=html|txt|pdf
                 Set the output mode to the given format

       --title=title
                 Set the title for the output

       --output=hands.txt
                 Print the hands to hands.txt, rather than to standard output

       --stats   Generate statistics about the set of boards; included in the hands output

       --analyze Run the dds analyzer on the boards and print the resulting numberof tricks (warning SLOW)

       --criteria=''criteria...''
                 A list of criteria to apply to each generated hand to generate specific hand types.   The  list
                 should  be  space  separated  and  each  item  may  be suffixed with a colon and a (fractional)
                 probability value which can be used to weight the criteria.

                 E.g. --criteria="weaknt:0.8 strongnt:0.5"

                 Valid criteria are: unbalanced weaknt strongnt twont  strongtwo  weaktwo  three  twoclubs  4441
                 singlesuit  twosuits  partscore  game  slam  game-invite slam-invite jumpshift jumpfit splinter
                 bacon weird

       --probability=factor
                 Generate hands matching the criteria with only the given probability. Factor is in the range  0
                 to  1. On each attempt to generate a board it is rejected if it doesn't match the criteria with
                 the given probability.  A factor of about 0.8 gives roughly half matching boards

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Matthew Johnson <debian@matthew.ath.cx>. Permission is granted  to  copy,
       distribute  and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 as
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-
       licenses/GPL.

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