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I like to play a specific variation of Solitare that AisleRiot doesn't seem to offer. I found a Single Card Draw version of Klondike, but it limits redeals and I found a Three Card Draw that has no limits on redeals. I like to play Single Card Draw with no limits on redeals. Is this possible with AisleRiot or do I need to go find another program?

 Draw-Style  Redeal-Limit Available?
    1              3           Yes
    1            none           No   -- This is what I want
    3              3            No
    3            none          Yes
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  • Did you find an answer for this or are you still looking for help?
    – coversnail
    Apr 4, 2012 at 15:30
  • Still looking for something that fits the bill
    – Huckle
    Apr 4, 2012 at 22:32

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I bumped into the reason for this change in behaviour on a German site.

Previously you could edit the value of max-redeal near the beginning of the config file and set it to -1 for unlimited redeals (as per the comment for that line). In Ubuntu 12.04 that no longer works. The code that parses the options in the new Klondike menu item, forcefully resets the value of max-redeal.

There may be a more elegant way to do this, but the simplest way I found was to edit as root (use sudo) the file:

/usr/share/aisleriot/games/klondike.scm

Near the end of the file, look for a section like this:

(define (apply-options options)
  (set! deal-three (cadr (list-ref options 1)))
  (set! deal-one (cadr (list-ref options 2)))
  (set! no-redeal (cadr (list-ref options 3)))
  (set! max-redeal (cond (no-redeal 0)
;            (deal-one 2)
             (#t -1))))

Either delete, or comment out with a semi-colon, the second to last line.

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  • Your answer prompted a 30 minute look into LISP and Lambda calculus. I applaud your ability to incite such vigorous research in the name of Solitaire.
    – Huckle
    May 9, 2012 at 2:43
  • Changing max-redeal to -1 does work in 12.04.
    – user71298
    Jun 18, 2012 at 1:01

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