XBoard

Next: Major modes, Up: (dir) @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ user interface to chess engines (such as GNU Chess), the Internet Chess Servers, electronic mail correspondence chess, or your own collection of saved games. -

This manual documents version 4.4.0j of XBoard. +

This manual documents version 4.4.3 of XBoard.

Next: Menus, Previous: Top, Up: Top @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ instructions.

Next: Options, Previous: Major modes, Up: Top @@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ feature to work.

Next: Mode Menu, Up: Menus @@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ with Load Position.

Next: Action Menu, Previous: File Menu, Up: Menus @@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ resume automatic loading by selecting ‘Pause - + Next: Step Menu, Previous: Mode Menu, Up: Menus @@ -475,8 +475,8 @@ by the comment "user adjudication". - + Next: Options Menu, Previous: Action Menu, Up: Menus @@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ depending on whether it is your opponent's move or yours. - + Next: Help Menu, Previous: Step Menu, Up: Menus @@ -776,8 +776,8 @@ generally supported with Test Legality on.) - + Next: Keys, Previous: Options Menu, Up: Menus @@ -810,8 +810,8 @@ engine is out of its book or does not support this feature. - + Previous: Help Menu, Up: Menus @@ -867,8 +867,8 @@ are: ToStartProc, TrainingProc, TruncateGameProc, and TwoMachinesProc. - + Next: Chess Servers, Previous: Menus, Up: Top @@ -914,8 +914,8 @@ true or false (‘XBoard*longOptionName: true - + Next: UCI + WB Engine Settings, Up: Options @@ -1095,9 +1095,9 @@ castling and e.p. fields in variants that do not have castling or e.p. - + Next: ICS options, Previous: Chess engine options, Up: Options @@ -1144,8 +1144,8 @@ Default: "". - + Next: Load and Save options, Previous: UCI + WB Engine Settings, Up: Options @@ -1343,8 +1343,8 @@ sound). - + Next: User interface options, Previous: ICS options, Up: Options @@ -1418,8 +1418,8 @@ Default: "eprd" - + Next: Adjudication Options, Previous: Load and Save options, Up: Options @@ -1614,8 +1614,8 @@ from the clipboard. Default: false. - + Next: Other options, Previous: User interface options, Up: Options @@ -1663,8 +1663,8 @@ as repeats, XBoard is fully e.p. and castling aware! - + Previous: Adjudication Options, Up: Options @@ -1715,6 +1715,7 @@ needed in ICS mode. Recognized variant names are: cylinder Pieces wrap around the board edge knightmate King moves as Knight, and vice versa super Superchess (shuffle variant with 4 exo-pieces) + makruk Thai Chess (shatranj-like, P promotes on 6th rank) fairy A catchall variant in which all piece types known to XBoard can participate (8x8) unknown Catchall for other unknown variants @@ -1756,7 +1757,7 @@ Default: -1 A value of -1 means the position is randomly generated by XBoard at the beginning of every game. Default: -1 - -pieceToSquareTable string The characters that are used to represent the piece types XBoard knows in FEN + -pieceToCharTable string The characters that are used to represent the piece types XBoard knows in FEN diagrams and SAN moves. The string argument has to have an even length (or it will be ignored), as white and black pieces have to be given separately (in that order). The last letter for each color will be the King. @@ -1801,8 +1802,8 @@ Default is the login name on your local computer. - + Next: Firewalls, Previous: Options, Up: Top @@ -1892,8 +1893,8 @@ and ‘Stop Examining’ on the < Options Menu. - + Next: Environment, Previous: Chess Servers, Up: Top @@ -2022,8 +2023,8 @@ but see the SOCKS Web site at http://www.socks.permeo.com/. If you are missing SOCKS, try http://www.funbureau.com/. - + Next: Limitations, Previous: Firewalls, Up: Top @@ -2040,8 +2041,8 @@ XBoard actually changes its working directory to will be placed there too. - + Next: Problems, Previous: Environment, Up: Top @@ -2105,8 +2106,8 @@ not an XBoard bug. possible bugs, limitations, and ideas for improvement that have been suggested. - + Next: Contributors, Previous: Limitations, Up: Top @@ -2134,8 +2135,8 @@ and we will get in touch with you about merging them in to the main line of development. - + Next: CMail, Previous: Problems, Up: Top @@ -2195,8 +2196,8 @@ unified XBoard/WinBoard 4.4, which is now available both from the savannah.gnu.org web site and the WinBoard forum. - + Next: Other programs, Previous: Contributors, Up: Top @@ -2220,8 +2221,8 @@ your choice using XBoard as an interface. - + Next: CMail game, Up: CMail @@ -2283,8 +2284,8 @@ CMail's command line. See Options. - + Next: CMail answer, Previous: CMail options, Up: CMail @@ -2306,8 +2307,8 @@ XBoard in the background. Make your first move and select made. - + Next: CMail multi, Previous: CMail game, Up: CMail @@ -2340,8 +2341,8 @@ either select ‘Exit’ without XBoard running until you are ready. - + Next: CMail completion, Previous: CMail answer, Up: CMail @@ -2358,8 +2359,8 @@ with moves transmitted simultaneously. In case there are more general uses, contained in a message; however, XBoard does. - + Next: CMail trouble, Previous: CMail multi, Up: CMail @@ -2380,8 +2381,8 @@ when he or she pipes the final message through cmail - + Previous: CMail completion, Up: CMail @@ -2405,8 +2406,8 @@ so multi-game correspondence is not possible with opponents using an older version. - + Next: Copyright, Previous: CMail, Up: Top @@ -2427,8 +2428,8 @@ Here are some other programs you can use with XBoard - + Next: Fairy-Max, Up: Other programs @@ -2444,9 +2445,9 @@ Up: Other programs interface GNU Chess to an ICS. - + Next: HoiChess, Previous: GNU Chess, Up: Other programs @@ -2468,8 +2469,8 @@ It can be obtained from: http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/dwnldpage.html - + Next: Crafty, Previous: Fairy-Max, Up: Other programs @@ -2485,8 +2486,8 @@ through: sudo apt-get install hoichess - + Next: zic2xpm, Previous: HoiChess, Up: Other programs @@ -2513,8 +2514,8 @@ ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/. and placed its book and other support files. - + Previous: Crafty, Up: Other programs @@ -2557,8 +2558,8 @@ and may NOT be redistributed without explicit permission from the original creator(s) of the pieces. - + Next: Copying, Previous: Other programs, Up: Top @@ -2587,8 +2588,8 @@ whether in an action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this software. - Enhancements copyright © -1992-2003,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + Enhancements copyright © 1992-2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, +2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Published by the Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 @@ -2612,8 +2613,8 @@ and this permission notice, may be included in translations approved by the Free Software Foundation instead of in the original English. - + Next: Index, Previous: Copyright, Up: Top @@ -3320,8 +3321,8 @@ first, please read htt - + Previous: Copying, Up: Top @@ -3611,7 +3612,7 @@ Up: Top Periodic Updates, Menu Item: Options Menu pgnEventHeader, option`: Load and Save options pgnExtendedInfo, option`: Load and Save options -pieceToSquareTable, option: Other options +pieceToCharTable, option: Other options pixmap, option: User interface options pixmapDirectory, option: User interface options PolyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings