and asks for a file name to load.
If the file contains multiple games, another pop up 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.
+After a game is loaded, XBoard will start auto-playing the game,
+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.
+The time the engine spends on analyzing each move can be controlled
+through the command-line option @samp{-timeDelay}.
Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
@item Edit Game
Duplicate of the item in the Edit menu.
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.
+@item Game List
+@cindex Game List Tags, Menu Item
+Pops up a dialog where you can select the PGN tags that should appear
+on the lines in the game list, and their order.
@item Always Queen
@cindex Always Queen, Menu Item
If this option is off, XBoard brings up a dialog
@item -td or -timeDelay seconds
@cindex td, option
@cindex timeDelay, option
-Time delay between moves during @samp{Load Game}. Fractional seconds
-are allowed; try @samp{-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 @samp{Load Game} or @samp{Analyze File}.
+Fractional seconds are allowed; try @samp{-td 0.4}.
+A time delay value of -1 tells
+XBoard not to step through game files automatically. Default: 1 second.
@item -sgf or -saveGameFile file
@cindex sgf, option
@cindex saveGameFile, option
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