Zippy README file
For version xboard/WinBoard 4.2.4 and later only
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Zippy is a program that lets GNU Chess act as a computer player on an
does not work. Instead, use the -zippyGameEnd option to have
a string of several commands sent, with newlines in between.
For example, you could give WinBoard the command line option
- -zippyGameEnd='say thanks\nseek 5 0\nseek 2 12\n'
- You could give xboard the command line option
- -xrm '*zippyGameEnd: say thanks\nseek 5 0\nseek 2 12\n'
+ -zippyGameEnd=\"say thanks\\nseek 5 0\\nseek 2 12\\n\"
+ Note the extra backslashes: these are essential, because the
+ shell will strip them from the command before passing it to
+ XBoard, and XBoard needs to see the quotes (which would
+ otherwise be stripped by the shell as well), because only within
+ quotes it will recognize the \n as a linefeed.
-zippyAdjourn True/False or -zadj/-xzadj
Zippy will allow its opponent to adjourn if this option is
starts a game between Zippy and the first opponent to respond,
giving Zippy no choice about whether to accept or decline.
+ -zippyShortGame int
+ If zippyShortGame > 0, Zippy will decline all challenges
+ from an opponent that terminated a game before the given number
+ of ply (with an explanatory tell) until either someone else has
+ played or zippyReplayTimeout seconds have elapsed. Do not set
+ the number of moves to large; the number of ply during which
+ opponents can abort a game without rating change would be a
+ good setting. Default: zippyShortGame=0.
+
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