			Patience Version 2.4.1 
			   Keith Packard
			   keithp@ncd.com

Patience is a collection of solitaire card games for the Palm Pilot.

Version 2.4.1 
	+ shrink data structure sizes
	+ Make global game datastructure static rather than allocated
	+ Add card count to deck in some games

Version 2.4 modifies the UI by making the table have a unique color, and
also adds two new games, Canfield and Eight Off.  Eight Off is similar to
Towers, except has more stocks and fewer tableaus.  As a result, it
plays a bit easier on the tiny screen.  I've changed the UI for Yukon;
tapping a card now moves that card rather than attempting to move some
random subset of the stack.  Yukon now has hints as well.  

I've added a 'examine' mode where tapping a card shows the whole card;
dragging shows other cards.  Hitting the next-page button while holding the
pen on a card switches back to play mode so you can play the selected card.
While in examine mode, a small black square is displayed in the lower right
corner of the screen.

I've added 'always auto-play' mode.  In this mode, each time a card
is played, any auto-play moves are made afterwards.

I've added left-handed layouts for games where it matters.

I've discovered a problem when hackmaster is running and using some
of the application heap space -- patience was using too much for
undo history.  I've moved the undo history to global memory, increasing
the maximum undo count to 1024 and reducing local heap usage by a lot.

Version 2.3 improves the UI by animating cards to track the pen.  It's
also the first release built with the prc tools provided by Jeff Dionne
for Linux.  A vast improvement over the Metrowerks environment on the
Macintosh.  I also added attribution for Tabby Cat and the rules
of the game to Rick Holzgrafe, the author of Solitaire Till Dawn
for the Macintosh.

The Games

*	Aces High
This is a very simple solitaire, infrequently winnable and
pretty much determined by the deal rather than the play.

*	Calculation
Keeps your mind working with modulo 13 arithmetic

*	Canfield
Another classic, much like Klondike except foundations start
at an arbitrary rank and empty tableaus are filled from a stock.

*	Eight Off
Similar to Towers, but with eight tableaus and eight stocks. Seems
to be about as winnable.

*	Golf
Count up and down, try to end with fewer than four cards showing.

*	Klondike
The classic; in draw-three style (sorry, no Vegas rules)

*	Montana
Line up all four suits from 2 to King.  Tap empty spaces to highlight
the card which goes there.  Tap cards to highlight where they go.

*	Spider
My favorite double-deck solitaire; more playable in version 2.0, but still
cramped.

*	Spiderette
A single-deck version of Spider.  It seems to be less affected by skill than
spider.

*	Tabby Cat
Similar to Spiderette, but suits don't matter, and you get this fine
tail to play with.

*	Towers
Similar to FreeCell, but a bit easier to play.

*	Yukon
Looks like Klondike, but is more complicated.

The Play

All of the games have the same controls; most of the time tapping
on a column will move some cards in a useful manner.  When that doesn't
work, drag a card where you want it to go.  Hints and 256-level undo
are always available.

Copyright  1996, 1997, 1998 Keith Packard

Patience is made available without fee.  If you have a favorite solitaire
that you think will work well on the Pilot, send along a description of the
game and I'll see about incorporating it into the next release.

Keith Packard
keithp@ncd.com
http://www.reed.edu/~keith
