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=
                 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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