What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.5.3?

Follow-up release (4.6.0) Preceding release (4.5.2)

This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.2. Below is a quick list of the changes. Note that the paging of the XBoard Game List (illustrated by the screenshot on the left) is a change that is really a bit more involved than what we would like to do in a stable version. But the bug was so severe that we decided to chance it.

• fixes of major bugs:
  • In the file-browse dialog . and .. no longer mask other files if they are non-first in the directory
  • Fix XBoard crash on showing an empty Engine Settings dialog, printing a message in stead
  • The XBoard Game List can now handle files with more than 1900 games, by paging through them
  • The state of the Move-History window is now remembered by XBoard even when the Engine-Output window is up
  • Fix crash on switching sounds in WinBoard under Windows Vista
  • Fix empty-string option values on XBoard command line (which were ignored)
  • Fix spurious vertical scrolling in XBoard Engine-Output window on clicking in it
  • Obey an engine's san feature when sending book moves to it
  • Fix XBoard crash when 'filtering' made Game List empty
  • Suppress clearing of Engine-Output window on automatic updates in analyze mode
  • Force Move-History refresh after loading/reverting variation
  • Fix closing brace, when joining two comments to same move
• fixes of minor bugs:
  • Suppress playing sounds when no -soundProgram is set
  • Fix display of last move of last match game
  • Update window title after last game of match
  • Never one-click move when legality testing is off
  • Suppress playing book move when total weigth of all moves is zero
  • Restore echo after ^C killed XBoard during ICS password
  • Fix default of -remoteUser, which could cause crash when playing remote engines
  • Fix recognition of separators between options in -adapterCommand command line
  • Fix button sizing in generic popup
  • Fix translatability of 'Spartan Chess' menu item WB
  • Remove some duplicats from WB language template file
  • Fix spurious 'Unfinished' sounds during ICS examining
  • Fix bug in handling of partner command in zippy-mode bughouse games
  • Create more space in some WB dialogs to accomodate translations
• Improvements benefitting the speaking version for the visually impaired (WB):
  • Implement NVDA support in JAWS version
  • Fix translation of spoken composite messages
  • Fix JAWS reading of Engine-Settings dialog by removing group-boxes
  • Add tab stops in WB generic popup
  • Reorder controls in Engine-Setings dialog WB, so they are tabbed through in logical order
• fixed compiler warnings/errors and portability:
  • Fix use of random function in XBoard shuffle dialog callback
  • Fix inconsistent type of the variable 'shuffleOpenings'
  • Silence warnings during rpm build
  • Fix warnings XBoard file browser
  • Fix some warnings and header-file improvement
• misc:
  • Add -at and -opt options as alternative for @, as work-around for Windows shortcut bug
  • Make occurrence of unknown option in settings file non-fatal
  • Stale output no longer lingers in the engine-output window when a new game starts
  • Popdown (stale) Comment window on new game
  • Improved contrast of icon for dark backgrounds