electronic mail correspondence chess, or your own collection of saved
games.
- This manual documents version 4.4.0j of XBoard.
+ This manual documents version 4.7.0 of XBoard.
1 Major modes
*************
works with the cmail program. See *note CMail:: below for
instructions.
-2 Menus, buttons, and keys
-**************************
+2 Basic operation
+*****************
To move a piece, you can drag it with the left mouse button, or you can
click the left mouse button once on the piece, then once more on the
-destination square. To drop a new piece on a square (when applicable),
-press the middle or the right mouse button over the square and select
-from the popup menu. In cases where you can drop either a white or
-black piece, use the middle button (or shift+right) for white and the
-right button (or shift+middle) for black. When you are playing a
-bughouse game on an Internet Chess Server, a list of the offboard
-pieces that each player has available is shown in the window title
-after the player's name; in addition, the piece menus show the number
-of pieces available of each type. From version 4.3.14 on, it is also
-possible in crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi to dag and drop pieces to the
-board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board.
-
- All other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most
+destination square. In crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi you can drag and
+drop pieces to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to
+the board.
+
+ Old behavior, where right-clicking a square brings up a menu where
+you can select what piece to drop on it can still be selected through
+the `Drop Menu' option. Only in Edit Position mode right and middle
+clicking a square is still used to put a piece on it, and the piece to
+drop is selected by sweeping the mouse vertically with the button held
+down.
+
+ The default function of the right mouse button in other modes is to
+display the position the chess program thinks it will end up in. While
+moving the mouse vertically with this button pressed XBoard will step
+through the principal variation to show how this position will be
+reached. Lines of play displayed in the engine-output window, or PGN
+variations in the comment window can similarly be played out on the
+board, by right-clicking on them. Only in Analysis mode, when you walk
+along a PV, releasing the mouse button will forward the game upto that
+point, like you entered all previous PV moves. As the display of the
+PV in that case starts after the first move a simple right-click will
+play the move the engine indicates.
+
+ In Analysis mode you can also make a move by grabbing the piece with
+a double-click of the left mouse button (or while keeping the Ctrl key
+pressed). In this case the move you enter will not be played, but will
+be excluded from the analysis of the current position. (Or included if
+it was already excluded; it is a toggle.) This only works for engines
+that support this feature.
+
+ When connected to an ICS, it is possible to call up a graphical
+representation of players seeking a game in stead of the chess board,
+when the latter is not in use (i.e. when you are not playing or
+observing). Left-clicking the display area will switch between this
+'seek graph' and the chess board. Hovering the mouse pointer over a
+dot will show the details of the seek ad in the message field above the
+board. Left-clicking the dot will challenge that player.
+Right-clicking a dot will 'push it to the back', to reveal any dots
+that were hidden behind it. Right-clicking off dots will refresh the
+graph.
+
+ Most other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most
frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons.
+These shortcut keystrokes are mostly non-printable characters. Typing
+a letter or digit while the board window has focus will bring up a
+type-in box with the typed letter already in it. You can use that to
+type a move in siuations where it is your turn to enter a move, type a
+move number to call up the position after that move in the display, or,
+in Edit Position mode, type a FEN. Some rarely used parameters can
+only be set through options on the command line used to invoke XBoard.
+
+ XBoard uses a settings file, in which it can remember any changes to
+the settings that are made through menus or command-line options, so
+they will still apply when you restart XBoard for another session. The
+settings can be saved into this file automatically when XBoard exits,
+or on explicit request of the user. The default name for the settings
+file is /etc/xboard/xboard.conf, but in a standard install this file is
+only used as a master settings file that determines the system-wide
+default settings, and defers reading and writing of user settings to a
+user-specific file like ~/.xboardrc in the user's home directory.
When XBoard is iconized, its graphical icon is a white knight if it
-is White's turn to move, a black knight if it is Black's turn. See
-Iconize in *note Keys:: below if you have problems getting this feature
-to work.
+is White's turn to move, a black knight if it is Black's turn.
-2.1 File Menu
+3 Menus, buttons, and keys
+**************************
+
+3.1 File Menu
=============
New Game
Resets XBoard and the chess engine to the beginning of a new chess
- game. The `r' key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess
+ game. The `Ctrl-N' key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess
Server mode, clears the current state of XBoard, then
resynchronizes with the ICS by sending a refresh command. If you
want to stop playing, observing, or examining an ICS game, use an
Similar to `New Game', but allows you to specify a particular
initial position (according to a standardized numbering system) in
chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g.
- Chess960). The selected opening position will persistently be
- chosen on any following New Game command until you use this menu
- to select another. Selecting position number -1 will produce a
- newly randomized position on any new game. Using this menu item
- in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position
- does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use
- the `New Shuffle Game' menu to explicitly switch the randomization
- off, or select a new variant.
+ Chess960). You can also press the `Pick Fixed' button to let
+ XBoard generate a random number for you. The thus selected
+ opening position will then persistently be chosen on any following
+ New Game command until you use this menu to select another.
+ Selecting position number -1 (or pushing the `Randomize' button)
+ will produce a newly randomized position on any new game. Using
+ this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their
+ opening position does cause these variants to become shuffle
+ variants until you use the `New Shuffle Game' menu to explicitly
+ switch the randomization off, or select a new variant.
New Variant
Allows you to select a new chess variant in non-ICS mode. (In ICS
play, the ICS is responsible for deciding which variant will be
- played, and XBoard adapts autmatically.) If you play with an
- engine, the engine must be able to play the selected variant, or
- the command will be ignored. XBoard supports all major variants,
- such as xiangqi, shogi, chess, chess960, Capablanca Chess,
- shatranj, crazyhous, bughouse.
+ played, and XBoard adapts automatically.) The shifted `Alt+V' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent. If you play with an engine, the engine
+ must be able to play the selected variant, or the command will be
+ ignored. XBoard supports all major variants, such as xiangqi,
+ shogi, chess, chess960, Capablanca Chess, shatranj, crazyhouse,
+ bughouse. But not every board size has built-in bitmaps for
+ un-orthodox pieces! Only sizes bulky (72) and middling (49) have
+ all pieces, while size petite (33) has most. These sizes would
+ have to be set at startup through the `size' command-line option
+ when you start up XBoard for such variants to be playable.
+
+ You can overrule the default board format of the selected variant,
+ (e.g. to play suicide chess on a 6 x 6 board), in this dialog, but
+ normally you would not do that, and leave them at '-1', which
+ means 'default'.
Load Game
- Plays a game from a record file. The `g' key is a keyboard
- equivalent. A popup dialog prompts you for the file name. If the
- file contains more than one game, a second popup dialog displays a
- list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if
+ Plays a game from a record file. The `Ctrl-O' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. A pop-up dialog prompts you for the file name. If the
+ file contains more than one game, a second pop-up dialog displays
+ a list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if
any), and you can select the one you want. Alternatively, you can
load the Nth game in the file directly, by typing the number `N'
after the file name, separated by a space.
move, the game starts from that position. Text enclosed in
parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces is assumed to be
commentary and is displayed in a pop-up window. Any other text in
- the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in parentheses) are
- treated as comments; XBoard is not able to walk variation trees.
- The nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to
- the -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in
- certain chess variants to be loaded. There is also a heuristic to
- recognize chess variants from the Event tag, by looking for the
- strings that the Internet Chess Servers put there when saving
- variant ("wild") games.
-
-Load Next Game
- Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded.
- The shifted `N' key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
-Load Previous Game
- Loads the previous game from the last game record file you loaded.
- The shifted `P' key is a keyboard equivalent. Not available if
- the last game was loaded from a pipe.
-
-Reload Same Game
- Reloads the last game you loaded. Not available if the last game
- was loaded from a pipe.
-
-Save Game
- Appends a record of the current game to a file. A popup dialog
- prompts you for the file name. If the game did not begin with the
- standard starting position, the game file includes the starting
- position used. Games are saved in the PGN (portable game notation)
- format, unless the oldSaveStyle option is true, in which case they
- are saved in an older format that is specific to XBoard. Both
- formats are human-readable, and both can be read back by the `Load
- Game' command. Notation of the form `P@f7' is accepted for
- piece-drops in bughouse games; this is a nonstandard extension to
- PGN.
-
-Copy Game
- Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN
- format and sets the X selection to the game text. The game can be
- pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another
- copy of 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 Game
- command.
-
-Paste Game
- Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it,
- as with Load Game.
+ the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in parentheses) also
+ are treated as comments; however, if you rights-click them in the
+ comment window, XBoard will shelve the current line, and load the
+ the selected variation, so you can step through it. You can later
+ revert to the previous line with the `Revert' command. This way
+ you can walk quite complex varation trees with XBoard. The
+ nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to the
+ -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in
+ certain chess variants to be loaded. Note that it must appear
+ before any FEN tag for XBoard to recognize variant FENs
+ appropriately. There is also a heuristic to recognize chess
+ variants from the Event tag, by looking for the strings that the
+ Internet Chess Servers put there when saving variant ("wild")
+ games.
Load Position
- Sets up a position from a position file. A popup dialog prompts
- you for the file name. If the file contains more than one saved
- position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N
- after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must be
- in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the Save
+ Sets up a position from a position file. A pop-up dialog prompts
+ you for the file name. The shifted `Ctrl-O' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. If the file contains more than one saved position, and
+ you want to load the Nth one, type the number N after the file
+ name, separated by a space. Position files must be in FEN
+ (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the Save
Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on.
Load Next Position
Loads the next position from the last position file you loaded.
+ The shifted `PgDn' key is a keyboard equivalent.
Load Previous Position
Loads the previous position from the last position file you
- loaded. Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
+ loaded. The shifted `PgUp' key is a keyboard equivalent. Not
+ available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
-Reload Same Position
- Reloads the last position you loaded. Not available if the last
- position was loaded from a pipe.
+Save Game
+ Appends a record of the current game to a file. The `Ctrl-S' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent. A pop-up dialog prompts you for the
+ file name. If the game did not begin with the standard starting
+ position, the game file includes the starting position used. Games
+ are saved in the PGN (portable game notation) format, unless the
+ oldSaveStyle option is true, in which case they are saved in an
+ older format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats are
+ human-readable, and both can be read back by the `Load Game'
+ command. Notation of the form `P@f7' is accepted for piece-drops
+ in bughouse games; this is a nonstandard extension to PGN.
Save Position
- Appends a diagram of the current position to a file. A popup
- dialog prompts you for the file name. Positions are saved in FEN
+ Appends a diagram of the current position to a file. The shifted
+ `Ctrl+S' key is a keyboard equivalent. A pop-up dialog prompts
+ you for the file name. Positions are saved in FEN
(Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the `oldSaveStyle'
option is true, in which case they are saved in an older,
human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats can
be read back by the `Load Position' command.
-Copy Position
- Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format
- and sets the X selection to the position text. The position can
- be pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another
- copy of 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.
-
-Paste Position
- Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it,
- as with Load Position.
+Save Games as Book
+ Creates an opening book from the currently loaded game file. The
+ book will be saved on the file specified in the `Common Engine'
+ options dialog. The value of `Book Depth' specified in that same
+ dialog will be used to determine how many moves of each game will
+ be added to the internal book buffer. This command can take a
+ long time to process, and the size of the buffer is currently
+ limited. At the end the buffer will be saved as a Polyglot book,
+ but the buffer will ot be cleared, so that you can continue adding
+ games from other game files.
Mail Move
Reload CMail Message
See *note CMail::.
Exit
- Exits from XBoard. The shifted `Q' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+ Exits from XBoard. The `Ctrl-Q' key is a keyboard equivalent.
-2.2 Mode Menu
+3.2 Edit Menu
=============
-Machine White
- Tells the chess engine to play White.
-
-Machine Black
- Tells the chess engine to play Black.
-
-Two Machines
- Plays a game between two chess engines.
-
-Analysis Mode
- XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current
- game/position and shows you the analysis as you move pieces around.
- Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
-
- To set up a position to analyze, you do the following:
-
- 1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu
-
- 2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to bring
- up the white and black piece menus.
-
- 3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White clock
- to tell XBoard which side moves first.
-
- 4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis.
-
- The analysis function can also be used when observing games on an
- ICS with an engine loaded (zippy mode); the engine then will
- analyse the positions as they occur in the observed game.
+Copy Game
+ Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN
+ format and sets the X selection to the game text. The `Ctrl-C' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent. The game can be pasted to another
+ application (such as a text editor or another copy of 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 Game command.
-Analyze File
- This option lets you load a game from a file (PGN, XBoard format,
- etc.) and analyze it. When you select this menu item, a popup
- window appears and asks for a filename to load. If the file
- contains multiple games, another popup appears that lets you
- select which game you wish to analyze. After a game is loaded,
- use the XBoard arrow buttons to step forwards/backwards through
- the game and watch the analysis. Note: Some chess engines do not
- support Analysis mode.
+Copy Position
+ Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format
+ and sets the X selection to the position text. The shifted
+ `Ctrl-C' key is a keyboard equivalent. The position can be pasted
+ to another application (such as a text editor or another copy of
+ 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.
-ICS Client
- This is the normal mode when XBoard is connected to a chess
- server. If you have moved into Edit Game or Edit Position mode,
- you can select this option to get out.
+Copy Game List
+ 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.
- To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics
- option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands
- and receive text responses from the chess server. See *note Chess
- Servers:: below for more information.
+Paste Game
+ Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it,
+ as with Load Game. The `Ctrl-V' key is a keyboard equivalent.
- XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when
- you use the `examine' or `bsetup' commands on ICS and you have
- `ICS Client' selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
- ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by
- dragging with mouse button 1. 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. Click
- on the White or Black clock to set the side to play. You cannot
- set the side to play or drag pieces to arbitrary squares while
- examining on ICC, but you can do so in `bsetup' mode on FICS. In
- addition, the menu commands `Forward', `Backward', `Pause', and
- `Stop Examining' have special functions in this mode; see below.
+Paste Position
+ Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it,
+ as with Load Position. The shifted `Ctrl-V' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent.
Edit Game
Allows you to make moves for both Black and White, and to change
moves after backing up with the `Backward' command. The clocks do
- not run.
+ not run. The `Ctrl-E' key is a keyboard equivalent.
In chess engine mode, the chess engine continues to check moves
for legality but does not participate in the game. You can bring
yourself.
Edit Position
- Lets you set up an arbitrary board position. 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. Selecting `Edit
- Position' causes XBoard to discard all remembered moves in the
- current game.
+ Lets you set up an arbitrary board position. The shifted `Ctrl-E'
+ 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 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 `pieceMenu' option.
+ Selecting `Edit Position' causes XBoard to discard all remembered
+ moves in the current game.
In ICS mode, changes made to the position by `Edit Position' are
not sent to the ICS: `Edit Position' takes XBoard out of `ICS
the ICS `examine' command, or start an ICS match against yourself.
(See also the ICS Client topic above.)
-Training
- Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for
- one of the players. You guess the next move of the game by playing
- the move on the board. If the move played matches the next move of
- the game, the move is accepted and the opponent's response is
- autoplayed. If the move played is incorrect, an error message is
- displayed. You can select this mode only while loading a game
- (that is, after selecting `Load Game' from the File menu). While
- XBoard is in `Training' mode, the navigation buttons are disabled.
-
-Show Game List
- Shows or hides the list of games generated by the last `Load Game'
- command.
-
-Show Move History
- Shows or hides a list of moves of the current game. This list
- allows you to move the display to any earlier position in the game
- by clicking on the corresponding move.
-
-Show Engine Output
- Shows or hides a window in which the thinking output of any loaded
- engines is displayed.
-
Edit Tags
Lets you edit the PGN (portable game notation) tags for the
current game. After editing, the tags must still conform to the
Edit Comment
Adds or modifies a comment on the current position. Comments are
- saved by `Save Game' and are displayed by `Load Game', `Forward',
- and `Backward'.
-
-ICS Input Box
- If this option is set in ICS mode, XBoard creates an extra window
- that you can use for typing in ICS commands. The input box is
- especially useful if you want to type in something long or do some
- editing on your input, because output from ICS doesn't get mixed
- in with your typing as it would in the main terminal window.
-
-Pause
- Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a
- chess engine, also pauses your clock. To continue, select `Pause'
- again, and the display will automatically update to the latest
- position. The `P' button and keyboard `p' key are equivalents.
-
- If you select Pause when you are playing against a chess engine and
- it is not your move, the chess engine's clock will continue to run
- and it will eventually make a move, at which point both clocks
- will stop. Since board updates are paused, however, you will not
- see the move until you exit from Pause mode (or select Forward).
- This behavior is meant to simulate adjournment with a sealed move.
-
- If you select Pause while you are observing or examining a game on
- a chess server, you can step backward and forward in the current
- history of the examined game without affecting the other observers
- and examiners, and without having your display jump forward to the
- latest position each time a move is made. Select Pause again to
- reconnect yourself to the current state of the game on ICS.
-
- If you select `Pause' while you are loading a game, the game stops
- loading. You can load more moves manually by selecting `Forward',
- or resume automatic loading by selecting `Pause' again.
-
-2.3 Action Menu
-===============
-
-Accept
- Accepts a pending match offer. If there is more than one offer
- pending, you will have to type in a more specific command instead
- of using this menu choice.
-
-Decline
- Declines a pending offer (match, draw, adjourn, etc.). If there is
- more than one offer pending, you will have to type in a more
- specific command instead of using this menu choice.
-
-Call Flag
- Calls your opponent's flag, claiming a win on time, or claiming a
- draw if you are both out of time. You can also call your
- opponent's flag by clicking on his clock or by pressing the
- keyboard `t' key.
-
-Draw
- Offers a draw to your opponent, accepts a pending draw offer from
- your opponent, or claims a draw by repetition or the 50-move rule,
- as appropriate. The `d' key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
-Adjourn
- Asks your opponent to agree to adjourning the current game, or
- agrees to a pending adjournment offer from your opponent.
-
-Abort
- Asks your opponent to agree to aborting the current game, or
- agrees to a pending abort offer from your opponent. An aborted
- game ends immediately without affecting either player's rating.
-
-Resign
- Resigns the game to your opponent. The shifted `R' key is a
- keyboard equivalent.
-
-Stop Observing
- Ends your participation in observing a game, by issuing the ICS
- observe command with no arguments. ICS mode only.
+ saved by `Save Game' and are displayed by `Load Game', PGN
+ variations will also be printed in this window, and can be
+ promoted to main line by right-clicking them. `Forward', and
+ `Backward'.
+
+Edit Book
+ Pops up a window listing the moves available in the GUI book
+ (specified in the `Common Engine Settings' 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.
-Stop Examining
- Ends your participation in examining a game, by issuing the ICS
- unexamine command. ICS mode only.
+Revert
+Annotate
+ If you are examining an ICS game and Pause mode is off, Revert
+ issues the ICS command `revert'. In local mode, when you were
+ editing or analyzing a game, and the `-variations' command-line
+ option is switched on, you can start a new variation by holding
+ the Shift key down while entering a move not at the end of the
+ game. Variations can also become the currently displayed line by
+ clicking a PGN variation displayed in the Comment window. This
+ can be applied recursively, so that you can analyze variations on
+ variations; each time you create a new variation by entering an
+ alternative move with Shift pressed, or select a new one from the
+ Comment window, the current variation will be shelved. `Revert'
+ allows you to return to the most recently shelved variation. The
+ difference between `Revert' and `Annotate' is that with the latter,
+ the variation you are now abandoning will be added as a comment
+ (in PGN variation syntax, i.e. between parentheses) to the
+ original move where you deviated, for later recalling. The `Home'
+ key is a keyboard equivalent to `Revert'.
-2.4 Step Menu
-=============
+Truncate Game
+ Discards all remembered moves of the game beyond the current
+ position. Puts XBoard into `Edit Game' mode if it was not there
+ already. The `End' key is a keyboard equivalent.
Backward
Steps backward through a series of remembered moves. The `[<]'
- button and the `b' key are equivalents, as is turning the mouse
- wheel towards you. In addition, pressing the Control key steps
- back one move, and releasing it steps forward again.
+ button and the `Alt+LeftArrow' key are equivalents, as is turning
+ the mouse wheel towards you. In addition, pressing the Control
+ key steps back one move, and releasing it steps forward again.
In most modes, `Backward' only lets you look back at old positions;
it does not retract moves. This is the case if you are playing
Forward
Steps forward through a series of remembered moves (undoing the
effect of `Backward') or forward through a game file. The `[>]'
- button and the `f' key are equivalents, as is turning the mouse
- wheel away from you.
+ button and the `Alt+RightArrow' key are equivalents, as is turning
+ the mouse wheel away from you.
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of Forward depends
on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is off,
Back to Start
Jumps backward to the first remembered position in the game. The
- `[<<]' button and the shifted `B' key are equivalents.
+ `[<<]' button and the `Alt+Home' key are equivalents.
In most modes, Back to Start only lets you look back at old
positions; it does not retract moves. This is the case if you are
Forward to End
Jumps forward to the last remembered position in the game. The
- `[>>]' button and the shifted `F' key are equivalents.
+ `[>>]' button and the `Alt+End' key are equivalents.
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of `Forward to End'
depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is off,
your local view forward, and it will not go past the position that
the game was in when you paused.
-Revert
- If you are examining an ICS game and Pause mode is off, issues the
- ICS command `revert'.
+3.3 View Menu
+=============
-Truncate Game
- Discards all remembered moves of the game beyond the current
- position. Puts XBoard into `Edit Game' mode if it was not there
- already.
+Flip View
+ Inverts your view of the chess board for the duration of the
+ current game. Starting a new game returns the board to normal.
+ The `F2' key is a keyboard equivalent.
-Move Now
- Forces the chess engine to move immediately. Chess engine mode
- only.
+Show Engine Output
+ Shows or hides a window in which the thinking output of any loaded
+ engines is displayed. The shifted `Alt+O' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. XBoard will display lines of thinking output of the
+ same depth ordered by score, (highest score on top), rather than
+ in the order the engine produced them. Usually this amounts to
+ the same, as a normal engine search will only find new PV (and
+ emit it as thinking output) when it searches a move with a higher
+ score than the previous variation. But when the engine is in
+ multi-variation mode this needs not always be true, and it is more
+ convenient for someone analyzing games to see the moves sorted by
+ score. The order in which the engine found them is only of
+ interest to the engine author, and can still be deduced from the
+ time or node count printed with the line. Right-clicking a line
+ in this window, and then moving the mouse vertically with the
+ right button kept down, will make XBoard play through the PV
+ listed there. The use of the board window as 'variation board'
+ will normally end when you release the right button, or when the
+ opponent plays a move. But beware: in Analysis mode, moves thus
+ played out will be added to the game. The Engine-Output pane for
+ each engine will contain a header displaying the multi-PV status
+ and a list of excluded moves in Analysis mode, which are also
+ responsive to right-clicking.
-Retract Move
- Retracts your last move. In chess engine mode, you can do this only
- after the chess engine has replied to your move; if the chess
- engine is still thinking, use `Move Now' first. In ICS mode,
- `Retract Move' issues the command `takeback 1' or `takeback 2'
- depending on whether it is your opponent's move or yours.
+Show Move History
+ Shows or hides a list of moves of the current game. The shifted
+ `Alt+H' key is a keyboard equivalent. This list allows you to
+ move the display to any earlier position in the game by clicking
+ on the corresponding move.
+
+Show Evaluation Graph
+ Shows or hides a window which displays a graph of how the engine
+ score(s) evolved as a function of the move number. The shifted
+ `Alt+E' key is a keyboard equivalent. Clicking on the graph will
+ bring the corresponding position in the board display.
+
+Show Game List
+ Shows or hides the list of games generated by the last `Load Game'
+ command. The shifted `Alt+G' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Tags
+ Pops up a window which shows the PGN (portable game notation) tags
+ for the current game. For now this is a duplicate of the `Edit
+ Tags' item in the `Edit' menu.
+
+Comments
+ Pops up a window which shows any comments to or variations on the
+ current move. For now this is a duplicate of the `Edit Comment'
+ item in the `Edit' menu.
+
+ICS Input Box
+ If this option is set in ICS mode, XBoard creates an extra window
+ that you can use for typing in ICS commands. The input box is
+ especially useful if you want to type in something long or do some
+ editing on your input, because output from ICS doesn't get mixed
+ in with your typing as it would in the main terminal window.
+
+Open Chat Window
+ This menu item opens a window in which you can conduct upto 5 chats
+ with other ICS users (or channels). To use the window, write the
+ name of your chat partner, the channel number, or the words
+ 'shouts', 'whispers', 'cshouts' in the upper field (closing with
+ <Enter>). Everything you type in the lowest field will then
+ automatically be sent to the mentioned party, while everything
+ that party sends to you will appear in the central text box,
+ rather than appear in the ICS console. The row of buttons allow
+ you to choose between chat; to start a new chat, just select an
+ empty button, and complete the `Chat partner' field.
+
+Board
+ Summons a dialog where you can customize the look of the chess
+ board. Here you can specify the directory from which piece images
+ should be taken, when you don't want to use the built-in piece
+ images (see `pieceImageDirectory' option), external images to be
+ used for the board squares (`liteBackTextureFile' and
+ `darkBackTextureFile' options), and square and piece colors for
+ the default pieces.
+
+Game List Tags
+ a duplicate of the Game List dialog in the Options menu.
+
+3.4 Mode Menu
+=============
+
+Machine White
+ Tells the chess engine to play White. The `Ctrl-W' key is a
+ keyboard equivalent.
+
+Machine Black
+ Tells the chess engine to play Black. The `Ctrl-B' key is a
+ keyboard equivalent.
+
+Two Machines
+ Plays a game between two chess engines. The `Ctrl-T' key is a
+ keyboard equivalent.
+
+Analysis Mode
+ XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current
+ game/position and shows you the analysis as you move pieces around.
+ The `Ctrl-A' key is a keyboard equivalent. Note: Some chess
+ engines do not support Analysis mode.
+
+ To set up a position to analyze, you do the following:
+
+ 1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu
+
+ 2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to bring
+ up the white and black piece menus.
+
+ 3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White clock
+ to tell XBoard which side moves first.
+
+ 4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis.
+
+ You can now play legal moves to create follow-up positions for the
+ engine to analyze, while the moves will be remembered as a stored
+ game, and then step backward through this game to take the moves
+ back. Note that you can also click on the clocks to set the
+ opposite side to move (adding a so-called `null move' to the game).
+
+ You can also tell the engine to exclude some moves from analysis.
+ (Engines that do not support the exclude-moves feature will ignore
+ this, however.) The general way to do this is to play the move
+ you want to exclude starting with a double click on the piece.
+ When you use drag-drop moving, the piece you grab with a double
+ click will also remain on its square, to show you that you are not
+ really making the move, but just forbid it from the current
+ position. Playing a thus excluded move a second time will include
+ it again. Excluded moves will be listed as text in a header line
+ in the Engine Output window, and you can also re-include them by
+ right-clicking them there. This header line will also contain the
+ words 'best' and 'tail'; right-clicking those will exclude the
+ currently best move, or all moves not explicitly listed in the
+ header line. Once you leave the current position all memory of
+ excluded moves will be lost when you return there.
+
+ Selecting this menu item while already in `Analysis Mode' will
+ toggle the participation of the second engine in the analysis.
+ The output of this engine will then be shown in the lower pane of
+ the Engine Output window. The analysis function can also be used
+ when observing games on an ICS with an engine loaded (zippy mode);
+ the engine then will analyse the positions as they occur in the
+ observed game.
+
+Analyze Game
+ This option subjects the currently loaded game to automatic
+ analysis by the loaded engine. The `Ctrl-G' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. XBoard will start auto-playing the game from the
+ currently displayed position, while the engine is analyzing the
+ current position. The game will be annotated with the results of
+ these analyses. In particlar, the score and depth will be added
+ as a comment, and the PV will be added as a variation.
+
+ Normally the analysis would stop after reaching the end of the
+ game. But when a game is loaded from a multi-game file while
+ `Analyze Game' was already switched on, the analysis will continue
+ with the next game in the file until the end of the file is
+ reached (or you switch to another mode).
+
+ The time the engine spends on analyzing each move can be controlled
+ through the command-line option `-timeDelay', which can also be
+ set from the `Load Game Options' menu dialog. Note: Some chess
+ engines do not support Analysis mode.
+
+Edit Game
+ Duplicate of the item in the Edit menu. Note that `Edit Game' is
+ the idle mode of XBoard, and can be used to get you out of other
+ modes. E.g. to stop analyzing, stop a game between two engines or
+ stop editing a position.
+
+Edit Position
+ Duplicate of the item in the Edit menu.
+
+Training
+ Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for
+ one of the players. You guess the next move of the game by playing
+ the move on the board. If the move played matches the next move of
+ the game, the move is accepted and the opponent's response is
+ auto-played. If the move played is incorrect, an error message is
+ displayed. You can select this mode only while loading a game
+ (that is, after selecting `Load Game' from the File menu). While
+ XBoard is in `Training' mode, the navigation buttons are disabled.
+
+ICS Client
+ This is the normal mode when XBoard is connected to a chess
+ server. If you have moved into Edit Game or Edit Position mode,
+ you can select this option to get out.
+
+ To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics
+ option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands
+ and receive text responses from the chess server. See *note Chess
+ Servers:: below for more information.
+
+ XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when
+ you use the `examine' or `bsetup' commands on ICS and you have
+ `ICS Client' selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
+ ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by
+ dragging with mouse button 1. 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. Click
+ on the White or Black clock to set the side to play. You cannot
+ set the side to play or drag pieces to arbitrary squares while
+ examining on ICC, but you can do so in `bsetup' mode on FICS. In
+ addition, the menu commands `Forward', `Backward', `Pause', and
+ `Stop Examining' have special functions in this mode; see below.
+
+Machine Match
+ Starts a match between two chess programs, with a number of games
+ and other parameters set through the `Match Options' menu dialog.
+ When a match is already running, selecting this item will make
+ XBoard drop out of match mode after the current game finishes.
+
+Pause
+ Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a
+ chess engine, also pauses your clock. To continue, select `Pause'
+ again, and the display will automatically update to the latest
+ position. The `P' button and keyboard `Pause' key are equivalents.
+
+ If you select Pause when you are playing against a chess engine and
+ it is not your move, the chess engine's clock will continue to run
+ and it will eventually make a move, at which point both clocks
+ will stop. Since board updates are paused, however, you will not
+ see the move until you exit from Pause mode (or select Forward).
+ This behavior is meant to simulate adjournment with a sealed move.
+
+ If you select Pause while you are observing or examining a game on
+ a chess server, you can step backward and forward in the current
+ history of the examined game without affecting the other observers
+ and examiners, and without having your display jump forward to the
+ latest position each time a move is made. Select Pause again to
+ reconnect yourself to the current state of the game on ICS.
+
+ If you select `Pause' while you are loading a game, the game stops
+ loading. You can load more moves manually by selecting `Forward',
+ or resume automatic loading by selecting `Pause' again.
+
+3.5 Action Menu
+===============
+
+Accept
+ Accepts a pending match offer. The `F3' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. If there is more than one offer pending, you will
+ have to type in a more specific command instead of using this menu
+ choice.
+
+Decline
+ Declines a pending offer (match, draw, adjourn, etc.). The `F4'
+ key is a keyboard equivalent. If there is more than one offer
+ pending, you will have to type in a more specific command instead
+ of using this menu choice.
+
+Call Flag
+ Calls your opponent's flag, claiming a win on time, or claiming a
+ draw if you are both out of time. The `F5' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent. You can also call your opponent's flag by clicking on
+ his clock.
+
+Draw
+ Offers a draw to your opponent, accepts a pending draw offer from
+ your opponent, or claims a draw by repetition or the 50-move rule,
+ as appropriate. The `F6' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Adjourn
+ Asks your opponent to agree to adjourning the current game, or
+ agrees to a pending adjournment offer from your opponent. The
+ `F7' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Abort
+ Asks your opponent to agree to aborting the current game, or
+ agrees to a pending abort offer from your opponent. The `F8' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent. An aborted game ends immediately without
+ affecting either player's rating.
+
+Resign
+ Resigns the game to your opponent. The `F9' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent.
+
+Stop Observing
+ Ends your participation in observing a game, by issuing the ICS
+ observe command with no arguments. ICS mode only. The `F10' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Stop Examining
+ Ends your participation in examining a game, by issuing the ICS
+ unexamine command. ICS mode only. The `F11' key is a keyboard
+ equivalent.
+
+Upload to Examine
+ Create an examined game of the proper variant on the ICS, and send
+ the game there that is currenty loaded in XBoard (e.g. through
+ pasting or loading from file). You must be connected to an ICS
+ for this to work.
Adjudicate to White
Adjudicate to Black
Adjudicate Draw
Terminate an ongoing game in Two-Machines mode (including match
mode), with as result a win for white, for black, or a draw,
- repsectively. The PGN file of the game will accompany the result
+ respectively. The PGN file of the game will accompany the result
string by the comment "user adjudication".
-2.5 Options Menu
-================
+3.6 Engine Menu
+===============
-Flip View
- Inverts your view of the chess board for the duration of the
- current game. Starting a new game returns the board to normal.
- The `v' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+Load Engine
+ Pops up a dialog where you can select or specify an engine to be
+ loaded. You will always have to indicate whether you want to load
+ the engine as first or second engine, through the ‘Load
+ menitioned engine as’ drop-down list at the bottom of the dialog.
+ You can even replace engines during a game, without disturbing
+ that game. (Beware that after loading an engine, XBoard will
+ always be in Edit Game mode, so you will have to tell the new
+ engine what to do before it does anything!) When you select an
+ already installed engine from the ‘Select Engine from List’
+ drop-down list, all other fields of the dialog will be ignored.
+ In other cases, you have to specify the engine executable,
+ possible arguments on the engine command line (if the engine docs
+ say the engine needs any), and the directory where the engine
+ should look for its files (if this cannot be deduced automatically
+ from the specification of the engine executable). You will also
+ have to specify (with the aid of checkboxes) if the engine is UCI.
+ If ‘Add this engine to the list’ is ticked (which it is by
+ default), the engine will be added to the list of installed
+ engines in your settings file, (provided you save the settings!),
+ so that next time you can select it from the drop-down list. You
+ can also specify a ‘nickname’, under which the engine will
+ then appear in that drop-down list, and even choose to use that
+ nickname for it in PGN files for engine-engine games. The info
+ you supply with the checkboxes whether the engine should use GUI
+ book, or (for variant engines) automatically switch to the current
+ variant when loaded, will also be included in the list. For
+ obsolete XBoard engines, which would normally take a long delay to
+ load because XBoard is waiting for a response they will not give,
+ you can tick ‘WB protocol v1’ to speed up the loading process.
+
+Engine #N Settings
+ Pop up a menu dialog to alter the settings specific to the
+ applicable engine. (The second engine is only accessible once it
+ has been used in Two-Machines mode.) For each parameter the
+ engine allows to be set, a control element will appear in this
+ dialog that can be used to alter the value. Depending on the type
+ of parameter (text string, number, multiple choice, on/off switch,
+ instantaneous signal) the appropriate control will appear, with a
+ description next to it. XBoard has no idea what these values
+ mean; it just passes them on to the engine. How this dialog looks
+ is completely determined by the engine, and XBoard just passes it
+ on to the user. Many engines do not have any parameters that can
+ be set by the user, and in that case the dialog will be empty
+ (except for the OK and cancel buttons). UCI engines usually have
+ many parameters. (But these are only visible with a sufficiently
+ modern version of the Polyglot adapter needed to run UCI engines,
+ e.g. Polyglot 1.4.55b.) For native XBoard engines this is less
+ common.
-Adjudications
- Pops up a sub-menu where you can enable or disable various
- adjudications that XBoard can perform in engine-engine games. 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
- 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
- (e.g. KBKN). For these adjudications to work, `Test Legality'
- 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 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 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 engines report scores
- from the viewpoint of white, or from that of their own color.
+Hint
+ Displays a move hint from the chess engine.
-Engine Settings
- 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.
+Book
+ Displays a list of possible moves from the chess engine's opening
+ book. The exact format depends on what chess engine you are using.
+ With GNU Chess 4, the first column gives moves, the second column
+ gives one possible response for each move, and the third column
+ shows the number of lines in the book that include the move from
+ the first column. If you select this option and nothing happens,
+ the chess engine is out of its book or does not support this
+ feature.
-Time Control
- 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.
+Move Now
+ Forces the chess engine to move immediately. Chess engine mode
+ only. The `Ctrl-M' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Retract Move
+ Retracts your last move. In chess engine mode, you can do this only
+ after the chess engine has replied to your move; if the chess
+ engine is still thinking, use `Move Now' first. In ICS mode,
+ `Retract Move' issues the command `takeback 1' or `takeback 2'
+ depending on whether it is your opponent's move or yours. The
+ `Ctrl-X' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Recently Used Engines
+ At the bottom of the engine menu there can be a list of names of
+ engines that you recently loaded through the Load Engine menu
+ dialog in previous sessions. Clicking on such a name will load
+ that engine as first engine, so you won't have to search for it in
+ your list of installed engines, if that is very long. The maximum
+ number of displayed engine names is set by the
+ `recentEngines'command-line option.
+
+3.7 Options Menu
+================
-Always Queen
- 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.
+General Options
+ The following items to set option values appear in the dialog
+ summoned by the general Options menu item.
+
+Absolute Analysis Scores
+ Controls if scores on the Engine Output window during analysis
+ will be printed from the white or the side-to-move point-of-view.
+
+Almost Always Queen
+ If this option is on, 7th-rank pawns automatically change into
+ Queens when you pick them up, and when you drag them to the
+ promotion square and release them there, they will promote to that.
+ But when you drag such a pawn backwards first, its identity will
+ start to cycle through the other available pieces. This will
+ continue until you start to move it forward; at which point the
+ identity of the piece will be fixed, so that you can safely put it
+ down on the promotion square. If this option is off, what happens
+ depends on the option `alwaysPromoteToQueen', which would force
+ promotion to Queen when true. Otherwise XBoard would bring up a
+ dialog box whenever you move a pawn to the last rank, asking what
+ piece you want to promote to.
Animate Dragging
If Animate Dragging is on, while you are dragging a piece with the
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.
-
-Auto Comment
- 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
- `say', `tell', `whisper', and `kibitz'. Limitation: remarks that
- you type yourself are not recognized; XBoard scans only the output
- from ICS, not the input you type to it.
+ square when the move is complete. The shifted `Ctrl-A' key is a
+ keyboard equivalent.
Auto Flag
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. 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.
+ time. The shifted `Ctrl-F' 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 (?).
Auto Flip View
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.
+ If you are playing a game on an ICS, the board is always oriented
+ at the start of the game so that your pawns move from the bottom
+ of the window towards the top. Otherwise, the starting orientation
+ is determined by the `flipView' command line option; 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. *Note User interface options::.
+
+Blindfold
+ 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.
+
+Drop Menu
+ Controls if right-clicking the board in crazyhouse / bughouse will
+ pop up a menu to drop a piece on the clicked square (old,
+ deprecated behavior) or allow you to step through an engine PV
+ (new, recommended behavior).
+
+Enable Variation Trees
+ If this option is on, playing a move in Edit Game or Analyze mode
+ while keeping the Shift key pressed will start a new variation.
+ You can then recall the previous line through the `Revert' menu
+ item. When off, playing a move will truncate the game and append
+ the move irreversibly.
+
+Hide Thinking
+ 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 `W' or `B' 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. The shifted `Ctrl-H' key
+ is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Highlight Last Move
+ 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.
+
+Highlight with Arrow
+ 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.
+
+Move Sound
+ Enables the sounding of an audible signal when the computer
+ performs a move. For the selection of the sound, see `Sound
+ Options'. If you turn on this option when using XBoard with the
+ Internet Chess Server, you will probably want to give the `set
+ bell 0' command to the ICS, since otherwise the ICS will ring the
+ terminal bell after every move (not just yours). (The `.icsrc' file
+ is a good place for this; see *note ICS options::.)
+
+One-Click Moving
+ 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 or other methods for selecting an under-promotion,
+ and make it promote to Queen.
+
+Periodic Updates
+ 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.
+
+Play Move(s) of Clicked PV
+ If this option is on, right-clicking a PV in the Engine Output
+ window during Analyze mode will cause the first move of that PV to
+ be played. You could also play more than one (or no) PV move by
+ moving the mouse to engage in the PV walk such a right-click will
+ start, to seek out another position along the PV where you want to
+ continue the analysis, before releasing the mouse button.
+
+Ponder Next Move
+ 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. The shifted `Ctrl-P' key is a
+ keyboard equivalent.
+
+Popup Exit Message
+ 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.
+
+Popup Move Errors
+ 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 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.
+
+Scores in Move List
+ If this option is on, XBoard will display the depth and score of
+ engine moves in the Move List, in the format of a PGN comment.
+
+Show Coords
+ If this option is on, XBoard displays algebraic coordinates along
+ the board's left and bottom edges.
+
+Show Target Squares
+ If this option is on, 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.
+
+Test Legality
+ 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 `Ctrl-L' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+ Moves loaded from a file with `Load Game' 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 off this option is useful if you are playing a chess
+ variant with 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.)
+
+Flash Moves
+Flash Rate
+ If this option is non-zero, whenever a move is completed, the
+ moved piece flashes the specified number of times. The flash-rate
+ setting determines how rapidly this flashing occurs.
+
+Animation Speed
+ Determines the duration (in msec) of an animation step, when
+ `Animate Moving' is swiched on.
+
+Zoom factor in Evaluation Graph
+ Sets the valueof the `evalZoom' option, indicating the factor by
+ which the score interval (-1,1) should be blown up on the vertical
+ axis of the Evaluation Graph.
+
+Time Control
+ 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 `Alt+T' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Common Engine
+ 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 way book moves are chosen can be influenced through
+ the settings of book depth and variety. After both sides have
+ played more moves than the specified depth, the book will no
+ longer be consulted. When the variety is set to 50, moves will be
+ played with the probability specified in the book. When set to 0,
+ only the move(s) with the highest probability will be played.
+ When set to 100, all listed moves will be played with equal
+ pobability. Other settings interpolate between that. The shifted
+ `Alt+U' key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
+Adjudications
+ Pops up a sub-menu where you can enable or disable various
+ adjudications that XBoard can perform in engine-engine games. The
+ shifted `Alt+J' 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 positions which
+ can never be won for lack of mating material, (e.g. KBK), or which
+ are impossible to win unless the opponent seeks its own demise
+ (e.g. KBKN). For these adjudications to work, `Test Legality'
+ should be switched on. 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 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 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.
+
+ICS Options
+ The following options occur in a dialog summoned by the ICS
+ Options menu item.
+
+Auto Kibitz
+ Setting this option when playing with or aginst a chess program on
+ an ICS will cause the last line of thinking output of the engine
+ before its move to be sent to the ICS in a kibitz command. In
+ addition, any kibitz message received through the ICS from an
+ opponent chess program will be diverted to the engine-output
+ window, (and suppressed in the console), where you can play
+ through its PV by right-clicking it.
+
+Auto Comment
+ 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
+ `say', `tell', `whisper', and `kibitz'. Limitation: remarks that
+ you type yourself are not recognized; XBoard scans only the output
+ from ICS, not the input you type to it.
+
Auto Observe
If this option is on and you add a player to your `gnotify' list
on ICS, XBoard will automatically observe all of that player's
is set, as in that case all games are saved to the specified file.
*Note Load and Save options::.
-Blindfold
- 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.
-
-Flash Moves
- 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.
+Background Observe
+ Setting this option will make XBoard suppress display of any boards
+ from observed games while you are playing. In stead the last such
+ board will be remembered, and shown to you when you right-click
+ the board. This allows you to peek at your bughouse partner's
+ game when you want, without disturbing your own game too much.
- If you are playing a game on an ICS, the board is always oriented
- at the start of the game so that your pawns move from the bottom
- of the window towards the top. Otherwise, the starting orientation
- is determined by the `flipView' command line option; 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. *Note User interface options::.
+Dual Board
+ Setting this option in combination with `Background Observe' will
+ display boards of observed games while you are playing on a second
+ board next to that of your own game.
Get Move List
If this option is on, whenever XBoard receives the first board of
XBoard immediately fetches the move list of the current game (if
any).
-Highlight Last Move
- 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.
-
-Move Sound
- 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 saved game file.
- By default, the sound is the terminal bell, but on some systems
- you can change it to a sound file using the soundMove option; see
- below.
-
- If you turn on this option when using XBoard with the Internet
- Chess Server, you will probably want to give the `set bell 0'
- command to the ICS, since otherwise the ICS will ring the terminal
- bell after every move (not just yours). (The `.icsrc' file is a
- good place for this; see *note ICS options::.)
-
-ICS Alarm
- 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.
-
-Old Save Style
- 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.
-
-Periodic Updates
- 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.
-
-Ponder Next Move
- 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.
+Quiet Play
+ If this option is on, XBoard will automatically issue an ICS `set
+ shout 0' command whenever you start a game and a `set shout 1'
+ command whenever you finish one. Thus, you will not be distracted
+ by shouts from other ICS users while playing.
-Popup Exit Message
- 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.
+Seek Graph
+ Setting this option will cause XBoard to display an graph of
+ currently active seek ads when you left-click the board while idle
+ and logged on to an ICS.
-Popup Move Errors
- 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.
+Auto-Refresh Seek Graph
+ In combination with the `Seek Graph' option this will cause
+ automatic update of the seek graph while it is up. This only
+ works on FICS and ICC, and requires a lot of bandwidth on a busy
+ server.
Premove
+Premove White
+Premove Black
+First White Move
+First Black Move
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
your premove, either make a different move, or double-click on any
piece to cancel the move entirely.
-Quiet Play
- If this option is on, XBoard will automatically issue an ICS `set
- shout 0' command whenever you start a game and a `set shout 1'
- command whenever you finish one. Thus, you will not be distracted
- by shouts from other ICS users while playing.
-
-Show Coords
- If this option is on, XBoard displays algebraic coordinates along
- the board's left and bottom edges.
-
-Hide Thinking
- 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 `W' or `B' 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.
+ You can also enter premoves for the first white and black moves of
+ the game.
-Test Legality
- 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. Moves loaded from a file with `Load Game' 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 off this option is useful if you are
- playing a chess variant with 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.)
-
-2.6 Help Menu
+ICS Alarm
+ICS Alarm Time
+ When this option is on, an alarm sound is played when your clock
+ counts down to the icsAlarmTime in an ICS game. (By default, the
+ time is 5 seconds, but you can pecify other values with the Alarm
+ Time spin control.) 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.
+
+Colorize Messages
+ Ticking this options causes various types of ICS messages do be
+ displayed with different foreground or background colors in the
+ console. The colors can be individually selected for each type,
+ through the accompanying text edits.
+
+Match Options
+ Summons a dialog where you can set options important for playing
+ automatic matches between two chess programs (e.g. by using the
+ `Machine Match' menu item in the `Mode' menu).
+
+Tournament file
+ To run a tournament, XBoard needs a file to record its progress,
+ so it can resume the tourney when it is interrupted. When you
+ want to conduct anything more complex than a simple two-player
+ match with the currently loaded engines, (i.e. when you select a
+ list of participants), you must not leave this field blank. When
+ you enter the name of an existing tournament file, XBoard will
+ ignore all other input specified in the dialog, and will take them
+ from that tournament file. This resumes an interrupted
+ tournament, or adds another XBoard agent playing games for it to
+ those that are already doing so. Specifying a not-yet-existing
+ file will cause XBoard to create it, according to the tournament
+ parameters specified in the rest of the dialog, before it starts
+ the tournament on ‘OK’. Provided that you specify
+ participants; without participants no tournament file will be
+ made, but other entered values (e.g. for the file with opening
+ positions) will take effect. Default: configured by the
+ `defaultTourneyName' option.
+
+Sync after round
+Sync after cycle
+ The sync options, when on, will cause WinBoard to refrain from
+ starting games of the next round or cycle before all games of the
+ previous round or cycle are finished. This guarantees correct
+ ordering in the games file, even when multiple XBoard instances
+ are concurrently playing games for the same tourney. Default:
+ sync after cycle, but not after round.
+
+Select Engine
+Tourney participants
+ With the Select Engine drop-down list you can pick an engine from
+ your list of installed engines in the settings file, to be added
+ to the tournament. The engines selected so far will be listed in
+ the ‘Tourney participants’ memo. The latter is a normal text
+ edit, so you can use normal text-editing functions to delete
+ engines you selected by accident, or change their order. Do not
+ type names yourself there, because names that do not exactly match
+ one of the names from the drop-down list will lead to undefined
+ behavior.
+
+Tourney type
+ Here you can specify the type of tournament you want. XBoard’s
+ intrinsic tournament manager support round-robins (type = 0),
+ where each participant plays every other participant, and
+ (multi-)gauntlets, where one (or a few) so-called ‘gauntlet
+ engines’ play an independent set of opponents. In the latter
+ case, you specify the number of gauntlet engines. E.g. if you
+ specified 10 engines, and tourney type = 2, the first 2 engines
+ each play the remaining 8. A value of -1 instructs XBoard to play
+ Swiss; for this to work an external pairing engine must be
+ specified through the `pairingEngine' option. Each Swiss round
+ will be considered a tourney cycle in that case. Default:0
+
+Number of tourney cycles
+Default number of Games
+ You can specify tourneys where every two opponents play each other
+ multiple times. Such multiple games can be played in a row, as
+ specified by the ‘number of games per pairing’, or by
+ repeating the entire tournament schedule a number of times
+ (specified by the ‘number of tourney cycles’). The total
+ number of times two engine meet will be the product of these two.
+ Default is 1 cycle; the number of games per pairing is the same as
+ the default number of match games, stored in your settings file
+ through the `defaultMatchGames' option.
+
+Save Tourney Games
+ File where the tournament games are saved (duplicate of the item
+ in the `Save Game Options').
+
+Game File with Opening Lines
+File with Start Positions
+Game Number
+Position Number
+Rewind Index after
+ These items optionally specify the file with move sequences or
+ board positions the tourney games should start from. The
+ corresponding numbers specify the number of the game or position
+ in the file. Here a value -1 means automatic stepping through all
+ games on the file, -2 automatic stepping every two games. The
+ Rewind-Index parameter causes a stepping index to reset to one
+ after reaching a specified value. A setting of -2 for the game
+ number will also be effective in a tournament without specifying a
+ game file, but playing from the GUI book instead. In this case
+ the first (odd) games will randomly select from the book, but the
+ second (even) games will select the same moves from the book as
+ the previous game. (Note this leads to the same opening only if
+ both engines use the GUI book!) Default: No game or position file
+ will be used. The default index if such a file is used is 1.
+
+Disable own engine bools be default
+ Setting this option reverses the default situation for use of the
+ GUI opening book in tournaments from what it normally is, namely
+ not using it. So unless the engine is installed with an option to
+ explicitly specify it should not use the GUI book (i.e.
+ `-firstHasOwnBookUCI true'), it will be made to use the GUI book.
+
+Replace Engine
+Upgrade Engine
+ With these two buttons you can alter the participants of an
+ already running tournament. After opening the Match Options
+ dialog on an XBoard that is playing for the tourney, you will see
+ all the tourney parameters in the dialog fields. You can then
+ replace the name of one engine by that of another by editing the
+ `participants' field. (But preserve the order of the others!)
+ Pressing the button after that will cause the substitution. With
+ the `Upgrade Engine' button the substitution will only affect
+ future games. With `Replace Engine' all games the substituted
+ engine has already played will be invalidated, and they will be
+ replayed with the substitute engine. In this latter case the
+ engine must not be playing when you do this, but otherwise there
+ is no need to pause the tournament play for making a substitution.
+
+Clone Tourney
+ Pressing this button after you have specified an existing
+ tournament file will copy the contents of the latter to the dialog,
+ and then puts the originally proposed name for the tourney file
+ back. You can then run a tourney with the same parameters
+ (possibly after changing the proposed name of the tourney file for
+ the new tourney) by pressing 'OK'.
+
+Load Game Options
+ Summons a dialog where you can set the `autoDisplayComment' and
+ `autoDisplayTags' options, (which control popups when viewing
+ loaded games), and specify the rate at which loaded games are
+ auto-played, in seconds per move (which can be a fractional
+ number, like 1.6). You can also set search criteria for
+ determining which games will be displayed in the Game List for a
+ multi-game file, and thus be eligible for loading:
+
+Elo of strongest player
+Elo of weakest player
+year
+ These numeric fields set thresholds (lower limits) on the Elo
+ rating of the mentioned player, or the date the game was played.
+ Defaults: 0
+
+Search mode
+ This setting determines which positions in a game will be
+ considered a match to the position currently displayed in the
+ board window when you press the `find position' button in the Game
+ List. You can search for an exact match, a position that has all
+ shown material in the same place, but might contain additional
+ material, a position that has all Pawns in the same place, but can
+ have the shown material anywhere, a position that can have all
+ shown material anywhere, or a position that has material between
+ certain limits anywhere. For the latter you have to place the
+ material that must be present in the four lowest ranks of the
+ board, and optional additional material in the four highest ranks
+ of the board. You can request the optional material to be
+ balanced. The `narrow' button is similar in fuction to the `find
+ position' button, but only searches in the already selected games,
+ rather than the complete game file, and can thus be used to refine
+ a search based on multiple criteria.
+
+number of consecutive positions
+ When you are searching by material, rather than for an exact match,
+ this parameter indicates forhowmany consecutive game positions the
+ same amount of material must be on the board before it is
+ considered a match.
+
+Also match reversed colors
+Also match left-right flipped position
+ When looking for matching positions rather than by material, these
+ settings determine whether mirror images (in case of a vertical
+ flip in combination with color reversal) will be also considered a
+ match. The left-right flipping is only useful after all castling
+ rights have expired (or in Xiangqi).
+
+Save Game Options
+ Summons a dialog where you can specify the files on which XBoard
+ should automatically save any played or entered games, (the
+ `saveGameFile' option), or the final position of such games (the
+ `savePositionfile' option). You can also select 'auto-save'
+ without a file name, in which case XBoard will prompt the user for
+ a file name after each game. In ICS mode you can limit the
+ auto-saving to your own games (i.e. suppress saving of observed
+ games). You can also set the default value for the PGN Event tag
+ that will be used for each new game you start. Various options
+ for the format of the game can be specified as well, such as
+ whether scores and depths of engine games should be saved as
+ comments, and if a tag with info about the score with which the
+ engine came out of book should be included. For Chess, always set
+ the format to PGN, rather than "old save stye"!
+
+Game List
+ Pops up a dialog where you can select the PGN tags that should
+ appear on the lines in the game list, and their order.
+
+Sound Options
+ Summons a dialog where you can specify the sounds that should
+ accompany various events that can occur XBoard. Most events are
+ only relevant to ICS play, but the move sound is an important
+ exception. For each event listed in the dialog, you can select a
+ standard sound from a menu. You can also select a user-supplied
+ sound file, by typing its name into the designated text-edit field
+ first, and then selecting "Above WAV File" from the menu for the
+ event. A dummy event has been provided for trying out the sounds
+ with the "play" button next to it. The directory with standard
+ sounds, and the external program for playing the sounds can be
+ specified too, but normally you would not touch these once XBoard
+ is properly installed. When a move sound other than 'None' is
+ selected, XBoard alerts you by playing that 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 saved game file.
+
+Save Settings Now
+ 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.
+
+ Note that XBoard no longer pays attention to options values
+ specified in the .Xresources file. (Specifying key bindings there
+ will still work, though.) To alter the default of volatile
+ options, you can use the following method: Rename your ~/.xboardrc
+ settings file (to ~/.yboardrc, say), and create a new file
+ ~/.xboardrc, which only contains the options
+
+ -settingsFile ~/.yboardrc
+ -saveSettingsFile ~/.yboardrc
+
+ This will cause your settings to be saved on ~/.yboardrc in the
+ future, so that ~/.xboardrc is no longer overwritten. You can
+ then safely specify volatile options in ~/.xboardrc, either before
+ or after the settingsFile options. Note that when you specify
+ persistent options after the settingsFile options in ~/.xboardrc,
+ you will essentially turn them into volatile options with the
+ specified value as default, because that value will overrule the
+ value loaded from the settings file (being read later).
+
+Save Settings on Exit
+ 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.
+
+3.8 Help Menu
=============
Info XBoard
install' command when you built XBoard.
Man XBoard
- Displays the XBoard documentation in man page format. For this
- feature to work, the file `xboard.6' must have been installed by
- the `make install' command when you built XBoard, and the
- directory it was placed in must be on the search path for your
- system's `man' command.
-
-Hint
- Displays a move hint from the chess engine.
-
-Book
- Displays a list of possible moves from the chess engine's opening
- book. The exact format depends on what chess engine you are using.
- With GNU Chess 4, the first column gives moves, the second column
- gives one possible response for each move, and the third column
- shows the number of lines in the book that include the move from
- the first column. If you select this option and nothing happens,
- the chess engine is out of its book or does not support this
- feature.
+ Displays the XBoard documentation in man page format. The `F1'
+ key is a keyboard equivalent. For this feature to work, the file
+ `xboard.6' must have been installed by the `make install' command
+ when you built XBoard, and the directory it was placed in must be
+ on the search path for your system's `man' command.
About XBoard
Shows the current XBoard version number.
-2.7 Other Shortcut Keys
+3.9 Other Shortcut Keys
=======================
-Iconize
- Pressing the `i' or `c' key iconizes XBoard. The graphical icon
- displays a white knight if it is White's move, or a black knight
- if it is Black's move. If your X window manager displays only text
- icons, not graphical ones, check its documentation; there is
- probably a way to enable graphical icons. If you get black and
- white reversed, we would like to hear about it; see *note
- Problems:: below for instructions on how to report this problem.
+Show Last Move
+ By hitting `Enter' the last move will be re-animated.
+
+Load Next Game
+ Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded.
+ The `Alt+PgDn' key triggers this action.
+
+Load Previous Game
+ Loads the previous game from the last game record file you loaded.
+ The `Alt+PgUp' key triggers this action. Not available if the
+ last game was loaded from a pipe.
+
+Reload Same Game
+ Reloads the last game you loaded. Not available if the last game
+ was loaded from a pipe. Currently no keystroke is assigned to
+ this ReloadGameProc.
+
+Reload Same Position
+ Reloads the last position you loaded. Not available if the last
+ position was loaded from a pipe. Currently no keystroke is
+ assigned to this ReloadPositionProc.
You can add or remove shortcut keys using the X resources
`form.translations'. Here is an example of what would go in your
DebugProc, DeclineProc, DrawProc, EditCommentProc, EditGameProc,
EditPositionProc, EditTagsProc, EnterKeyProc, FlashMovesProc,
FlipViewProc, ForwardProc, GetMoveListProc, HighlightLastMoveProc,
- HintProc, Iconify, IcsAlarmProc, IcsClientProc, IcsInputBoxProc,
+ HintProc, IcsAlarmProc, IcsClientProc, IcsInputBoxProc,
InfoProc, LoadGameProc, LoadNextGameProc, LoadNextPositionProc,
LoadPositionProc, LoadPrevGameProc, LoadPrevPositionProc,
LoadSelectedProc, MachineBlackProc, MachineWhiteProc, MailMoveProc,
StopExaminingProc, StopObservingProc, TestLegalityProc, ToEndProc,
ToStartProc, TrainingProc, TruncateGameProc, and TwoMachinesProc.
-3 Options
+4 Options
*********
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 setting them as X resources (typically in
-your `.Xresources' file). Many of the options cannot be changed while
-XBoard is running; others set the initial state of items that can be
-changed with the *note Options:: menu.
+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 *note
+Options:: menu.
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
take strings or numbers as values, you can use the long or short option
names interchangeably.
- Each option corresponds to an X resource with the same name, so if
-you like, you can set options in your `.Xresources' file or in a file
-named `XBoard' in your home directory. For options that have two
-names, the longer one is the name of the corresponding X resource; the
-short name is not recognized. To turn a boolean option on or off as an
-X resource, give its long name followed by the value true or false
-(`XBoard*longOptionName: true').
-
-3.1 Chess Engine Options
+4.1 Chess Engine Options
========================
-tc or -timeControl minutes[:seconds]
-hideThinkingFromHuman true/false
Controls the Hide Thinking option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
- true. (Relaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard versions.)
+ true. (Replaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard
+ versions.)
-thinking/-xthinking or -showThinking true/false
Forces the engine to send thinking output to xboard. Used to be
Default: true.
-smpCores number
- Specifies the maxmum nmber of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to use.
- Only works for engines that support the WinBoard-protocol cores
- feature.
+ Specifies the maximum number of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to
+ use. Only works for engines that support the
+ XBoard/WinBoard-protocol cores feature.
-mg or -matchGames n
Automatically runs an n-game match between two chess engines, with
Name of second chess engine, if needed. A second chess engine is
started only in Two Machines (match) mode. Default: `Fairy-Max'.
+-fe or -firstEngine nickname
+ This is an alternative to the `fcp' option for specifying the
+ first engine, for engines that were already configured (using the
+ `Load Engine' dialog) in XBoard's settings file. It will not only
+ retrieve the real name of the engine, but also all options
+ configured with it. (E.g. if it is UCI, whether it should use
+ book.)
+
+-se or -secondEngine nickname
+ As `fe', but for the second engine.
+
-fb/-xfb or -firstPlaysBlack true/false
In games between two chess engines, firstChessProgram normally
plays white. If this option is true, firstChessProgram plays
being run on the local host; it does not work if the engine is run
remotely using the -fh or -sh option.
--initString string
+-initString string or -firstInitString
-secondInitString string
The string that is sent to initialize each chess engine for a new
game. Default:
Setting this option from the command line is tricky, because you
must type in real newline characters, including one at the very
end. In most shells you can do this by entering a `\' character
- followed by a newline. It is easier to set the option from your
- `.Xresources' file; in that case you can include the character
- sequence `\n' in the string, and it will be converted to a newline.
+ followed by a newline. Using the character sequence `\n' in the
+ string should work too, though.
If you change this option, don't remove the `new' command; it is
required by all chess engines to start a new game.
This option allows you to lower the priority of the engine
processes, so that the generally insatiable hunger for CPU time of
chess engines does not interfere so much with smooth operation of
- WinBoard (or the rest of your system). Negative values could
+ XBoard (or the rest of your system). Negative values could
increase the engine priority, which is not recommended.
-firstOptions string
-secondOptions string
- The given string is a comma-separated list of (option name, option
- value) pairs, like the following example: style Karpov, blunder
- rate 0. If the options announced by the engine at startup
- through the feature commands of WinBoard protocol matches one of
- the option names (i.e. style or blunder rate), it would be set
- to the given value (i.e. Karpov or 0) through a corresponding
- option command to the engine. This provided that the type of the
- value (text or numeric) matches as well.
-
-3.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
+ The given string is a comma-separated list of (option name=option
+ value) pairs, like the following example: "style=Karpov,blunder
+ rate=0". If an option announced by the engine at startup through
+ the feature commands of the XBoard/WinBoard protocol matches one
+ of the option names (i.e. "style" or "blunder rate"), it would be
+ set to the given value (i.e. "Karpov" or 0) through a
+ corresponding option command to the engine. This provided that
+ the type of the value (text or numeric) matches as well.
+
+-firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN string
+-secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN string
+ The castling rights and e.p. fields of the FEN sent to the
+ mentioned engine with the setboard command will be replaced by the
+ given string. This can for instance be used to run engines that do
+ not understand Chess960 FENs in variant fischerandom, to make them
+ at least understand the opening position, through setting the
+ string to "KQkq -". (Note you also have to give the e.p. field!)
+ Other possible applications are to provide work-arounds for
+ engines that want to see castling and e.p. fields in variants that
+ do not have castling or e.p. (shatranj, courier, xiangqi, shogi)
+ so that XBoard would normally omit them (string = "- -"), or to
+ add variant-specific fields that are not yet supported by XBoard
+ (e.g. to indicate the number of checks in 3check).
+
+-shuffleOpenings
+ Forces shuffling of the opening setup in variants that normally
+ have a fixed initial position. Shufflings are symmetric for black
+ and white, and exempt King and Rooks in variants with normal
+ castling. Remains in force until a new variant is selected.
+
+4.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
============================
-fUCI or -firstIsUCI true/false
Indicates if the mentioned engine executable file is an UCI engine,
and should be run with the aid of the Polyglot adapter rather than
directly. Xboard will then pass the other UCI options and engine
- name to Polyglot through a .ini temporary file ceated for the
- purpose.
+ name to Polyglot on its command line, according to the option
+ `adapterCommand'.
+
+-fUCCI
+-sUCCI
+-fUSI
+-sUSI
+ Options similar to `fUCI' and `sUCI', except that they use the
+ indicated engine with the protocol adapter specified in the
+ `uxiAdapter' option. This can then be configured for running an
+ UCCI or USI adapter, as the need arises.
+
+-adapterCommand string
+ The string conatins the command that should be issued by XBoard to
+ start an engine that is accompanied by the `fUCI' option. Any
+ identifier following a percent sign in the command (e.g. %fcp)
+ will be considered the name of an XBoard option, and be replaced
+ by the value of that option at the time the engine is started.
+ For starting the second engine, any leading "f" or "first" in the
+ option name will first be replaced by "s" or "second", before
+ finding its value. Default: 'polyglot -noini -ec "%fcp" -ed "%fd"'
+
+-uxiAdapter string
+ Similar to `adapterCommand', but used for engines accompanied by
+ the `fUCCI' or `fUSI' option, so you can configure XBoard to be
+ ready to handle more than one flavor of non-native protocols.
+ Default: ""
--PolyglotDir filename
+-polyglotDir filename
Gives the name of the directory in which the Polyglot adapter for
- UCI engines expects its files. Default:
- "/usr/local/share/polyglot".
+ UCI engines resides. Default: "".
-usePolyglotBook true/false
- Specifies if the Polygot book should be used.
-
--PolyglotBook filename
- Gives the filename of the opening book that Polyglot should use.
- From XBoard 4.3.15 on, native WinBoard engines will also use the
- opening book specified here, provided the `usePolyglotBook' option
- is set to true, and the option `firstHasOwnBookUCI' or
- `secondHasOwnBookUCI' applying to the engine is set to false. The
- engine will be kept in force mode as long as the current position
- is in book, and XBoard will select the book moves for it. Default
- "".
+ Specifies if the Polyglot book should be used as GUI book.
+
+-polyglotBook filename
+ Gives the filename of the opening book. The book is only used
+ when the `usePolyglotBook' option is set to true, and the option
+ `firstHasOwnBookUCI' or `secondHasOwnBookUCI' applying to the
+ engine is set to false. The engine will be kept in force mode as
+ long as the current position is in book, and XBoard will select
+ the book moves for it. Default: "".
-fNoOwnBookUCI or -firstXBook or -firstHasOwnBookUCI true/false
-sNoOwnBookUCI or -secondXBook or -secondHasOwnBookUCI true/false
Indicates if the mentioned engine has its own opening book it
should play from, rather than using the external book through
- XBoard. Default: false.
+ XBoard. Default: depends on setting of the option
+ `discourageOwnBooks'.
+
+-discourageOwnBooks true/false
+ When set, newly loaded engines will be assumed to use the GUI book,
+ unless they explicitly specify differently. Otherwise they will
+ be assumed to not use the GUI book, unless the specify differently
+ (e.g. with `firstXBook'). Default: false.
+
+-bookDepth n
+ Limits the use of the GUI book to the first n moves of each side.
+ Default: 12.
+
+-bookVariation n
+ A value n from 0 to 100 tunes the choice of moves from the GUI
+ books from totally random to best-only. Default: 50
+
+-mcBookMode
+ When this volatile option is specified, the probing algorithm of
+ the GUI book is altered to always select the move that is most
+ under-represented based on its performance. When all moves are
+ played in approximately the right proportion, a book miss will be
+ reported, to give the engine opportunity to explore a new move.
+ In addition score of the moves will be kept track of during the
+ session in a book buffer. By playing an match in this mode, a
+ book will be built from scratch. The only output are the saved
+ games, which can be converted to an actual book later, with the
+ `Save Games as Book' command. This command can also be used to
+ pre-fill the book buffer before adding new games based on the
+ probing algorithm.
+
+-fn string or -firstPgnName string
+-sn string or -secondPgnName string
+ Indicates the name that should be used for the engine in PGN tags
+ of engine-engine games. Intended to allow you to install verions
+ of the same engine with different settings, and still distinguish
+ them. Default: "".
-defaultHashSize n
Sets the size of the hash table to n MegaBytes. Together with the
EGTB cache size this number is also used to calculate the memory
- setting of WinBoard engines, for those that support the memory
- feature of WinBoard protocol. Default: 64.
+ setting of XBoard/WinBoard engines, for those that support the
+ memory feature of the XBoard/WinBoard protocol. Default: 64.
-defaultCacheSizeEGTB n
Sets the size of the EGTB cache to n MegaBytes. Together with the
hash-table size this number is also used to calculate the memory
- setting of WinBoard engines, for those that support the memory
- feature of WinBoard protocol. Default: 4.
+ setting of XBoard/WinBoard engines, for those that support the
+ memory feature of the XBoard/WinBoard protocol. Default: 4.
-defaultPathEGTB filename
Gives the name of the directory where the end-game tablebases are
format will be sent. Popular formats are "nalimov" DTM tablebases
and "scorpio" bitbases. Default: "".
-3.3 ICS options
+-firstChessProgramNames={names}
+ This option lets you customize the drop-down list of chess engine
+ names that appears in the `Load Engine' and `Match Options' dialog.
+ It consists of a list of strings, one per line. When an engine is
+ loaded, the corresponding line is prefixed with "-fcp ", and
+ processed like it appeared on the command line. That means that
+ apart from the engine command, it can contain any list of XBoard
+ options you want to use with this engine. (Commonly used options
+ here are -fd, -firstXBook, -fUCI, -variant.)
+
+ The value of this option is gradually built as you load new engines
+ through the `Load Engine' menu dialog, with `Add to list' ticked.
+ To change it, edit your settings file with a plain text editor.
+
+4.3 Tournament options
+======================
+
+-defaultMatchGames n
+ Sets the number of games that will be used for a match between two
+ engines started from the menu to n. Also used as games per pairing
+ in other tournament formats. Default: 10.
+
+-matchPause n
+ Specifies the duration of the pause between two games of a match
+ or tournament between engines as n milliseconds. Especially
+ engines that do not support ping need this option, to prevent that
+ the move they are thinking on when an opponent unexpectedly
+ resigns will be counted for the next game, (leading to illegal
+ moves there). Default: 10000.
+
+-tf filename or -tourneyFile filename
+ Specifies the name of the tournament file used in match mode to
+ conduct a multi-player tournament. This file is a special
+ settings file, which stores the description of the tournament
+ (including progress info), through normal options (e.g. for time
+ control, load and save files), and through some special-purpose
+ options listed below.
+
+-tt number or -tourneyType number
+ Specifies the type of tourney: 0 = round-robin, N>0 =
+ (multi-)gauntlet with N gauntlet engines, -1 = Swiss through
+ external pairing engine. Volatile option, but stored in tourney
+ file.
+
+-cy number or -tourneyCycles number
+ Specifies the number of cycles in a tourney. Volatile option, but
+ stored in tourney file.
+
+-participants list
+ The list is a multi-line text string that specifies engines
+ occurring in the `firstChesProgramNames' list in the settings file
+ by their (implied or explicitly given) nicknames, one engine per
+ line. The mentioned engines will play in the tourney. Volatile
+ option, but stored in tourney file.
+
+-results string
+ The string of +=- characters lists the result of all played games
+ in a toruney. Games currently playing are listed as *, while a
+ space indicates a game that is not yet played or playing .
+ Volatile option, but stored in tourney file.
+
+-defaultTourneyName string
+ Specifies the name of the tournament file XBoard should propose
+ when the `Match Options' dialog is opened. Any %y, %M, %d, %h,
+ %m, %s in the string are replaced by the current year, month, day
+ of the month, hours, minutes, seconds of the current time,
+ respectively, as two-digit number. A %Y would be replaced by the
+ year as 4-digit number. Default: empty string.
+
+-pairingEngine filename
+ Specifies the external program to be used to pair the participants
+ in Swiss tourneys. XBoard communicates with this engine in the
+ same way as it communicates with Chess engines. The only commands
+ sent to the pairing engine are “results N string”, (where N is
+ the number of participants, and string the results so far in the
+ format of the results option), and “pairing N”, (where N is
+ the number of the tourney game). To the latter the pairing engine
+ should answer with “A-B”, where A and B are participant
+ numbers (in the range 1-N). (There should be no reply to the
+ results command.) Default: empty string.
+
+-afterGame string
+-afterTourney string
+ When non-empty, the given string will be executed as a system
+ command after each tournament game, orafterthe tourney completes,
+ respectively. This can be used, for example, to autmatically run
+ a cross-table generator on the PGN file where games are saved, to
+ update the tourney standings. Default: ""
+
+-syncAfterRound true/false
+-syncAfterCycle true/false
+ Controls whether different instances of XBoard concurrently
+ running the same tournament will wait for each other. Defaults:
+ sync after cycle, but not after round.
+
+-seedBase number
+ Used to store the seed of the pseudo-random-number generator in the
+ tourneyFile, so that separate instances of XBoard working on the
+ same tourney can take coherent 'random' decisions, such as picking
+ an opening for a given game number.
+
+4.4 ICS options
===============
-ics/-xics or -internetChessServerMode true/false
the given character I/O device instead of opening a TCP connection.
Use this option if your system does not have any kind of Internet
connection itself (not even a SLIP or PPP connection), but you do
- have dialup access (or a hardwired terminal line) to an Internet
+ have dial-up access (or a hardwired terminal line) to an Internet
service provider from which you can telnet to the ICS.
The support for this option in XBoard is minimal. You need to set
engine that is playing you through the ICS to the engine-output
window, as if the engine was playing locally.
+-seekGraph true/false or -sg
+ Enables displaying of the seek graph by left-clicking the board
+ when you are logged on to an ICS and currently idle. The seek
+ graph show all players currently seeking games on the ICS, plotted
+ according to their rating and the time control of the game they
+ seek, in three different colors (for rated, unrated and wild
+ games). Computer ads are displayed as squares, human ads are dots.
+ Default: false.
+
+-autoRefresh true/false
+ Enables automatic updating of the seek graph, by having the ICS
+ send a running update of all newly placed and removed seek ads.
+ This consumes a substantial amount of communication bandwidth, and
+ is only supported for FICS and ICC. Default: false.
+
+-backgroundObserve true/false
+ When true, boards sent to you by the ICS from other games while
+ you are playing (e.g. because you are observing them) will not be
+ automatically displayed. Only a summary of time left and material
+ of both players will appear in the message field above the board.
+ XBoard will remember the last board it has received this way, and
+ will display it in stead of the position in your own game when you
+ press the right mouse button. No other information is stored on
+ such games observed in the background; you cannot save such a game
+ later, or step through its moves. This feature is provided solely
+ for the benefit of bughouse players, to enable them to peek at
+ their partner's game without the need to logon twice. Default:
+ false.
+
+-dualBoard true/false
+ In combination with -backgroundObserve true, this option will
+ display the board of the background game side by side with that of
+ your own game, so you can have it in view permanently. Any board
+ or holdings info coming in will be displayed on the secondary
+ board immediately. This feature is still experimental and largely
+ unfinished. There is no animation or highlighting of moves on the
+ secondary board. Default: false.
+
+-disguisePromotedPieces true/false
+ When set promoted Pawns in crazyhouse/bughouse are displayed
+ identical to primordial pieces of the same type, rather than
+ distinguishable. Default: true.
+
-moves/-xmoves or -getMoveList true/false
Sets the Get Move List menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Default: true.
Sets the time in milliseconds for the ICS Alarm menu option.
*Note Options Menu::. Default: 5000.
+lowTimeWarning true/false
+ Controls a color change of the board as a warning your time is
+ running out. *Note Options Menu::. Default: false.
+
-pre/-xpre \fRor\fB -premove true/false
Sets the Premove menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default: true.
+-prewhite/-xprewhite or -premoveWhite
+-preblack/-xpreblack or -premoveBlack
+-premoveWhiteText string
+-premoveBlackText string
+ Set the menu options for specifying the first move for either
+ color. *Note Options Menu::. Defaults: false and empty strings,
+ so no pre-moves.
+
-quiet/-xquiet or -quietPlay true/false
Sets the Quiet Play menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
false.
--colorizeMessages or -colorize
+-colorizeMessages or -colorize/-xcolorize
Setting colorizeMessages to true tells XBoard to colorize the
messages received from the ICS. Colorization works only if your
xterm supports ISO 6429 escape sequences for changing text colors.
+ Default: true.
-colorShout foreground,background,bold
-colorSShout foreground,background,bold
+-colorCShout foreground,background,bold
-colorChannel1 foreground,background,bold
-colorChannel foreground,background,bold
-colorKibitz foreground,background,bold
your xterm. Bold can be 1 or 0. If background is omitted,
"default" is assumed; if bold is omitted, 0 is assumed.
- Here is an example of how to set the colors in your `.Xresources'
- file. The colors shown here are the default values; you will get
- them if you turn `-colorize' on without specifying your own colors.
-
- xboard*colorizeMessages: true
- xboard*colorShout: green
- xboard*colorSShout: green, black, 1
- xboard*colorChannel1: cyan
- xboard*colorChannel: cyan, black, 1
- xboard*colorKibitz: magenta, black, 1
- xboard*colorTell: yellow, black, 1
- xboard*colorChallenge: red, black, 1
- xboard*colorRequest: red
- xboard*colorSeek: blue
- xboard*colorNormal: default
-
-soundProgram progname
If this option is set to a sound-playing program that is installed
and working on your system, XBoard can play sound files when
output, instead of playing a sound file. If an option is set to
the empty string "", no sound is played for that event.
+-soundDirectory directoryname
+ This option specifies where XBoard will look for sound files, when
+ these are not given as an absolute path name.
+
-soundShout filename
-soundSShout filename
+-soundCShout filename
-soundChannel filename
+-soundChannel1 filename
-soundKibitz filename
-soundTell filename
-soundChallenge filename
-soundSeek filename
These sounds are triggered in the same way as the colorization
events described above. They all default to "", no sound. They
- are played only if the colorizeMessages is on.
+ are played only if the colorizeMessages is on. CShout is
+ synonymous with SShout.
-soundMove filename
This sound is used by the Move Sound menu option. Default: "$".
in is aborted, adjourned, or otherwise ends inconclusively.
Default: "" (no sound).
- Here is an example of how to set the sounds in your `.Xresources'
- file:
-
- xboard*soundShout: shout.wav
- xboard*soundSShout: sshout.wav
- xboard*soundChannel1: channel1.wav
- xboard*soundChannel: channel.wav
- xboard*soundKibitz: kibitz.wav
- xboard*soundTell: tell.wav
- xboard*soundChallenge: challenge.wav
- xboard*soundRequest: request.wav
- xboard*soundSeek: seek.wav
- xboard*soundMove: move.wav
- xboard*soundIcsWin: win.wav
- xboard*soundIcsLoss: lose.wav
- xboard*soundIcsDraw: draw.wav
- xboard*soundIcsUnfinished: unfinished.wav
- xboard*soundIcsAlarm: alarm.wav
-
-3.4 Load and Save options
+4.5 Load and Save options
=========================
-lgf or -loadGameFile file
`loadPositionIndex' and `loadGameIndex'. default: 0 (no rewind).
-td or -timeDelay seconds
- Time delay between moves during `Load Game'. Fractional seconds
- are allowed; try `-td 0.4'. A time delay value of -1 tells XBoard
- not to step through game files automatically. Default: 1 second.
+ Time delay between moves during `Load Game' or `Analyze File'.
+ Fractional seconds are allowed; try `-td 0.4'. A time delay value
+ of -1 tells XBoard not to step through game files automatically.
+ Default: 1 second.
-sgf or -saveGameFile file
If this option is set, XBoard appends a record of every game
Sets the Auto Save menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
false. Ignored if `saveGameFile' is set.
+-onlyOwnGames true/false
+ Suppresses auto-saving of ICS observed games. Default: false.
+
-lpf or -loadPositionFile file
-lpi or -loadPositionIndex index
If the `loadPositionFile' option is set, XBoard loads the
specifies the standard output.
-pgnExtendedInfo true/false
- If this option is set, WinBoard saves depth, score and time used
- for each move that the engine found as a comment in the PGN file.
+ If this option is set, XBoard saves depth, score and time used for
+ each move that the engine found as a comment in the PGN file.
Default: false.
-pgnEventHeader string
Sets the name used in the PGN event tag to string. Default:
"Computer Chess Game".
+-pgnNumberTag true/false
+ Include the (unique) sequence number of a tournament game into the
+ saved PGN file as a 'number' tag. Default: false.
+
-saveOutOfBookInfo true/false
Include the information on how the engine(s) game out of its
opening book in a special 'annotator' tag with the PGN file.
+ Default: true.
-oldsave/-xoldsave or -oldSaveStyle true/false
Sets the Old Save Style menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Default: false.
-3.5 User interface options
+-gameListTags string
+ The character string lists the PGN tags that should be printed in
+ the Game List, and their order. The meaning of the codes is
+ e=event, s=site, d=date, o=round, p=players, r=result, w=white
+ Elo, b=black Elo, t=time control, v=variant, a=out-of-book info,
+ c=result comment. Default: "eprd"
+
+-ini or -settingsFile filename
+-saveSettingsFile filename
+@filename
+ When XBoard encounters an option -settingsFile (or -ini for short),
+ or @filename, it tries to read the mentioned file, and substitutes
+ the contents of it (presumaby more command-line options) in place
+ of the option. In the case of -ini or -settingsFile, the name of
+ a successfully read settings file is also remembered as the file
+ to use for saving settings (automatically on exit, or on user
+ command). An option of the form @filename does not affect saving.
+ The option -saveSettingsFile does specify a name of the file to use
+ for saving, without reading any options from it, and is thus also
+ effective when the file did not exist yet. So the settings will
+ be saved to the file specified in the last -saveSettingsFile or
+ succesfull -settingsFile / -ini command, if any, and in
+ /etc/xboard/xboard.conf otherwise. Usualy the latter is only
+ accessible for the system administrator, though, and will be used
+ to contain system-wide default setings, amongst which a
+ -saveSettingsFile and -settingsFile options to specify a settings
+ file accessible to the individual user, such as ~/.xboardrc in the
+ user's home directory.
+
+-saveSettingsOnExit true/false
+ Controls saving of options on the settings file. *Note Options
+ Menu::. Default: true.
+
+4.6 User interface options
==========================
-display
-geometry
-iconic
+-name
These and most other standard Xt options are accepted.
-noGUI
Suppresses all GUI functions of XBoard (to speed up automated
- ultra-fast engine-engine games, which you dont want to watch).
+ ultra-fast engine-engine games, which you don't want to watch).
There will be no board or clock updates, no printing of moves, and
no update of the icon on the task bar in this mode.
+-logoSize N
+ This option controls the drawing of player logos next to the
+ clocks. The integer N specifies the width of the logo in pixels;
+ the logo height will always be half the width. When N = 0, no
+ logos will be diplayed. Default: 0.
+
+-firstLogo imagefile
+-secondLogo imagefile
+ Specify the images to be used as player logos when `logoSize' is
+ non-zero, next to the white and black clocks, respectively.
+
+-autoLogo true/false
+
+-logoDir filename
+ When `autoLogo' is set, XBoard will search for a PNG image file
+ with the name of the engine or ICS in the directory specified by
+ `logoDir'.
+
+-recentEngines number
+-recentEngineList list
+ When the number is larger than zero, it determines how many
+ recently used engines will be appended at the bottom of the
+ `Engines' menu. The engines will be saved in your settings file
+ as the option `recentEngineList', by their nicknames, and the most
+ recently used one will always be sorted to the top. If the list
+ after that is longer than the specified number, the last one is
+ discarded. Changes in the list will only become visible the next
+ session, provided you saved the settings. Default: 6.
+
+-oneClickMove true/false
+ When set, this option allows you to enter moves by only clicking
+ the to- or from-square, when only a single legal move to or from
+ that square is possible. Double-clicking a piece (or clicking an
+ already selected piece) will instruct that piece to make the only
+ capture it can legally do. Default: false.
+
-movesound/-xmovesound or -ringBellAfterMoves true/false
Sets the Move Sound menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
false. For compatibility with old XBoard versions, -bell/-xbell
Sets the Always Queen menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Default: false.
+-sweepPromotions true/false
+ Sets the `Almost Always Promote to Queen' menu option. *Note
+ Options Menu::. Default: false.
+
-legal/-xlegal or -testLegality true/false
Sets the Test Legality menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Default: true.
116x116, Giant 108x108, Huge 95x95, Big 87x87, Large 80x80, Bulky
72x72, Medium 64x64, Moderate 58x58, Average 54x54, Middling
49x49, Mediocre 45x45, Small 40x40, Slim 37x37, Petite 33x33,
- Dinky 29x29, Teeny 25x25, or Tiny 21x21. Pieces of all these
- sizes are built into XBoard. Other sizes can be used if you have
- them; see the pixmapDirectory and bitmapDirectory options. The
- default depends on the size of your screen; it is approximately the
- largest size that will fit without clipping.
+ Dinky 29x29, Teeny 25x25, or Tiny 21x21. Xboard installs with a
+ set of scalable (svg) piece images, which it scales to any of the
+ requested sizes. The square size can further be continuously
+ scaled by sizing the board window, but this only adapts the size
+ of the pieces, and has no effect on the width of the grid lines or
+ the font choice (both of which would depend on he selected
+ boardSize). The default depends on the size of your screen; it is
+ approximately the largest size that will fit without clipping.
You can select other sizes or vary other layout parameters by
providing a list of comma-separated values (with no spaces) as the
built-in size. The value `n1' gives the piece size, `n2' the
width of the black border between squares, `n3' the desired size
for the clockFont, `n4' the desired size for the coordFont, `n5'
- the desired size for the default font, `n6' the smallLayout flag
- (0 or 1), and `n7' the tinyLayout flag (0 or 1). All dimensions
- are in pixels. If the border between squares is eliminated (0
- width), the various highlight options will not work, as there is
- nowhere to draw the highlight. If smallLayout is 1 and
- `titleInWindow' is true, the window layout is rearranged to make
- more room for the title. If tinyLayout is 1, the labels on the
- menu bar are abbreviated to one character each and the buttons in
- the button bar are made narrower.
+ the desired size for the messageFont, `n6' the smallLayout flag (0
+ or 1), and `n7' the tinyLayout flag (0 or 1). All dimensions are
+ in pixels. If the border between squares is eliminated (0 width),
+ the various highlight options will not work, as there is nowhere
+ to draw the highlight. If smallLayout is 1 and `titleInWindow' is
+ true, the window layout is rearranged to make more room for the
+ title. If tinyLayout is 1, the labels on the menu bar are
+ abbreviated to one character each and the buttons in the button
+ bar are made narrower.
+
+-overrideLineGap n
+ When n >= 0, this forces the width of the black border between
+ squares to n pixels for any board size. Mostly used to suppress
+ the grid entirely by setting n = 0, e.g. in xiangqi or just
+ getting a prettier picture. When n < 0 this the size-dependent
+ width of the grid lines is used. Default: -1.
-coords/-xcoords or -showCoords true/false
Sets the Show Coords menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
You can still get the functions of these buttons using the menus
or their keyboard shortcuts. Default: true.
+-evalZoom factor
+ The score interval (-1,1) is blown up on the vertical axis of the
+ Evaluation Graph by the given factor. Default: 1
+
+-evalThreshold n
+ Score below n (centiPawn) are plotted as 0 in the Evaluation Graph.
+ Default: 25
+
-mono/-xmono or -monoMode true/false
Determines whether XBoard displays its pieces and squares with two
colors (true) or four (false). You shouldn't have to specify
`monoMode'; XBoard will determine if it is necessary.
+-showTargetSquares true/false
+ Determines whether XBoard can highlight the squares a piece has
+ legal moves to, when you grab that piece with the mouse. Default:
+ false.
+
-flashCount count
-flashRate rate
-flash/-xflash
Sets the Highlight Last Move menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Default: false.
+-highlightMoveWithArrow true/false
+ Sets the Highlight with Arrow menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
+ Default: false.
+
-blind/-xblind or -blindfold true/false
Sets the Blindfold menu option. *Note Options Menu::. Default:
false.
+-periodic/-xperiodic or -periodicUpdates true/false
+ Controls updating of current move andnode counts in analysis mode.
+ Default: true.
+
+-fSAN
+-sSAN
+ Causes the PV in thinking output of the mentioned engine to be
+ converted to SAN before it is further processed. Warning: this
+ might lose engine output not understood by the parser, and uses a
+ lot of CPU power. Default: the PV is displayed exactly as the
+ engine produced it.
+
+-showEvalInMoveHistory true/false
+ Controls whether the evaluation scores and search depth of engine
+ moves are displayed with the move in the move-history window.
+ Default: true.
+
-clockFont font
The font used for the clocks. If the option value is a pattern
that does not specify the font size, XBoard tries to choose an
board size being used. Default:
-*-helvetica-bold-r-normal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*.
--font font
+-messageFont font
The font used for popup dialogs, menus, comments, etc. If the
option value is a pattern that does not specify the font size,
XBoard tries to choose an appropriate font for the board size
right size; a large value (say 1000) will force a nonscalable font
to always be used if available. Default: 4.
--bm or -bitmapDirectory dir
--pixmap or -pixmapDirectory dir
- These options control what piece images xboard uses. The XBoard
- distribution includes one set of pixmap pieces in xpm format, in
- the directory `pixmaps', and one set of bitmap pieces in xbm
- format, in the directory `bitmaps'. Pixmap pieces give a better
- appearance on the screen: the white pieces have dark borders, and
- the black pieces have opaque internal details. With bitmaps,
- neither piece color has a border, and the internal details are
- transparent; you see the square color or other background color
- through them.
-
- If XBoard is configured and compiled on a system that includes
- libXpm, the X pixmap library, the xpm pixmap pieces are compiled
- in as the default. A different xpm piece set can be selected at
- runtime with the `pixmapDirectory' option, or a bitmap piece set
- can be selected with the `bitmapDirectory' option.
-
- If XBoard is configured and compiled on a system that does not
- include libXpm (or the `--disable-xpm' option is given to the
- configure program), the bitmap pieces are compiled in as the
- default. It is not possible to use xpm pieces in this case, but
- pixmap pieces in another format called "xim" can be used by giving
- the `pixmapDirectory' option. Or again, a different bitmap piece
- set can be selected with the `bitmapDirectory' option.
-
- Files in the `bitmapDirectory' must be named as follows: The first
- character of a piece bitmap name gives the piece it represents
- (`p', `n', `b', `r', `q', or `k'), the next characters give the
- size in pixels, the following character indicates whether the
- piece is solid or outline (`s' or `o'), and the extension is `.bm'.
- For example, a solid 80x80 knight would be named `n80s.bm'. The
- outline bitmaps are used only in monochrome mode. If bitmap
- pieces are compiled in and the bitmapDirectory is missing some
- files, the compiled in pieces are used instead.
-
- If the bitmapDirectory option is given, it is also possible to
- replace xboard's icons and menu checkmark, by supplying files
- named `icon_white.bm', `icon_black.bm', and `checkmark.bm'.
-
- For more information about pixmap pieces and how to get additional
- sets, see *note zic2xpm:: below.
+-pid or -pieceImageDirectory dir
+ This options control what piece images xboard uses. XBoard will
+ look in the specified directory for an image in png or svg format
+ for every piece type, with names like BlackQueen.svg,
+ WhiteKnight.svg etc. When neither of these is found (or no valid
+ directory is specified) XBoard will use the svg piece that was
+ installed with it (from the source-tree directory `svg'). Both
+ svg and png images will be scaled by XBoard to the required size,
+ but the png pieces lose much in quality when scaled too much.
-whitePieceColor color
-blackPieceColor color
-lightSquareColor color
-darkSquareColor color
-highlightSquareColor color
+-preoveHighlightColor color
+-lowTimeWarningColor color
Colors to use for the pieces, squares, and square highlights.
Defaults:
-darkSquareColor #77A26D
-highlightSquareColor #FFFF00
-premoveHighlightColor #FF0000
+ -lowTimeWarningColor #FF0000
On a grayscale monitor you might prefer:
-darkSquareColor gray60
-highlightSquareColor gray100
-premoveHighlightColor gray70
+ -lowTimeWarningColor gray70
+
+ The PieceColor options only work properly if the image files
+ defining the pieces were pure black & white (possibly anti-aliased
+ to produce gray scales and semi-transparancy), like the pieces
+ images that come with the install. Their effect on colored pieces
+ is undefined. The SquareColor option only have an effect when no
+ board textures are used.
+
+-trueColors true/false
+ When set, this option suppresses the effect of the PieceColor
+ options mentioned above. This is recommended for images that are
+ already colored.
+
+-useBoardTexture true/false
+-liteBackTextureFile filename
+-darkBackTextureFile filename
+ Indicate the png image files to be used for drawing the board
+ squares, and if they should be used rather than using simple
+ colors. The algorithm for cutting squares out of a given bitmap
+ is such that the picture is perfectly reproduced when a bitmap the
+ size of the complete board is given. Default: false and ""
-drag/-xdrag or -animateDragging true/false
Sets the Animate Dragging menu option. *Note Options Menu::.
Number of milliseconds delay between each animation frame when
Animate Moves is on.
-3.6 Adjudication Options
+-autoDisplayComment true/false
+-autoDisplayTags true/false
+ If set to true, these options cause the window with the move
+ comments, and the window with PGN tags, respectively, to pop up
+ automatically when such tags or comments are encountered during
+ the replaying a stored or loaded game. Default: true.
+
+-pasteSelection true/false
+ If this option is set to true, the Paste Position and Paste Game
+ options paste from the currently selected text. If false, they
+ paste from the clipboard. Default: false.
+
+-autoCopyPV true|false
+ When this option is set, the position displayed on the board when
+ you terminate a PV walk (initiated by a right-click on board or
+ engine-output window) will be automatically put on the clipboard
+ as FEN. Default: false.
+
+-dropMenu true|false
+ This option allows you to emulate old behavior, where the right
+ mouse button brings up the (now deprecated) drop menu rather than
+ displaying the position at the end of the principal variation.
+ Default: False.
+
+-pieceMenu true|false
+ This option allows you to emulate old behavior, where the right
+ mouse button brings up the (now deprecated) piece menu in Edit
+ Position mode. From this menu you can select the piece to put on
+ the square you clicked to bring up the menu, or select items such
+ as `clear board'. You can also `promote' or `demote' a clicked
+ piece to convert it into an unorthodox piece that is not directly
+ in the menu, or give the move to `black' or `white'.
+
+-variations true|false
+ When this option is on, you can start new variations in Edit Game
+ or Analyze mode by holding the Shift key down while entering a
+ move. When it is off, the Shift key will be ignored. Default:
+ False.
+
+-appendPV true|false
+ When this option is on, right-clicking a PV in the Engine Output
+ window will play the first move of that PV in Analyze mode, or as
+ many moves as you walk through by moving the mouse. Default:
+ False.
+
+-absoluteAnalysisScores true|false
+ When true, scores on the Engine Output window during analysis will
+ be printed from the white point-of-view, rather than the
+ side-to-move point-of-view. Default: False.
+
+-scoreWhite true|false
+ When true, scores will always be printed from the white
+ point-of-view, rather than the side-to-move point-of-view.
+ Default: False.
+
+4.7 Adjudication Options
========================
-adjudicateLossThreshold n
that the score is below the given score threshold for that engine.
Make sure the score is interpreted properly by XBoard, using
`-firstScoreAbs' and `-secondScoreAbs' if needed. Default: 0 (no
- adjudiction)
+ adjudication)
-adjudicateDrawMoves n
If the given value is non-zero, XBoard adjudicates the game as a
draw if after the given number of moves it was not yet decided.
- Defaut: 0 (no adjudication)
+ Default: 0 (no adjudication)
-checkMates true/false
If this option is set, XBoard detects all checkmates and
that positions that have different castling or en-passant rights
do not count as repeats, XBoard is fully e.p. and castling aware!
-3.7 Other options
+4.8 Other options
=================
-ncp/-xncp or -noChessProgram true/false
does not start a chess engine at all. Turning on this option also
turns off clockMode. Default: false.
+-viewer
+-viewerOptions string
+ Presence of the volatile option `viewer' on the command line will
+ cause the value of the persistent option `viewerOptions' as stored
+ in the settings file to be appended to the command line. The
+ `view' option will be used by desktop associations with game or
+ position file types, so that `viewerOptions' can be used to
+ configure the exact mode XBoard will start in when it should act
+ on such a file (e.g. in -ncp mode, or analyzing with your favorite
+ engine). The options are also automatically appended when Board is
+ invoked with a single argument not being an option name, which is
+ then assumed to be the name of a `loadGameFile' or (when the name
+ ends in .fen) a `loadPositionFile'. Default: "-ncp
+ -engineOutputUp false -saveSettingsOnExit false".
+
+-tourneyOptions string
+ When XBoard is invoked with a single argument that is a file with
+ .trn extension, it will assume this argument to be the value of a
+ `tourneyFile' option, and apped the value of the persistent option
+ `tourneyOptions' as stored in the settings file to the command
+ line. Thus the value of `tourneyOptions' can be used to configure
+ XBoard to automatically start running a tournament when it should
+ act on such a file. Default: "-ncp -mm -saveSettingsOnExit false".
+
-mode or -initialMode modename
If this option is given, XBoard selects the given modename from
the Mode menu after starting and (if applicable) processing the
gothic similar, with a better initial position
caparandom An FRC-like version of Capablanca Chess (10x8)
janus A game with two Archbishops (10x8 board)
- courier Medieval intermedite between shatranj and
+ courier Medieval intermediate between shatranj and
modern Chess (on 12x8 board)
falcon Patented 10x8 variant with two Falcon pieces
berolina Pawns capture straight ahead, and move diagonal
cylinder Pieces wrap around the board edge
knightmate King moves as Knight, and vice versa
super Superchess (shuffle variant with 4 exo-pieces)
+ makruk Thai Chess (shatranj-like, P promotes on 6th rank)
+ spartan Spartan Chess (black has unorthodox pieces)
fairy A catchall variant in which all piece types
known to XBoard can participate (8x8)
unknown Catchall for other unknown variants
+ NOT ALL BOARDSIZES PROVIDE A COMPLETE SET OF BUILT-IN BITMAPS FOR
+ ALL UN-ORTHODOX PIECES, though. Only in `boardSize' middling and
+ bulky all 22 piece types are provided, while -boardSize petite has
+ most of them. Archbishop, Chancellor and Amazon are supported in
+ every size from petite to bulky. Kings or Amazons are substituted
+ for missing bitmaps. You can still play variants needing
+ un-orthodox pieces in other board sizes providing your own bitmaps
+ through the `bitmapDirectory' or `pixmapDirectory' options.
+
In the shuffle variants, XBoard now does shuffle the pieces,
although you can still do it by hand using Edit Position. Some
variants are supported only in ICS mode, including bughouse, and
- kriegspiel. The winning/drawing conditions in crazyhouse (offboard
- interposition on mate), losers, suicide, giveaway, atomic, and
- 3check are not fully understood. Berolina and cylinder chess can
- only be played with legality testing off. In crazyhouse, XBoard
- now does keep track of offboard pieces. In shatranj it does
- implement the baring rule when mate detection is switched on.
+ kriegspiel. The winning/drawing conditions in crazyhouse
+ (off-board interposition on mate) are not fully understood, but
+ losers, suicide, giveaway, atomic, and 3check should be OK.
+ Berolina and cylinder chess can only be played with legality
+ testing off. In crazyhouse, XBoard now does keep track of
+ off-board pieces. In shatranj it does implement the baring rule
+ when mate detection is switched on.
-boardHeight N
Allows you to set a non-standard number of board ranks in any
Chess960. A value of -1 means the position is randomly generated
by XBoard at the beginning of every game. Default: -1
--pieceToSquareTable string
+-pieceToCharTable string
The characters that are used to represent the piece types XBoard
knows in FEN diagrams and SAN moves. The string argument has to
have an even length (or it will be ignored), as white and black
representation in FEN, which should be sufficient in normal use.
Default: ""
+-pieceNickNames string
+ The characters in the string are interpreted the same way as in the
+ `pieceToCharTable' option. But on input, piece-ID letters are
+ first looked up in the nicknames, and only if not defined there,
+ in the normal pieceToCharTable. This allows you to have two letters
+ designate the same piece, (e.g. N as an alternative to H for Horse
+ in Xiangqi), to make reading of non-compliant notations easier.
+ Default: ""
+
+-colorNickNames string
+ The side-to-move field in a FEN will be first matched against the
+ letters in the string (first character for white, second for
+ black), before it is matched to the regular 'w' and 'b'. This
+ makes it easier to read non-compliant FENs, which, say, use 'r'
+ for white. Default: ""
+
-debug/-xdebug or -debugMode true/false
Turns on debugging printout.
-debugFile filename or -nameOfDebugFile filename
- Sets the name of the file to which WinBoard saves debug information
- (including all communication to and from the engines).
+ Sets the name of the file to which XBoard saves debug information
+ (including all communication to and from the engines). A `%d' in
+ the given file name (e.g. game%d.debug) will be replaced by the
+ unique sequence number of a tournament game, so that the debug
+ output of each game will be written on a separate file.
-engineDebugOutput number
- Specifies how WinBoard should handle unsolicited output from the
+ Specifies how XBoard should handle unsolicited output from the
engine, with respect to saving it in the debug file. The output
- is further (hopefully) ignored. If number=0, WinBoard refrains
- from writing such spurious output to the debug file. If number=1,
- all engine output is written faithfully to the debug file. If
- number=2, any protocol-violating line is prefixed with a #
+ is further (hopefully) ignored. If number=0, XBoard refrains from
+ writing such spurious output to the debug file. If number=1, all
+ engine output is written faithfully to the debug file. If
+ number=2, any protocol-violating line is prefixed with a '#'
character, as the engine itself should have done if it wanted to
submit info for inclusion in the debug file. This option is
provided for the benefit of applications that use the debug file
-delayBeforeQuit number
-delayAfterQuit number
- These options specify how long WinBoard has to wait before sending
- a termination signal to rogue engine processes, that do not want
- to react to the quit command. The second one determines the
- pause after killing the engine, to make sure it dies.
+ These options specify how long XBoard has to wait before sending a
+ termination signal to rogue engine processes, that do not want to
+ react to the 'quit' command. The second one determines the pause
+ after killing the engine, to make sure it dies.
+
+-searchMode n
+ The integer n encodes the mode for the `find position' function.
+ Default: 1 (= Exact position match)
+
+-eloThresholdBoth elo
+-eloThresholdAny elo
+ Defines a lower limit for the Elo rating, which has to be surpassed
+ before a game will be considered when searching for a board
+ position. Default: 0
+-dateThreshold year
+ Only games not played before the given year will be considered when
+ searching for a board position
-4 Chess Servers
+
+5 Chess Servers
***************
An "Internet Chess Server", or "ICS", is a place on the Internet where
Some special XBoard features are activated when you are in examine
mode on ICS. See the descriptions of the menu commands `Forward',
`Backward', `Pause', `ICS Client', and `Stop Examining' on the *note
-Step Menu::, *note Mode Menu::, and *note Options Menu::.
+Edit Menu::, *note Mode Menu::, and *note Action Menu::.
-5 Firewalls
+6 Firewalls
***********
By default, XBoard communicates with an Internet Chess Server by
as follows:
xboard -ics -icshost firewall.example.com -icsport 23
- Or in your `.Xresources' file:
-
- XBoard*internetChessServerHost: firewall.example.com
- XBoard*internetChessServerPort: 23
Then when you run XBoard in ICS mode, you will be prompted to log in
to the firewall host. This works because port 23 is the standard telnet
login service. Do so, then telnet to ICS, using a command like `telnet
xboard -ics -gateway rsh.example.com -icshost chessclub.com
-Or in your `.Xresources' file:
-
- XBoard*gateway: rsh.example.com
- XBoard*internetChessServerHost: chessclub.com
-
- Then when you run XBoard in ICS mode, it will connect to the ICS by
+Then when you run XBoard in ICS mode, it will connect to the ICS by
using `rsh' to run the command `telnet chessclub.com 5000' on host
`rsh.example.com'.
xboard -ics -telnet -telnetProgram ptelnet
-Or in your `.Xresources' file:
-
- XBoard*useTelnet: true
- XBoard*telnetProgram: ptelnet
-
Then when you run XBoard in ICS mode, it will issue the command
`ptelnet chessclub.com 5000' to connect to the ICS.
is, your `ptelnet' program doesn't let you connect to alternative
ports. As noted above, your chess server may allow you to connect on
port 23 instead. In that case, just add the option `-icsport ""' to
-the above command, or add `XBoard*internetChessServerPort:' to your
-`.Xresources' file. But if your chess server doesn't let you connect
-on port 23, you will have to find some other host outside the firewall
-and hop through it. For instance, suppose you have a shell account at
+the above command. But if your chess server doesn't let you connect on
+port 23, you will have to find some other host outside the firewall and
+hop through it. For instance, suppose you have a shell account at
`foo.edu'. Set command line options as follows:
xboard -ics -telnet -telnetProgram ptelnet -icshost foo.edu -icsport ""
-Or in your `.Xresources' file:
-
- XBoard*useTelnet: true
- XBoard*telnetProgram: ptelnet
- XBoard*internetChessServerHost: foo.edu
- XBoard*internetChessServerPort:
-
Then when you run XBoard in ICS mode, it will issue the command
`ptelnet foo.edu' to connect to your account at `foo.edu'. Log in
there, then type `telnet chessclub.com 5000'.
the SOCKS Web site at http://www.socks.permeo.com/. If you are missing
SOCKS, try http://www.funbureau.com/.
-6 Environment variables
+7 Environment variables
***********************
Game and position files are found in a directory named by the
actually changes its working directory to `$CHESSDIR', so any files
written by the chess engine will be placed there too.
-7 Limitations and known bugs
+8 Limitations and known bugs
****************************
There is no way for two people running copies of XBoard to play each
dropping pieces should be considered an obsolete feature, now that
pieces can be dropped by dragging them from the holdings to the board.
Anyway, if you would attempt an illegal move when using a chess engine
-or the ICS, WinBoard will accept the error message that comes back,
-undo the move, and let you try another. FEN positions saved by XBoard
-do include correct information about whether castling or en passant are
+or the ICS, XBoard will accept the error message that comes back, undo
+the move, and let you try another. FEN positions saved by XBoard do
+include correct information about whether castling or en passant are
legal, and also handle the 50-move counter. The mate detector does not
understand that non-contact mate is not really mate in bughouse. The
only problem this causes while playing is minor: a "#" (mate indicator)
rules of the selected variant, which can be a variant that uses piece
drops. You can load and edit games that contain piece drops. The
(obsolete) piece menus are not active, but you can perform piece drops
-by dragging pieces from the holdings. Edit Position mode does not
-allow you to edit the crazyhouse holdings properly. You cannot drag
-pieces to the holding, and using the popup menu to put pieces there
-does not adapt the holding counts and leads to an inconsistent state.
-Set up crazyhouse positions by loading / pasting a bFEN, from there you
-can set the holdings. Fischer Random castling is fully understood.
-You can enter castlings by dragging the King on top of your Rook. You
-can probably also play Fischer Random successfully on ICS by typing
-castling moves into the ICS Interaction window.
+by dragging pieces from the holdings. Fischer Random castling is fully
+understood. You can enter castlings by dragging the King on top of
+your Rook. You can probably also play Fischer Random successfully on
+ICS by typing castling moves into the ICS Interaction window.
The menus may not work if your keyboard is in Caps Lock or Num Lock
mode. This seems to be a problem with the Athena menu widget, not an
possible bugs, limitations, and ideas for improvement that have been
suggested.
-8 Reporting problems
+9 Reporting problems
********************
-Report bugs and problems with XBoard to `<bug-xboard@gnu.org>'.
+You can report bugs and problems with XBoard using the bug tracker at
+`https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/' or by sending mail to
+`<bug-xboard@gnu.org>'. It can also be useful to report or discuss
+bugs in the WinBoard Forum at `http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/',
+WinBoard development section.
Please use the `script' program to start a typescript, run XBoard
with the `-debug' option, and include the typescript output in your
message. Also tell us what kind of machine and what operating system
version you are using. The command `uname -a' will often tell you this.
-Here is a sample of approximately what you should type:
-
- script
- uname -a
- ./configure
- make
- ./xboard -debug
- exit
- mail bug-xboard@gnu.org
- Subject: Your short description of the problem
- Your detailed description of the problem
- ~r typescript
- .
-
- The WinBoard / XBoard 4.3 line is being developed by H.G. Muller
-independently of the GNU Savannah xboard project. Bug reports on this
-version, and suggestions for improvements and additions, are best
-posted in the WinBoard forum, WinBoard-development section
-(http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum).
If you improve XBoard, please send a message about your changes, and
we will get in touch with you about merging them in to the main line of
-development. Also see our Web site at
-http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/.
-
-9 Authors and contributors
-**************************
-
-Tim Mann has been responsible for XBoard versions 1.3 and beyond, and
-for WinBoard, a port of XBoard to Microsoft Win32 (Windows NT and
-Windows 95). H.G.Muller is responsible for version 4.3.
-
- Mark Williams contributed the initial (WinBoard-only) implementation
-of many new features added to both XBoard and WinBoard in version
-4.1.0, including copy/paste, premove, icsAlarm, autoFlipView, training
-mode, auto raise, and blindfold. Ben Nye contributed X copy/paste code
-for XBoard.
-
- Hugh Fisher added animated piece movement to XBoard, and Henrik Gram
-(henrikg@funcom.com) added it to WinBoard. Frank McIngvale added
-click/click moving, the Analysis modes, piece flashing, ZIICS import,
-and ICS text colorization to XBoard. Jochen Wiedmann ported XBoard to
-the Amiga, creating AmyBoard, and converted the documentation to
-texinfo. Elmar Bartel contributed the new piece bitmaps introduced in
-version 3.2. John Chanak contributed the initial implementation of ICS
-mode. The color scheme and the old 80x80 piece bitmaps were taken from
-Wayne Christopher's `XChess' program.
-
- Chris Sears and Dan Sears wrote the original XBoard. They were
-responsible for versions 1.0 through 1.2.
-
- Evan Welsh wrote `CMail'. Patrick Surry helped in designing,
-testing, and documenting CMail.
-
- Allessandro Scotti added many elements to the user interface of
-WinBoard, including the board textures and font-based rendering, the
-evaluation-graph, move-history and engine-output window. He was also
-responsible for adding the UCI support.
-
- H.G. Muller made WinBoard castling- and e.p.-aware, added variant
-support with adjustable board sizes, the crazyhouse holdings, and the
-fairy pieces. In addition he added most of the adjudication options,
-made WinBoard more robust in dealing with buggy and crashing engines,
-and extended time control with a time-odds and node-count-based modes.
-Most of the options that initially wre WinBoard only have now been
+development.
+
+10 Authors and contributors
+***************************
+
+Chris Sears and Dan Sears wrote the original XBoard. They were
+responsible for versions 1.0 through 1.2. The color scheme was taken
+from Wayne Christopher's `XChess' program.
+
+ Tim Mann was primarily responsible for XBoard versions 1.3 through
+4.2.7, and for WinBoard (a port of XBoard to Microsoft Win32) from its
+inception through version 4.2.7.
+
+ John Chanak contributed the initial implementation of ICS mode. Evan
+Welsh wrote `CMail', and Patrick Surry helped in designing, testing,
+and documenting it. Elmar Bartel contributed the new piece bitmaps
+introduced in version 3.2. Jochen Wiedmann converted the documentation
+to texinfo. Frank McIngvale added click/click moving, the Analysis
+modes, piece flashing, ZIICS import, and ICS text colorization to
+XBoard. Hugh Fisher added animated piece movement to XBoard, and
+Henrik Gram added it to WinBoard. Mark Williams contributed the
+initial (WinBoard-only) implementation of many new features added to
+both XBoard and WinBoard in version 4.1.0, including copy/paste,
+premove, icsAlarm, autoFlipView, training mode, auto raise, and
+blindfold. Ben Nye contributed X copy/paste code for XBoard.
+
+ In a fork from version 4.2.7, Alessandro Scotti added many elements
+to the user interface of WinBoard, including the board textures and
+font-based rendering, the evaluation-graph, move-history and
+engine-output window. He was also responsible for adding the UCI
+support.
+
+ H. G. Muller continued this fork of the project, producing version
+4.3. He made WinBoard castling- and e.p.-aware, added variant support
+with adjustable board sizes, the crazyhouse holdings, and the fairy
+pieces. In addition he added most of the adjudication options, made
+WinBoard more robust in dealing with buggy and crashing engines, and
+extended time control with a time-odds and node-count-based modes.
+Most of the options that initially were WinBoard only have now been
back-ported to XBoard.
Michel van den Bergh provided the code for reading Polyglot opening
books.
- Arun Persaud worked with H.G. Muller to combine all the features of
-the never-released WinBoard 4.2.8 of the Savannah project (mainly by
-Daniel Mehrmann), and the never-released 4.3.16 into a unified WinBoard
-4.4, which is now available both from the Savannah web site and the
-WinBoard forum.
+ Meanwhile, some work continued on the GNU XBoard project maintained
+at savannah.gnu.org, but version 4.2.8 was never released. Daniel
+Mehrmann was responsible for much of this work.
+
+ Most recently, Arun Persaud worked with H. G. Muller to merge all
+the features of the never-released XBoard/WinBoard 4.2.8 of the GNU
+XBoard project and the never-released 4.3.16 from H. G.'s fork into a
+unified XBoard/WinBoard 4.4, which is now available both from the
+savannah.gnu.org web site and the WinBoard forum.
-10 CMail
+11 CMail
********
The `cmail' program can help you play chess by email with opponents of
You will usually run `cmail' without giving any options.
-10.1 CMail options
+11.1 CMail options
==================
-h
-wname <full name>
-bname <full name>
--name <full name>
+-myname <full name>
-oppname <full name>
The full name of White, Black, yourself or your opponent.
`/usr/ucb/Mail', `/usr/ucb/mail' or `Mail'. You will need to set
this variable if none of the above paths fit your system.
--gamesFile <file>
- A file containing a list of games with email addresses. This
- defaults to the environment variable `$CMAIL_GAMES' or failing that
- `.cmailgames'.
-
--aliasesFile <file>
- A file containing one or more aliases for a set of email
- addresses. This defaults to the environment variable
- `$CMAIL_ALIASES' or failing that `.cmailaliases'.
-
-logFile <file>
A file in which to dump verbose debugging messages that are
invoked with the `-v' option.
set these options to whatever values you prefer by supplying them
on CMail's command line. *Note Options::.
-10.2 Starting a CMail Game
+11.2 Starting a CMail Game
==========================
Type `cmail' from a shell to start a game as white. After an opening
copy of the move to your opponent. If you select `Exit' without having
selected `Mail Move' then no move will be made.
-10.3 Answering a Move
+11.3 Answering a Move
=====================
When you receive a message from an opponent containing a move in one of
`Exit' without sending a move or just leave XBoard running until you
are ready.
-10.4 Multi-Game Messages
+11.4 Multi-Game Messages
========================
It is possible to have a `cmail' message carry more than one game.
general uses, `cmail' itself places no limit on the number of
black/white games contained in a message; however, XBoard does.
-10.5 Completing a Game
+11.5 Completing a Game
======================
Because XBoard can detect checkmate and stalemate, `cmail' handles game
opponent's when he or she pipes the final message through `cmail'. The
archive file name includes the date the game was started.
-10.6 Known CMail Problems
+11.6 Known CMail Problems
=========================
It's possible that a strange conjunction of conditions may occasionally
messages, so multi-game correspondence is not possible with opponents
using an older version.
-11 Other programs you can use with XBoard
+12 Other programs you can use with XBoard
*****************************************
Here are some other programs you can use with XBoard
-11.1 GNU Chess
+12.1 GNU Chess
==============
The GNU Chess engine is available from:
You can use XBoard to play a game against GNU Chess, or to interface
GNU Chess to an ICS.
-11.2 Fairy-Max
+12.2 Fairy-Max
==============
-Fairy-Max is a derivative from the World's smallest Chess program
+Fairy-Max is a derivative from the once World's smallest Chess program
micro-Max, which measures only about 100 lines of source code. The
main difference with micro-Max is that Fairy-Max loads its
move-generator tables from a file, so that the rules for piece movement
can be easily configured to implement unorthodox pieces. Fairy-Max can
-therefore play a lage number of variants, normal Chess being one of
-those. In addition it plas Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess,
+therefore play a large number of variants, normal Chess being one of
+those. In addition it plays Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess,
Shatranj, Courier Chess, Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess, while the user
can easily define new variants. It can be obtained from:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/dwnldpage.html
-11.3 HoiChess
+12.3 HoiChess
=============
HoiChess is a not-so-very-strong Chess engine, which comes with a
sudo apt-get install hoichess
-11.4 Crafty
+12.4 Crafty
===========
Crafty is a chess engine written by Bob Hyatt. You can use XBoard to
where <crafty's directory> is the directory in which you installed
Crafty and placed its book and other support files.
-11.5 zic2xpm
+12.5 zic2xpm
============
The "zic2xpm" program is used to import chess sets from the ZIICS(*)
3. Give XBoard the "-pixmap" option when starting up, e.g.:
xboard -pixmap ~/fritz4
- Alternatively, you can add this line to your `.Xresources' file:
-
- xboard*pixmapDirectory: ~/fritz4
-
(*) ZIICS is a separate copyrighted work of Andy McFarland. The
"ZIICS pieces" are copyrighted works of their respective creators.
Files produced by "zic2xpm" are for PERSONAL USE ONLY and may NOT be
other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or
performance of this software.
- Enhancements copyright (C) 1992-2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009
-Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Enhancements copyright (C) 1992-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
+2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Published by the Free Software Foundation
59 Temple Place - Suite 330
Index
*****
--animateSpeed, option: See 3.5. (line 1774)
-.cmailaliases: See 10.1. (line 2463)
-.cmailgames: See 10.1. (line 2458)
-.icsrc: See 3.3. (line 1300)
-<, Button: See 2.4. (line 459)
-<<, Button: See 2.4. (line 492)
->, Button: See 2.4. (line 479)
->>, Button: See 2.4. (line 511)
-abort, ICS command: See 4. (line 2064)
-Abort, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 439)
-About XBoard, Menu Item: See 2.6. (line 840)
-accept, ICS command: See 4. (line 2051)
-Accept, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 414)
-Action, Menu: See 2.3. (line 413)
-adjourn, ICS command: See 4. (line 2064)
-Adjourn, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 435)
-Adjudicate Draw, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 545)
-Adjudicate to Black, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 545)
-Adjudicate to White, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 545)
-adjudicateDrawMoves, option: See 3.6. (line 1789)
-adjudicateLossThreshold, option: See 3.6. (line 1781)
-Adjudications, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 559)
-alarm, option: See 3.3. (line 1343)
-Always Queen, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 604)
-alwaysPromoteToQueen, option: See 3.5. (line 1573)
-Analysis Mode, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 238)
-Analyze File, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 259)
-Animate Dragging, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 610)
-Animate Moving, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 617)
-animate, option: See 3.5. (line 1770)
-animateDragging, option: See 3.5. (line 1766)
-animateMoving, option: See 3.5. (line 1770)
-Authors: See 9. (line 2317)
-Auto Comment, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 625)
-Auto Flag, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 633)
-Auto Flip View, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 642)
-Auto Observe, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 647)
-Auto Raise Board, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 660)
-Auto Save, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 665)
-autobs, option: See 3.3. (line 1327)
-autoCallFlag, option: See 3.3. (line 1323)
-autocomm, option: See 3.3. (line 1319)
-autoComment, option: See 3.3. (line 1319)
-autoflag, option: See 3.3. (line 1323)
-autoflip, option: See 3.5. (line 1619)
-autoFlipView, option: See 3.5. (line 1619)
-autoKibitz, option: See 3.3. (line 1331)
-autoObserve, option: See 3.3. (line 1327)
-autoraise, option: See 3.5. (line 1615)
-autoRaiseBoard, option: See 3.5. (line 1615)
-autosave, option: See 3.4. (line 1504)
-autoSaveGames, option: See 3.4. (line 1504)
-Back to Start, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 492)
-Backward, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 459)
-bell, option: See 3.5. (line 1560)
-bitmapDirectory, option: See 3.5. (line 1700)
-blackPieceColor, option: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-blind, option: See 3.5. (line 1667)
-Blindfold, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 672)
-blindfold, option: See 3.5. (line 1667)
-bm, option: See 3.5. (line 1700)
-board size: See 3.5. (line 1581)
-boardHeight, option: See 3.7. (line 1901)
-boardSize, option: See 3.5. (line 1581)
-boardWidth, option: See 3.7. (line 1906)
-Book, Menu Item: See 2.6. (line 830)
-Bug reports: See 8. (line 2283)
-Bugs <1>: See 8. (line 2283)
-Bugs: See 7. (line 2223)
-buttons, option: See 3.5. (line 1641)
-Call Flag, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 424)
-checkMates, option: See 3.6. (line 1794)
-Chess engine options: See 3.1. (line 917)
-CHESSDIR: See 6. (line 2214)
-clock, option: See 3.1. (line 934)
-clockFont, option: See 3.5. (line 1671)
-clockMode, option: See 3.1. (line 934)
-cmail: See 10. (line 2368)
-colorChallenge, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorChannel, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorChannel1, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorize, option: See 3.3. (line 1358)
-colorKibitz, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorNormal, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorRequest, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-Colors <1>: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-Colors: See 3.3. (line 1358)
-colorSeek, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorShout, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorSShout, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-colorTell, option: See 3.3. (line 1372)
-Contributors: See 9. (line 2317)
-coordFont, option: See 3.5. (line 1677)
-coords, option: See 3.5. (line 1611)
-Copy Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 166)
-Copy Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 206)
-darkSquareColor, option: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-debug, option: See 3.7. (line 1952)
-debugFile, option: See 3.7. (line 1955)
-debugMode, option: See 3.7. (line 1952)
-decline, ICS command: See 4. (line 2051)
-Decline, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 419)
-defaultCacheSizeEGTB, option: See 3.2. (line 1181)
-defaultFrcPosition, option: See 3.7. (line 1921)
-defaultHashSize, option: See 3.2. (line 1175)
-defaultPathEGTB, option: See 3.2. (line 1187)
-delayAfterQuit, option: See 3.7. (line 1987)
-delayBeforeQuit, option: See 3.7. (line 1987)
-display, option: See 3.5. (line 1551)
-drag, option: See 3.5. (line 1766)
-draw, ICS command: See 4. (line 2064)
-Draw, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 430)
-Edit Comment, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 375)
-Edit Game, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 293)
-Edit Position, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 309)
-Edit Tags, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 351)
-egtFormats, option: See 3.2. (line 1191)
-Engine Settings: See 3.2. (line 1142)
-engineDebugOutput, option: See 3.7. (line 1959)
-Environment variables: See 6. (line 2214)
-examine, ICS command: See 4. (line 2087)
-Exit, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 223)
-exit, option: See 3.5. (line 1565)
-fb, option: See 3.1. (line 1040)
-fcp, option: See 3.1. (line 1033)
-fd, option: See 3.1. (line 1055)
-fh, option: See 3.1. (line 1047)
-File Menu: See 2.1. (line 82)
-finger, ICS command: See 4. (line 2074)
-firstChessProgram, option: See 3.1. (line 1033)
-firstComputerString, option: See 3.1. (line 1091)
-firstDirectory, option: See 3.1. (line 1055)
-firstHasOwnBookUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-firstHost, option: See 3.1. (line 1047)
-firstIsUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1144)
-firstNPS, option: See 3.1. (line 957)
-firstOptions option: See 3.1. (line 1130)
-firstPlaysBlack, option: See 3.1. (line 1040)
-firstProtocolVersion, option: See 3.1. (line 1108)
-firstScoreAbs, option: See 3.1. (line 1116)
-firstTimeOdds, option: See 3.1. (line 975)
-firstXBook, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-Flash Moves, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 678)
-flash, option: See 3.5. (line 1654)
-flashCount, option: See 3.5. (line 1654)
-flashRate, option: See 3.5. (line 1654)
-Flip View, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 554)
-flip, option: See 3.5. (line 1623)
-flipView, option: See 3.5. (line 1623)
-fNoOwnBookUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-Font: See 3.5. (line 1684)
-Font, clock: See 3.5. (line 1671)
-Font, coordinates: See 3.5. (line 1677)
-font, option: See 3.5. (line 1684)
-fontSizeTolerance, option: See 3.5. (line 1690)
-Forward to End, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 511)
-Forward, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 479)
-fUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1144)
-games, ICS command: See 4. (line 2040)
-gateway, option: See 3.3. (line 1250)
-geometry, option: See 3.5. (line 1551)
-Get Move List, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 692)
-getMoveList, option: See 3.3. (line 1339)
-Help Menu: See 2.6. (line 812)
-help, ICS command: See 4. (line 2025)
-Hide Thinking, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 789)
-Highlight Last Move, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 704)
-highlight, option: See 3.5. (line 1663)
-highlightLastMove, option: See 3.5. (line 1663)
-highlightSquareColor, option: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-Hint, Menu Item: See 2.6. (line 827)
-holdingsSize, option: See 3.7. (line 1913)
-iconic, option: See 3.5. (line 1551)
-ICS: See 4. (line 1996)
-ICS Alarm, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 725)
-ICS Client, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 269)
-ICS Input Box, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 380)
-ICS options: See 3.3. (line 1205)
-ICS, addresses: See 4. (line 1996)
-ics, option: See 3.3. (line 1206)
-icsAlarm, option: See 3.3. (line 1343)
-icsAlarmTime, option: See 3.3. (line 1347)
-icscomm, option: See 3.3. (line 1258)
-icshelper, option: See 3.3. (line 1224)
-icshost, option: See 3.3. (line 1211)
-icsinput, option: See 3.3. (line 1315)
-icslogon, option: See 3.3. (line 1300)
-icsport, option: See 3.3. (line 1220)
-inc, option: See 3.1. (line 927)
-Info XBoard, Menu Item: See 2.6. (line 813)
-initalMode, option: See 3.7. (line 1846)
-initString, option: See 3.1. (line 1064)
-Internet Chess Server: See 4. (line 1996)
-internetChessServerCommPort, option: See 3.3. (line 1258)
-internetChessServerHelper, option: See 3.3. (line 1224)
-internetChessServerHost, option: See 3.3. (line 1211)
-internetChessServerInputBox, option: See 3.3. (line 1315)
-internetChessServerLogonScript, option: See 3.3. (line 1300)
-internetChessServerMode, option: See 3.3. (line 1206)
-internetChessServerPort, option: See 3.3. (line 1220)
+-animateSpeed, option: See 4.6. (line 2798)
+-autoDisplayComment, option: See 4.6. (line 2803)
+-autoDisplayTags, option: See 4.6. (line 2803)
+-pasteSelection, option: See 4.6. (line 2809)
+.icsrc: See 4.4. (line 2176)
+<, Button: See 3.2. (line 409)
+<<, Button: See 3.2. (line 442)
+>, Button: See 3.2. (line 429)
+>>, Button: See 3.2. (line 461)
+abort, ICS command: See 5. (line 3212)
+Abort, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 749)
+About XBoard, Menu Item: See 3.8. (line 1519)
+Absolute Analysis Scores, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 877)
+absoluteAnalysisScores, option: See 4.6. (line 2847)
+accept, ICS command: See 5. (line 3199)
+Accept, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 721)
+Action, Menu: See 3.5. (line 720)
+adapterCommand, option: See 4.2. (line 1877)
+adjourn, ICS command: See 5. (line 3212)
+Adjourn, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 744)
+Adjudicate Draw, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 777)
+Adjudicate to Black, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 777)
+Adjudicate to White, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 777)
+adjudicateDrawMoves, option: See 4.7. (line 2868)
+adjudicateLossThreshold, option: See 4.7. (line 2860)
+Adjudications, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1107)
+afterGame, option: See 4.3. (line 2060)
+afterTourney, option: See 4.3. (line 2060)
+alarm, option: See 4.4. (line 2262)
+Almost Always Queen, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 881)
+Also match left-right flipped position, Menu Item:See 3.7. (line 1418)
+Also match reversed colors, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1418)
+alwaysPromoteToQueen, option: See 4.6. (line 2557)
+Analysis Mode, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 577)
+Analyze Game, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 625)
+Animate Dragging, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 895)
+Animate Moving, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 902)
+animate, option: See 4.6. (line 2794)
+animateDragging, option: See 4.6. (line 2790)
+animateMoving, option: See 4.6. (line 2794)
+Animation Speed, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1064)
+Annotate, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 385)
+appendPV, option: See 4.6. (line 2841)
+at sign, option: See 4.5. (line 2469)
+Authors: See 10. (line 3422)
+Auto Comment, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1143)
+Auto Flag, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 911)
+Auto Flip View, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 921)
+Auto Kibitz, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1134)
+Auto Observe, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1151)
+Auto Raise Board, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1164)
+Auto Save, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1169)
+Auto-Refresh Seek Graph, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1211)
+autobs, option: See 4.4. (line 2203)
+autoCallFlag, option: See 4.4. (line 2199)
+autocomm, option: See 4.4. (line 2195)
+autoComment, option: See 4.4. (line 2195)
+autoCopyPV, option: See 4.6. (line 2814)
+autoflag, option: See 4.4. (line 2199)
+autoflip, option: See 4.6. (line 2617)
+autoFlipView, option: See 4.6. (line 2617)
+autoKibitz, option: See 4.4. (line 2207)
+autoLogo, option: See 4.6. (line 2521)
+autoObserve, option: See 4.4. (line 2203)
+autoraise, option: See 4.6. (line 2613)
+autoRaiseBoard, option: See 4.6. (line 2613)
+autoRefresh, option: See 4.4. (line 2224)
+autosave, option: See 4.5. (line 2410)
+autoSaveGames, option: See 4.5. (line 2410)
+Back to Start, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 442)
+Background Observe, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1176)
+backgroundObserve, option: See 4.4. (line 2230)
+Backward, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 409)
+Basic operation: See 2. (line 57)
+bell, option: See 4.6. (line 2544)
+blackPieceColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+blind, option: See 4.6. (line 2682)
+Blindfold, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 934)
+blindfold, option: See 4.6. (line 2682)
+board size: See 4.6. (line 2569)
+Board, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 550)
+boardHeight, option: See 4.8. (line 3016)
+boardSize, option: See 4.6. (line 2569)
+boardWidth, option: See 4.8. (line 3021)
+Book, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 839)
+bookDepth, option: See 4.2. (line 1921)
+bookVariation, option: See 4.2. (line 1925)
+Bug reports: See 9. (line 3404)
+Bugs <1>: See 9. (line 3404)
+Bugs: See 8. (line 3349)
+buttons, option: See 4.6. (line 2639)
+Call Flag, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 733)
+checkMates, option: See 4.7. (line 2873)
+Chess engine options: See 4.1. (line 1602)
+CHESSDIR: See 7. (line 3340)
+clock, option: See 4.1. (line 1619)
+clockFont, option: See 4.6. (line 2703)
+clockMode, option: See 4.1. (line 1619)
+CloneTourney, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1369)
+cmail: See 11. (line 3474)
+colorChallenge, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorChannel, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorChannel1, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorCShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+Colorize Messages, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1246)
+colorize, option: See 4.4. (line 2289)
+colorizeMessages, option: See 4.4. (line 2289)
+colorKibitz, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorNickNames, option: See 4.8. (line 3076)
+colorNormal, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorRequest, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+Colors <1>: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+Colors: See 4.4. (line 2289)
+colorSeek, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorSShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+colorTell, option: See 4.4. (line 2305)
+Comments, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 526)
+Common Engine, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1083)
+Contributors: See 10. (line 3422)
+coordFont, option: See 4.6. (line 2709)
+coords, option: See 4.6. (line 2609)
+Copy Game List, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 285)
+Copy Game, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 266)
+Copy Position, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 275)
+cy, option: See 4.3. (line 2022)
+darkBackTextureFile, option: See 4.6. (line 2783)
+darkSquareColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+dateThreshold, option: See 4.8. (line 3137)
+debug, option: See 4.8. (line 3083)
+debugFile, option: See 4.8. (line 3086)
+debugMode, option: See 4.8. (line 3083)
+decline, ICS command: See 5. (line 3199)
+Decline, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 727)
+Default number of Games, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1311)
+defaultCacheSizeEGTB, option: See 4.2. (line 1956)
+defaultFrcPosition, option: See 4.8. (line 3036)
+defaultHashSize, option: See 4.2. (line 1950)
+defaultMatchGames, option: See 4.3. (line 1995)
+defaultPathEGTB, option: See 4.2. (line 1962)
+defaultTourneyName, option: See 4.3. (line 2039)
+delayAfterQuit, option: See 4.8. (line 3121)
+delayBeforeQuit, option: See 4.8. (line 3121)
+Disable own engine bools be default, Menu Item:See 3.7. (line 1346)
+discourageOwnBooks, option: See 4.2. (line 1915)
+disguisePromotedPieces, option: See 4.4. (line 2253)
+display, option: See 4.6. (line 2499)
+drag, option: See 4.6. (line 2790)
+draw, ICS command: See 5. (line 3212)
+Draw, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 739)
+Drop Menu, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 940)
+dropMenu, option: See 4.6. (line 2820)
+Dual Board, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1183)
+dualBoard, option: See 4.4. (line 2244)
+Edit Book, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 374)
+Edit Comment, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 367)
+Edit Game, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 300)
+Edit Menu: See 3.2. (line 265)
+Edit Position, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 316)
+Edit Tags, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 343)
+egtFormats, option: See 4.2. (line 1966)
+Elo of strongest player, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1388)
+Elo of weakest player, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1388)
+eloThresholdAny, option: See 4.8. (line 3132)
+eloThresholdBoth, option: See 4.8. (line 3132)
+Enable Variation Trees, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 946)
+Engine #1 Settings, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 817)
+Engine #2 Settings, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 817)
+Engine Menu: See 3.6. (line 785)
+Engine Settings: See 4.2. (line 1859)
+Engine Settings, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 817)
+engineDebugOutput, option: See 4.8. (line 3093)
+Environment variables: See 7. (line 3340)
+evalThreshold, option: See 4.6. (line 2649)
+evalZoom, option: See 4.6. (line 2645)
+examine, ICS command: See 5. (line 3235)
+Exit, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 260)
+exit, option: See 4.6. (line 2549)
+fb, option: See 4.1. (line 1737)
+fcp, option: See 4.1. (line 1719)
+fd, option: See 4.1. (line 1752)
+fe, option: See 4.1. (line 1726)
+fh, option: See 4.1. (line 1744)
+File Menu: See 3.1. (line 129)
+File with Start Positions, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1330)
+find position, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1393)
+finger, ICS command: See 5. (line 3222)
+First Black Move, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1221)
+First White Move, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1221)
+firstChessProgram, option: See 4.1. (line 1719)
+firstComputerString, option: See 4.1. (line 1787)
+firstDirectory, option: See 4.1. (line 1752)
+firstEngine, option: See 4.1. (line 1726)
+firstHasOwnBookUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+firstHost, option: See 4.1. (line 1744)
+firstInitString, option: See 4.1. (line 1761)
+firstIsUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1861)
+firstLogo, option: See 4.6. (line 2515)
+firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: See 4.1. (line 1837)
+firstNPS, option: See 4.1. (line 1642)
+firstOptions, option: See 4.1. (line 1826)
+firstPgnName, option: See 4.2. (line 1944)
+firstPlaysBlack, option: See 4.1. (line 1737)
+firstProtocolVersion, option: See 4.1. (line 1804)
+firstScoreAbs, option: See 4.1. (line 1812)
+firstTimeOdds, option: See 4.1. (line 1660)
+firstXBook, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+Flash Moves, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1059)
+Flash Rate, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1059)
+flash, option: See 4.6. (line 2665)
+flashCount, option: See 4.6. (line 2665)
+flashRate, option: See 4.6. (line 2665)
+Flip View, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 476)
+flip, option: See 4.6. (line 2621)
+flipView, option: See 4.6. (line 2621)
+fn, option: See 4.2. (line 1944)
+fNoOwnBookUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+Font, clock: See 4.6. (line 2703)
+Font, coordinates: See 4.6. (line 2709)
+Font, message: See 4.6. (line 2716)
+fontSizeTolerance, option: See 4.6. (line 2722)
+Forward to End, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 461)
+Forward, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 429)
+fSAN, option: See 4.6. (line 2691)
+fUCCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1871)
+fUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1861)
+fUSI, option: See 4.2. (line 1871)
+Game File with Opening Lines, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1330)
+Game List Tags, Menu Item <1>: See 3.7. (line 1441)
+Game List Tags, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 559)
+Game Number, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1330)
+gameListTags, option: See 4.5. (line 2460)
+games, ICS command: See 5. (line 3188)
+gateway, option: See 4.4. (line 2126)
+General Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 873)
+geometry, option: See 4.6. (line 2499)
+Get Move List, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1188)
+getMoveList, option: See 4.4. (line 2258)
+Help Menu: See 3.8. (line 1504)
+help, ICS command: See 5. (line 3173)
+Hide Thinking, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 953)
+highlight Arrow, option: See 4.6. (line 2678)
+Highlight Last Move, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 963)
+Highlight with Arrow, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 969)
+highlight, option: See 4.6. (line 2674)
+highlightLastMove, option: See 4.6. (line 2674)
+highlightMoveWithArrow, option: See 4.6. (line 2678)
+highlightSquareColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+Hint, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 836)
+holdingsSize, option: See 4.8. (line 3028)
+iconic, option: See 4.6. (line 2499)
+ICS: See 5. (line 3144)
+ICS Alarm Time, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1236)
+ICS Alarm, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1236)
+ICS Client, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 664)
+ICS Input Box, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 531)
+ICS options: See 4.4. (line 2081)
+ICS Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1130)
+ICS, addresses: See 5. (line 3144)
+ics, option: See 4.4. (line 2082)
+icsAlarm, option: See 4.4. (line 2262)
+icsAlarmTime, option: See 4.4. (line 2266)
+icscomm, option: See 4.4. (line 2134)
+icshelper, option: See 4.4. (line 2100)
+icshost, option: See 4.4. (line 2087)
+icsinput, option: See 4.4. (line 2191)
+icslogon, option: See 4.4. (line 2176)
+icsport, option: See 4.4. (line 2096)
+inc, option: See 4.1. (line 1612)
+Info XBoard, Menu Item: See 3.8. (line 1505)
+init, option: See 4.5. (line 2469)
+initalMode, option: See 4.8. (line 2949)
+initString, option: See 4.1. (line 1761)
+Internet Chess Server: See 5. (line 3144)
+internetChessServerCommPort, option: See 4.4. (line 2134)
+internetChessServerHelper, option: See 4.4. (line 2100)
+internetChessServerHost, option: See 4.4. (line 2087)
+internetChessServerInputBox, option: See 4.4. (line 2191)
+internetChessServerLogonScript, option: See 4.4. (line 2176)
+internetChessServerMode, option: See 4.4. (line 2082)
+internetChessServerPort, option: See 4.4. (line 2096)
introduction:
See ``Introduction''. (line 9)
-Keys: See 2.7. (line 845)
-legal, option: See 3.5. (line 1577)
-lgf, option: See 3.4. (line 1468)
-lgi, option: See 3.4. (line 1468)
-lightSquareColor, option: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-Limitations: See 7. (line 2223)
-Load and Save options: See 3.4. (line 1466)
-Load Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 114)
-Load Next Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 141)
-Load Next Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 187)
-Load Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 179)
-Load Previous Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 145)
-Load Previous Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 190)
-loadGameFile, option: See 3.4. (line 1468)
-loadGameIndex, option: See 3.4. (line 1468)
-loadPositionFile, option: See 3.4. (line 1509)
-loadPositionIndex, option: See 3.4. (line 1509)
-lpf, option: See 3.4. (line 1509)
-lpi, option: See 3.4. (line 1509)
-Machine Black, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 232)
-Machine White, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 229)
-Mail Move, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 220)
+Keys: See 3.9. (line 1524)
+legal, option: See 4.6. (line 2565)
+lgf, option: See 4.5. (line 2373)
+lgi, option: See 4.5. (line 2373)
+lightSquareColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+Limitations: See 8. (line 3349)
+liteBackTextureFile, option: See 4.6. (line 2783)
+Load and Save options: See 4.5. (line 2371)
+Load Engine, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 786)
+Load Game Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1377)
+Load Game, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 173)
+Load Next Game, Menu Item: See 3.9. (line 1528)
+Load Next Position, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 215)
+Load Position, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 206)
+Load Previous Game, Menu Item: See 3.9. (line 1532)
+Load Previous Position, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 219)
+loadGameFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2373)
+loadGameIndex, option: See 4.5. (line 2373)
+loadPositionFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2418)
+loadPositionIndex, option: See 4.5. (line 2418)
+logoDir, option: See 4.6. (line 2521)
+logoSize, option: See 4.6. (line 2508)
+lowTimeWarning, option: See 4.4. (line 2270)
+lowTimeWarningColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+lpf, option: See 4.5. (line 2418)
+lpi, option: See 4.5. (line 2418)
+Machine Black, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 569)
+Machine match, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 688)
+Machine White, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 565)
+Mail Move, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 257)
Major modes: See 1. (line 19)
-Man XBoard, Menu Item: See 2.6. (line 820)
-matchGames, option: See 3.1. (line 1011)
-matchMode, option: See 3.1. (line 1023)
-materialDraws, option: See 3.6. (line 1806)
-Menu, Action: See 2.3. (line 413)
-Menu, File: See 2.1. (line 82)
-Menu, Help: See 2.6. (line 812)
-Menu, Mode: See 2.2. (line 228)
-Menu, Options: See 2.5. (line 553)
-Menu, Step: See 2.4. (line 458)
-Menus: See 2. (line 57)
-mg, option: See 3.1. (line 1011)
-mm, option: See 3.1. (line 1023)
-Mode Menu: See 2.2. (line 228)
-mode, option: See 3.7. (line 1846)
-mono, option: See 3.5. (line 1647)
-monoMode, option: See 3.5. (line 1647)
-Move Now, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 532)
-Move Sound, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 710)
-moves, option: See 3.3. (line 1339)
-movesound, option: See 3.5. (line 1560)
-movesPerSession, option: See 3.1. (line 923)
-mps, option: See 3.1. (line 923)
-msLoginDelay, option: See 3.3. (line 1309)
-nameOfDebugFile, option: See 3.7. (line 1955)
-ncp, option: See 3.7. (line 1841)
-New Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 83)
-New Shuffle Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 92)
-New variant, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 105)
-niceEngines, option: See 3.1. (line 1122)
-noChessProgram, option: See 3.7. (line 1841)
-noGUI, option: See 3.5. (line 1554)
-observe, ICS command: See 4. (line 2083)
-Old Save Style, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 734)
-oldmoves, ICS command: See 4. (line 2087)
-oldsave, option: See 3.4. (line 1542)
-oldSaveStyle, option: See 3.4. (line 1542)
-Options: See 3. (line 891)
-Options Menu: See 2.5. (line 553)
-Options, adjudication: See 3.6. (line 1780)
-options, Chess engine: See 3.1. (line 917)
-Options, ICS: See 3.3. (line 1205)
-Options, Load and Save: See 3.4. (line 1466)
-Options, miscellaneous: See 3.7. (line 1840)
-Options, User interface: See 3.5. (line 1548)
-Other programs: See 11. (line 2576)
-Paste Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 175)
-Paste Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 215)
-Pause, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 387)
-Periodic Updates, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 742)
-pgnEventHeader, option`: See 3.4. (line 1534)
-pgnExtendedInfo, option`: See 3.4. (line 1529)
-pieceToSquareTable, option: See 3.7. (line 1926)
-pixmap, option: See 3.5. (line 1700)
-pixmapDirectory, option: See 3.5. (line 1700)
-PolyglotBook, option: See 3.2. (line 1159)
-PolyglotDir, option: See 3.2. (line 1151)
-Ponder Next Move, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 748)
-ponder, option: See 3.1. (line 1002)
-ponderNextMove, option: See 3.1. (line 1002)
-Popup Exit Message, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 753)
-Popup Move Errors, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 759)
-popup, option: See 3.5. (line 1569)
-popupExitMessage, option: See 3.5. (line 1565)
-popupMoveErrors, option: See 3.5. (line 1569)
-pre, option: See 3.3. (line 1351)
-Premove, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 768)
-premove, option: See 3.3. (line 1351)
-Problems: See 8. (line 2283)
-queen, option: See 3.5. (line 1573)
-Quiet Play, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 779)
-quiet, option: See 3.3. (line 1354)
-quietPlay, option: See 3.3. (line 1354)
-Reload CMail Message, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 220)
-Reload Same Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 150)
-Reload Same Position, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 194)
-remoteShell, option: See 3.7. (line 1973)
-remoteUser, option: See 3.7. (line 1978)
-Reporting bugs: See 8. (line 2283)
-Reporting problems: See 8. (line 2283)
-Resign, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 444)
-Retract Move, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 536)
-reuse, option: See 3.1. (line 1099)
-reuse2, option: See 3.1. (line 1099)
-reuseFirst, option: See 3.1. (line 1099)
-reuseSecond, option: See 3.1. (line 1099)
-Revert, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 523)
-ringBellAfterMoves, option: See 3.5. (line 1560)
-rsh, option: See 3.7. (line 1973)
-ruleMoves, option: See 3.6. (line 1824)
-ruser, option: See 3.7. (line 1978)
-sameColorGames, option: See 3.1. (line 1027)
-Save Game, Menu Item: See 2.1. (line 154)
-saveGameFile, option: See 3.4. (line 1499)
-saveOutOfBookInfo, option`: See 3.4. (line 1538)
-savePositionFile, option: See 3.4. (line 1524)
-scp, option: See 3.1. (line 1036)
-sd, option: See 3.1. (line 948)
-searchDepth, option: See 3.1. (line 948)
-searchTime, option: See 3.1. (line 941)
-secondChessProgram, option: See 3.1. (line 1036)
-secondComputerString, option: See 3.1. (line 1091)
-secondDirectory, option: See 3.1. (line 1055)
-secondHasOwnBookUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-secondHost, option: See 3.1. (line 1047)
-secondInitString, option: See 3.1. (line 1064)
-secondIsUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1144)
-secondNPS, option: See 3.1. (line 957)
-secondOptions, option: See 3.1. (line 1130)
-secondProtocolVersion, option: See 3.1. (line 1108)
-secondScoreAbs, option: See 3.1. (line 1116)
-secondTimeOdds, option: See 3.1. (line 975)
-secondXBook, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-set, ICS command: See 4. (line 2080)
-Settings, Engine: See 3.2. (line 1142)
-sgf, option: See 3.4. (line 1499)
-sh, option: See 3.1. (line 1047)
-Shortcut keys: See 2.7. (line 845)
-Show Coords, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 785)
-Show Engine Output, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 347)
-Show Game List, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 338)
-Show Move History, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 342)
-showButtonBar, option: See 3.5. (line 1641)
-showCoords, option: See 3.5. (line 1611)
-showThinking, option: See 3.1. (line 992)
-size, option: See 3.5. (line 1581)
-sNoOwnBookUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1170)
-soundChallenge, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundChannel, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundIcsAlarm, option: See 3.3. (line 1425)
-soundIcsDraw, option: See 3.3. (line 1436)
-soundIcsLoss, option: See 3.3. (line 1432)
-soundIcsUnfinished, option: See 3.3. (line 1440)
-soundIcsWin, option: See 3.3. (line 1428)
-soundKibitz, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundMove, option: See 3.3. (line 1422)
-soundProgram, option: See 3.3. (line 1401)
-soundRequest, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-Sounds: See 3.3. (line 1401)
-soundSeek, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundShout, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundSShout, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-soundTell, option: See 3.3. (line 1417)
-spf, option: See 3.4. (line 1524)
-st, option: See 3.1. (line 941)
-Step Menu: See 2.4. (line 458)
-Stop Examining, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 452)
-Stop Observing, Menu Item: See 2.3. (line 448)
-sUCI, option: See 3.2. (line 1144)
-tc, option: See 3.1. (line 918)
-td, option: See 3.4. (line 1494)
-telnet, option: See 3.3. (line 1232)
-telnetProgram, option: See 3.3. (line 1241)
-Test Legality, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 798)
-testClaims, option: See 3.6. (line 1800)
-testLegality, option: See 3.5. (line 1577)
-thinking, option: See 3.1. (line 992)
-Time Control, Menu Item: See 2.5. (line 595)
-timeControl, option: See 3.1. (line 918)
-timeDelay, option: See 3.4. (line 1494)
-timeIncrement, option: See 3.1. (line 927)
-timeOddsMode, option: See 3.1. (line 981)
-title, option: See 3.5. (line 1633)
-titleInWindow, option: See 3.5. (line 1633)
-Training, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 328)
-trivialDraws, option: See 3.6. (line 1813)
-Truncate Game, Menu Item: See 2.4. (line 527)
-Two Machines, Menu Item: See 2.2. (line 235)
-usePolyglotBook, option: See 3.2. (line 1156)
-User interface options: See 3.5. (line 1548)
-userName, option: See 3.7. (line 1982)
-useTelnet, option: See 3.3. (line 1232)
-variant, option: See 3.7. (line 1854)
-vars, ICS command: See 4. (line 2077)
-whitePieceColor, option: See 3.5. (line 1746)
-who, ICS command: See 4. (line 2033)
-xflash, option: See 3.5. (line 1654)
+Man XBoard, Menu Item: See 3.8. (line 1512)
+Match Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1252)
+matchGames, option: See 4.1. (line 1697)
+matchMode, option: See 4.1. (line 1709)
+matchPause, option: See 4.3. (line 2000)
+materialDraws, option: See 4.7. (line 2885)
+mcBookMode, option: See 4.2. (line 1929)
+Menu, Action: See 3.5. (line 720)
+Menu, Edit: See 3.2. (line 265)
+Menu, Engine: See 3.6. (line 785)
+Menu, File: See 3.1. (line 129)
+Menu, Help: See 3.8. (line 1504)
+Menu, Mode: See 3.4. (line 564)
+Menu, Options: See 3.7. (line 872)
+Menu, View: See 3.3. (line 475)
+Menus: See 3. (line 126)
+messageFont, option: See 4.6. (line 2716)
+mg, option: See 4.1. (line 1697)
+mm, option: See 4.1. (line 1709)
+Mode Menu: See 3.4. (line 564)
+mode, option: See 4.8. (line 2949)
+mono, option: See 4.6. (line 2653)
+monoMode, option: See 4.6. (line 2653)
+Move Now, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 849)
+Move Sound, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 974)
+moves, option: See 4.4. (line 2258)
+movesound, option: See 4.6. (line 2544)
+movesPerSession, option: See 4.1. (line 1608)
+mps, option: See 4.1. (line 1608)
+msLoginDelay, option: See 4.4. (line 2185)
+nameOfDebugFile, option: See 4.8. (line 3086)
+narrow, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1393)
+ncp, option: See 4.8. (line 2920)
+New Game, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 130)
+New Shuffle Game, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 139)
+New variant, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 154)
+niceEngines, option: See 4.1. (line 1818)
+noChessProgram, option: See 4.8. (line 2920)
+noGUI, option: See 4.6. (line 2502)
+null move: See 3.4. (line 577)
+number of consecutive positions, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1411)
+Number of tourney cycles, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1311)
+observe, ICS command: See 5. (line 3231)
+oldmoves, ICS command: See 5. (line 3235)
+oldsave, option: See 4.5. (line 2456)
+oldSaveStyle, option: See 4.5. (line 2456)
+One-Click Moving, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 983)
+oneClickMove, option: See 4.6. (line 2537)
+onlyOwnGames, option: See 4.5. (line 2414)
+Open Chat Window, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 538)
+Options: See 4. (line 1583)
+Options Menu: See 3.7. (line 872)
+Options, adjudication: See 4.7. (line 2859)
+options, Chess engine: See 4.1. (line 1602)
+Options, ICS: See 4.4. (line 2081)
+Options, Load and Save: See 4.5. (line 2371)
+Options, miscellaneous: See 4.8. (line 2919)
+Options, Tournament: See 4.3. (line 1994)
+Options, User interface: See 4.6. (line 2495)
+Other programs: See 12. (line 3672)
+overrideLineGap, option: See 4.6. (line 2602)
+pairingEngine, option: See 4.3. (line 2047)
+participants, option: See 4.3. (line 2026)
+Paste Game, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 291)
+Paste Position, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 295)
+Pause, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 694)
+Periodic Updates, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 995)
+periodic, option: See 4.6. (line 2686)
+periodicUpdates, option: See 4.6. (line 2686)
+pgnEventHeader, option: See 4.5. (line 2443)
+pgnExtendedInfo, option: See 4.5. (line 2438)
+pgnNumberTag, option: See 4.5. (line 2447)
+pid, option: See 4.6. (line 2731)
+pieceImageDirectory, option: See 4.6. (line 2731)
+pieceMenu, option: See 4.6. (line 2826)
+pieceNickNames, option: See 4.8. (line 3067)
+pieceToCharTable, option: See 4.8. (line 3041)
+Play Move(s) of Clicked PV, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1001)
+polyglotBook, option: See 4.2. (line 1900)
+polyglotDir, option: See 4.2. (line 1893)
+Ponder Next Move, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1009)
+ponder, option: See 4.1. (line 1688)
+ponderNextMove, option: See 4.1. (line 1688)
+Popup Exit Message, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1015)
+Popup Move Errors, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1021)
+popup, option: See 4.6. (line 2553)
+popupExitMessage, option: See 4.6. (line 2549)
+popupMoveErrors, option: See 4.6. (line 2553)
+Position Number, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1330)
+pre, option: See 4.4. (line 2274)
+preblack, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+Premove Black, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1221)
+Premove White, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1221)
+Premove, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1221)
+premove, option: See 4.4. (line 2274)
+premoveBlack, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+premoveBlackText, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+premoveHighlightColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+premoveWhite, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+premoveWhiteText, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+prewhite, option: See 4.4. (line 2280)
+Problems: See 9. (line 3404)
+queen, option: See 4.6. (line 2557)
+Quiet Play, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1200)
+quiet, option: See 4.4. (line 2285)
+quietPlay, option: See 4.4. (line 2285)
+recentEngineList, option: See 4.6. (line 2527)
+recentEngines, option: See 4.6. (line 2527)
+Recently Used Engines, In Menu: See 3.6. (line 861)
+Reload CMail Message, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 257)
+Reload Same Game, Menu Item: See 3.9. (line 1537)
+Reload Same Position, Menu Item: See 3.9. (line 1542)
+remoteShell, option: See 4.8. (line 3107)
+remoteUser, option: See 4.8. (line 3112)
+Replace Engine, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1354)
+Reporting bugs: See 9. (line 3404)
+Reporting problems: See 9. (line 3404)
+Resign, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 755)
+resource name, option: See 4.6. (line 2499)
+results, option: See 4.3. (line 2033)
+Retract Move, Menu Item: See 3.6. (line 853)
+reuse, option: See 4.1. (line 1795)
+reuse2, option: See 4.1. (line 1795)
+reuseFirst, option: See 4.1. (line 1795)
+reuseSecond, option: See 4.1. (line 1795)
+Revert, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 385)
+Rewind Index after, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1330)
+ringBellAfterMoves, option: See 4.6. (line 2544)
+rsh, option: See 4.8. (line 3107)
+ruleMoves, option: See 4.7. (line 2903)
+ruser, option: See 4.8. (line 3112)
+sameColorGames, option: See 4.1. (line 1713)
+Save Game Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1425)
+Save Game, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 224)
+Save Games as Book, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 245)
+Save Position, Menu Item: See 3.1. (line 236)
+Save Settings Now, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1463)
+Save Settings on Exit, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1496)
+Save Tourney Games, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1322)
+saveGameFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2405)
+saveOutOfBookInfo, option: See 4.5. (line 2451)
+savePositionFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2433)
+saveSettingsFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2469)
+saveSettingsOnExit, option: See 4.5. (line 2489)
+Scores in Move List, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1030)
+scoreWhite, option: See 4.6. (line 2852)
+scp, option: See 4.1. (line 1722)
+sd, option: See 4.1. (line 1633)
+se, option: See 4.1. (line 1734)
+Search mode, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1393)
+searchDepth, option: See 4.1. (line 1633)
+searchMode, option: See 4.8. (line 3127)
+searchTime, option: See 4.1. (line 1626)
+secondChessProgram, option: See 4.1. (line 1722)
+secondComputerString, option: See 4.1. (line 1787)
+secondDirectory, option: See 4.1. (line 1752)
+secondEngine, option: See 4.1. (line 1734)
+secondHasOwnBookUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+secondHost, option: See 4.1. (line 1744)
+secondInitString, option: See 4.1. (line 1761)
+secondIsUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1861)
+secondLogo, option: See 4.6. (line 2515)
+secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: See 4.1. (line 1837)
+secondNPS, option: See 4.1. (line 1642)
+secondOptions, option: See 4.1. (line 1826)
+secondPgnName, option: See 4.2. (line 1944)
+secondProtocolVersion, option: See 4.1. (line 1804)
+secondScoreAbs, option: See 4.1. (line 1812)
+secondTimeOdds, option: See 4.1. (line 1660)
+secondXBook, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+seedBase, option: See 4.3. (line 2073)
+Seek Graph, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1206)
+seekGraph, option: See 4.4. (line 2215)
+Select Engine, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1286)
+set, ICS command: See 5. (line 3228)
+Settings, Engine: See 4.2. (line 1859)
+SettingsFile, option: See 4.5. (line 2469)
+sg, option: See 4.4. (line 2215)
+sgf, option: See 4.5. (line 2405)
+sh, option: See 4.1. (line 1744)
+Shortcut keys: See 3.9. (line 1524)
+Show Coords, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1034)
+Show Engine Output, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 481)
+Show Evaluation Graph, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 511)
+Show Game List, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 517)
+Show Last Move, Shortcut Key: See 3.9. (line 1525)
+Show Move History, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 505)
+Show Target Squares, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1038)
+showButtonBar, option: See 4.6. (line 2639)
+showCoords, option: See 4.6. (line 2609)
+showEvalInMoveHistory, option: See 4.6. (line 2698)
+showTargetSquares, option: See 4.6. (line 2658)
+showThinking, option: See 4.1. (line 1678)
+shuffleOpenings, option: See 4.1. (line 1851)
+size, option: See 4.6. (line 2569)
+sn, option: See 4.2. (line 1944)
+sNoOwnBookUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1909)
+Sound Options, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1445)
+soundChallenge, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundChannel, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundChannel1, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundCShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundDirectory, option: See 4.4. (line 2327)
+soundIcsAlarm, option: See 4.4. (line 2349)
+soundIcsDraw, option: See 4.4. (line 2360)
+soundIcsLoss, option: See 4.4. (line 2356)
+soundIcsUnfinished, option: See 4.4. (line 2364)
+soundIcsWin, option: See 4.4. (line 2352)
+soundKibitz, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundMove, option: See 4.4. (line 2346)
+soundProgram, option: See 4.4. (line 2318)
+soundRequest, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+Sounds: See 4.4. (line 2318)
+soundSeek, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundSShout, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+soundTell, option: See 4.4. (line 2340)
+spf, option: See 4.5. (line 2433)
+sSAN, option: See 4.6. (line 2691)
+st, option: See 4.1. (line 1626)
+Stop Examining, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 764)
+Stop Observing, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 759)
+sUCCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1871)
+sUCI, option: See 4.2. (line 1861)
+sUSI, option: See 4.2. (line 1871)
+sweepPromotion, option: See 4.6. (line 2561)
+Sync after cycle, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1277)
+Sync after round, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1277)
+syncAfterCycle, option: See 4.3. (line 2068)
+syncAfterRound, option: See 4.3. (line 2068)
+Tags, Menu Item: See 3.3. (line 521)
+tc, option: See 4.1. (line 1603)
+td, option: See 4.5. (line 2399)
+telnet, option: See 4.4. (line 2108)
+telnetProgram, option: See 4.4. (line 2117)
+Test Legality, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1045)
+testClaims, option: See 4.7. (line 2879)
+testLegality, option: See 4.6. (line 2565)
+tf, option: See 4.3. (line 2008)
+thinking, option: See 4.1. (line 1678)
+Time Control, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1073)
+timeControl, option: See 4.1. (line 1603)
+timeDelay, option: See 4.5. (line 2399)
+timeIncrement, option: See 4.1. (line 1612)
+timeOddsMode, option: See 4.1. (line 1666)
+title, option: See 4.6. (line 2631)
+titleInWindow, option: See 4.6. (line 2631)
+Tournament file, Menu item: See 3.7. (line 1257)
+Tournament Options: See 4.3. (line 1994)
+Tourney participants, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1286)
+Tourney type, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1297)
+tourneyCycles, option: See 4.3. (line 2022)
+tourneyFile, option: See 4.3. (line 2008)
+tourneyOptions, option: See 4.8. (line 2940)
+tourneyType, option: See 4.3. (line 2016)
+Training, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 654)
+trivialDraws, option: See 4.7. (line 2892)
+trueColors, option: See 4.6. (line 2776)
+Truncate Game, Menu Item: See 3.2. (line 404)
+tt, option: See 4.3. (line 2016)
+Two Machines, Menu Item: See 3.4. (line 573)
+Upgrade Engine, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1354)
+Upload to Examine, Menu Item: See 3.5. (line 769)
+useBoardTexture, option: See 4.6. (line 2783)
+usePolyglotBook, option: See 4.2. (line 1897)
+User interface options: See 4.6. (line 2495)
+userName, option: See 4.8. (line 3116)
+useTelnet, option: See 4.4. (line 2108)
+uxiAdapter, option: See 4.2. (line 1887)
+variant, option: See 4.8. (line 2957)
+variations, option: See 4.6. (line 2835)
+vars, ICS command: See 5. (line 3225)
+View Menu: See 3.3. (line 475)
+viewer, option: See 4.8. (line 2926)
+viewerOptions, option: See 4.8. (line 2926)
+whitePieceColor, option: See 4.6. (line 2747)
+who, ICS command: See 5. (line 3181)
+xflash, option: See 4.6. (line 2665)
+year, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1388)
+Zoom factor in Evaluation Graph, Menu Item: See 3.7. (line 1068)
Table of Contents
*****************
Introduction
1 Major modes
-2 Menus, buttons, and keys
- 2.1 File Menu
- 2.2 Mode Menu
- 2.3 Action Menu
- 2.4 Step Menu
- 2.5 Options Menu
- 2.6 Help Menu
- 2.7 Other Shortcut Keys
-3 Options
- 3.1 Chess Engine Options
- 3.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
- 3.3 ICS options
- 3.4 Load and Save options
- 3.5 User interface options
- 3.6 Adjudication Options
- 3.7 Other options
-4 Chess Servers
-5 Firewalls
-6 Environment variables
-7 Limitations and known bugs
-8 Reporting problems
-9 Authors and contributors
-10 CMail
- 10.1 CMail options
- 10.2 Starting a CMail Game
- 10.3 Answering a Move
- 10.4 Multi-Game Messages
- 10.5 Completing a Game
- 10.6 Known CMail Problems
-11 Other programs you can use with XBoard
- 11.1 GNU Chess
- 11.2 Fairy-Max
- 11.3 HoiChess
- 11.4 Crafty
- 11.5 zic2xpm
+2 Basic operation
+3 Menus, buttons, and keys
+ 3.1 File Menu
+ 3.2 Edit Menu
+ 3.3 View Menu
+ 3.4 Mode Menu
+ 3.5 Action Menu
+ 3.6 Engine Menu
+ 3.7 Options Menu
+ 3.8 Help Menu
+ 3.9 Other Shortcut Keys
+4 Options
+ 4.1 Chess Engine Options
+ 4.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
+ 4.3 Tournament options
+ 4.4 ICS options
+ 4.5 Load and Save options
+ 4.6 User interface options
+ 4.7 Adjudication Options
+ 4.8 Other options
+5 Chess Servers
+6 Firewalls
+7 Environment variables
+8 Limitations and known bugs
+9 Reporting problems
+10 Authors and contributors
+11 CMail
+ 11.1 CMail options
+ 11.2 Starting a CMail Game
+ 11.3 Answering a Move
+ 11.4 Multi-Game Messages
+ 11.5 Completing a Game
+ 11.6 Known CMail Problems
+12 Other programs you can use with XBoard
+ 12.1 GNU Chess
+ 12.2 Fairy-Max
+ 12.3 HoiChess
+ 12.4 Crafty
+ 12.5 zic2xpm
Copyright
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Index
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