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 +line you use to start XBoard, or by editing the settings file +(usually ~/.xboardrc) to alter the value of the setting that was +saved there. Some 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. @@ -50,23 +51,15 @@ turn the option off (‘-xopt’) 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’). -