added the Action-menu items that allow the user to adjudicate ongoing games in Two...

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-                             WinBoard 4.3.15m RELEASE NOTES\r
+                             WinBoard 4.3.16 RELEASE NOTES\r
+\r
+Compared to version 4.3.15 described below, this version features\r
+\r
+New command-line options\r
+/niceEngines=N       for adjusting the priority of engine processes so they don't soak up all your system resources\r
+/firstOptions="..."   Allows the setting of options that engines define through the feature option="..." commands\r
+/secondOptions="..."\r
+/firstLogo=filename.bmp  Displays the mentioned bitmap next to the clock (with H:W =1:2 aspect ratio) (WB only)\r
+/secondLogo=filename.bmp\r
+/autoLogo=false          get logo files automatically from engineDirectory\logo.bmp\r
+\r
+General enhancements:\r
+* New WB-protocol command: 'feature option="NAME -TYPE VALUE OTHER"', which engines can use to define options\r
+* New WB-protocol command: 'option NAME VALUE' used to set value of engine-defned options.\r
+* implements /delayAfterQuit and /delayBeforeQuit in XBoard, and uses SIGKILL to terminate rogue engine processes\r
+\r
+\r
+\r
+                             WinBoard 4.3.15 RELEASE NOTES\r
 \r
 Compared to version 4.3.14k described below, this version features\r
 \r
 New command-line options\r
-/rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode\r
+/rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode)\r
 /sameColorGames=N (for playing a match where the same player has white all the time)\r
 /egtFormats="..." (for specifying where various end-game tables are installed on the computer)\r
 \r
@@ -22,11 +41,10 @@ General Enhancements:
 * Match mode suports an auto-increment mode, so that all games or positions from a file can be played\r
 * Draw claims with Kings and an arbitrary number of like Bishops (e.g. KBBKB) are accepted\r
 \r
-The source tree in original XBoard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid\r
-of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source release. Makefiles for \r
-other compilers are not updated since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers.\r
-\r
-Note that this release is a bug-fix for the 4.3.15k release, which had a bug in human-ICS play mode.\r
+The source tree in original xboard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid\r
+of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source releasy, after you put\r
+the hep-file from an executabl distribution there. Maefiles for other compilers are not updated\r
+since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers.\r
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                              WinBoard 4.3.14k RELEASE NOTES\r