@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ does cause these variants to become shuffle variants until you use the
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
+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, crazyhous, bughouse.
+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 popup dialog prompts you for the file name. If the file contains more
-than one game, a second popup dialog
+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
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ 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
+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
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ 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
+
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
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ 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
+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,