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-This section documents the command-line options to XBoard. You can -set these options in two ways: by typing them on the shell command -line you use to start XBoard, or by setting them as X resources -(typically in your .Xresources file). Many of the options -cannot be changed while XBoard is running; others set the initial -state of items that can be changed with the Options menu. - -Most of the options have both a long name and a short name. To turn a -boolean option on or off from the command line, either give its long -name followed by the value true or false -(‘-longOptionName true’), or give just the short name to turn the -option on (‘-opt’), or the short name preceded by ‘x’ to -turn the option off (‘-xopt’). For options that take strings or -numbers as values, you can use the long or short option names -interchangeably. - -Each option corresponds to an X resource with the same name, so -if you like, you can set options in your .Xresources file -or in a file named XBoard in your home directory. -For options that have two names, the longer one is the name of -the corresponding X resource; the short name is not recognized. -To turn a boolean option on or off as an -X resource, give its long name followed by the value -true or false (‘XBoard*longOptionName: true’). - +
+This section documents the command-line options to XBoard. You can +set these options in two ways: by typing them on the shell command +line you use to start XBoard, or by setting them as X resources +(typically in your .Xresources file). Many of the options +cannot be changed while XBoard is running; others set the initial +state of items that can be changed with the Options menu. + +
Most of the options have both a long name and a short name. To turn a +boolean option on or off from the command line, either give its long +name followed by the value true or false +(‘-longOptionName true’), or give just the short name to turn the +option on (‘-opt’), or the short name preceded by ‘x’ to +turn the option off (‘-xopt’). For options that take strings or +numbers as values, you can use the long or short option names +interchangeably. + +
Each option corresponds to an X resource with the same name, so +if you like, you can set options in your .Xresources file +or in a file named XBoard in your home directory. +For options that have two names, the longer one is the name of +the corresponding X resource; the short name is not recognized. +To turn a boolean option on or off as an +X resource, give its long name followed by the value +true or false (‘XBoard*longOptionName: true’).
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