xskat6x

A card game for 1 to 3 players.

Usage

xskat [{-display | -d display}] [{-geometry | -g geometry}] [{-font | -fn font}] [{-iconic | -i}] [{-title | -T string}] [-name prog] [-fg color] [-bg color] [-bt color] [{-help | -h}] [-color] [-mono] [-up] [-down] [-alt] [-seq] [{-list | -l file}] [-alist] [-nlist] [-log file] [-dolog] [-nolog] [-game file] [-lang language] [-start player#] [player@display ...]

Overview

Xskat lets you play the card game Skat as defined by the official german Skatordnung.

Up to 2 players may be simulated by the computer.

After starting the game a mouse click will bring up a menu. The rest of the game controls should be fairly obvious.

Options

-display display name

-geometry geometry specification

-font font name (default: 9x15)

-iconic

-title window title

-name application resource name

-fg foreground color

-bg background color: The usual X toolkit options.

-bt button color: The color of dialog buttons.

-help: Show a short help text

-color: Use colored cards (default).

-mono: Use b&w cards.

-down: Sort cards downwards (default).

-up: Sort cards upwards.

-alt: Sort cards in alternating order (default).

-seq: Sort cards in sequential order.

-list filename: The file for saving/restoring the game list (default: $HOME/.xskat.lst or ./xskat.lst if HOME isn't set).

-alist: Alternative form of listing.

-nlist: Normal form of listing (default).

-log filename: Turn on automatic logging, i.e. append logs of all games to filename (default: $HOME/.xskat.log or ./xskat.log).

-dolog: Turn on automatic logging.

-nolog: Turn off automatic logging (default). Logs of individual games may still be saved during the game.

-game filename: Read predefined games from filename (- means stdin). See also section FILES below.

-lang language: Currently available: english and german (default: see makefile).

-start number: The player who starts giving cards (default: 2).

player@display: Specifies the display of the second and third player. The player@ part may be omitted if the alias resource is set on display.

Resources

Command line options take precedence over resource specifications for the player starting xskat (player 1).

`font, title, foreground, background`	The usual X resources.
`button`	(see -bt).
`color`	True or False (see -color and -mono).
`down`	True or False (see -down and -up).
`alt`	True or False (see -alt and -seq).
`list`	(see -list).
`alist`	True or False (see -alist and -nlist).
`log`	(see -log).
`dolog`	True or False (see -dolog and -nolog).
`game`	(see -game).
`language`	(see -lang).
`start`	(see -start).
`alias`	The player's real name (max. 2 words of 9 chars, default: $LOGNAME).

Only player 1 may specify the list, log, dolog, game, language and start resources.

Files

An example for a file specifying predefined games:

# The following block specifies the distribution
# of cards for player 1, 2, 3 and Skat(0).
# A 10  K  Q  J  9  8  7
  2  2  2  2  2  0  3  3  # Diamond
  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3  # Heart
  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3  # Spade
  1  1  1  1  1  0  3  3  # Club
# The following is not the same game !
# Player numbers rotate 3 -> 2 -> 1 -> 3
# (and depend on the start option).
  2  2  2  2  2  0  3  3
  2  2  2  2  2  3  3  3
  1  1  1  1  1  3  3  3
  1  1  1  1  1  0  3  3
repeat
# Repeat the above games forever.
# The following lines take effect only
# when you delete the 'repeat'.
random_seed 123456 0
# Specifies the random number which determines
# card distribution for all following games.
# The second number lets you skip that many
# games in the sequence.
# The random_seed will be shown in game logs
# to allow easy replay.