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+<h1 class="settitle">XBoard</h1>
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<h2 class="chapter">1 Major modes</h2>
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-XBoard always runs in one of four major modes. You select the
-major mode from the command line when you start up XBoard.
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+XBoard always runs in one of four major modes. You select the\r
+major mode from the command line when you start up XBoard.\r
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-<dt>xboard [options]<dd>As an interface to GNU Chess or another chess engine running on your
-machine, XBoard lets you play a game against the machine,
-set up arbitrary positions, force variations, watch a game between two
-chess engines, interactively analyze your stored games or set up and
-analyze arbitrary positions. (Note: Not all chess engines support
-analysis.)
-<br><dt>xboard -ics -icshost hostname [options]<dd>As Internet Chess Server (ICS) interface, XBoard
-lets you play against other ICS users, observe games
-they are playing, or review games that have recently finished. Most
-of the ICS "wild" chess variants are supported, including bughouse.
-<br><dt>xboard -ncp [options]<dd>XBoard can also be used simply
-as an electronic chessboard to play through games. It will read and
-write game files and allow you to play through variations
-manually. You can use it to browse games off the net or review games
-you have saved. These features are also available in the other modes.
-<br><dt>|pxboard<dd>If you want to pipe games into XBoard, use the supplied shell
-script <samp><span class="file">pxboard</span></samp>. For example, from the news reader <samp><span class="file">xrn</span></samp>,
-find a message with one or more games in it, click the Save button,
-and type ‘<samp><span class="samp">|pxboard</span></samp>’ as the file name.
-<br><dt>cmail [options]<dd>As an interface to electronic mail correspondence chess, XBoard
-works with the cmail program. See <a href="CMail.html#CMail">CMail</a> below for
-instructions.
+<dt>xboard [options]<dd>As an interface to GNU Chess or another chess engine running on your\r
+machine, XBoard lets you play a game against the machine,\r
+set up arbitrary positions, force variations, watch a game between two\r
+chess engines, interactively analyze your stored games or set up and\r
+analyze arbitrary positions. (Note: Not all chess engines support\r
+analysis.)\r
+<br><dt>xboard -ics -icshost hostname [options]<dd>As Internet Chess Server (ICS) interface, XBoard\r
+lets you play against other ICS users, observe games\r
+they are playing, or review games that have recently finished. Most\r
+of the ICS "wild" chess variants are supported, including bughouse.\r
+<br><dt>xboard -ncp [options]<dd>XBoard can also be used simply\r
+as an electronic chessboard to play through games. It will read and\r
+write game files and allow you to play through variations\r
+manually. You can use it to browse games off the net or review games\r
+you have saved. These features are also available in the other modes.\r
+<br><dt>|pxboard<dd>If you want to pipe games into XBoard, use the supplied shell\r
+script <samp><span class="file">pxboard</span></samp>. For example, from the news reader <samp><span class="file">xrn</span></samp>,\r
+find a message with one or more games in it, click the Save button,\r
+and type ‘<samp><span class="samp">|pxboard</span></samp>’ as the file name.\r
+<br><dt>cmail [options]<dd>As an interface to electronic mail correspondence chess, XBoard\r
+works with the cmail program. See <a href="CMail.html#CMail">CMail</a> below for\r
+instructions.\r
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