X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manual%2Fhtml_node%2FMenus.html;h=0d67138a2d9219a7487c42be25fee1e34cd78262;hb=a56f3c45b6e8c35b4e36b0fc80bc198989d9a9be;hp=221b07d69a98ddc4dcd77c5ff0f395ab50daf4d6;hpb=10173187bb807a7194df200fef7a0e5efe47688f;p=xboard.git diff --git a/manual/html_node/Menus.html b/manual/html_node/Menus.html index 221b07d..0d67138 100644 --- a/manual/html_node/Menus.html +++ b/manual/html_node/Menus.html @@ -45,11 +45,47 @@ are playing a bughouse game on an Internet Chess Server, a list of the off-board pieces that each player has available is shown in the window title after the player's name; in addition, the piece menus show the number of pieces available of each type. From version 4.3.14 on, it is -also possible in crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi to dag and drop pieces -to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board. +also possible in crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi to drag and drop pieces +to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board. +This latter method for dropping pieces during a game is preferred, +and the piece-drop menu is now deprecated (except for editing a position). +Although the old behavior can still be selected through a command-line +option, the default function of the right mouse button is to display +the position the chess program thinks it will end up in, +while moving the mouse vertically with this button pressed will step +through the principal variation to show how this position will be +reached. +Lines of play displayed in the engine-output window an similarly +be played out on the board, by right-clicking on them. -

All other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most -frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons. +

When connected to an ICS, it is possible to call up a graphical +representation of players seeking a game in stead of the chess board, +when the latter is not in use +(i.e. when you are not playing or observing). +Left-clicking the display area will switch between this 'seek graph' +and the chess board. +Hovering the mouse pointer over a dot will show the details of the +seek ad in the message field above the board. +Left-clicking the dot will challenge that player. +Right-clicking a dot will 'push it to the back', +to reveal any dots that were hidden behind it. +Right-clicking off dots will refresh the graph. + +

Most other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most +frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons. +Some rarely used parameters can only be set through options on the +command line used to invoke XBoard. + +

XBoard uses a settings file, in which it can remember any changes to +the settings that are made through menus or command-line options, +so they will still apply when you restart XBoard for another session. +The settings can be saved into this file automatically when XBoard exits, +or on explicit request of the user. +The default name for the settings file is /etc/xboard/xboard.conf, +but in a standard install this file is only used as a master settings +file that determines the system-wide default settings, +and defers reading and writing of user settings to a user-specific +file like ~/.xboardrc in the user's home directory.

When XBoard is iconized, its graphical icon is a white knight if it is White's turn to move, a black knight if it is Black's turn. See @@ -58,12 +94,14 @@ feature to work.