<P>Bug reports, suggestions, and offers to help on XBoard
or WinBoard should be sent to
-bug-xboard<a name="nospam">@</a>gnu.org. <i>(Note: as of 4 Nov 2003,
-this mailing list is temporarily broken. You can send mail to
-bug-xboard<a name="nospam">@</a>tim-mann.org instead until it is fixed.)</i>
+bug-xboard<a name="nospam">@</a>gnu.org.
<p>Beginner questions and discussion about the program may get faster
answers on the WinBoard Forum at <a
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<H3><A NAME="[B.4]">[B.4] Is there an XBoard for the Macintosh?</A></H3>
-Because MacOS X has a Unix base, XBoard will compile and run on it.
-You do need an X11 (X Window System) server and client libraries.
-These do not come with Mac OS, but both free and commercial versions
-are available. Once you install the X11 package, XBoard is reported
-to compile and run without changes. I am not a Mac user and have not
-tried this myself, so I cannot answer questions about it.
-
-Version 4.2.6 and earlier of XBoard come with an old copy of the
-config.sub utility that does not recognize Mac OS X, so to build
-XBoard, you'll have to tell the configure program what OS you are
-running. Follow the instructions in topic <A HREF="#[B.7]">[B.7]</A>
-of this FAQ, but add the argument <tt>--host=powerpc-apple-bsd</tt> to
-the end of the "configure" command line.
-
-There is no version of XBoard or WinBoard that runs with the native
+Note: I am not a Mac user and have not tried this myself, so I cannot
+answer questions about it.
+
+<p>Because MacOS X has a Unix base, XBoard will compile and run on it.
+You do need an X11 (X Window System) server and client libraries. I'm
+told that these come standard with MacOS X 10.3 and later. Once you
+install the X11 package, XBoard is reported to compile and run without
+changes.
+
+<p>You can avoid having to compile XBoard (and GNU Chess) yourself by
+using the Fink sofware packaging system. See
+http://fink.sourceforge.net/ and
+http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/ for more info on Fink.
+
+<p>There is no version of XBoard or WinBoard that runs with the native
(non-X11) Mac graphical interface, and none that runs on MacOS 9 or
earlier.
No. This port would probably be a lot easier than the Win32 and Amiga
ports were, because VMS has the X Window system (under the name
-DECwindows) and is now POSIX compliant. However, I don't know enough
-about VMS to do the port myself, and I don't have time. If you do,
-give it a try! Send mail to me,
-tim<a name="nospam2">@</a>tim-mann.org (Tim Mann), if you're
-working on this.
+DECwindows) and is now POSIX compliant. If you are working on this,
+send mail to bug-xboard<a name="nospam">@</a>gnu.org to let us know.
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<H3><A NAME="[B.6]">[B.6] What is cmail?</A></H3>
<p>After connecting to a chess server, XBoard 4.0.2 and later sends an
escape sequence to its terminal that is meant to display your handle
-and the ICS host name (for example, "user@chessclub.com") in the
+and the ICS host name (for example,
+"user<a name="nospam">@</a>chessclub.com") in the
terminal's banner and icon. It seems that several of the alternative
X terminal programs have a bug that makes them hang when sent this
escape sequence.
Winsock Chess is derived from GNU Chess, but it is not maintained by
the GNU Chess team. You can get a copy from the Internet Chess
Library; see topic <A HREF="#[A.2]">[A.2]</A>. For more information,
-contact its author, Donald Munro, ccahdm@beluga.upe.ac.za.
+contact its author, Donald Munro,
+ccahdm<a name="nospam">@</a>beluga.upe.ac.za.
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<H3><A NAME="[D.3]">[D.3] What is Crafty?</A></H3>
how to install Crafty as a command-line application on your machine.
<p>There is a Crafty mailing list.
-To subscribe, send email to majordomo@cis.uab.edu, with
+To subscribe, send email to
+majordomo<a name="nospam">@</a>cis.uab.edu, with
"subscribe crafty-list" in the body.
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