X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=ce3c78345426ae2fb8bd45af5d04503a3412f4ce;hb=1eb96d7121b161a946efaf18eded57d630f21ad1;hp=2a78c7b0aaa19732a20469cb8f4883b625b85b59;hpb=5017dc767149c89922d8af7d46eb821a373eb2d0;p=xboard.git diff --git a/README b/README index 2a78c7b..ce3c783 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,75 +1,73 @@ -What is XBoard? -=============== -XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can -serve as a user interface for chess engines such as GNU Chess, for the -Internet Chess Server, or for electronic mail correspondence chess. -XBoard can also be used by itself. See the manual page xboard.txt for -further details. - -XBoard is free software, copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation -and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file -COPYING for details. - -You can build xboard on most systems with the following commands. - - ./configure - make - -See the file INSTALL for more detailed instructions. - -See the file FAQ.html for answers to frequently asked questions. - - -What is WinBoard? -================= -WinBoard is a port of XBoard to run natively on Windows. It is part -of the XBoard project and is released under the same terms as XBoard. - -You can build WinBoard using the free Cygwin toolchain from -www.cygnus.com with the following commands. - - cd winboard - make -f cygwin.mak - -You can build WinBoard using Microsoft Visual C with the following -commands, or by opening the project in Visual Studio and clicking the -build button. - - cd winboard - nmake -f msvc.mak - -There is also a contributed .mak file for Borland C. It's not -maintained and thus may need updating if you want to use it. - - -Reporting problems -================== - -Report bugs and problems with XBoard and WinBoard to -. With XBoard, please use the "script" program -to start a typescript, run XBoard with the -debug command line option, -and include the typescript output in your message. With WinBoard, -please use the /debug command line option and include the contents of -the file WinBoard.debug. Also tell us what kind of machine and what -operating system version you are using. On Unix, the command "uname --a" will tell you this. On Windows, right-click on My Computer and -select Properties. - -Here is a sample of approximately what you should type (on Unix): - - script - uname -a - ./configure - make - ./xboard -debug - exit - mail bug-xboard@gnu.org - Subject: Your short description of the problem - Your detailed description of the problem - ~r typescript - . - -If you improve XBoard, please send a message about your changes, and -we will get in touch with you about merging them in to the main line -of development. - +What is XBoard? +=============== +XBoard is a graphical chessboard for the X Window System. It can +serve as a user interface for chess engines such as Fairy-Max, +Crafty or GNU Chess, for the Internet Chess Server, or for electronic +mail correspondence chess. It supports all major forms of chess, such +as international chess, xiangqi and shogi. XBoard can also be used by +itself as viewer for stored chess games. See the manual page for +further details. + +XBoard is free software, copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation +and released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). See the file +COPYING for details. + +You can build xboard on most systems with the following commands. + + ./configure + make + +See the file INSTALL for more detailed instructions. + +See the file FAQ.html for answers to frequently asked questions. + + +What is WinBoard? +================= +WinBoard is a port of XBoard to run natively on Windows. It is part +of the XBoard project and is released under the same terms as XBoard. + +You can build WinBoard using the free Cygwin toolchain from +www.cygnus.com with the following commands. + + cd winboard + make -f makefile.gcc + +You can build WinBoard using Microsoft Visual C with the following +commands, or by opening the project in Visual Studio and clicking the +build button. + + cd winboard + nmake -f makefile.ms + + +Reporting problems +================== + +Report bugs and problems with XBoard and WinBoard to +. With XBoard, please use the "script" program +to start a typescript, run XBoard with the -debug command line option, +and include the typescript output in your message. With WinBoard, +please use the /debug command line option and include the contents of +the file WinBoard.debug. Also tell us what kind of machine and what +operating system version you are using. On Unix, the command "uname +-a" will tell you this. On Windows, right-click on My Computer and +select Properties. + +Here is a sample of approximately what you should type (on Unix): + + script + uname -a + ./configure + make + ./xboard -debug + exit + mail bug-xboard@gnu.org + Subject: Your short description of the problem + Your detailed description of the problem + ~r typescript + . + +If you improve XBoard, please send a message about your changes, and +we will get in touch with you about merging them in to the main line +of development.