Resets XBoard and the chess engine to the beginning of a new chess
-game. The r key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess
-Server mode, clears the current state of XBoard, then
-resynchronizes with the ICS by sending a refresh command. If you want to
-stop playing, observing, or examining an ICS game, use an
-appropriate command from the Action menu, not ‘New Game’.
-See Action Menu.
-
New Shuffle Game
Similar to ‘New Game’, but allows you to specify a particular initial position
-(according to a standardized numbering system)
-in chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g. Chess960).
-The selected opening position will persistently be chosen on any following
-New Game command until you use this menu to select another. Selecting
-position number -1 will produce a newly randomized position on any new game.
-Using this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position
-does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the
-‘New Shuffle Game’ menu to explicitly switch the randomization off,
-or select a new variant.
-
New Variant
Allows you to select a new chess variant in non-ICS mode.
-(In ICS play, the ICS is responsible for deciding which variant will be played,
-and XBoard adapts autmatically.) If you play with an engine, the engine must
-be able to play the selected variant, or the command will be ignored.
-XBoard supports all major variants, such as xiangqi, shogi, chess, chess960,
-Capablanca Chess, shatranj, crazyhous, bughouse.
-
Load Game
Plays a game from a record file. The g key is a keyboard equivalent.
-A popup dialog prompts you for the file name. If the file contains more
-than one game, a second popup dialog
-displays a list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if
-any), and you can select the one you want. Alternatively, you can load the
-Nth game in the file directly, by typing the number N after the
-file name, separated by a space.
-
-The game file parser will accept PGN (portable game notation),
-or in fact almost any file that contains moves in algebraic
-notation.
-Notation of the form ‘P@f7’
-is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games;
-this is a nonstandard extension to PGN.
-If the file includes a PGN position (FEN tag), or an old-style
-XBoard position diagram bracketed by ‘[--’ and ‘--]’
-before the first move, the game starts from that position. Text
-enclosed in parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces is assumed to
-be commentary and is displayed in a pop-up window. Any other
-text in the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in
-parentheses) are treated as comments; XBoard is not able to walk
-variation trees.
-The nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to
-the -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in certain chess
-variants to be loaded. There is also a heuristic to
-recognize chess variants from the Event tag, by looking for the strings
-that the Internet Chess Servers put there when saving variant ("wild") games.
-
Load Next Game
Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded.
-The shifted N key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
Load Previous Game
Loads the previous game from the last game record file you
-loaded. The shifted P key is a keyboard equivalent.
-Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe.
-
Reload Same Game
Reloads the last game you loaded.
-Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe.
-
Save Game
Appends a record of the current game to a file.
-A popup dialog
-prompts you for the file name. If the game did not begin with
-the standard starting position, the game file includes the
-starting position used. Games are saved in the PGN (portable
-game notation) format, unless the oldSaveStyle option is true,
-in which case they are saved in an older format that is specific
-to XBoard. Both formats are human-readable, and both can be
-read back by the ‘Load Game’ command.
-Notation of the form ‘P@f7’
-is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games;
-this is a nonstandard extension to PGN.
-
Copy Game
Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN
-format and sets the X selection to the game text. The game can be
-pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another copy
-of XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X
-applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be
-used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Game command.
-
Paste Game
Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as
-with Load Game.
-
Load Position
Sets up a position from a position file. A popup dialog prompts
-you for the file name. If the file contains more than one saved
-position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N
-after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must
-be in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the
-Save Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on.
-
Load Next Position
Loads the next position from the last position file you loaded.
-
Load Previous Position
Loads the previous position from the last position file you
-loaded. Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
-
Reload Same Position
Reloads the last position you loaded.
-Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
-
Save Position
Appends a diagram of the current position to a file.
-A popup dialog
-prompts you for the file name. Positions are saved in
-FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the oldSaveStyle
-option is true, in which case they are saved in an older,
-human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats
-can be read back by the ‘Load Position’ command.
-
Copy Position
Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format and
-sets the X selection to the position text. The position can be pasted
-to another application (such as a text editor or another copy of
-XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X
-applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be
-used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Position command.
-
Paste Position
Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as
-with Load Position.
-
Exits from XBoard. The shifted Q key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
New Game
Resets XBoard and the chess engine to the beginning of a new chess
+game. The r key is a keyboard equivalent. In Internet Chess
+Server mode, clears the current state of XBoard, then
+resynchronizes with the ICS by sending a refresh command. If you want to
+stop playing, observing, or examining an ICS game, use an
+appropriate command from the Action menu, not ‘New Game’.
+See Action Menu.
+
New Shuffle Game
Similar to ‘New Game’, but allows you to specify a particular initial position
+(according to a standardized numbering system)
+in chess variants which use randomized opening positions (e.g. Chess960).
+The selected opening position will persistently be chosen on any following
+New Game command until you use this menu to select another. Selecting
+position number -1 will produce a newly randomized position on any new game.
+Using this menu item in variants that normally do not shuffle their opening position
+does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the
+‘New Shuffle Game’ menu to explicitly switch the randomization off,
+or select a new variant.
+
New Variant
Allows you to select a new chess variant in non-ICS mode.
+(In ICS play, the ICS is responsible for deciding which variant will be played,
+and XBoard adapts automatically.) If you play with an engine, the engine must
+be able to play the selected variant, or the command will be ignored.
+XBoard supports all major variants, such as xiangqi, shogi, chess, chess960,
+Capablanca Chess, shatranj, crazyhouse, bughouse.
+(But not every board size has built-in bitmaps for un-orthodox pieces!)
+
Load Game
Plays a game from a record file. The g key is a keyboard equivalent.
+A pop-up dialog prompts you for the file name. If the file contains more
+than one game, a second pop-up dialog
+displays a list of games (with information drawn from their PGN tags, if
+any), and you can select the one you want. Alternatively, you can load the
+Nth game in the file directly, by typing the number N after the
+file name, separated by a space.
+
+
The game file parser will accept PGN (portable game notation),
+or in fact almost any file that contains moves in algebraic
+notation.
+Notation of the form ‘P@f7’
+is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games;
+this is a nonstandard extension to PGN.
+If the file includes a PGN position (FEN tag), or an old-style
+XBoard position diagram bracketed by ‘[--’ and ‘--]’
+before the first move, the game starts from that position. Text
+enclosed in parentheses, square brackets, or curly braces is assumed to
+be commentary and is displayed in a pop-up window. Any other
+text in the file is ignored. PGN variations (enclosed in
+parentheses) are treated as comments; XBoard is not able to walk
+variation trees.
+The nonstandard PGN tag [Variant "varname"] functions similarly to
+the -variant command-line option (see below), allowing games in certain chess
+variants to be loaded. There is also a heuristic to
+recognize chess variants from the Event tag, by looking for the strings
+that the Internet Chess Servers put there when saving variant ("wild") games.
+
Load Next Game
Loads the next game from the last game record file you loaded.
+The shifted N key is a keyboard equivalent.
+
Load Previous Game
Loads the previous game from the last game record file you
+loaded. The shifted P key is a keyboard equivalent.
+Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe.
+
Reload Same Game
Reloads the last game you loaded.
+Not available if the last game was loaded from a pipe.
+
Save Game
Appends a record of the current game to a file.
+A pop-up dialog
+prompts you for the file name. If the game did not begin with
+the standard starting position, the game file includes the
+starting position used. Games are saved in the PGN (portable
+game notation) format, unless the oldSaveStyle option is true,
+in which case they are saved in an older format that is specific
+to XBoard. Both formats are human-readable, and both can be
+read back by the ‘Load Game’ command.
+Notation of the form ‘P@f7’
+is accepted for piece-drops in bughouse games;
+this is a nonstandard extension to PGN.
+
Copy Game
Copies a record of the current game to an internal clipboard in PGN
+format and sets the X selection to the game text. The game can be
+pasted to another application (such as a text editor or another copy
+of XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X
+applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be
+used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Game command.
+
Paste Game
Interprets the current X selection as a game record and loads it, as
+with Load Game.
+
Load Position
Sets up a position from a position file. A pop-up dialog prompts
+you for the file name. If the file contains more than one saved
+position, and you want to load the Nth one, type the number N
+after the file name, separated by a space. Position files must
+be in FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation), or in the format that the
+Save Position command writes when oldSaveStyle is turned on.
+
Load Next Position
Loads the next position from the last position file you loaded.
+
Load Previous Position
Loads the previous position from the last position file you
+loaded. Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
+
Reload Same Position
Reloads the last position you loaded.
+Not available if the last position was loaded from a pipe.
+
Save Position
Appends a diagram of the current position to a file.
+A pop-up dialog
+prompts you for the file name. Positions are saved in
+FEN (Forsythe-Edwards notation) format unless the oldSaveStyle
+option is true, in which case they are saved in an older,
+human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats
+can be read back by the ‘Load Position’ command.
+
Copy Position
Copies the current position to an internal clipboard in FEN format and
+sets the X selection to the position text. The position can be pasted
+to another application (such as a text editor or another copy of
+XBoard) using that application's paste command. In many X
+applications, such as xterm and emacs, the middle mouse button can be
+used for pasting; in XBoard, you must use the Paste Position command.
+
Paste Position
Interprets the current X selection as a FEN position and loads it, as
+with Load Position.
+