>> When I run FCELL * and enter 1941, it takes a fraction
>> of a second to display a 46-step solution. BTW - when you solve a game and see
>> dots printing out, that means it is in the process of finding shorter solutions. That
>> can take a while on some games (not very many). After the first dot, you can press
>> any key to see the best solution so far. You should not have to press a key to make
>> it display the final solution, but, again, I don't know about dosbox.
>>
>
> I see. Well, the general convention for UNIX command line programs is that
> once they accept arguments on the command line and read everything they
> need from standard input, then they run and then display the output
> immediately. They don't wait for user interaction. This is how FCS works
> too.
When FCELL * is used to start FCELL, it means that STDIN (or standard input) is
used to get input while the program runs. This can be redirected from a file, or typed
in at the keyboard (FCELL can tell what you are doing, and it uses verbose mode
if input is coming from the keyboard a line at a time, or terse mode if it is coming
from a file with more than one line per system call).
I agree with Danny Jones, if you want to run FCELL try to find a real DOS box.
FCELL has been written and only tested on the DOS window of Windows 2000,
and Windows XP. It will probably run just fine on any older version of Windows
that has a CPU capable of 32-bit instructions.
>>
>>> BTW, have you given any consideration in regards to the license of the solver?
> You mean:
>
> <<<<
> Although protected by Copyright, I grant permission to copy my articles
> and software, but only if not-for-profit, and only if they include my
> Title and Copyright, and a reference to this website. Notification to me
> and courtesy copies of the publication would be appreciated. For other
> publication, please contact me directly.
Yes, this text is from my website.
>
> By license I meant something along the lines of The GNU General Public
> License (or GPL), the BSD license, the MIT X11 license, LGPL, MPL, CPL,
> Sleepy Cat, etc. etc. These are legal documents that govern what can be
> done with the program and what is forbidden. Your informal licensing terms
> would be considered quite problematic in the UNIX/Free and Open Source
> Software world.
I make no claims as to what can be done with the program, nor do I want to forbid anything..
I really want no agreement except for the underlying copyright.
>
> A final note is that I linked to your solver as well as to this discussion
> from the Freecell Solver homepage:
>
> http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~shlomif/freecell-solver/links.html#other_solvers
>
> It's near the bottom of the section. Please read it and let me know if
> it represents your solver well.
This will take a few weeks (I'm in the desert of Utah, barely able to send and receive email).
Received on Fri Sep 09 2005 - 08:27:13 IDT