PySol

PySol

PySol Fan Club Edition displaying a deal of Black Hole
Developer(s)	Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer
Stable release	4.82 / September 2, 2003 (2003-09-02)
Development status	Discontinued in 2004
Written in	Python and Tk
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	Computer game
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.pysol.org

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. It is written in the Python programming language. PySol was originated by Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer, and it uses the Tk GUI toolkit.

While development of PySol officially ceased in 2004, 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.

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

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

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.