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====INSTALL====
<Source distribution>
Make sure there is a font named 7x14. If you don't like round-corner cards or don't have the shape extension, delete -DSHAPE from the makefile. You need g++ 2.8.1 or higher.

make
make install (you may need to be root to do this)

<Binary distribution>
You need to be root.

mv xfreecell /usr/local/bin
mv xfreecell.6 /usr/local/man/man6

Then if you want to use MS Freecell compatible seed number feature, you must download MSNumbers from my homepage and move it to the directory specified in ./xfreecell/msNumPath.

====CONTROL====
<Mouse>
Double click: Moves the card to freecell. Same as windows.

Button2: Same as Double click. Recommended for 3-button mouse owners.

Eases the load of your finger.

Button3(card): Moves the card to foundation.

Button3(empty pile): Moves multiple cards to the empty pile.

You can know other controls intuitively.

Note: There are two modes to move multiple cards to an empty pile. One

      is to use Button3 stated above. The other is to use query window
      which asks 'Single or Multiple'. The default is Button3 mode. To 
      use query window mode, press pref->toggle query->press Ok. Or 
      start xfreecell with option '-q'.

====BUTTONS====
New: Begin a new game randomly. Previously played games excluded. Replay: Replay last game.
Seed: Begin a new game which corresponds to the number you typed. Lost: Replay a lost game selected randomly. Undo: Do undo.
Score: Display score.
Pref: Preference.
About: About.
Exit: Exit.

====ABOUT SEED====
From version 1.0.4, you can seed a game. But there is no guarantee about the uniqueness. If you hit upon an algorithm which guarantees the uniqueness, please send me. I'm currently using the algorithm of Microsoft Freecell (see mshuffle.txt).

Instead of using srand() and rand() in libc, I use NSsrand() and NSrand() I implemented to make the seed numbers compatible over many Unices. If you want to use srand() and rand(), remove -DBOGUSRANDOM from makefile.

The check whether you played or not is not done in different seed-num modes. That is, if you played a game in MS-seed-num mode, you may play the same game in original-seed-num mode. But the possibility is very low because there are too many games and there are only 32000 games in MS-seed-num mode.

To play MS-seed-num mode, start xfreecell with option '-m' or toggle 'MS Seed' in pref.

====BUG AND REQUEST, SUGGESTION====
If you find any bugs, requests or suggestions, mail to nakayama@giganet.net or k62057@csc.titech.ac.jp. In bug report, please include the version number and how to reproduce the bug.

====COPYRIGHT====

       Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this soft-
       ware and its documentation for any purpose and without fee
       is  hereby  granted,  provided  that  the  above copyright
       notice appear in all copies and that both  that  copyright
       notice  and  this  permission  notice appear in supporting
       documentation, and that the name of Nakayama Shintaro or
       his employers not be used in advertising or publicity per-
       taining to distribution of  the  software  without  speci-
       fic,  written prior permission. Nakayama Shintaro makes no
       representations  about the  suitability  of this software
       for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express
       or implied warranty.

       NAKAYAMA SHINTARO AND HIS EMPLOYERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES
       WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRAN-
       TIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO EVENT SHALL THEY
       BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
       OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING  FROM  LOSS  OF  USE, 
       DATA  OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGE-
       NCE OR OTHER  TORTIOUS  ACTION, ARISING  OUT  OF  OR IN  
       CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

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I borrowed some code from grafix-1.4 by Wolfgang Koehler.

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Some part of code is taken from seahaven by Terry Weissman and Charles Heynes.

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.

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The following notices are taken from seahaven's README.

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Card drawing code and some code cleanup by Bill Spitzak
spitzak@d2.com

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Card images from the "spider" game which is:

Copyright (c) 1990 by David Lemke & Network Computing Devices, Inc. (lemke@ncd.com)
Copyright 1990 Heather Rose and Sun Microsystems, Inc. Copyright (c) 1989, Donald R. Woods and Sun Microsystems, Inc.

===THANKS TO===
Andy Green
Steven Swamp
Jeff King
Andre Majorel
Phoenix Chan
Chris Faulhaber