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4 <h2>What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.5.3?</h2>
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9 <p> This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.2. Below is a quick list of the changes.
10 Note that the paging of the XBoard Game List (illustrated by the screenshot on the left)
11 is a change that is really a bit more involved than what we would like to do in a stable version.
12 But the bug was so severe that we decided to chance it.
17 <li> fixes of major bugs:
19 <li>In the file-browse dialog . and .. no longer mask other files if they are non-first in the directory</li>
20 <li>Fix XBoard crash on showing an empty Engine Settings dialog, printing a message in stead</li>
21 <li>The XBoard Game List can now handle files with more than 1900 games, by paging through them</li>
22 <li>The state of the Move-History window is now remembered by XBoard even when the Engine-Output window is up</li>
23 <li>Fix crash on switching sounds in WinBoard under Windows Vista</li>
24 <li>Fix empty-string option values on XBoard command line (which were ignored)</li>
25 <li>Fix spurious vertical scrolling in XBoard Engine-Output window on clicking in it</li>
26 <li>Obey an engine's san feature when sending book moves to it</li>
27 <li>Fix XBoard crash when 'filtering' made Game List empty</li>
28 <li>Suppress clearing of Engine-Output window on automatic updates in analyze mode</li>
29 <li>Force Move-History refresh after loading/reverting variation</li>
30 <li>Fix closing brace, when joining two comments to same move</li>
33 <li> fixes of minor bugs:
35 <li>Suppress playing sounds when no -soundProgram is set</li>
36 <li>Fix display of last move of last match game</li>
37 <li>Update window title after last game of match</li>
38 <li>Never one-click move when legality testing is off</li>
39 <li>Suppress playing book move when total weigth of all moves is zero</li>
40 <li>Restore echo after ^C killed XBoard during ICS password</li>
41 <li>Fix default of -remoteUser, which could cause crash when playing remote engines</li>
42 <li>Fix recognition of separators between options in -adapterCommand command line</li>
43 <li>Fix button sizing in generic popup</li>
44 <li>Fix translatability of 'Spartan Chess' menu item WB</li>
45 <li>Remove some duplicats from WB language template file</li>
46 <li>Fix spurious 'Unfinished' sounds during ICS examining</li>
47 <li>Fix bug in handling of partner command in zippy-mode bughouse games</li>
48 <li>Create more space in some WB dialogs to accomodate translations</li>
51 <li> Improvements benefitting the speaking version for the visually impaired (WB):
53 <li>Implement NVDA support in JAWS version</li>
54 <li>Fix translation of spoken composite messages</li>
55 <li>Fix JAWS reading of Engine-Settings dialog by removing group-boxes</li>
56 <li>Add tab stops in WB generic popup</li>
57 <li>Reorder controls in Engine-Setings dialog WB, so they are tabbed through in logical order</li>
60 <li> fixed compiler warnings/errors and portability:
62 <li>Fix use of random function in XBoard shuffle dialog callback</li>
63 <li>Fix inconsistent type of the variable 'shuffleOpenings'</li>
64 <li>Silence warnings during rpm build</li>
65 <li>Fix warnings XBoard file browser</li>
66 <li>Fix some warnings and header-file improvement</li>
71 <li>Add -at and -opt options as alternative for @, as work-around for Windows shortcut bug</li>
72 <li>Make occurrence of unknown option in settings file non-fatal</li>
73 <li>Stale output no longer lingers in the engine-output window when a new game starts</li>
74 <li>Popdown (stale) Comment window on new game</li>
75 <li>Improved contrast of icon for dark backgrounds</li>
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