pescetti1

Usage

Overview

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