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-<h3 class="section">2.5 Options Menu</h3>
+<h3 class="section">2.7 Options Menu</h3>
-<p><a name="index-Menu_002c-Options-72"></a><a name="index-Options-Menu-73"></a>
+<p><a name="index-Menu_002c-Options-83"></a><a name="index-Options-Menu-84"></a>
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-<dt>Flip View<dd><a name="index-Flip-View_002c-Menu-Item-74"></a>Inverts your view of the chess board for the duration of the
-current game. Starting a new game returns the board to normal.
-The <kbd>v</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
-<br><dt>Adjudications<dd><a name="index-Adjudications_002c-Menu-Item-75"></a>Pops up a sub-menu where you can enable or disable various adjudications
+<dt>Time Control<dd><a name="index-Time-Control_002c-Menu-Item-85"></a>Pops up a sub-menu where you can set the time-control parameters interactively.
+Allows you to select classical or incremental time controls,
+set the moves per session, session duration, and time increment.
+Also allows specification of time-odds factors for one or both engines.
+If an engine is given a time-odds factor N, all time quota it gets,
+be it at the beginning of a session or through the time increment or
+fixed time per move, will be divided by N.
+The shifted <kbd>Alt+T</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Common Engine<dd><a name="index-Common-Engine_002c-Menu-Item-86"></a>Pops up a sub-menu where you can set some engine parameters common to most engines,
+such as hash-table size, tablebase cache size, maximum number of processors
+that SMP engines can use, and where to find the Polyglot adapter needed
+to run UCI engines under XBoard. The feature that allows setting of these parameters on
+engines is new since XBoard 4.3.15, so not many XBoard/WinBoard engines respond
+to it yet, but UCI engines should.
+It is also possible to specify a GUI opening book here, i.e. an opening
+book that XBoard consults for any position a playing engine gets in.
+It then forces the engine to play the book move, rather than to think up its own,
+if that position is found in the book.
+The book can switched on and off independently for either engine.
+The shifted <kbd>Alt+U</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Adjudications<dd><a name="index-Adjudications_002c-Menu-Item-87"></a>Pops up a sub-menu where you can enable or disable various adjudications
that XBoard can perform in engine-engine games.
+The shifted <kbd>Alt+J</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
You can instruct XBoard to detect and terminate the game on checkmate
or stalemate, even if the engines would not do so, to verify engine
result claims (forfeiting engines that make false claims), rather than
-naively following the engine, to declare draw on posititions
+naively following the engine, to declare draw on positions
which can never be won for lack of mating material, (e.g. KBK),
-or which are impossble to win unless the opponent seeks its own demise
+or which are impossible to win unless the opponent seeks its own demise
(e.g. KBKN).
For these adjudications to work, ‘<samp><span class="samp">Test Legality</span></samp>’ should be switched on.
-It is also possible to insruct XBoard to enforce a 50-move or 3-fold-repeat
-rule and automtically declare draw (after a user-adjustable number of moves
+It is also possible to instruct XBoard to enforce a 50-move or 3-fold-repeat
+rule and automatically declare draw (after a user-adjustable number of moves
or repeats) even if the engines are prepared to go on.
It is also possible to have XBoard declare draw on games that seem to drag on
-forever, or adjudicate a loss if both engines agree (for 3 cosecutive moves) that one
+forever, or adjudicate a loss if both engines agree (for 3 consecutive moves) that one
of them is behind more than a user-adjustable score threshold.
For the latter adjudication to work, XBoard should be able to properly understand
-the engine's scores. To faclitate the latter, you can inform xboard here if
+the engine's scores. To facilitate the latter, you can inform xboard here if
the engines report scores from the viewpoint of white, or from that of their own color.
-<br><dt>Engine Settings<dd>Pops up a sub-menu where you can set some engine parameters common to most engines,
-such as hash-table size, tablebase cache size, maximum number of processors
-that SMP engines can use, and where to find the Polyglot adapter needed
-to run UCI engines under XBoard. The feature tht allows setting of these parameters on
-engines is new since XBoard 4.3.15, so not many WinBoard engines respond
-to it yet, but UCI engines should.
-It is also possible to specify a GUI opening book here, i.e. an opening
-book that XBoard consults for any position a playing engine gets in.
-It then forces the engine to play the book move, rather than to think up its own,
-if that position is found in the book.
-The book can switched on and off independently for either engine.
-<br><dt>Time Control<dd><a name="index-Time-Control_002c-Menu-Item-76"></a>Pops up a sub-menu where you can set the time-control parameters interactively.
-Allows you to select classical or incremental time controls,
-set the moves per session, session duration, and time increment.
-Also allows specification of time-odds factors for one or both engines.
-If an engine is given a time-odds factor N, all time quota it gets,
-be it at the beginning of a session or through the time increment or
-fixed time per move, will be divided by N.
-<br><dt>Always Queen<dd><a name="index-Always-Queen_002c-Menu-Item-77"></a>If this option is off, XBoard brings up a dialog
+<br><dt>Game List<dd><a name="index-Game-List-Tags_002c-Menu-Item-88"></a>Pops up a dialog where you can select the PGN tags that should appear
+on the lines in the game list, and their order.
+<br><dt>Always Queen<dd><a name="index-Always-Queen_002c-Menu-Item-89"></a>If this option is off, XBoard brings up a dialog
box whenever you move a pawn to the last rank, asking what piece
you want to promote it to. If the option is true, your pawns are
-always promoted to queens. Your opponent can still underpromote.
-<br><dt>Animate Dragging<dd><a name="index-Animate-Dragging_002c-Menu-Item-78"></a>If Animate Dragging is on, while you are dragging a piece with the
+always promoted to queens. Your opponent can still under-promote.
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-Q</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Animate Dragging<dd><a name="index-Animate-Dragging_002c-Menu-Item-90"></a>If Animate Dragging is on, while you are dragging a piece with the
mouse, an image of the piece follows the mouse cursor.
If Animate Dragging is off, there is no visual feedback while you are
dragging a piece, but if Animate Moving is on, the move will be
animated when it is complete.
-<br><dt>Animate Moving<dd><a name="index-Animate-Moving_002c-Menu-Item-79"></a>If Animate Moving is on, all piece moves are animated. An image of the
+<br><dt>Animate Moving<dd><a name="index-Animate-Moving_002c-Menu-Item-91"></a>If Animate Moving is on, all piece moves are animated. An image of the
piece is shown moving from the old square to the new square when the
move is completed (unless the move was already animated by Animate Dragging).
If Animate Moving is off, a moved piece instantly disappears from its
old square and reappears on its new square when the move is complete.
-<br><dt>Auto Comment<dd><a name="index-Auto-Comment_002c-Menu-Item-80"></a>If this option is on, any remarks made on ICS while you are observing or
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-A</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Auto Comment<dd><a name="index-Auto-Comment_002c-Menu-Item-92"></a>If this option is on, any remarks made on ICS while you are observing or
playing a game are recorded as a comment on the current move. This includes
remarks made with the ICS commands <kbd>say</kbd>, <kbd>tell</kbd>, <kbd>whisper</kbd>,
and <kbd>kibitz</kbd>.
Limitation: remarks that you type yourself are not recognized;
XBoard scans only the output from ICS, not the input you type to it.
-<br><dt>Auto Flag<dd><a name="index-Auto-Flag_002c-Menu-Item-81"></a>If this option is on and one player runs out of time
+<br><dt>Auto Flag<dd><a name="index-Auto-Flag_002c-Menu-Item-93"></a>If this option is on and one player runs out of time
before the other,
XBoard
will automatically call his flag, claiming a win on time.
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-F</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
In ICS mode, Auto Flag will only call your opponent's flag, not yours,
and the ICS may award you a draw instead of a win if you have
insufficient mating material. In local chess engine mode,
XBoard
-may call either player's flag and will not take material into account.
-<br><dt>Auto Flip View<dd><a name="index-Auto-Flip-View_002c-Menu-Item-82"></a>If the Auto Flip View option is on when you start a game, the board
+may call either player's flag and will not take material into account (?).
+<br><dt>Auto Flip View<dd><a name="index-Auto-Flip-View_002c-Menu-Item-94"></a>If the Auto Flip View option is on when you start a game, the board
will be automatically oriented so that your pawns move from the bottom
of the window towards the top.
-<br><dt>Auto Observe<dd><a name="index-Auto-Observe_002c-Menu-Item-83"></a>If this option is on and you add a player to your <code>gnotify</code>
+<br><dt>Auto Observe<dd><a name="index-Auto-Observe_002c-Menu-Item-95"></a>If this option is on and you add a player to your <code>gnotify</code>
list on ICS, XBoard will automatically observe all of that
player's games, unless you are doing something else (such as
observing or playing a game of your own) when one starts.
variable is set to 0, or if the ICS you are using does not
properly support observing from Black's point of view,
you will see the game from White's point of view.
-<br><dt>Auto Raise Board<dd><a name="index-Auto-Raise-Board_002c-Menu-Item-84"></a>If this option is on, whenever a new game begins, the chessboard window
+<br><dt>Auto Raise Board<dd><a name="index-Auto-Raise-Board_002c-Menu-Item-96"></a>If this option is on, whenever a new game begins, the chessboard window
is deiconized (if necessary) and raised to the top of the stack of windows.
-<br><dt>Auto Save<dd><a name="index-Auto-Save_002c-Menu-Item-85"></a>If this option is true, at the end of every game XBoard prompts
+<br><dt>Auto Save<dd><a name="index-Auto-Save_002c-Menu-Item-97"></a>If this option is true, at the end of every game XBoard prompts
you for a file name and appends a record of the game to the file
you specify.
Disabled if the <code>saveGameFile</code> command-line
option is set, as in that case all games are saved to the specified file.
See <a href="Load-and-Save-options.html#Load-and-Save-options">Load and Save options</a>.
-<br><dt>Blindfold<dd><a name="index-Blindfold_002c-Menu-Item-86"></a>If this option is on, XBoard displays the board as usual but does
+<br><dt>Blindfold<dd><a name="index-Blindfold_002c-Menu-Item-98"></a>If this option is on, XBoard displays the board as usual but does
not display pieces or move highlights. You can still move in the
usual way (with the mouse or by typing moves in ICS mode), even though
the pieces are invisible.
-<br><dt>Flash Moves<dd><a name="index-Flash-Moves_002c-Menu-Item-87"></a>If this option is on, whenever a move is completed, the moved piece flashes.
+<br><dt>Flash Moves<dd><a name="index-Flash-Moves_002c-Menu-Item-99"></a>If this option is on, whenever a move is completed, the moved piece flashes.
The number of times to flash is set by the flashCount command-line
option; it defaults to 3 if Flash Moves is first turned on from the menu.
if it is false (the default), White's pawns move from bottom to top
at the start of each game; if it is true, Black's pawns move from
bottom to top. See <a href="User-interface-options.html#User-interface-options">User interface options</a>.
-<br><dt>Get Move List<dd><a name="index-Get-Move-List_002c-Menu-Item-88"></a>If this option is on, whenever XBoard
+<br><dt>Get Move List<dd><a name="index-Get-Move-List_002c-Menu-Item-100"></a>If this option is on, whenever XBoard
receives the first board of a new ICS game (or a different game from
the one it is currently displaying), it
retrieves the list of past moves from the ICS.
and over.
When you turn this option on from the menu, XBoard
immediately fetches the move list of the current game (if any).
-<br><dt>Highlight Last Move<dd><a name="index-Highlight-Last-Move_002c-Menu-Item-89"></a>If Highlight Last Move is on, after a move is made, the starting and
+<br><dt>Highlight Dragging<dd><a name="index-Highlight-Dragging_002c-Menu-Item-101"></a>If Highlight Dragging is on, and the option -showTargetSquares is also on
+in the settings file, all squares a piece that is 'picked up' with the mouse
+can legally move to are highighted with a fat colored dot in the
+highlightColor (non-captures) or premoveHighlightColor (captures).
+Legality testing must be on for XBoard to know how the piece moves.
+<br><dt>Highlight Last Move<dd><a name="index-Highlight-Last-Move_002c-Menu-Item-102"></a>If Highlight Last Move is on, after a move is made, the starting and
ending squares remain highlighted. In addition, after you use Backward
or Back to Start, the starting and ending squares of the last move to
be unmade are highlighted.
-<br><dt>Move Sound<dd><a name="index-Move-Sound_002c-Menu-Item-90"></a>If this option is on, XBoard alerts you by playing a sound
+<br><dt>Highlight with Arrow<dd><a name="index-Highlight-with-Arrow_002c-Menu-Item-103"></a>Causes the highlighting described in Highlight Last Move to be done
+by drawing an arrow between the highlighted squares,
+so that it is visible even when the width of the grid lines is set to zero.
+<br><dt>Move Sound<dd><a name="index-Move-Sound_002c-Menu-Item-104"></a>If this option is on, XBoard alerts you by playing a sound
after each of your opponent's moves (or after every
move if you are observing a game on the Internet Chess Server).
The sound is not played after moves you make or moves read from a
command to the ICS, since otherwise the ICS will ring the terminal bell
after every move (not just yours). (The <samp><span class="file">.icsrc</span></samp> file
is a good place for this; see <a href="ICS-options.html#ICS-options">ICS options</a>.)
-<br><dt>ICS Alarm<dd><a name="index-ICS-Alarm_002c-Menu-Item-91"></a>When this option is on, an alarm sound is played when your clock
+<br><dt>ICS Alarm<dd><a name="index-ICS-Alarm_002c-Menu-Item-105"></a>When this option is on, an alarm sound is played when your clock
counts down to the icsAlarmTime (by default, 5 seconds) in an ICS
game. For games with time controls that include an increment, the
alarm will sound each time the clock counts down to the icsAlarmTime.
By default, the alarm sound is the terminal bell, but on some systems
you can change it to a sound file using the soundIcsAlarm option; see
below.
-<br><dt>Old Save Style<dd><a name="index-Old-Save-Style_002c-Menu-Item-92"></a>If this option is off, XBoard saves games in PGN
-(portable game notation) and positions in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards
-notation). If the option is on, a save style that is compatible
-with older versions of XBoard is used instead.
-The old position style is more human-readable
-than FEN; the old game style has no particular advantages.
-<br><dt>Periodic Updates<dd><a name="index-Periodic-Updates_002c-Menu-Item-93"></a>If this option is off (or if
+<br><dt>One-Click Moving<dd><a name="index-One_002dClick-Moving_002c-Menu-Item-106"></a>If this option is on, XBoard does not wait for you to click both the
+from- and the to-square, or drag the piece, but performs a move as soon
+as it is uniqely specified.
+This applies to clicking an own piece that only has a single legal move,
+clicking an empty square or opponent piece where only one of your pieces
+can move (or capture) to.
+Furthermore, a double-click on a piece that can only make a single capture
+will cause that capture to be made.
+Promoting a Pawn by clicking its to-square will suppress the promotion
+popup, and make it promote to Queen.
+<br><dt>Periodic Updates<dd><a name="index-Periodic-Updates_002c-Menu-Item-107"></a>If this option is off (or if
you are using a chess engine that does not support periodic updates),
the analysis window
will only be updated when the analysis changes. If this option is
on, the Analysis Window will be updated every two seconds.
-<br><dt>Ponder Next Move<dd><a name="index-Ponder-Next-Move_002c-Menu-Item-94"></a>If this option is off, the chess engine will think only when it is on
+<br><dt>Ponder Next Move<dd><a name="index-Ponder-Next-Move_002c-Menu-Item-108"></a>If this option is off, the chess engine will think only when it is on
move. If the option is on, the engine will also think while waiting
for you to make your move.
-<br><dt>Popup Exit Message<dd><a name="index-Popup-Exit-Message_002c-Menu-Item-95"></a>If this option is on, when XBoard wants to display a message just
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-P</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Popup Exit Message<dd><a name="index-Popup-Exit-Message_002c-Menu-Item-109"></a>If this option is on, when XBoard wants to display a message just
before exiting, it brings up a modal dialog box and waits for you to
click OK before exiting. If the option is off, XBoard prints the
message to standard error (the terminal) and exits immediately.
-<br><dt>Popup Move Errors<dd><a name="index-Popup-Move-Errors_002c-Menu-Item-96"></a>If this option is off, when you make an error in moving (such as
+<br><dt>Popup Move Errors<dd><a name="index-Popup-Move-Errors_002c-Menu-Item-110"></a>If this option is off, when you make an error in moving (such as
attempting an illegal move or moving the wrong color piece), the
error message is displayed in the message area. If the option is
-on, move errors are displayed in small popup windows like other errors.
-You can dismiss an error popup either by clicking its OK button or by
-clicking anywhere on the board, including downclicking to start a move.
-<br><dt>Premove<dd><a name="index-Premove_002c-Menu-Item-97"></a>If this option is on while playing a game on an ICS, you can register
+on, move errors are displayed in small pop-up windows like other errors.
+You can dismiss an error pop-up either by clicking its OK button or by
+clicking anywhere on the board, including down-clicking to start a move.
+<br><dt>Premove<dd><a name="index-Premove_002c-Menu-Item-111"></a>If this option is on while playing a game on an ICS, you can register
your next planned move before it is your turn. Move the piece with
the mouse in the ordinary way, and the starting and ending squares
will be highlighted with a special color (red by default). When it is
different move. If you change your mind about your premove, either
make a different move, or double-click on any piece to cancel the move
entirely.
-<br><dt>Quiet Play<dd><a name="index-Quiet-Play_002c-Menu-Item-98"></a>If this option is on, XBoard will automatically issue an ICS
+<br><dt>Quiet Play<dd><a name="index-Quiet-Play_002c-Menu-Item-112"></a>If this option is on, XBoard will automatically issue an ICS
<kbd>set shout 0</kbd>
command whenever you start a game and a
<kbd>set shout 1</kbd>
command whenever you finish one. Thus, you will not be distracted
by shouts from other ICS users while playing.
-<br><dt>Show Coords<dd><a name="index-Show-Coords_002c-Menu-Item-99"></a>If this option is on, XBoard displays algebraic coordinates
+<br><dt>Show Coords<dd><a name="index-Show-Coords_002c-Menu-Item-113"></a>If this option is on, XBoard displays algebraic coordinates
along the board's left and bottom edges.
-<br><dt>Hide Thinking<dd><a name="index-Hide-Thinking_002c-Menu-Item-100"></a>If this option is off, the chess engine's notion of the score and best
+<br><dt>Hide Thinking<dd><a name="index-Hide-Thinking_002c-Menu-Item-114"></a>If this option is off, the chess engine's notion of the score and best
line of play from the current position is displayed as it is
thinking. The score indicates how many pawns ahead (or if negative,
behind) the chess engine thinks it is. In matches between two
machines, the score is prefixed by ‘<samp><span class="samp">W</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">B</span></samp>’ to indicate
whether it is showing White's thinking or Black's, and only the thinking
of the engine that is on move is shown.
-<br><dt>Test Legality<dd><a name="index-Test-Legality_002c-Menu-Item-101"></a>If this option is on, XBoard tests whether the moves you try to make
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-H</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
+<br><dt>Test Legality<dd><a name="index-Test-Legality_002c-Menu-Item-115"></a>If this option is on, XBoard tests whether the moves you try to make
with the mouse are legal and refuses to let you make an illegal move.
+The shifted <kbd>Ctrl-L</kbd> key is a keyboard equivalent.
Moves loaded from a file with ‘<samp><span class="samp">Load Game</span></samp>’ are also checked. If
the option is off, all moves are accepted, but if a local chess engine
or the ICS is active, they will still reject illegal moves. Turning
rules that XBoard does not understand. (Bughouse, suicide, and wild
variants where the king may castle after starting on the d file are
generally supported with Test Legality on.)
+<br><dt>Save Settings Now<dd><a name="index-Save-Settings-Now_002c-Menu-Item-116"></a>Selecting this menu item causes the current XBoard settings to be
+written to the settings file, so they will also apply in future sessions.
+Note that some settings are 'volatile', and are not saved,
+because XBoard considers it too unlikely that you want those to apply
+next time.
+In particular this applies to the Chess program names, and all options
+giving information on those Chess programs (such as their directory,
+if they have their own opening book, if they are UCI or native XBoard),
+or the variant you are playing.
+Such options would still be understood when they appear in the settings
+file in case they were put there with the aid of a text editor, but they
+would disappear from the file as soon as you save the settings.
+<br><dt>Save Settings on Exit<dd><a name="index-Save-Settings-on-Exit_002c-Menu-Item-117"></a>Setting this option has no immediate effect, but causes the settings
+to be saved when you quit XBoard. What happens then is otherwise
+identical to what happens when you use select "Save Settings Now",
+see there.
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