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WinBoard 4.4.0 has an option /autoLogo, which makes is search for bitmap files to display as logo, +in the engine directory or in the folder "logos". +If you see logos without having asked for them, the settings in your winboard.ini file probably contains the line
+/autoLogo=true+
Just change that to /autoLogo=false. +You can also achieve that by starting WinBoard through the startup dialog (from the start menu), +and then tick "additional options" at the bottom, +and type /autoLogo=false in the edit field, before pressing OK. +If you then later select "Save Settings Now" from the Option menu, +or when "Save Settings on Exit" is on, and you close WinBoard, +this will automatically end up in your settings field. +
+When /autoLogo=false, logos will only be displayed if you explicitly ask for them, +by running WinBoard with the option /firstLogo=FILENAME.bmp or /secondLogo=FILENAME.bmp. +(Which will not be stored in the winboard.ini, +but might of course be hidden somewhere in a settings file mentioned on the command line as @SETTINGSFILE.ini.) +
+ +With the option /autoLogo=true, (which is remembered in your settings file), +WinBoard automatically looks into the engine folder +(specified by the /fd="..." or /sd="..." option), for a file called "logo.bmp". +If it is found, it is used as a logo for the engine when it plays. +So all you have to do is put a logo.bmp file there. +Popular logo formats are 100x50 and 130x65; many engine logos are available from +David Dahlem or +Graham Banks +
+It is possible to overrule the /autoLogo by explicitly using a /firstLogo="FILENAME.bmp" +or /secondLogo="FILENAME.bmp" with the engine on the engine line in the startup dialog. +This is useful for engines that run with an adapter like Polyglot, +when you have only one polyglot on your system, used by many engines. +E.g. for Fruit the engine line to be typed in or selected from the combo box is +
+"polyglot fruit.ini" /firstLogo="D:\Engines\Fruit\logo.bmp" /fd="D:\Engines\Polyglot" ++This prevents WinBoard looking for the logo in the Polyglot folder. + +For Internet Chess Servers and Human users the logos should be in the "logos" +sub-folder of the folder where WinBoard is installed. +With /autoLogo=true, WinBoard would look for a logo file in that folder with +the same name as the ICS, suffixed with .bmp (e.g. freechess.org.bmp) +or the Human username +(specified by the /userName="..." option or taken from the system), +suffixed by .bmp, e.g. administrator.bmp) + + +
There is a special ICS input box that has history support which is +the standard in Winboard and can be used in XBoard too.
+Another good tip from Michel van der Bergh is to use the rlwarp +program together with XBoard which gives you full readline support. +Just run "rlwrap xboard" instead of just "xboard". The rlwarp program +should be available for most linux distributions or can be downloaded +at: +http://utopia.knoware.nl/~hlub/uck/rlwrap/. +
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