X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=manual%2Fhtml_node%2FMode-Menu.html;h=2b3ac872f236da36a7bba413d24e5fd6d887d258;hb=f8e035410d7c94ad891763384096e500f91646b1;hp=25723ead13ebf89cdfbbaf35e913f8298705ff9e;hpb=9f6acd5975d8441b8f12dd6410adee43c72c6bda;p=xboard.git diff --git a/manual/html_node/Mode-Menu.html b/manual/html_node/Mode-Menu.html index 25723ea..2b3ac87 100644 --- a/manual/html_node/Mode-Menu.html +++ b/manual/html_node/Mode-Menu.html @@ -34,15 +34,15 @@ Up: Menus

3.4 Mode Menu

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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. @@ -59,16 +59,19 @@ clock to tell XBoard which side moves first.

4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis. +

You can now play legal moves to create follow-up positions for the +engine to analyze, while the moves will be remembered as a stored game, +and then step backward through this game to take the moves back. +Note that you can also click on the clocks to set the opposite +side to move (adding a so-called ‘null move’ to the game). +

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.) -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. -If the file contains multiple games, another pop up appears that lets -you select which game you wish to analyze. -After a game is loaded, XBoard will start auto-playing the game, +
Analyze Game
This option subjects the currently loaded game to automatic +analysis by the loaded engine. +The Ctrl-G key is a keyboard equivalent. +XBoard will start auto-playing the game from the currently displayed position, while the engine is analyzing the current position. The game will be annotated with the results of these analyses. In particlar, the score and depth will be added as a comment, @@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ 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 +92,7 @@ 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. @@ -111,10 +114,12 @@ 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. -
Machine Match
Starts a match between two chess programs, +
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, +When a match is already running, selecting this item will make +XBoard drop out of match mode after the current game finishes. +
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.