# KPat User's Manual

`kpat`

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`kpat`

A highly addictive card game

    kpat
    --solvegame  file
    --solve  num
    --start  num
    --end  num
    --gametype  game
    --testdir  directory
    --generate
    file

## DESCRIPTION

&kpatience; is a compendium of several well known patience card games, ranging from the well known Klondike and Freecell, to lesser known games such as Grandfather's Clock and Mod3. In all there are 12 variations for you to while away time.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`--'). A summary of the options supported by `kpat` is included below.

`-h` `--help`

- This lists the options available at the command line

`-v` `--version`

- Lists version information for &kpatience;

`--solvegame` `file`

- Try to find a solution to the given savegame

`--solve` `num`

- Dealer to solve (debug)

`--start` `num`

- Game range start (default 0:INT_MAX)

`--end` `num`

- Game range end (default start:start if start given)

`--gametype` `game`

- Skip the selection screen and load a particular game type. Valid values are: acesup, fortyeight, freecell, golf, grandfather, grandfathersclock, normandy, klondike, mod3, simplesimon, spider, yukon

`--testdir` `directory`

- Directory with test cases

`--generate`

- Generate random test cases

`--author`

- Lists &kpatience;'s authors in the terminal window

`--license`

- Shows license information

`--desktopfile` `file name`

- The base file name of the desktop entry for this application.

`file`

- File to load

## SEE ALSO

- More detailed user documentation is available from help:/kpat (either enter this &URL; into &konqueror;, or run ``khelpcenter` `help:/kpat``).
- kf6options(7)
- qt6options(7)

## AUTHOR

&kpatience; is by:

- Paul Olav Tvete
- Mario Weilguni mweilguni@kde.org
- Matthias Ettrich ettrich@kde.org
- Rodolfo Borges barrett@labma.ufrj.br
- Peter H. Ruegg kpat@incense.org
- Michael Koch koch@kde.org
- Marcus Meissner mm@caldera.de
- Shlomi Fish shlomif@vipe.technion.ac.il
- Stephan Kulow coolo@kde.org