Overhaul kill code

[xboard.git] / xboard.texi

diff --git a/xboard.texi b/xboard.texi
index d59246f..9e61977 100644 (file)
--- a/xboard.texi
+++ b/xboard.texi
@@ -3429,6 +3429,7 @@ 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)
+asean         ASEAN Chess (a modernized version of Makruk)
 spartan       Spartan Chess (black has unorthodox pieces)
 fairy         A catchall variant in which all piece types 
               known to XBoard can participate (8x8)
@@ -3562,7 +3563,14 @@ Default is the login name on your local computer.
 @itemx -delayAfterQuit number
 @cindex delayBeforeQuit, option
 @cindex delayAfterQuit, option
-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.
+These options order pauses before and after sending the "quit" command to an engine that must be terminated.
+The pause between quit and the previous command is specified in milliseconds.
+The pause after quit is used to schedule a kill signal to be sent to the engine process after the
+number of specified seconds plus one.
+This signal is a different one as the terminiation signal described in the protocol specs
+which engines can suppress or ignore, and which is sent directly after the "quit" command.
+Setting @code{delayAfterQuit} to -1 will suppress sending of the kill signal.
+Default: 0
 @item -searchMode n
 @cindex searchMode, option
 The integer n encodes the mode for the @samp{find position} function.
@@ -4146,7 +4154,6 @@ Here are some other programs you can use with XBoard
 * Fairy-Max::        The Fairy-Max chess engine.
 * HoiChess::         The HoiChess chess engine.
 * Crafty::           The Crafty chess engine.
-* zic2xpm::          The program used to import chess sets from ZIICS.
 @end menu
 
 @node GNU Chess
@@ -4203,45 +4210,6 @@ To use Crafty with XBoard, give the -fcp and -fd options as follows, where
 <crafty's directory> is the directory in which you installed Crafty
 and placed its book and other support files.
 
-@node zic2xpm
-@section zic2xpm
-
-The ``zic2xpm'' program is used to import chess sets from the ZIICS(*)
-program into XBoard. ``zic2xpm'' is part of the XBoard distribution.
-ZIICS is available from:
-
-ftp://ftp.freechess.org/pub/chess/DOS/ziics131.exe
-
-To import ZIICS pieces, do this:
-@table @asis
-@item 1. Unzip ziics131.exe into a directory:
-
-@example
-unzip -L ziics131.exe -d ~/ziics
-@end example
-@item 2. Use zic2xpm to convert a set of pieces to XBoard format.
-
-For example, let's say you want to use the
-FRITZ4 set. These files are named ``fritz4.*'' in the ZIICS distribution.
-
-@example
-mkdir ~/fritz4
-cd ~/fritz4
-zic2xpm ~/ziics/fritz4.*
-@end example
-@item 3. Give XBoard the ``-pixmap'' option when starting up, e.g.:
-
-@example
-xboard -pixmap ~/fritz4
-@end example
-@end table
-
-(*) 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 redistributed without explicit permission from
-the original creator(s) of the pieces.
-
 @ifnottex
 @node Copyright
 @unnumbered Copyright