XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X
applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be
used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Position command.
-<br><dt>Paste Game<dd><a name="index-Paste-Game_002c-Menu-Item-23"></a>Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as
+<br><dt>Copy Game List<dd><a name="index-Copy-Game-List_002c-Menu-Item-23"></a>Copies the current game list to the clipboard,
+and sets the X selection to this text.
+A format of comma-separated double-quoted strings is used,
+including all tags,
+so it can be easily imported into spread-sheet programs.
+<br><dt>Paste Game<dd><a name="index-Paste-Game_002c-Menu-Item-24"></a>Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as
with Load Game. The <kbd>Ctrl-V</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
-<br><dt>Paste Position<dd><a name="index-Paste-Position_002c-Menu-Item-24"></a>Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as
+<br><dt>Paste Position<dd><a name="index-Paste-Position_002c-Menu-Item-25"></a>Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as
with Load Position. The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-V</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
-<br><dt>Edit Game<dd><a name="index-Edit-Game_002c-Menu-Item-25"></a>Allows you to make moves for both Black and White, and to change
+<br><dt>Edit Game<dd><a name="index-Edit-Game_002c-Menu-Item-26"></a>Allows you to make moves for both Black and White, and to change
moves after backing up with the ‘<samp><span class="samp">Backward</span></samp>’ command. The clocks do
not run. The <kbd>Ctrl-E</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
If you want to edit games on ICS in a way that other ICS users
can see, use the ICS <kbd>examine</kbd> command or start an ICS match
against yourself.
-<br><dt>Edit Position<dd><a name="index-Edit-Position_002c-Menu-Item-26"></a>Lets you set up an arbitrary board position.
+<br><dt>Edit Position<dd><a name="index-Edit-Position_002c-Menu-Item-27"></a>Lets you set up an arbitrary board position.
The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-E</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
Use mouse button 1 to drag pieces to new squares, or to delete a piece
by dragging it off the board or dragging an empty square on top of it.
To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse button 2 or 3 over the
-square. This brings up a menu of white pieces (button 2) or
-black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let you empty the
-square or clear the board. You can set the side to play next by
-clicking on the word White or Black at the top of the screen.
+square.
+This puts a white or black pawn in the square, respectively,
+but you can change that to any other piece type by dragging the
+mouse down before you release the button.
+You will then see the piece on the originally clicked square
+cycle through the available pieces
+(including those of opposite color),
+and can release the button when you see the piece you want.
+To alter the side to move, you can click the clock
+(the words White and Black above the board)
+of the side you want to give the move to.
+To clear the board you can click the clock of the side that
+alread has the move (which is highlighted in black).
+The old behavior with a piece menu can still be configured
+with the aid of the <code>pieceMenu</code> option.
Selecting ‘<samp><span class="samp">Edit Position</span></samp>’ causes XBoard to discard
all remembered moves in the current game.
edit positions on ICS in a way that other ICS users can see, use
the ICS <kbd>examine</kbd> command, or start an ICS match against yourself.
(See also the ICS Client topic above.)
-<br><dt>Edit Tags<dd><a name="index-Edit-Tags_002c-Menu-Item-27"></a>Lets you edit the PGN (portable game notation)
+<br><dt>Edit Tags<dd><a name="index-Edit-Tags_002c-Menu-Item-28"></a>Lets you edit the PGN (portable game notation)
tags for the current game. After editing, the tags must still conform to
the PGN tag syntax:
the PGN standard requires all games to have at least the seven tags shown
above. Any that you omit will be filled in by XBoard
with ‘<samp><span class="samp">?</span></samp>’ (unknown value), or ‘<samp><span class="samp">-</span></samp>’ (inapplicable value).
-<br><dt>Edit Comment<dd><a name="index-Edit-Comment_002c-Menu-Item-28"></a>Adds or modifies a comment on the current position. Comments are
+<br><dt>Edit Comment<dd><a name="index-Edit-Comment_002c-Menu-Item-29"></a>Adds or modifies a comment on the current position. Comments are
saved by ‘<samp><span class="samp">Save Game</span></samp>’ and are displayed by ‘<samp><span class="samp">Load Game</span></samp>’,
‘<samp><span class="samp">Forward</span></samp>’, and ‘<samp><span class="samp">Backward</span></samp>’.
-<br><dt>Revert<dt>Annotate<dd><a name="index-Revert_002c-Menu-Item-29"></a><a name="index-Annotate_002c-Menu-Item-30"></a>If you are examining an ICS game and Pause mode is off,
+<br><dt>Edit Book<dd><a name="index-Edit-Book_002c-Menu-Item-30"></a>Pops up a window listing the moves available in the GUI book
+(specified in the ‘<samp><span class="samp">Common Engine Settings</span></samp>’ dialog)
+from the currently displayed position,
+together with their weights and (optionally in braces) learn info.
+You can then edit this list, and the new list will be stored
+back into the book when you press OK.
+Note that the listed percentages are neither used, nor updated when
+you change the weights; they are just there as an optical aid.
+<br><dt>Revert<dt>Annotate<dd><a name="index-Revert_002c-Menu-Item-31"></a><a name="index-Annotate_002c-Menu-Item-32"></a>If you are examining an ICS game and Pause mode is off,
Revert issues the ICS command ‘<samp><span class="samp">revert</span></samp>’.
In local mode, when you were editing or analyzing a game,
and the <code>-variations</code> command-line option is switched on,
(in PGN variation syntax, i.e. between parentheses)
to the original move where you deviated, for later recalling.
The <kbd>Home</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent to ‘<samp><span class="samp">Revert</span></samp>’.
-<br><dt>Truncate Game<dd><a name="index-Truncate-Game_002c-Menu-Item-31"></a>Discards all remembered moves of the game beyond the current
+<br><dt>Truncate Game<dd><a name="index-Truncate-Game_002c-Menu-Item-33"></a>Discards all remembered moves of the game beyond the current
position. Puts XBoard into ‘<samp><span class="samp">Edit Game</span></samp>’ mode if it was not there
already.
The <kbd>End</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
-<br><dt>Backward<dd><a name="index-Backward_002c-Menu-Item-32"></a><a name="index-g_t_003c_002c-Button-33"></a>Steps backward through a series of remembered moves.
+<br><dt>Backward<dd><a name="index-Backward_002c-Menu-Item-34"></a><a name="index-g_t_003c_002c-Button-35"></a>Steps backward through a series of remembered moves.
The ‘<samp><span class="samp">[<]</span></samp>’ button and the <kbd>Alt+LeftArrow</kbd> key are equivalents,
as is turning the mouse wheel towards you.
In addition, pressing the Control key steps back one move, and releasing
everyone's view of the game and allows you to make a different
move. If Pause mode is on, ‘<samp><span class="samp">Backward</span></samp>’ only backs up your local
view.
-<br><dt>Forward<dd><a name="index-Forward_002c-Menu-Item-34"></a><a name="index-g_t_003e_002c-Button-35"></a>Steps forward through a series of remembered moves (undoing the
+<br><dt>Forward<dd><a name="index-Forward_002c-Menu-Item-36"></a><a name="index-g_t_003e_002c-Button-37"></a>Steps forward through a series of remembered moves (undoing the
effect of ‘<samp><span class="samp">Backward</span></samp>’) or forward through a game file. The
‘<samp><span class="samp">[>]</span></samp>’ button and the <kbd>Alt+RightArrow</kbd> key are equivalents,
as is turning the mouse wheel away from you.
Pause mode is on, ‘<samp><span class="samp">Forward</span></samp>’ only moves your local view forward,
and it will not go past the position that the game was in when
you paused.
-<br><dt>Back to Start<dd><a name="index-Back-to-Start_002c-Menu-Item-36"></a><a name="index-g_t_003c_003c_002c-Button-37"></a>Jumps backward to the first remembered position in the game.
+<br><dt>Back to Start<dd><a name="index-Back-to-Start_002c-Menu-Item-38"></a><a name="index-g_t_003c_003c_002c-Button-39"></a>Jumps backward to the first remembered position in the game.
The ‘<samp><span class="samp">[<<]</span></samp>’ button and the <kbd>Alt+Home</kbd> key are equivalents.
<p>In most modes, Back to Start only lets you look back at old
command, which backs up everyone's view of the game to the start and
allows you to make different moves. If Pause mode is on, ‘<samp><span class="samp">Back
to Start</span></samp>’ only backs up your local view.
-<br><dt>Forward to End<dd><a name="index-Forward-to-End_002c-Menu-Item-38"></a><a name="index-g_t_003e_003e_002c-Button-39"></a>Jumps forward to the last remembered position in the game. The
+<br><dt>Forward to End<dd><a name="index-Forward-to-End_002c-Menu-Item-40"></a><a name="index-g_t_003e_003e_002c-Button-41"></a>Jumps forward to the last remembered position in the game. The
‘<samp><span class="samp">[>>]</span></samp>’ button and the <kbd>Alt+End</kbd> key are equivalents.
<p>If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘<samp><span class="samp">Forward to
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