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+++ b/manual/html_node/Chess-engine-options.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ If mode=1, the engine that gets the most time will always get the nominal time,
as specified by the time-control options, and its opponent's time is renormalized accordingly.
If mode=0, both play with reduced time. Default: 0.
-hideThinkingFromHuman true/falseControls the Hide Thinking option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-(Relaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard versions.)
+(Replaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard versions.)
-thinking/-xthinking or -showThinking true/falseForces the engine to send thinking output to xboard.
Used to be the only way to control if thinking output was displayed
in older xboard versions,
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ by the new option Hide Thinking. See Op
(But if xboard needs the thinking output for some purpose,
it makes the engine send it despite the setting of this option.)
-ponder/-xponder or -ponderNextMove true/falseSets the Ponder Next Move menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-
-smpCores numberSpecifies the maxmum nmber of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to use.
-Only works for engines that support the WinBoard-protocol cores feature.
+
-smpCores numberSpecifies the maximum number of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to use.
+Only works for engines that support the XBoard/WinBoard-protocol cores feature.
-mg or -matchGames nAutomatically runs an n-game match between two chess engines,
with alternating colors.
If the loadGameFile
or loadPositionFile
option is set,
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@ that in favor of white, even when the engine plays black.
Important when XBoard uses the score for adjudications, or in PGN reporting.
-niceEngines priorityThis option allows you to lower the priority of the engine processes,
so that the generally insatiable hunger for CPU time of chess engines does not interfere so much
-with smooth operation of WinBoard (or the rest of your system).
+with smooth operation of XBoard (or the rest of your system).
Negative values could increase the engine priority, which is not recommended.
-firstOptions string-secondOptions stringThe given string is a comma-separated list of (option name=option value) pairs,
like the following example: "style=Karpov,blunder rate=0".
-If the options announced by the engine at startup through the feature commands of WinBoard protocol
+If an option announced by the engine at startup through the feature commands of the XBoard/WinBoard protocol
matches one of the option names (i.e. "style" or "blunder rate"),
it would be set to the given value (i.e. "Karpov" or 0)
through a corresponding option command to the engine.
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ variant fischerandom, to make them at least understand the opening position,
through setting the string to "KQkq -". (Note you also have to give the e.p. field!)
Other possible applications are to provide work-arounds for engines that want to see
castling and e.p. fields in variants that do not have castling or e.p.
-(shatranj, courier, xiangqi, shogi) so that WinBoard would normally omit them
-(string = "- -"), or to add variant-specific fields that are not yet supported by WinBoard
+(shatranj, courier, xiangqi, shogi) so that XBoard would normally omit them
+(string = "- -"), or to add variant-specific fields that are not yet supported by XBoard
(e.g. to indicate the number of checks in 3check).