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-<h2 class="chapter">3 Options</h2>
+<h2 class="chapter">4 Options</h2>
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+<p><a name="index-Options-194"></a><a name="index-Options-195"></a>
+This section documents the command-line options to XBoard. You can
+set these options in two ways: by typing them on the shell command
+line you use to start XBoard, or by editing the settings file
+(usually ~/.xboardrc) to alter the value of the setting that was
+saved there. Some of the options
+cannot be changed while XBoard is running; others set the initial
+state of items that can be changed with the <a href="Options.html#Options">Options</a> menu.
-<p><a name="index-Options-111"></a><a name="index-Options-112"></a>\r
-This section documents the command-line options to XBoard. You can\r
-set these options in two ways: by typing them on the shell command\r
-line you use to start XBoard, or by setting them as X resources\r
-(typically in your <samp><span class="file">.Xresources</span></samp> file). Many of the options\r
-cannot be changed while XBoard is running; others set the initial\r
-state of items that can be changed with the <a href="Options.html#Options">Options</a> menu.\r
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-Most of the options have both a long name and a short name. To turn a\r
-boolean option on or off from the command line, either give its long\r
-name followed by the value true or false\r
-(‘<samp><span class="samp">-longOptionName true</span></samp>’), or give just the short name to turn the\r
-option on (‘<samp><span class="samp">-opt</span></samp>’), or the short name preceded by ‘<samp><span class="samp">x</span></samp>’ to\r
-turn the option off (‘<samp><span class="samp">-xopt</span></samp>’). For options that take strings or\r
-numbers as values, you can use the long or short option names\r
-interchangeably.\r
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-Each option corresponds to an X resource with the same name, so\r
-if you like, you can set options in your <samp><span class="file">.Xresources</span></samp> file\r
-or in a file named <samp><span class="file">XBoard</span></samp> in your home directory.\r
-For options that have two names, the longer one is the name of\r
-the corresponding X resource; the short name is not recognized.\r
-To turn a boolean option on or off as an\r
-X resource, give its long name followed by the value\r
-true or false (‘<samp><span class="samp">XBoard*longOptionName: true</span></samp>’).\r
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+ <p>Most of the options have both a long name and a short name. To turn a
+boolean option on or off from the command line, either give its long
+name followed by the value true or false
+(‘<samp><span class="samp">-longOptionName true</span></samp>’), or give just the short name to turn the
+option on (‘<samp><span class="samp">-opt</span></samp>’), or the short name preceded by ‘<samp><span class="samp">x</span></samp>’ to
+turn the option off (‘<samp><span class="samp">-xopt</span></samp>’). For options that take strings or
+numbers as values, you can use the long or short option names
+interchangeably.
<ul class="menu">
-<li><a accesskey="1" href="Chess-engine-options.html#Chess-engine-options">Chess engine options</a>: Controlling the chess engine.\r
-<li><a accesskey="2" href="UCI-_002b-WB-Engine-Settings.html#UCI-_002b-WB-Engine-Settings">UCI + WB Engine Settings</a>: Setting some very common engine parameters\r
-<li><a accesskey="3" href="ICS-options.html#ICS-options">ICS options</a>: Connecting to and using ICS.\r
-<li><a accesskey="4" href="Load-and-Save-options.html#Load-and-Save-options">Load and Save options</a>: Input/output options.\r
-<li><a accesskey="5" href="User-interface-options.html#User-interface-options">User interface options</a>: Look and feel options.\r
-<li><a accesskey="6" href="Adjudication-Options.html#Adjudication-Options">Adjudication Options</a>: Control adjudcation of engine-engine games.\r
-<li><a accesskey="7" href="Other-options.html#Other-options">Other options</a>: Miscellaneous.\r
+<li><a accesskey="1" href="Chess-engine-options.html#Chess-engine-options">Chess engine options</a>: Controlling the chess engine.
+<li><a accesskey="2" href="UCI-_002b-WB-Engine-Settings.html#UCI-_002b-WB-Engine-Settings">UCI + WB Engine Settings</a>: Setting some very common engine parameters
+<li><a accesskey="3" href="Tournament-options.html#Tournament-options">Tournament options</a>: Running tournaments and matches between engines.
+<li><a accesskey="4" href="ICS-options.html#ICS-options">ICS options</a>: Connecting to and using ICS.
+<li><a accesskey="5" href="Load-and-Save-options.html#Load-and-Save-options">Load and Save options</a>: Input/output options.
+<li><a accesskey="6" href="User-interface-options.html#User-interface-options">User interface options</a>: Look and feel options.
+<li><a accesskey="7" href="Adjudication-Options.html#Adjudication-Options">Adjudication Options</a>: Control adjudication of engine-engine games.
+<li><a accesskey="8" href="Other-options.html#Other-options">Other options</a>: Miscellaneous.
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