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@@ -32,17 +32,17 @@ Up: Menus
-2.4 Mode Menu
+3.4 Mode Menu
-
+
-- Machine White
- Tells the chess engine to play White.
+
- Machine White
- Tells the chess engine to play White.
The Ctrl-W key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
- Machine Black
- Tells the chess engine to play Black.
+
- Machine Black
- Tells the chess engine to play Black.
The Ctrl-B key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
- Two Machines
- Plays a game between two chess engines.
+
- Two Machines
- Plays a game between two chess engines.
The Ctrl-T key is a keyboard equivalent.
-
- Analysis Mode
- XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current game/position
+
- Analysis Mode
- XBoard tells the chess engine to start analyzing the current game/position
and shows you the analysis as you move pieces around.
The Ctrl-A key is a keyboard equivalent.
Note: Some chess engines do not support Analysis mode.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ clock to tell XBoard which side moves first.
The analysis function can also be used when observing games on an ICS
with an engine loaded (zippy mode); the engine then will analyse
the positions as they occur in the observed game.
-
- Analyze File
- This option lets you load a game from a file (PGN, XBoard format, etc.)
+
- Analyze File
- This option lets you load a game from a file (PGN, XBoard format, etc.)
and analyze it. The Ctrl-F key is a keyboard equivalent.
When you select this menu item, a pop-up window appears
and asks for a file name to load.
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Note that ‘Edit Game’ is the
to get you out of other modes. E.g. to stop analyzing, stop a game
between two engines or stop editing a position.
- Edit Position
- Duplicate of the item in the Edit menu.
-
- Training
- Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for one
+
- Training
- Training mode lets you interactively guess the moves of a game for one
of the players. You guess the next move of the game by playing the
move on the board. If the move played matches the next move of the
game, the move is accepted and the opponent's response is auto-played.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ If the move played is incorrect, an error message is displayed. You
can select this mode only while loading a game (that is, after
selecting ‘Load Game’ from the File menu). While XBoard is in
‘Training’ mode, the navigation buttons are disabled.
-
- ICS Client
- This is the normal mode when XBoard
+
- ICS Client
- This is the normal mode when XBoard
is connected to a chess server. If you have moved into
Edit Game or Edit Position mode, you can select this option to get out.
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ drag pieces to arbitrary squares while examining on ICC, but you can
do so in bsetup mode on FICS. In addition, the menu commands
‘Forward’, ‘Backward’, ‘Pause’, and ‘Stop Examining’
have special functions in this mode; see below.
-
- Pause
- Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a chess engine,
+
- Machine Match
- Starts a match between two chess programs,
+with a number of games and other parameters set through
+the ‘Match Options’ menu dialog.
+
- Pause
- Pauses updates to the board, and if you are playing against a chess engine,
also pauses your clock. To continue, select ‘Pause’ again, and the
display will automatically update to the latest position.
The ‘P’ button and keyboard Pause key are equivalents.