-- -ics/-xics or -internetChessServerMode true/false
- Connect with an Internet Chess Server to play chess against its
-other users, observe games they are playing, or review games
-that have recently finished. Default: false.
-
- -icshost or -internetChessServerHost host
- The Internet host name or address of the chess server to connect
-to when in ICS mode. Default:
chessclub.com.
-Another popular chess server to try is freechess.org.
-If your site doesn't have a working Internet name server, try
-specifying the host address in numeric form.
-You may also need
-to specify the numeric address when using the icshelper option
-with timestamp or timeseal (see below).
-
- -icsport or -internetChessServerPort port-number
- The port number to use when connecting to a chess server in ICS
-mode. Default: 5000.
-
- -icshelper or -internetChessServerHelper prog-name
- An external helper program used to communicate with the chess server.
-You would set it to "timestamp" for ICC (chessclub.com) or
-"timeseal" for FICS (freechess.org), after
-obtaining the correct version of timestamp or timeseal for your
-computer. See "help timestamp" on ICC and "help timeseal" on FICS.
-This option is shorthand for
-useTelnet -telnetProgram program.
-
- -telnet/-xtelnet or -useTelnet true/false
- This option is poorly named; it should be called useHelper.
-If set to true, it instructs XBoard to run an external
-program to communicate with the Internet Chess Server.
-The program to use is given by the telnetProgram option.
-If the option is
-false (the default), XBoard opens a TCP socket and uses its own
-internal implementation of the telnet protocol to communicate with the
-ICS. See Firewalls.
-
- -telnetProgram prog-name
- This option is poorly named; it should be called helperProgram.
-It gives the name of the telnet program to be used with
-the
gateway and useTelnet options. The default is
-telnet. The telnet program is invoked with the value of
-internetChessServerHost as its first argument and the value
-of internetChessServerPort as its second argument.
-See Firewalls.
-
- -gateway host-name
- If this option is set to a host name, XBoard communicates with the
-Internet Chess Server by using rsh to run
-the
telnetProgram on the given host,
-instead of using its own internal implementation
-of the telnet protocol. You can substitute a different remote shell
-program for rsh using the remoteShell option described below.
-See Firewalls.
-
- -internetChessServerCommPort or -icscomm dev-name
- If this option is set, XBoard communicates with the ICS through
-the given character I/O device instead of opening a TCP connection.
-Use this option if your system does not have any kind of
-Internet connection itself (not even a SLIP or PPP connection),
-but you do have dialup access (or a hardwired terminal line) to
-an Internet service provider from which you can telnet to the ICS.
-
-The support for this option in XBoard is minimal. You need to
-set all communication parameters and tty modes before you enter
-XBoard.
-
-Use a script something like this:
-
-
stty raw -echo 9600 > /dev/tty00
- xboard -ics -icscomm /dev/tty00
+
- -ics/-xics or -internetChessServerMode true/false
- Connect with an Internet Chess Server to play chess against its
+other users, observe games they are playing, or review games
+that have recently finished. Default: false.
+
- -icshost or -internetChessServerHost host
- The Internet host name or address of the chess server to connect
+to when in ICS mode. Default:
chessclub.com.
+Another popular chess server to try is freechess.org.
+If your site doesn't have a working Internet name server, try
+specifying the host address in numeric form.
+You may also need
+to specify the numeric address when using the icshelper option
+with timestamp or timeseal (see below).
+
- -icsport or -internetChessServerPort port-number
- The port number to use when connecting to a chess server in ICS
+mode. Default: 5000.
+
- -icshelper or -internetChessServerHelper prog-name
- An external helper program used to communicate with the chess server.
+You would set it to "timestamp" for ICC (chessclub.com) or
+"timeseal" for FICS (freechess.org), after
+obtaining the correct version of timestamp or timeseal for your
+computer. See "help timestamp" on ICC and "help timeseal" on FICS.
+This option is shorthand for
-useTelnet -telnetProgram program.
+
- -telnet/-xtelnet or -useTelnet true/false
- This option is poorly named; it should be called useHelper.
+If set to true, it instructs XBoard to run an external
+program to communicate with the Internet Chess Server.
+The program to use is given by the telnetProgram option.
+If the option is
+false (the default), XBoard opens a TCP socket and uses its own
+internal implementation of the telnet protocol to communicate with the
+ICS. See Firewalls.
+
- -telnetProgram prog-name
- This option is poorly named; it should be called helperProgram.
+It gives the name of the telnet program to be used with
+the
gateway and useTelnet options. The default is
+telnet. The telnet program is invoked with the value of
+internetChessServerHost as its first argument and the value
+of internetChessServerPort as its second argument.
+See Firewalls.
+
- -gateway host-name
- If this option is set to a host name, XBoard communicates with the
+Internet Chess Server by using rsh to run
+the
telnetProgram on the given host,
+instead of using its own internal implementation
+of the telnet protocol. You can substitute a different remote shell
+program for rsh using the remoteShell option described below.
+See Firewalls.
+
- -internetChessServerCommPort or -icscomm dev-name
- If this option is set, XBoard communicates with the ICS through
+the given character I/O device instead of opening a TCP connection.
+Use this option if your system does not have any kind of
+Internet connection itself (not even a SLIP or PPP connection),
+but you do have dialup access (or a hardwired terminal line) to
+an Internet service provider from which you can telnet to the ICS.
+
+
The support for this option in XBoard is minimal. You need to
+set all communication parameters and tty modes before you enter
+XBoard.
+
+
Use a script something like this:
+
+
stty raw -echo 9600 > /dev/tty00
+ xboard -ics -icscomm /dev/tty00
-
-Here replace ‘/dev/tty00’ with the name of the device that your
-modem is connected to. You might have to add several more
-options to these stty commands. See the man pages for stty
-and tty if you run into problems. Also, on many systems stty
-works on its standard input instead of standard output, so you
-have to use ‘<’ instead of ‘>’.
-
-If you are using linux, try starting with the script below.
-Change it as necessary for your installation.
-
-
#!/bin/sh -f
- # configure modem and fire up XBoard
-
- # configure modem
- (
- stty 2400 ; stty raw ; stty hupcl ; stty -clocal
- stty ignbrk ; stty ignpar ; stty ixon ; stty ixoff
- stty -iexten ; stty -echo
- ) < /dev/modem
- xboard -ics -icscomm /dev/modem
+ Here replace ‘/dev/tty00’ with the name of the device that your
+modem is connected to. You might have to add several more
+options to these stty commands. See the man pages for stty
+and tty if you run into problems. Also, on many systems stty
+works on its standard input instead of standard output, so you
+have to use ‘<’ instead of ‘>’.
+
+
If you are using linux, try starting with the script below.
+Change it as necessary for your installation.
+
+
#!/bin/sh -f
+ # configure modem and fire up XBoard
+
+ # configure modem
+ (
+ stty 2400 ; stty raw ; stty hupcl ; stty -clocal
+ stty ignbrk ; stty ignpar ; stty ixon ; stty ixoff
+ stty -iexten ; stty -echo
+ ) < /dev/modem
+ xboard -ics -icscomm /dev/modem
- After you start XBoard in this way, type whatever commands are
-necessary to dial out to your Internet provider and log in.
-Then telnet to ICS, using a command like
-telnet chessclub.com 5000.
-Important: See the paragraph below about extra echoes,
-in Limitations.
-
- -icslogon or -internetChessServerLogonScript file-name
- Whenever XBoard connects to the Internet Chess Server,
-if it finds a file with the name given in this option, it feeds the
-file's contents to the ICS as commands. The default file name
-is .icsrc.
-Usually the first two lines of the file should be
-your ICS user name and password.
-The file can be either in $CHESSDIR, in XBoard's working
-directory if CHESSDIR is not set, or in your home directory.
-
- -msLoginDelay delay
- If you experience trouble logging on to an ICS when using the
-
-icslogon option, inserting some delay between characters
-of the logon script may help. This option adds delay
-milliseconds of delay between characters. Good values to try
-are 100 and 250.
-
- -icsinput/-xicsinput or -internetChessServerInputBox true/false
- Sets the ICS Input Box menu option. See Mode Menu. Default: false.
-
- -autocomm/-xautocomm or -autoComment true/false
- Sets the Auto Comment menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
-
- -autoflag/-xautoflag or -autoCallFlag true/false
- Sets the Auto Flag menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
-
- -autobs/-xautobs or -autoObserve true/false
- Sets the Auto Observe menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
-
- -autoKibitz
- Enables kibitzing of the engines last thinking output (depth, score, time, speed, PV)
-before it moved
-to the ICS, in zippy mode. The option
showThinking must be switched on for
-this option to work.
-Also diverts similar kibitz information of an opponent engine that is playing you
-through the ICS to the engine-output window, as if the engine was playing locally.
-
- -moves/-xmoves or -getMoveList true/false
- Sets the Get Move List menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-
- -alarm/-xalarm or -icsAlarm true/false
- Sets the ICS Alarm menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-
- -icsAlarmTime ms
- Sets the time in milliseconds for the ICS Alarm menu option.
-See Options Menu. Default: 5000.
-
- -pre/-xpre \fRor\fB -premove true/false
- Sets the Premove menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-
- -quiet/-xquiet or -quietPlay true/false
- Sets the Quiet Play menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
-
- -colorizeMessages or -colorize
- Setting colorizeMessages
-to true tells XBoard to colorize the messages received from
-the ICS. Colorization works only if your xterm
-supports ISO 6429 escape sequences for changing text colors.
-
- -colorShout foreground,background,bold
- -colorSShout foreground,background,bold
- -colorChannel1 foreground,background,bold
- -colorChannel foreground,background,bold
- -colorKibitz foreground,background,bold
- -colorTell foreground,background,bold
- -colorChallege foreground,background,bold
- -colorRequest foreground,background,bold
- -colorSeek foreground,background,bold
- -colorNormal foreground,background,bold
- These options set the colors used when colorizing ICS messages.
-All ICS messages are grouped into one of these categories:
-shout, sshout, channel 1, other channel, kibitz, tell, challenge,
-request (including abort, adjourn, draw, pause, and takeback), or
-normal (all other messages).
-
-Each foreground or background argument can be one of the following:
-black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, or default.
-Here “default” means the default foreground or background color of
-your xterm. Bold can be 1 or 0. If background is omitted, “default”
-is assumed; if bold is omitted, 0 is assumed.
-
-Here is an example of how to set the colors in your .Xresources file.
-The colors shown here are the default values; you will get
-them if you turn
-colorize on without specifying your own colors.
-
- xboard*colorizeMessages: true
- xboard*colorShout: green
- xboard*colorSShout: green, black, 1
- xboard*colorChannel1: cyan
- xboard*colorChannel: cyan, black, 1
- xboard*colorKibitz: magenta, black, 1
- xboard*colorTell: yellow, black, 1
- xboard*colorChallenge: red, black, 1
- xboard*colorRequest: red
- xboard*colorSeek: blue
- xboard*colorNormal: default
+ After you start XBoard in this way, type whatever commands are
+necessary to dial out to your Internet provider and log in.
+Then telnet to ICS, using a command like
+telnet chessclub.com 5000.
+Important: See the paragraph below about extra echoes,
+in Limitations.
+
- -icslogon or -internetChessServerLogonScript file-name
- Whenever XBoard connects to the Internet Chess Server,
+if it finds a file with the name given in this option, it feeds the
+file's contents to the ICS as commands. The default file name
+is .icsrc.
+Usually the first two lines of the file should be
+your ICS user name and password.
+The file can be either in $CHESSDIR, in XBoard's working
+directory if CHESSDIR is not set, or in your home directory.
+
- -msLoginDelay delay
- If you experience trouble logging on to an ICS when using the
+
-icslogon option, inserting some delay between characters
+of the logon script may help. This option adds delay
+milliseconds of delay between characters. Good values to try
+are 100 and 250.
+
- -icsinput/-xicsinput or -internetChessServerInputBox true/false
- Sets the ICS Input Box menu option. See Mode Menu. Default: false.
+
- -autocomm/-xautocomm or -autoComment true/false
- Sets the Auto Comment menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
+
- -autoflag/-xautoflag or -autoCallFlag true/false
- Sets the Auto Flag menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
+
- -autobs/-xautobs or -autoObserve true/false
- Sets the Auto Observe menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
+
- -autoKibitz
- Enables kibitzing of the engines last thinking output (depth, score, time, speed, PV)
+before it moved
+to the ICS, in zippy mode. The option
showThinking must be switched on for
+this option to work.
+Also diverts similar kibitz information of an opponent engine that is playing you
+through the ICS to the engine-output window, as if the engine was playing locally.
+
- -moves/-xmoves or -getMoveList true/false
- Sets the Get Move List menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
+
- -alarm/-xalarm or -icsAlarm true/false
- Sets the ICS Alarm menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
+
- -icsAlarmTime ms
- Sets the time in milliseconds for the ICS Alarm menu option.
+See Options Menu. Default: 5000.
+
- lowTimeWarning true/false
- Controls a color change of the board as a warning your time is running out.
+See Options Menu. Default: false.
+
- -pre/-xpre \fRor\fB -premove true/false
- Sets the Premove menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
+
- -quiet/-xquiet or -quietPlay true/false
- Sets the Quiet Play menu option. See Options Menu. Default: false.
+
- -colorizeMessages or -colorize
- Setting colorizeMessages
+to true tells XBoard to colorize the messages received from
+the ICS. Colorization works only if your xterm
+supports ISO 6429 escape sequences for changing text colors.
+
- -colorShout foreground,background,bold
- -colorSShout foreground,background,bold
- -colorChannel1 foreground,background,bold
- -colorChannel foreground,background,bold
- -colorKibitz foreground,background,bold
- -colorTell foreground,background,bold
- -colorChallege foreground,background,bold
- -colorRequest foreground,background,bold
- -colorSeek foreground,background,bold
- -colorNormal foreground,background,bold
- These options set the colors used when colorizing ICS messages.
+All ICS messages are grouped into one of these categories:
+shout, sshout, channel 1, other channel, kibitz, tell, challenge,
+request (including abort, adjourn, draw, pause, and takeback), or
+normal (all other messages).
+
+
Each foreground or background argument can be one of the following:
+black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white, or default.
+Here “default” means the default foreground or background color of
+your xterm. Bold can be 1 or 0. If background is omitted, “default”
+is assumed; if bold is omitted, 0 is assumed.
+
+
Here is an example of how to set the colors in your .Xresources file.
+The colors shown here are the default values; you will get
+them if you turn -colorize on without specifying your own colors.
+
+
xboard*colorizeMessages: true
+ xboard*colorShout: green
+ xboard*colorSShout: green, black, 1
+ xboard*colorChannel1: cyan
+ xboard*colorChannel: cyan, black, 1
+ xboard*colorKibitz: magenta, black, 1
+ xboard*colorTell: yellow, black, 1
+ xboard*colorChallenge: red, black, 1
+ xboard*colorRequest: red
+ xboard*colorSeek: blue
+ xboard*colorNormal: default
-
- -soundProgram progname
- If this option is set to a sound-playing program that is installed and
-working on your system, XBoard can play sound files when certain
-events occur, listed below. The default program name is "play". If
-any of the sound options is set to "$", the event rings the terminal
-bell by sending a ^G character to standard output, instead of playing
-a sound file. If an option is set to the empty string "", no sound is
-played for that event.
-
- -soundShout filename
- -soundSShout filename
- -soundChannel filename
- -soundKibitz filename
- -soundTell filename
- -soundChallenge filename
- -soundRequest filename
- -soundSeek filename
- These sounds are triggered in the same way as the colorization events
-described above. They all default to "", no sound. They are played
-only if the colorizeMessages is on.
-
- -soundMove filename
- This sound is used by the Move Sound menu option. Default: "$".
-
- -soundIcsAlarm filename
- This sound is used by the ICS Alarm menu option. Default: "$".
-
- -soundIcsWin filename
- This sound is played when you win an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
-
- -soundIcsLoss filename
- This sound is played when you lose an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
-
- -soundIcsDraw filename
- This sound is played when you draw an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
-
- -soundIcsUnfinished filename
- This sound is played when an ICS game that you are participating in is
-aborted, adjourned, or otherwise ends inconclusively. Default: "" (no
-sound).
-
-Here is an example of how to set the sounds in your .Xresources file:
-
-
xboard*soundShout: shout.wav
- xboard*soundSShout: sshout.wav
- xboard*soundChannel1: channel1.wav
- xboard*soundChannel: channel.wav
- xboard*soundKibitz: kibitz.wav
- xboard*soundTell: tell.wav
- xboard*soundChallenge: challenge.wav
- xboard*soundRequest: request.wav
- xboard*soundSeek: seek.wav
- xboard*soundMove: move.wav
- xboard*soundIcsWin: win.wav
- xboard*soundIcsLoss: lose.wav
- xboard*soundIcsDraw: draw.wav
- xboard*soundIcsUnfinished: unfinished.wav
- xboard*soundIcsAlarm: alarm.wav
+
- -soundProgram progname
- If this option is set to a sound-playing program that is installed and
+working on your system, XBoard can play sound files when certain
+events occur, listed below. The default program name is "play". If
+any of the sound options is set to "$", the event rings the terminal
+bell by sending a ^G character to standard output, instead of playing
+a sound file. If an option is set to the empty string "", no sound is
+played for that event.
+
- -soundShout filename
- -soundSShout filename
- -soundChannel filename
- -soundKibitz filename
- -soundTell filename
- -soundChallenge filename
- -soundRequest filename
- -soundSeek filename
- These sounds are triggered in the same way as the colorization events
+described above. They all default to "", no sound. They are played
+only if the colorizeMessages is on.
+
- -soundMove filename
- This sound is used by the Move Sound menu option. Default: "$".
+
- -soundIcsAlarm filename
- This sound is used by the ICS Alarm menu option. Default: "$".
+
- -soundIcsWin filename
- This sound is played when you win an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
+
- -soundIcsLoss filename
- This sound is played when you lose an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
+
- -soundIcsDraw filename
- This sound is played when you draw an ICS game. Default: "" (no sound).
+
- -soundIcsUnfinished filename
- This sound is played when an ICS game that you are participating in is
+aborted, adjourned, or otherwise ends inconclusively. Default: "" (no
+sound).
+
+
Here is an example of how to set the sounds in your .Xresources file:
+
+
xboard*soundShout: shout.wav
+ xboard*soundSShout: sshout.wav
+ xboard*soundChannel1: channel1.wav
+ xboard*soundChannel: channel.wav
+ xboard*soundKibitz: kibitz.wav
+ xboard*soundTell: tell.wav
+ xboard*soundChallenge: challenge.wav
+ xboard*soundRequest: request.wav
+ xboard*soundSeek: seek.wav
+ xboard*soundMove: move.wav
+ xboard*soundIcsWin: win.wav
+ xboard*soundIcsLoss: lose.wav
+ xboard*soundIcsDraw: draw.wav
+ xboard*soundIcsUnfinished: unfinished.wav
+ xboard*soundIcsAlarm: alarm.wav
-