4 * Implement castling for variant CRC
5 * Extensive bugfix of -autoKibitz
6 * Accept <Enter> for changing chat partner
7 * Change opening array -variant fairy
8 * Send continuation lines to chat box they belong to
9 * Use -keepAlive option to determine connection health
10 * Fix of ancient WinBoard bug: check value of int options
11 * Fix bug for incommensurate time odds
12 * Fix piece-to-char table -variant fairy
13 * Fix TwoKings ICS castling-rights bug
14 * Fix reading castling rights FEN in knightmate and twokings
15 * Fix OO-castling in FRC after pasting FEN
16 * Fix bug in display of logos
17 * Fix highlighting bug in XBoard
18 * Match handles with multiple titles for channel Chat Boxes
19 * Make WinBoard makefiles use parser.c in XBoard directory
20 * Added missing sounds files to be able to compile on windows
25 * add Winboard source files into tar-ball
26 * remove trailing \r in xboard output
27 * double buffer size to prevent overflow
28 * fix problem with empty string in -firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN
29 * updates makefiles to include dependency on config.h
30 * correctly apply some check boxes from the option menu
31 * score sign in analysis mode
32 * fix for bug #28077: xboard needs to link against x11
33 * fix castling rights when copying FEN to clipboard (again)
34 * fixed some outstanding pixmaps
35 * fix the irritating wandering off of the MoveHistory window in XBoard on opening/closing.
36 * use xtell for talking to handles, but tell for talking into a channel.
37 * fix bug in bughouse drop menu
38 * removing some rather verbose debug messages that seem no longer needed.
39 * fix engine-sync on move-number type-in bug
40 * fix declaration of engineOutputDialogUp
41 * fix double start of zippy engine after switch to gothic
42 * the last move before the time control now gets its time listed in the PGN
43 * fix casting rights after FEN pasting
44 * fix crash on engine crash
45 * fixed build on openbsd
46 * cleaned up some debug messages and typos
47 * removed files that should only be in the windboard directory
48 * added missing library for build on OS X
53 * added chat windows to keep track of multiple conversations (WinBoard only)
54 * allow the result comment as a display item in the game list
55 * added a "Mute All Sounds" item in the WinBoard Options menu
56 * new -forceIllegalMoves option
57 * new -keepAlive option (for ICS play)
58 * ported -autoDisplayComment and -autoDisplayTags to xboard, controling popups
59 * replaces analysispopup with engineoutputpopup in xboard
60 * allow copy/paste position and game to use clipboard (xboard)
61 * updated several bitmaps (xboard)
62 * Made the beep sounds for JAWS board navigation configurable
63 through command-line options
64 * added the result comment to the game-list tags when the game
65 list is exported to the clipboard
67 * fixed premove problem
68 * fixed engine did not start playing when out of GUI book on second
70 * fix bug using opening books (file were not closed)
71 * fixed crash when opening Engine #1 Settings when there were no
72 text-edit options in the dialog
73 * fixed loading of games from command lines, fixes cmail bug
74 * fix joining lines split by ICS and resizing terminal window when using ICS
75 (new option -keepLineBreaksICS, -wrapContinuationSequence, -useInternalWrap)
76 * fixed -autoDisplayComment
77 * fixed wrong default value for engineDebugOutput in xboard
78 * swapped 'tell' and 'message' parsing order for correct colorization.
79 * fixed parse bug for pgn files
80 * fix for edit-position "moves" being sent by XBoard to the engine
81 * bugfix for protocol extensions: egtbpath -> egtpath
83 * further bugfixes: #8847, #10990, #27427, #27642,
84 #27666, #27667, #27668, #27715, #27751, #27760,
85 #27772, #27799, #27826 and several small ones
86 * use "make distcheck" to generate tar-balls
87 * prepared a system to internationalize winboard menus
88 * improved mouse handler
89 * rewrote wevalgraph for better frontend/backend separation
94 A new release of both XBoard and WinBoard is now available. Version
95 4.4.0 includes many changes. It is the first major release of
96 xboard/winboard after a fork of the project after version 4.2.7. It
97 includes small changes made in the main line and changes made by a
98 fork of Alessandro Scotti and lots of changes made afterwards by
99 H.G. Muller (released as versions 4.3.x). This release represents a
100 unified version of all changes made after the fork. It includes many
101 new features and bugfixes.
103 You can get both XBoard and WinBoard from the Savannah
106 https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
108 If you find a bug, please report it in the bug tracker at
109 https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/ or by email to bug-xboard
115 New command-line options
116 /niceEngines=N for adjusting the priority of engine processes so they don't soak up all your system resources
117 /firstOptions="..." Allows the setting of options that engines define through the feature option="..." commands
119 /firstLogo=filename.bmp Displays the mentioned bitmap next to the clock (with H:W =1:2 aspect ratio) (WB only)
120 /secondLogo=filename.bmp
121 /autoLogo=false get logo files automatically from engineDirectory\logo.bmp
123 General enhancements:
124 * New WB-protocol command: 'feature option="NAME -TYPE VALUE OTHER"', which engines can use to define options
125 * New WB-protocol command: 'option NAME VALUE' used to set value of engine-defned options.
126 * implements /delayAfterQuit and /delayBeforeQuit in XBoard, and uses SIGKILL to terminate rogue engine processes
131 New command-line options
132 /rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode)
133 /sameColorGames=N (for playing a match where the same player has white all the time)
134 /egtFormats="..." (for specifying where various end-game tables are installed on the computer)
137 + Time-odds factors can be set in the time-control dialog
138 + Nr of CPUs for SMP engines can be set in the Options -> UCI dialog
139 + Own-Book options can be switched from the Options -> UCI dialog
140 + The ScoreIsAbs options can be set from the Options -> Engine dialog
141 + New-Variant menu adds Superchess
143 General Enhancements:
144 * WinBoard engines can now also use the Polyglot opening book (implemented as general GUI book)
145 * New WB-protocol commands memory, cores and egtpath make interactive setting of these parameters
146 possible on WB engines
147 * New Polyglot is available that relays the interactive setting of these parameters to UCI engines
148 * Match mode suports an auto-increment mode, so that all games or positions from a file can be played
149 * Draw claims with Kings and an arbitrary number of like Bishops (e.g. KBBKB) are accepted
151 The source tree in original xboard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid
152 of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source releasy, after you put
153 the hep-file from an executabl distribution there. Maefiles for other compilers are not updated
154 since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers.
157 ** Version 4.3.14k **
159 Compared to version 4.3.13 described below, this version features
161 New command-line options:
162 /autoKibitz (for relaying the PV info of the engine to the ICS)
163 /userName="..." (for setting the name of the Human player, also as menu)
164 /engineDebugOutput=N (controlling the writing of engine output to debug file)
165 /firstNPS=N (for time management by node count or CPU time)
166 /secondNPS=N (likewise for the other engine)
169 + Enter Username (same as /userName command-line option)
170 + Save Diagram (for saving the Chessboard display as bitmap file)
171 + Machine Both (not implemented yet, but menu item already provided)
172 + New-Variant menu adds CRC, Janus and Berolina (the latter only with legality testing off!)
173 + Any variant can be played from a shuffled opening setup
176 * Problems with switching the variant in ICS zippy mode solved
177 * In ICS observing mode game history is now fully accessible
178 * Moves are not fed to engine in zippy mode, when observing a game from a variant unknown to the engine
179 * a problem with loading PGN of FRC games with move disambiguation and initial castling rights was fixed.
180 * A bug in the clock display that made previous versions of WinBoard crash for tiny displays is fixed
182 General enhancements:
183 * variant name displayed in title bar in ICS mode, when not 'normal'
184 * when receiving a challenge in ICS zippy mode, it is checked if the engine supports the variant (/zippyVariants="..." can still be used to limit the allowed variants, and for protocol-1 engines is still the only thing to go on)
185 * when loading a game from a PGN file, WB automatically switches to the variant specified in the PGN tags
186 * when starting from a loaded position (using /loadPositionFile), this position will be used on subsequent 'New Game' commands as well (until we switch variant)
188 New is also that the source tree is now brought back in the original WinBoard 4.2.7 format, including
189 xboard source files. Note, however, that the xboard sources are from an older date, and I did not test
190 if they still compile together with the much newer backend sources. I did add code in xboard.c to recognize
191 the new command-line options I added since then, and in so far they are back-end options that should be enough
192 to make them work. This is completely untested, though; I did not even try to compile it. Last time anyone
193 built a working xboard.exe from this was at a stage where WinBoard did have adjustable board size, allowing
194 it to play Xiangqi. But no crazyhouse holdings yet.
197 ** Version 4.3.13a **
199 This version of WinBoard_F fixes several bugs in 4.3.12, and also addse a few new features.
200 The new features include:
201 - some more fairy pieces, so that each side now has 22 piece types in stead of 17,
202 making most fairy pieces available in board size "petite" (next to "bulky" and "middling"),
203 making the ArchBishop and Chancellor, as well as one wildcard piece (the Lance) available in all
204 sizes from "petite" to "bulky".
205 - The FRC support is fully fixed, both in local and ICS mode.
206 - A mechanism is provided for safe draw claiming in cases where a 3-fold repetition woud occur only
207 after your own move. In this case a draw will be awarded by WinBoard if the engine sends "offer draw"
208 before making its move.
209 - Genuine draw offers are not passed on immediately to the opponent but held up to when the offerer announces
211 - Variants FRC, Cylinder and Falcon are added to the "New Variant..." menu.
212 - Support for playing time-odds games is added. (Options /firstTimeOdds, /secondTimeOdds, /timeOddsMode)
213 - A mechanism is provided for attaching WinBoard options to the engine command, to create options that
214 follow the engine (e.g. time odds) in a tournament run under a tournament manager.
216 - Shatranj in ICS mode (did not work at all before)
217 - Some draw adjudications (QRKR was mistaken for KRKR, and KBKB with like Bishops is now recognized)
218 - time info in the PGN is now correct
224 This relaese was not made by the GNU xboard team, but by H.G.Muller.
225 It mainly contains developments on WinBoard. Nevertheless, an attempt
226 has been started to back-port the enormous number of improvements that
227 have been made to WinBoard since the Linux and Windows developments branched
228 to xboard. This is reflected by the source tree now having the same format
229 as that of xboard 4.2.7, including all the xboard sources.
231 An enormous amount of work still has to be done to make the xboard version
232 fully equivalent to WinBoard, especially on user-interface side. As a modest
233 beginning, the xboard source files have been patched to allow their compilation
234 with the newer back-end files from WinBoard. To this end, the number of piece
235 types in xboard has been increased from 6 to 22, and the WinBoard bitmaps
236 have been converted to xboard source format (.bm) and are included in the
237 xboard bitmaps directory. Other quick patches include the coloring of the
238 board squares (for xiangqi and holdings), and some code in the user-move
239 handling to suppress all moves into or out of the area between board and
240 holdings in crazyhouse, and the treatment of king-captures-own-piece
241 as a possibly valid move (for FRC castling). This should make it possible
242 to run xboard with the new back-end files without too much inconvenience.
244 New xboard command-line options have been added to make the added back-end
245 features available. The include the new variants (as argument of the old
246 -variant option), -boardWidth, -boardHeight and -holdingsSize. Be sure
247 to call xboard with "-boardSize middling" or "-boardSize bulky" if you
248 want to play with fairy pieces, or xboard might crash due to unavailability
249 of bitmaps. Other added xboard options are:
251 ADJUDICATION OPTIONS:
258 -adjudicateLossThreshold
275 -hideThinkingFromHuman
277 This is all completely untested, but as the options merely switch on well-tested
278 code in the back-end, there should not be too many problems with them.
279 Bugs can be reported in the WinBoard forum.