@menu
* Major modes:: The main things XBoard can do.
+* Basic operation:: Mouse and keyboard functions.
* Menus:: Menus, buttons, and keys.
* Options:: Command options supported by XBoard.
* Chess Servers:: Using XBoard with an Internet Chess Server (ICS).
instructions.
@end table
-@node Menus
-@chapter Menus, buttons, and keys
-@cindex Menus
+@node Basic operation
+@chapter Basic operation
+@cindex 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 pop-up 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
-off-board 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 drag and drop pieces
-to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board.
-This latter method for dropping pieces during a game is preferred,
-and the piece-drop menu is now deprecated (except for editing a position).
-Although the old behavior can still be selected through a command-line
-option, the default function of the right mouse button is to display
-the position the chess program thinks it will end up in,
-while moving the mouse vertically with this button pressed will step
-through the principal variation to show how this position will be
-reached.
-Lines of play displayed in the engine-output window an similarly
+the 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 a command-line option.
+But only in Edit Position mode right 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.
When connected to an ICS, it is possible to call up a graphical
Iconize in @ref{Keys} below if you have problems getting this
feature to work.
+@node Menus
+@chapter Menus, buttons, and keys
+@cindex Menus
+
@menu
* File Menu:: Accessing external games and positions.
* Edit Menu:: Altering games, positions, PGN tags or comments.
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 created for the purpose.
-@item -PolyglotDir filename
-@cindex PolyglotDir, option
-Gives the name of the directory in which the Polyglot adapter for UCI engines expects its files.
-Default: "/usr/local/share/polyglot".
+@item -polyglotDir filename
+@cindex polyglotDir, option
+Gives the name of the directory in which the Polyglot adapter for UCI engines resides.
+Default: "".
@item -usePolyglotBook true/false
@cindex usePolyglotBook, option
Specifies if the Polyglot book should be used.
-@item -PolyglotBook filename
-@cindex PolyglotBook, option
+@item -polyglotBook filename
+@cindex polyglotBook, option
Gives the filename of the opening book that Polyglot should use.
From XBoard 4.3.15 on, native XBoard/WinBoard engines will also use the opening book specified here,
provided the @code{usePolyglotBook} option is set to true,
and the option @code{firstHasOwnBookUCI} or @code{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 "".
+and XBoard will select the book moves for it. Default: "".
@item -fNoOwnBookUCI or -firstXBook or -firstHasOwnBookUCI true/false
@itemx -sNoOwnBookUCI or -secondXBook or -secondHasOwnBookUCI true/false
@cindex fNoOwnBookUCI, option
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