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This manual documents version 4.4.0j of XBoard. +
This manual documents version 4.5.2 of XBoard.
To move a piece, you can drag it with the left mouse button, or you can click the left mouse button once on the piece, then once more on -the destination square. To drop a new piece on a square (when -applicable), press the middle or the right mouse button over the -square and select from the pop-up menu. In cases where you can drop -either a white or black piece, use the middle button (or shift+right) -for white and the right button (or shift+middle) for black. When you -are playing a bughouse game on an Internet Chess Server, a list of the -off-board pieces that each player has available is shown in the window -title after the player's name; in addition, the piece menus show the -number of pieces available of each type. From version 4.3.14 on, it is -also possible in crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi to dag and drop pieces -to the board from the holdings squares displayed next to the board. - -
All other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most -frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons. +the destination square. In crazyhouse, bughouse or shogi you can +drag and drop pieces to the board from the holdings squares +displayed next to the board. +Old behavior, where right-clicking a square brings up a menu +where you can select what piece to drop on it can still be +selected through a command-line option. +But only in Edit Position mode right clicking a square is still used to +pop up a menu, where you can select which piece to drop. + +
The default function of the right mouse button in other modes is +to display the position the chess program thinks it will end up in. +While moving the mouse vertically with this button pressed +XBoard will step through the principal variation to show how +this position will be reached. +Lines of play displayed in the engine-output window, +or PGN variations in the comment window can similarly +be played out on the board, by right-clicking on them. + +
When connected to an ICS, it is possible to call up a graphical +representation of players seeking a game in stead of the chess board, +when the latter is not in use +(i.e. when you are not playing or observing). +Left-clicking the display area will switch between this 'seek graph' +and the chess board. +Hovering the mouse pointer over a dot will show the details of the +seek ad in the message field above the board. +Left-clicking the dot will challenge that player. +Right-clicking a dot will 'push it to the back', +to reveal any dots that were hidden behind it. +Right-clicking off dots will refresh the graph. + +
Most other XBoard commands are available from the menu bar. The most +frequently used commands also have shortcut keys or on-screen buttons. +Some rarely used parameters can only be set through options on the +command line used to invoke XBoard. + +
XBoard uses a settings file, in which it can remember any changes to +the settings that are made through menus or command-line options, +so they will still apply when you restart XBoard for another session. +The settings can be saved into this file automatically when XBoard exits, +or on explicit request of the user. +The default name for the settings file is /etc/xboard/xboard.conf, +but in a standard install this file is only used as a master settings +file that determines the system-wide default settings, +and defers reading and writing of user settings to a user-specific +file like ~/.xboardrc in the user's home directory.
When XBoard is iconized, its graphical icon is a white knight if it is White's turn to move, a black knight if it is Black's turn. See Iconize in Keys below if you have problems getting this feature to work. +
+ +size
+command-line option when you start up XBoard for such variants to be playable.
+
+ You can overrule the default board format of the selected variant,
+(e.g. to play suicide chess on a 6 x 6 board),
+in this dialog, but normally you would not do that,
+and leave them at '-1', which means 'default'.
+
oldSaveStyle
option is true, in which case they are saved in an older,
human-readable format that is specific to XBoard. Both formats
can be read back by the ‘Load Position’ command.
-To set up a position to analyze, you do the following: - -
1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu - -
2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to -bring up the white and black piece menus. - -
3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White -clock to tell XBoard which side moves first. - -
4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis. - -
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.
-
To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics -option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands and -receive text responses from the chess server. See -Chess Servers below for more information. - -
XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when you
-use the examine or bsetup commands on ICS and you have
-‘ICS Client’ selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
-ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by dragging
-with mouse button 1. To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse
-button 2 or 3 over the square. This brings up a menu of white pieces
-(button 2) or black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let
-you empty the square or clear the board. Click on the White or Black
-clock to set the side to play. You cannot set the side to play or
-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.
-
In chess engine mode, the chess engine continues to check moves for legality
but does not participate in the game. You can bring the chess engine
@@ -341,7 +352,8 @@ XBoard out of ICS Client mode and lets you edit games locally.
If you want to edit games on ICS in a way that other ICS users
can see, use the ICS examine command or start an ICS match
against yourself.
-
-variations
command-line option is switched on,
+you can start a new variation by holding the Shift key down while
+entering a move not at the end of the game.
+Variations can also become the currently displayed line by
+clicking a PGN variation displayed in the Comment window.
+This can be applied recursively,
+so that you can analyze variations on variations;
+each time you create a new variation by entering an alternative move
+with Shift pressed, or select a new one from the Comment window,
+the current variation will be shelved.
+‘Revert’ allows you to return to the most recently shelved variation.
+The difference between ‘Revert’ and ‘Annotate’
+is that with the latter,
+the variation you are now abandoning will be added as a comment
+(in PGN variation syntax, i.e. between parentheses)
+to the original move where you deviated, for later recalling.
+The Home key is a keyboard equivalent to ‘Revert’.
+In most modes, ‘Backward’ only lets you look back at old positions; +it does not retract moves. This is the case if you are playing against +a chess engine, playing or observing a game on an ICS, or loading a game. +If you select ‘Backward’ in any of these situations, you will not +be allowed to make a different move. Use ‘Retract Move’ or +‘Edit Game’ if you want to change past moves. + +
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Backward’
+depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is
+off, ‘Backward’ issues the ICS backward command, which backs up
+everyone's view of the game and allows you to make a different
+move. If Pause mode is on, ‘Backward’ only backs up your local
+view.
+
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of Forward
+depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is
+off, ‘Forward’ issues the ICS forward command, which moves
+everyone's view of the game forward along the current line. If
+Pause mode is on, ‘Forward’ only moves your local view forward,
+and it will not go past the position that the game was in when
+you paused.
+
In most modes, Back to Start only lets you look back at old +positions; it does not retract moves. This is the case if you +are playing against a local chess engine, playing or observing a game on +a chess server, or loading a game. If you select ‘Back to Start’ in any +of these situations, you will not be allowed to make different +moves. Use ‘Retract Move’ or ‘Edit Game’ if you want to change past +moves; or use Reset to start a new game. + +
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Back to
+Start’ depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode
+is off, ‘Back to Start’ issues the ICS ‘backward 999999’
+command, which backs up everyone's view of the game to the start and
+allows you to make different moves. If Pause mode is on, ‘Back
+to Start’ only backs up your local view.
+
If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Forward to +End’ depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode +is off, ‘Forward to End’ issues the ICS ‘forward 999999’ +command, which moves everyone's view of the game forward to the end of +the current line. If Pause mode is on, ‘Forward to End’ only moves +your local view forward, and it will not go past the position +that the game was in when you paused. +
pixmapDirectory
and bitmapDirectory
options),
+an external pixmap to be used for the board squares
+(liteBackTextureFile
and darkBackTextureFile
options),
+and square and piece colors for the built-ins.
+To set up a position to analyze, you do the following: + +
1. Select Edit Position from the Mode Menu + +
2. Set up the position. Use the middle and right buttons to +bring up the white and black piece menus. + +
3. When you are finished, click on either the Black or White +clock to tell XBoard which side moves first. + +
4. Select Analysis Mode from the Mode Menu to start the analysis. + +
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.
+
To use xboard in ICS mode, run it in the foreground with the -ics +option, and use the terminal you started it from to type commands and +receive text responses from the chess server. See +Chess Servers below for more information. + +
XBoard activates some special position/game editing features when you
+use the examine or bsetup commands on ICS and you have
+‘ICS Client’ selected on the Mode menu. First, you can issue the
+ICS position-editing commands with the mouse. Move pieces by dragging
+with mouse button 1. To drop a new piece on a square, press mouse
+button 2 or 3 over the square. This brings up a menu of white pieces
+(button 2) or black pieces (button 3). Additional menu choices let
+you empty the square or clear the board. Click on the White or Black
+clock to set the side to play. You cannot set the side to play or
+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.
+
If you select Pause when you are playing against a chess engine and
it is not your move, the chess engine's clock
@@ -431,150 +656,152 @@ resume automatic loading by selecting ‘Pause
- In most modes, ‘Backward’ only lets you look back at old positions;
-it does not retract moves. This is the case if you are playing against
-a chess engine, playing or observing a game on an ICS, or loading a game.
-If you select ‘Backward’ in any of these situations, you will not
-be allowed to make a different move. Use ‘Retract Move’ or
-‘Edit Game’ if you want to change past moves.
-
- If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Backward’
-depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is
-off, ‘Backward’ issues the ICS backward command, which backs up
-everyone's view of the game and allows you to make a different
-move. If Pause mode is on, ‘Backward’ only backs up your local
-view.
- If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of Forward
-depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode is
-off, ‘Forward’ issues the ICS forward command, which moves
-everyone's view of the game forward along the current line. If
-Pause mode is on, ‘Forward’ only moves your local view forward,
-and it will not go past the position that the game was in when
-you paused.
- In most modes, Back to Start only lets you look back at old
-positions; it does not retract moves. This is the case if you
-are playing against a local chess engine, playing or observing a game on
-a chess server, or loading a game. If you select ‘Back to Start’ in any
-of these situations, you will not be allowed to make different
-moves. Use ‘Retract Move’ or ‘Edit Game’ if you want to change past
-moves; or use Reset to start a new game.
-
- If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Back to
-Start’ depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode
-is off, ‘Back to Start’ issues the ICS ‘backward 999999’
-command, which backs up everyone's view of the game to the start and
-allows you to make different moves. If Pause mode is on, ‘Back
-to Start’ only backs up your local view.
- If you are examining an ICS game, the behavior of ‘Forward to
-End’ depends on whether XBoard is in Pause mode. If Pause mode
-is off, ‘Forward to End’ issues the ICS ‘forward 999999’
-command, which moves everyone's view of the game forward to the end of
-the current line. If Pause mode is on, ‘Forward to End’ only moves
-your local view forward, and it will not go past the position
-that the game was in when you paused.
- It is also possible to specify a GUI opening book here, i.e. an opening
+book that XBoard consults for any position a playing engine gets in.
+It then forces the engine to play the book move, rather than to think up its own,
+if that position is found in the book.
+The book can switched on and off independently for either engine.
+The way book moves are chosen can be influenced through the settings of
+book depth and variety.
+After both sides have played more moves than the specified depth,
+the book will no longer be consulted.
+When the variety is set to 50, moves will be played with the probability
+specified in the book.
+When set to 0, only the move(s) with the highest probability will be played.
+When set to 100, all listed moves will be played with equal pobability.
+Other settings interpolate between that.
+The shifted Alt+U key is a keyboard equivalent.
+ If you are playing a game on an ICS, the board is always
oriented at the start of the game so that your pawns move from
@@ -678,93 +922,69 @@ orientation is determined by the If you turn on this option when using XBoard with the Internet
-Chess Server, you will probably want to give the
-set bell 0
-command to the ICS, since otherwise the ICS will ring the terminal bell
-after every move (not just yours). (The .icsrc file
-is a good place for this; see ICS options.)
- You can also enter premoves for the first white and black moves
+of the game.
+ You can add or remove shortcut keys using the X resources
@@ -866,17 +1206,17 @@ are:
ToStartProc, TrainingProc, TruncateGameProc, and TwoMachinesProc.
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
@@ -913,45 +1253,45 @@ true or false (‘XBoard*longOptionName: true
- You can also try adding other commands to the initString; see the
documentation of the chess engine you are using for details.
-2.3 Action Menu
+3.5 Action Menu
-
-
-2.4 Step Menu
+3.6 Engine Menu
-
-
-2.5 Options Menu
+3.7 Options Menu
-
-
-loadGameFile
and loadPositionFile
options),
+and the number of the game or position to use from these files.
+Values -1 and -2 of this 'index' convey a special meaning,
+namely that XBoard should automatically step through all lines or positions
+in these files.
+With -1 such stepping is done every game; with -2 every two games,
+so that each line or position is played with both colors before stepping
+to the next one.
+You can have XBoard automatically rewind to the first line or position
+in the file after the index reaches a certain vaue,
+which you can also specify here.
+autoDisplayComment
and
+autoDisplayTags
options, (which control popups when viewing loaded games),
+and specify the rate at which loaded games are auto-played,
+in seconds per move (which can be a fractional number, like 1.6).
+saveGameFile
option),
+or the final position of such games (the savePositionfile
option).
+You can also select 'auto-save' without a file name,
+in which case XBoard will prompt the user for a file name after each game.
+You can also set the default value for the PGN Event tag that will
+be used for each new game you start.
+Various options for the format of the game can be specified as well,
+such as whether scores and depths of engine games should be saved as comments,
+and if a tag with info about the score with which the engine came out of book
+should be included.
+For Chess, always set the format to PGN, rather than "old save stye"!
+gnotify
-list on ICS, XBoard will automatically observe all of that
-player's games, unless you are doing something else (such as
-observing or playing a game of your own) when one starts.
-The games are displayed
-from the point of view of the player on your gnotify list; that is, his
-pawns move from the bottom of the window towards the top.
-Exceptions: If both players in a game are on your gnotify list, if
-your ICS
-highlight
-variable is set to 0, or if the ICS you are using does not
-properly support observing from Black's point of view,
-you will see the game from White's point of view.
-saveGameFile
command-line
-option is set, as in that case all games are saved to the specified file.
-See Load and Save options.
-flipView
command line option;
if it is false (the default), White's pawns move from bottom to top
at the start of each game; if it is true, Black's pawns move from
bottom to top. See User interface options.
-gnotify
+list on ICS, XBoard will automatically observe all of that
+player's games, unless you are doing something else (such as
+observing or playing a game of your own) when one starts.
+The games are displayed
+from the point of view of the player on your gnotify list; that is, his
+pawns move from the bottom of the window towards the top.
+Exceptions: If both players in a game are on your gnotify list, if
+your ICS
+highlight
+variable is set to 0, or if the ICS you are using does not
+properly support observing from Black's point of view,
+you will see the game from White's point of view.
+saveGameFile
command-line
+option is set, as in that case all games are saved to the specified file.
+See Load and Save options.
+2.6 Help Menu
+3.8 Help Menu
-
-
-2.7 Other Shortcut Keys
+3.9 Other Shortcut Keys
-
-
3 Options
+4 Options
-3.1 Chess Engine Options
+4.1 Chess Engine Options
-
-
-timeControl
period.
+timeControl
period.
Default: 5 minutes.
The additional options movesPerSession
and timeIncrement
are mutually exclusive.
-movesPerSession
moves, a
+movesPerSession
moves, a
new timeControl
period is added to both clocks. Default: 40 moves.
-movesPerSession
is ignored.
+movesPerSession
is ignored.
Instead, after each player's move, timeIncrement
seconds are
added to his clock.
Use ‘-inc 0’ if you want to require the entire
game to be played in one timeControl
period, with no increment.
Default: -1, which specifies movesPerSession
mode.
-searchTime
is set, the chess engine still keeps track of the clock time and uses it to
determine how fast to make its moves.
-showThinking
must be on for this option to work. Default: -1 (off).
Not many engines might support this yet!
-loadGameFile
or loadPositionFile
option is set,
XBoard
@@ -995,35 +1335,35 @@ match is appended to the specified file. If the savePositionFile
option is set, the final position reached in each game of the match is appended
to the specified file. When the match is over, XBoard
displays the match score and exits. Default: 0 (do not run a match).
-matchMode
to true is equivalent to setting
+matchMode
to true is equivalent to setting
matchGames
to 1.
-remoteShell
option described below.)
- new
@@ -1050,11 +1390,11 @@ and always (or never) randomize.
3.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
+4.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings
-
-
-usePolyglotBook
option is set to true,
and the option firstHasOwnBookUCI
or secondHasOwnBookUCI
applying to the engine
is set to false.
The engine will be kept in force mode as long as the current position is in book,
-and XBoard will select the book moves for it. Default "".
-3.3 ICS options
+4.3 ICS options
-
-
+ chessclub.com
.
Another popular chess server to try is freechess.org
.
If your site doesn't have a working Internet name server, try
@@ -1166,15 +1510,15 @@ specifying the host address in numeric form.
You may also need
to specify the numeric address when using the icshelper option
with timestamp or timeseal (see below).
--useTelnet -telnetProgram program
.
-gateway
and useTelnet
options. The default is
telnet. The telnet program is invoked with the value of
internetChessServerHost
as its first argument and the value
of internetChessServerPort
as its second argument.
See Firewalls.
-telnetProgram
on the given host,
instead of using its own internal implementation
of the telnet protocol. You can substitute a different remote shell
program for rsh using the remoteShell
option described below.
See Firewalls.
--icslogon
option, inserting some delay between characters
of the logon script may help. This option adds delay
milliseconds of delay between characters. Good values to try
are 100 and 250.
-showThinking
must be switched on for
this option to work.
Also diverts similar kibitz information of an opponent engine that is playing you
through the ICS to the engine-output window, as if the engine was playing locally.
--colorize
on without specifying your own colors.
xboard*colorSeek: blue
xboard*colorNormal: default
-
loadGameFile
option is set, XBoard loads the specified
+loadGameFile
option is set, XBoard loads the specified
game file at startup. The file name - specifies the standard
input. If there is more than one game in the file, XBoard
pops up a menu of the available games, with entries based on their PGN
@@ -1377,16 +1772,16 @@ first game of the file when it has reached a specified value.
positions or games in auto-increment matchMode
.
See loadPositionIndex
and loadGameIndex
.
default: 0 (no rewind).
-saveGameFile
is set.
-loadPositionFile
option is set, XBoard loads the
+loadPositionFile
option is set, XBoard loads the
specified position file at startup. The file name - specifies the
standard input. If the loadPositionIndex
option is set to N,
the Nth position found in the file is loaded; otherwise the
@@ -1399,59 +1794,84 @@ causes the index to be incremented every two games, so that each position
in the file is used twice (with the engines playing opposite colors).
The rewindIndex
option causes the index to be reset to the
first position of the file when it has reached a specified value.
-titleInWindow
is true,
the window layout is rearranged to make more room for the title.
If tinyLayout is 1, the labels on the menu bar are abbreviated
to one character each and the buttons in the button bar are made narrower.
-coordFont
option specifies what font to use.
-monoMode
; XBoard will determine if it is necessary.
-flashCount
tells XBoard how many times to flash a piece after it
@@ -1511,23 +1935,24 @@ sets flashCount to 3.
xflash
sets flashCount to 0.
Defaults: flashCount=0 (no flashing), flashRate=5.
-showCoords
+showCoords
is true. If the option value is a pattern that does not specify
the font size, XBoard tries to choose an appropriate font for
the board size being used.
Default: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal–*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*.
-tol
pixels
or less from the desired size. A value of -1 will force
@@ -1535,7 +1960,7 @@ a scalable font to always be used if available; a value of 0 will
use a nonscalable font only if it is exactly the right size;
a large value (say 1000) will force a nonscalable font to always be
used if available. Default: 4.
-For more information about pixmap pieces and how to get additional
sets, see zic2xpm below.
-
-whitePieceColor #FFFFCC @@ -1599,52 +2024,59 @@ Defaults: -premoveHighlightColor gray70 -lowTimeWarningColor gray70-
-firstScoreAbs
and -secondScoreAbs
if needed.
Default: 0 (no adjudication)
-NOT ALL BOARDSIZES PROVIDE A COMPLETE SET OF BUILT-IN BITMAPS FOR ALL
+UN-ORTHODOX PIECES, though. Only in boardSize
middling and bulky
+all 22 piece types are provided, while -boardSize petite has most
+of them. Archbishop, Chancellor and Amazon are supported in every
+size from petite to bulky. Kings or Amazons are substituted for
+missing bitmaps. You can still play variants needing un-orthodox
+pieces in other board sizes providing your own bitmaps through the
+bitmapDirectory
or pixmapDirectory
options.
+
In the shuffle variants, XBoard now does shuffle the pieces, although
you can still do it by hand using Edit Position. Some variants are
supported only in ICS mode, including bughouse, and
kriegspiel. The winning/drawing conditions in crazyhouse (off-board
-interposition on mate), losers, suicide, giveaway, atomic, and 3check
-are not fully understood.
+interposition on mate) are not fully understood, but losers, suicide,
+giveaway, atomic, and 3check should be OK.
Berolina and cylinder chess can only be played with legality testing off.
In crazyhouse, XBoard now does keep
track of off-board pieces. In shatranj it does implement the baring
rule when mate detection is switched on.
-
remoteShell
. The default is your local user name.
-An Internet Chess Server, or ICS, is a place on the +
An Internet Chess Server, or ICS, is a place on the
Internet where people can get together to play chess, watch other
people's games, or just chat. You can use either telnet
or a
client program like XBoard to connect to the server. There are
@@ -1827,25 +2270,25 @@ unique guest name for you.
Some useful ICS commands include
For example help register tells you how to become a registered
ICS player.
-
Some special XBoard features are activated when you are in examine mode on ICS. See the descriptions of the menu commands ‘Forward’, ‘Backward’, ‘Pause’, ‘ICS Client’, -and ‘Stop Examining’ on the Step Menu, Mode Menu, and -Options Menu. +and ‘Stop Examining’ on the Edit Menu, Mode Menu, and +Action Menu.
-By default, XBoard communicates with an Internet Chess Server by opening a TCP socket directly from the machine it is running on @@ -2005,17 +2448,17 @@ but see the SOCKS Web site at http://www.socks.permeo.com/. If you are missing SOCKS, try http://www.funbureau.com/.
-Game and position files are found in a directory named by the +
Game and position files are found in a directory named by the
CHESSDIR
environment variable. If this variable is not set, the
current working directory is used. If CHESSDIR
is set,
XBoard actually changes its working directory to
@@ -2023,17 +2466,17 @@ XBoard actually changes its working directory to
will be placed there too.
There is no way for two people running copies of XBoard to play +
There is no way for two people running copies of XBoard to play each other without going through an Internet Chess Server.
Under some circumstances, your ICS password may be echoed when you log on. @@ -2059,7 +2502,7 @@ The piece-drop menu does not check piece drops in bughouse to see if you actuall the piece you are trying to drop. But this way of dropping pieces should be considered an obsolete feature, now that pieces can be dropped by dragging them from the holdings to the board. Anyway, if you would attempt an illegal move when using a chess engine or the ICS, -WinBoard will accept the error message that comes back, undo the move, and let you try another. +XBoard will accept the error message that comes back, undo the move, and let you try another. FEN positions saved by XBoard do include correct information about whether castling or en passant are legal, and also handle the 50-move counter. The mate detector does not understand that non-contact mate is not really mate in bughouse. @@ -2071,10 +2514,6 @@ which can be a variant that uses piece drops. You can load and edit games that contain piece drops. The (obsolete) piece menus are not active, but you can perform piece drops by dragging pieces from the holdings. -Edit Position mode does not allow you to edit the crazyhouse holdings properly. -You cannot drag pieces to the holding, and using the popup menu to put pieces -there does not adapt the holding counts and leads to an inconsistent state. -Set up crazyhouse positions by loading / pasting a bFEN, from there you can set the holdings. Fischer Random castling is fully understood. You can enter castlings by dragging the King on top of your Rook. You can probably also play Fischer Random successfully on ICS by typing @@ -2088,118 +2527,107 @@ not an XBoard bug. possible bugs, limitations, and ideas for improvement that have been suggested.
-
-Report bugs and problems with XBoard to <bug-xboard@gnu.org>
.
+
+You can report bugs and problems with XBoard using
+the bug tracker at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/
+or by sending mail to <bug-xboard@gnu.org>
. It can also
+be useful to report or discuss bugs in the WinBoard Forum at
+http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/
,
+WinBoard development section.
Please use the script program to start a typescript, run XBoard with the ‘-debug’ option, and include the typescript output in your message. Also tell us what kind of machine and what operating system version -you are using. The command ‘uname -a’ will often tell you this. -Here is a sample of approximately what you should type: - -
script - uname -a - ./configure - make - ./xboard -debug - exit - mail bug-xboard@gnu.org - Subject: Your short description of the problem - Your detailed description of the problem - ~r typescript - . --
The WinBoard / XBoard 4.3 line is being developed by H.G. Muller -independently of the GNU Savannah xboard project. -Bug reports on this version, and suggestions for improvements and additions, -are best posted in the WinBoard forum, -WinBoard-development section (http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum). +you are using. The command ‘uname -a’ will often tell you this.
If you improve XBoard, please send a message about your changes, and we will get in touch with you about merging them in -to the main line of development. -Also see our Web site at http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/. +to the main line of development.
--Tim Mann has been responsible for XBoard versions 1.3 and beyond, and -for WinBoard, a port of XBoard to Microsoft Win32 (Windows NT and -Windows 95). H.G.Muller is responsible for version 4.3. - -
Mark Williams contributed the initial (WinBoard-only) implementation -of many new features added to both XBoard and WinBoard in version -4.1.0, including copy/paste, premove, icsAlarm, autoFlipView, training -mode, auto raise, and blindfold. Ben Nye contributed X copy/paste -code for XBoard. - -
Hugh Fisher added animated piece movement to XBoard, and Henrik Gram -(henrikg@funcom.com) added it to WinBoard. Frank McIngvale added -click/click moving, the Analysis modes, piece flashing, ZIICS import, -and ICS text colorization to XBoard. Jochen Wiedmann ported XBoard to -the Amiga, creating AmyBoard, and converted the documentation to -texinfo. Elmar Bartel contributed the new piece bitmaps introduced in -version 3.2. John Chanak contributed the initial implementation of -ICS mode. The color scheme and the old 80x80 piece bitmaps were taken +
+Chris Sears and Dan Sears wrote the original XBoard. They were
+responsible for versions 1.0 through 1.2. The color scheme was taken
from Wayne Christopher's XChess
program.
-
Chris Sears and Dan Sears wrote the original XBoard. They were -responsible for versions 1.0 through 1.2. +
Tim Mann was primarily responsible for XBoard versions 1.3 through +4.2.7, and for WinBoard (a port of XBoard to Microsoft Win32) from its +inception through version 4.2.7. + +
John Chanak contributed the initial implementation of ICS mode. Evan
+Welsh wrote CMail
, and Patrick Surry helped in designing,
+testing, and documenting it. Elmar Bartel contributed the new piece
+bitmaps introduced in version 3.2. Jochen Wiedmann converted the
+documentation to texinfo. Frank McIngvale added click/click moving,
+the Analysis modes, piece flashing, ZIICS import, and ICS text
+colorization to XBoard. Hugh Fisher added animated piece movement to
+XBoard, and Henrik Gram added it to WinBoard. Mark Williams
+contributed the initial (WinBoard-only) implementation of many new
+features added to both XBoard and WinBoard in version 4.1.0, including
+copy/paste, premove, icsAlarm, autoFlipView, training mode, auto
+raise, and blindfold. Ben Nye contributed X copy/paste code for
+XBoard.
-
Evan Welsh wrote CMail
. Patrick Surry helped in designing,
-testing, and documenting CMail.
+
In a fork from version 4.2.7, Alessandro Scotti added many elements to +the user interface of WinBoard, including the board textures and +font-based rendering, the evaluation-graph, move-history and +engine-output window. He was also responsible for adding the UCI +support. + +
H. G. Muller continued this fork of the project, producing version +4.3. He made WinBoard castling- and e.p.-aware, added variant support +with adjustable board sizes, the crazyhouse holdings, and the fairy +pieces. In addition he added most of the adjudication options, made +WinBoard more robust in dealing with buggy and crashing engines, and +extended time control with a time-odds and node-count-based modes. +Most of the options that initially were WinBoard only have now been +back-ported to XBoard. -
Alessandro Scotti added many elements to the user interface of WinBoard, -including the board textures and font-based rendering, the evaluation-graph, -move-history and engine-output window. -He was also responsible for adding the UCI support. +
Michel van den Bergh provided the code for reading Polyglot opening books. -
H.G. Muller made WinBoard castling- and e.p.-aware, -added variant support with adjustable board sizes, -the crazyhouse holdings, and the fairy pieces. -In addition he added most of the adjudication options, -made WinBoard more robust in dealing with buggy and crashing engines, -and extended time control with a time-odds and node-count-based modes. -Most of the options that initially were WinBoard only have now been back-ported to XBoard. +
Meanwhile, some work continued on the GNU XBoard project maintained at +savannah.gnu.org, but version 4.2.8 was never released. Daniel +Mehrmann was responsible for much of this work. -
Michel van den Bergh provided the code for reading Polyglot opening books. +
Most recently, Arun Persaud worked with H. G. Muller to merge all +the features of the never-released XBoard/WinBoard 4.2.8 of the GNU +XBoard project and the never-released 4.3.16 from H. G.'s fork into a +unified XBoard/WinBoard 4.4, which is now available both from the +savannah.gnu.org web site and the WinBoard forum. -
Arun Persaud worked with H.G. Muller to combine all the features of the never-released WinBoard 4.2.8 -of the Savannah project (mainly by Daniel Mehrmann), -and the never-released 4.3.16 into a unified WinBoard 4.4, -which is now available both from the Savannah web site and the WinBoard forum.
-The cmail program can help you play chess by email with opponents of +
The cmail program can help you play chess by email with opponents of your choice using XBoard as an interface.
You will usually run cmail without giving any options. @@ -2214,14 +2642,14 @@ your choice using XBoard as an interface.
-$CMAIL_MAILPROG
or failing that
/usr/ucb/Mail, /usr/ucb/mail or Mail. You will need
to set this variable if none of the above paths fit your system.
-$CMAIL_GAMES
or failing that
-.cmailgames.
-$CMAIL_ALIASES
or failing
-that .cmailaliases.
Type cmail from a shell to start a game as white. After an opening message, you will be prompted for a game name, which is optional—if you @@ -2306,15 +2728,15 @@ XBoard in the background. Make your first move and select made.
-When you receive a message from an opponent containing a move in one of your games, simply pipe the message through cmail. In some mailers @@ -2340,15 +2762,15 @@ either select ‘Exit’ without XBoard running until you are ready.
-It is possible to have a cmail message carry more than one game. This feature was implemented to handle IECG (International Email Chess @@ -2358,15 +2780,15 @@ with moves transmitted simultaneously. In case there are more general uses, contained in a message; however, XBoard does.
-Because XBoard can detect checkmate and stalemate, cmail
handles game termination sensibly. As well as resignation, the
@@ -2380,14 +2802,14 @@ when he or she pipes the final message through cmail
-
+
Previous: CMail completion,
Up: CMail
It's possible that a strange conjunction of conditions may occasionally mean that cmail has trouble reactivating an existing @@ -2405,17 +2827,17 @@ so multi-game correspondence is not possible with opponents using an older version.
-Here are some other programs you can use with XBoard
-The GNU Chess engine is available from: @@ -2444,16 +2866,16 @@ Up: Other programs interface GNU Chess to an ICS.
-Fairy-Max is a derivative from the once World's smallest Chess program micro-Max, which measures only about 100 lines of source code. @@ -2468,15 +2890,15 @@ It can be obtained from:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/dwnldpage.html
-HoiChess is a not-so-very-strong Chess engine, which comes with a derivative HoiXiangqi, able to play Chinese Chess. It can be obtained from the standard Linux repositories @@ -2485,15 +2907,15 @@ through:
sudo apt-get install hoichess
-Crafty is a chess engine written by Bob Hyatt. You can use XBoard to play a game against Crafty, hook Crafty up @@ -2513,14 +2935,14 @@ ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/hyatt/. and placed its book and other support files.
-The “zic2xpm” program is used to import chess sets from the ZIICS(*) program into XBoard. “zic2xpm” is part of the XBoard distribution. @@ -2557,8 +2979,8 @@ and may NOT be redistributed without explicit permission from the original creator(s) of the pieces.
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, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Published by the Free Software Foundation 59 Temple Place - Suite 330 @@ -2612,8 +3034,8 @@ 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 +3742,8 @@ first, please read htt-
+
Previous: Copying, Up: Top @@ -3330,460 +3752,524 @@ Up: TopIndex
-
- -animateSpeed, option: User interface options
-- .cmailaliases: CMail options
-- .cmailgames: CMail options
-- .icsrc: ICS options
-- <, Button: Step Menu
-- <<, Button: Step Menu
-- >, Button: Step Menu
-- >>, Button: Step Menu
-- abort, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Abort, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- About XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
-- accept, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Accept, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Action, Menu: Action Menu
-- adjourn, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Adjourn, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Adjudicate Draw, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Adjudicate to Black, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Adjudicate to White, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- adjudicateDrawMoves, option: Adjudication Options
-- adjudicateLossThreshold, option: Adjudication Options
-- Adjudications, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- alarm, option: ICS options
-- Always Queen, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- alwaysPromoteToQueen, option: User interface options
-- Analysis Mode, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Analyze File, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Animate Dragging, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Animate Moving, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- animate, option: User interface options
-- animateDragging, option: User interface options
-- animateMoving, option: User interface options
-- Authors: Contributors
-- Auto Comment, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Auto Flag, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Auto Flip View, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Auto Observe, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Auto Raise Board, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Auto Save, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- autobs, option: ICS options
-- autoCallFlag, option: ICS options
-- autocomm, option: ICS options
-- autoComment, option: ICS options
-- autoflag, option: ICS options
-- autoflip, option: User interface options
-- autoFlipView, option: User interface options
-- autoKibitz, option: ICS options
-- autoObserve, option: ICS options
-- autoraise, option: User interface options
-- autoRaiseBoard, option: User interface options
-- autosave, option: Load and Save options
-- autoSaveGames, option: Load and Save options
-- Back to Start, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- Backward, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- bell, option: User interface options
-- bitmapDirectory, option: User interface options
-- blackPieceColor, option: User interface options
-- blind, option: User interface options
-- Blindfold, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- blindfold, option: User interface options
-- bm, option: User interface options
-- board size: User interface options
-- boardHeight, option: Other options
-- boardSize, option: User interface options
-- boardWidth, option: Other options
-- Book, Menu Item: Help Menu
-- Bug reports: Problems
-- Bugs: Problems
-- Bugs: Limitations
-- buttons, option: User interface options
-- Call Flag, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- checkMates, option: Adjudication Options
-- Chess engine options: Chess engine options
-- CHESSDIR: Environment
-- clock, option: Chess engine options
-- clockFont, option: User interface options
-- clockMode, option: Chess engine options
-- cmail: CMail
-- colorChallenge, option: ICS options
-- colorChannel, option: ICS options
-- colorChannel1, option: ICS options
-- colorize, option: ICS options
-- colorKibitz, option: ICS options
-- colorNormal, option: ICS options
-- colorRequest, option: ICS options
-- Colors: User interface options
-- Colors: ICS options
-- colorSeek, option: ICS options
-- colorShout, option: ICS options
-- colorSShout, option: ICS options
-- colorTell, option: ICS options
-- Contributors: Contributors
-- coordFont, option: User interface options
-- coords, option: User interface options
-- Copy Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Copy Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- darkSquareColor, option: User interface options
-- debug, option: Other options
-- debugFile, option: Other options
-- debugMode, option: Other options
-- decline, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Decline, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- defaultCacheSizeEGTB, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- defaultFrcPosition, option: Other options
-- defaultHashSize, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- defaultPathEGTB, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- delayAfterQuit, option: Other options
-- delayBeforeQuit, option: Other options
-- display, option: User interface options
-- drag, option: User interface options
-- draw, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Draw, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Edit Comment, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Edit Game, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Edit Position, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Edit Tags, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- egtFormats, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- Engine Settings: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- engineDebugOutput, option: Other options
-- Environment variables: Environment
-- examine, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Exit, Menu Item: File Menu
-- exit, option: User interface options
-- fb, option: Chess engine options
-- fcp, option: Chess engine options
-- fd, option: Chess engine options
-- fh, option: Chess engine options
-- File Menu: File Menu
-- finger, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- firstChessProgram, option: Chess engine options
-- firstComputerString, option: Chess engine options
-- firstDirectory, option: Chess engine options
-- firstHasOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- firstHost, option: Chess engine options
-- firstIsUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: Chess engine options
-- firstNPS, option: Chess engine options
-- firstOptions, option: Chess engine options
-- firstPlaysBlack, option: Chess engine options
-- firstProtocolVersion, option: Chess engine options
-- firstScoreAbs, option: Chess engine options
-- firstTimeOdds, option: Chess engine options
-- firstXBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- Flash Moves, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- flash, option: User interface options
-- flashCount, option: User interface options
-- flashRate, option: User interface options
-- Flip View, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- flip, option: User interface options
-- flipView, option: User interface options
-- fNoOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- Font: User interface options
-- Font, clock: User interface options
-- Font, coordinates: User interface options
-- font, option: User interface options
-- fontSizeTolerance, option: User interface options
-- Forward to End, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- Forward, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- fUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- gameListTags, option: Load and Save options
-- games, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- gateway, option: ICS options
-- geometry, option: User interface options
-- Get Move List, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- getMoveList, option: ICS options
-- Help Menu: Help Menu
-- help, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Hide Thinking, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Highlight Last Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- highlight, option: User interface options
-- highlightLastMove, option: User interface options
-- highlightSquareColor, option: User interface options
-- Hint, Menu Item: Help Menu
-- holdingsSize, option: Other options
-- iconic, option: User interface options
-- ICS: Chess Servers
-- ICS Alarm, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- ICS Client, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- ICS Input Box, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- ICS options: ICS options
-- ICS, addresses: Chess Servers
-- ics, option: ICS options
-- icsAlarm, option: ICS options
-- icsAlarmTime, option: ICS options
-- icscomm, option: ICS options
-- icshelper, option: ICS options
-- icshost, option: ICS options
-- icsinput, option: ICS options
-- icslogon, option: ICS options
-- icsport, option: ICS options
-- inc, option: Chess engine options
-- Info XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
-- initalMode, option: Other options
-- initString, option: Chess engine options
-- Internet Chess Server: Chess Servers
-- internetChessServerCommPort, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerHelper, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerHost, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerInputBox, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerLogonScript, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerMode, option: ICS options
-- internetChessServerPort, option: ICS options
+- -animateSpeed, option: User interface options
+- -autoDisplayComment, option: User interface options
+- -autoDisplayTags, option: User interface options
+- -pasteSelection, option: User interface options
+- .icsrc: ICS options
+- <, Button: Edit Menu
+- <<, Button: Edit Menu
+- >, Button: Edit Menu
+- >>, Button: Edit Menu
+- abort, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Abort, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- About XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
+- accept, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Accept, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Action, Menu: Action Menu
+- adjourn, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Adjourn, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Adjudicate Draw, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Adjudicate to Black, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Adjudicate to White, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- adjudicateDrawMoves, option: Adjudication Options
+- adjudicateLossThreshold, option: Adjudication Options
+- Adjudications, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- alarm, option: ICS options
+- Always Queen, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- alwaysPromoteToQueen, option: User interface options
+- Analysis Mode, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Analyze File, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Animate Dragging, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Animate Moving, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- animate, option: User interface options
+- animateDragging, option: User interface options
+- animateMoving, option: User interface options
+- Animation Speed, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Annotate, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- at sign, option: Load and Save options
+- Authors: Contributors
+- Auto Comment, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Flag, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Flip View, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Kibitz, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Observe, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Raise Board, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto Save, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Auto-Refresh Seek Graph, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- autobs, option: ICS options
+- autoCallFlag, option: ICS options
+- autocomm, option: ICS options
+- autoComment, option: ICS options
+- autoflag, option: ICS options
+- autoflip, option: User interface options
+- autoFlipView, option: User interface options
+- autoKibitz, option: ICS options
+- autoObserve, option: ICS options
+- autoraise, option: User interface options
+- autoRaiseBoard, option: User interface options
+- autoRefresh, option: ICS options
+- autosave, option: Load and Save options
+- autoSaveGames, option: Load and Save options
+- ave Game Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Back to Start, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Background Observe, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- backgroundObserve, option: ICS options
+- Backward, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Basic operation: Basic operation
+- bell, option: User interface options
+- bitmapDirectory, option: User interface options
+- blackPieceColor, option: User interface options
+- blind, option: User interface options
+- Blindfold, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- blindfold, option: User interface options
+- bm, option: User interface options
+- board size: User interface options
+- Board, Menu Item: View Menu
+- boardHeight, option: Other options
+- boardSize, option: User interface options
+- boardWidth, option: Other options
+- Book, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- Bug reports: Problems
+- Bugs: Problems
+- Bugs: Limitations
+- buttons, option: User interface options
+- Call Flag, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- checkMates, option: Adjudication Options
+- Chess engine options: Chess engine options
+- CHESSDIR: Environment
+- clock, option: Chess engine options
+- clockFont, option: User interface options
+- clockMode, option: Chess engine options
+- cmail: CMail
+- colorChallenge, option: ICS options
+- colorChannel, option: ICS options
+- colorChannel1, option: ICS options
+- Colorize Messages, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- colorize, option: ICS options
+- colorKibitz, option: ICS options
+- colorNormal, option: ICS options
+- colorRequest, option: ICS options
+- Colors: User interface options
+- Colors: ICS options
+- colorSeek, option: ICS options
+- colorShout, option: ICS options
+- colorSShout, option: ICS options
+- colorTell, option: ICS options
+- Comments, Menu Item: View Menu
+- Common Engine, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Contributors: Contributors
+- coordFont, option: User interface options
+- coords, option: User interface options
+- Copy Game, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Copy Position, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- darkSquareColor, option: User interface options
+- debug, option: Other options
+- debugFile, option: Other options
+- debugMode, option: Other options
+- decline, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Decline, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- defaultCacheSizeEGTB, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- defaultFrcPosition, option: Other options
+- defaultHashSize, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- defaultPathEGTB, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- delayAfterQuit, option: Other options
+- delayBeforeQuit, option: Other options
+- display, option: User interface options
+- drag, option: User interface options
+- draw, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Draw, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Drop Menu, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- dropMenu, option: ICS options
+- Dual Board, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- dualBoard, option: ICS options
+- Edit Comment, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Edit Game, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Edit Menu: Edit Menu
+- Edit Position, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Edit Tags, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- egtFormats, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Engine #1 Settings, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- Engine #2 Settings, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- Engine Menu: Engine Menu
+- Engine Settings: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Engine Settings, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- engineDebugOutput, option: Other options
+- Environment variables: Environment
+- examine, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Exit, Menu Item: File Menu
+- exit, option: User interface options
+- fb, option: Chess engine options
+- fcp, option: Chess engine options
+- fd, option: Chess engine options
+- fh, option: Chess engine options
+- File Menu: File Menu
+- finger, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- First Black Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- First White Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- firstChessProgram, option: Chess engine options
+- firstComputerString, option: Chess engine options
+- firstDirectory, option: Chess engine options
+- firstHasOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- firstHost, option: Chess engine options
+- firstIsUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- firstNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: Chess engine options
+- firstNPS, option: Chess engine options
+- firstOptions, option: Chess engine options
+- firstPlaysBlack, option: Chess engine options
+- firstProtocolVersion, option: Chess engine options
+- firstScoreAbs, option: Chess engine options
+- firstTimeOdds, option: Chess engine options
+- firstXBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Flash Moves, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Flash Rate, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- flash, option: User interface options
+- flashCount, option: User interface options
+- flashRate, option: User interface options
+- Flip View, Menu Item: View Menu
+- flip, option: User interface options
+- flipView, option: User interface options
+- fNoOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Font: User interface options
+- Font, clock: User interface options
+- Font, coordinates: User interface options
+- font, option: User interface options
+- fontSizeTolerance, option: User interface options
+- Forward to End, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Forward, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- fUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Game List Tags, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Game List Tags, Menu Item: View Menu
+- gameListTags, option: Load and Save options
+- games, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- gateway, option: ICS options
+- General Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- geometry, option: User interface options
+- Get Move List, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- getMoveList, option: ICS options
+- Help Menu: Help Menu
+- help, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Hide Thinking, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- highlight Arrow, option: User interface options
+- Highlight Dragging, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Highlight Last Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Highlight with Arrow, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- highlight, option: User interface options
+- highlightLastMove, option: User interface options
+- highlightMoveWithArrow, option: User interface options
+- highlightSquareColor, option: User interface options
+- Hint, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- holdingsSize, option: Other options
+- iconic, option: User interface options
+- ICS: Chess Servers
+- ICS Alarm Time, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- ICS Alarm, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- ICS Client, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- ICS Input Box, Menu Item: View Menu
+- ICS options: ICS options
+- ICS Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- ICS, addresses: Chess Servers
+- ics, option: ICS options
+- icsAlarm, option: ICS options
+- icsAlarmTime, option: ICS options
+- icscomm, option: ICS options
+- icshelper, option: ICS options
+- icshost, option: ICS options
+- icsinput, option: ICS options
+- icslogon, option: ICS options
+- icsport, option: ICS options
+- inc, option: Chess engine options
+- Info XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
+- init, option: Load and Save options
+- initalMode, option: Other options
+- initString, option: Chess engine options
+- Internet Chess Server: Chess Servers
+- internetChessServerCommPort, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerHelper, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerHost, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerInputBox, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerLogonScript, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerMode, option: ICS options
+- internetChessServerPort, option: ICS options
- introduction: Top
-- Keys: Keys
-- legal, option: User interface options
-- lgf, option: Load and Save options
-- lgi, option: Load and Save options
-- lightSquareColor, option: User interface options
-- Limitations: Limitations
-- Load and Save options: Load and Save options
-- Load Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Load Next Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Load Next Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Load Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Load Previous Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Load Previous Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- loadGameFile, option: Load and Save options
-- loadGameIndex, option: Load and Save options
-- loadPositionFile, option: Load and Save options
-- loadPositionIndex, option: Load and Save options
-- lowTimeWarning, option: ICS options
-- lowTimeWarningColor, option: User interface options
-- lpf, option: Load and Save options
-- lpi, option: Load and Save options
-- Machine Black, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Machine White, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Mail Move, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Keys: Keys
+- legal, option: User interface options
+- lgf, option: Load and Save options
+- lgi, option: Load and Save options
+- lightSquareColor, option: User interface options
+- Limitations: Limitations
+- Load and Save options: Load and Save options
+- Load Game Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Load Game, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Load Next Game, Menu Item: Keys
+- Load Next Position, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Load Position, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Load Previous Game, Menu Item: Keys
+- Load Previous Position, Menu Item: File Menu
+- loadGameFile, option: Load and Save options
+- loadGameIndex, option: Load and Save options
+- loadPositionFile, option: Load and Save options
+- loadPositionIndex, option: Load and Save options
+- lowTimeWarning, option: ICS options
+- lowTimeWarningColor, option: User interface options
+- lpf, option: Load and Save options
+- lpi, option: Load and Save options
+- Machine Black, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Machine match, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Machine White, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Mail Move, Menu Item: File Menu
- Major modes: Major modes
-- Man XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
-- matchGames, option: Chess engine options
-- matchMode, option: Chess engine options
-- materialDraws, option: Adjudication Options
-- Menu, Action: Action Menu
-- Menu, File: File Menu
-- Menu, Help: Help Menu
-- Menu, Mode: Mode Menu
-- Menu, Options: Options Menu
-- Menu, Step: Step Menu
-- Menus: Menus
-- mg, option: Chess engine options
-- mm, option: Chess engine options
-- Mode Menu: Mode Menu
-- mode, option: Other options
-- mono, option: User interface options
-- monoMode, option: User interface options
-- Move Now, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- Move Sound, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- moves, option: ICS options
-- movesound, option: User interface options
-- movesPerSession, option: Chess engine options
-- mps, option: Chess engine options
-- msLoginDelay, option: ICS options
-- nameOfDebugFile, option: Other options
-- ncp, option: Other options
-- New Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- New Shuffle Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- New variant, Menu Item: File Menu
-- niceEngines, option: Chess engine options
-- noChessProgram, option: Other options
-- noGUI, option: User interface options
-- observe, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Old Save Style, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- oldmoves, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- oldsave, option: Load and Save options
-- oldSaveStyle, option: Load and Save options
-- Options: Options
-- Options Menu: Options Menu
-- Options, adjudication: Adjudication Options
-- options, Chess engine: Chess engine options
-- Options, ICS: ICS options
-- Options, Load and Save: Load and Save options
-- Options, miscellaneous: Other options
-- Options, User interface: User interface options
-- Other programs: Other programs
-- Paste Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Paste Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Pause, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Periodic Updates, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- pgnEventHeader, option`: Load and Save options
-- pgnExtendedInfo, option`: Load and Save options
-- pieceToSquareTable, option: Other options
-- pixmap, option: User interface options
-- pixmapDirectory, option: User interface options
-- PolyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- PolyglotDir, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- Ponder Next Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- ponder, option: Chess engine options
-- ponderNextMove, option: Chess engine options
-- Popup Exit Message, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Popup Move Errors, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- popup, option: User interface options
-- popupExitMessage, option: User interface options
-- popupMoveErrors, option: User interface options
-- pre, option: ICS options
-- Premove, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- premove, option: ICS options
-- Problems: Problems
-- queen, option: User interface options
-- Quiet Play, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- quiet, option: ICS options
-- quietPlay, option: ICS options
-- Reload CMail Message, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Reload Same Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- Reload Same Position, Menu Item: File Menu
-- remoteShell, option: Other options
-- remoteUser, option: Other options
-- Reporting bugs: Problems
-- Reporting problems: Problems
-- Resign, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Retract Move, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- reuse, option: Chess engine options
-- reuse2, option: Chess engine options
-- reuseFirst, option: Chess engine options
-- reuseSecond, option: Chess engine options
-- Revert, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- ringBellAfterMoves, option: User interface options
-- rsh, option: Other options
-- ruleMoves, option: Adjudication Options
-- ruser, option: Other options
-- sameColorGames, option: Chess engine options
-- Save Game, Menu Item: File Menu
-- saveGameFile, option: Load and Save options
-- saveOutOfBookInfo, option`: Load and Save options
-- savePositionFile, option: Load and Save options
-- scp, option: Chess engine options
-- sd, option: Chess engine options
-- searchDepth, option: Chess engine options
-- searchTime, option: Chess engine options
-- secondChessProgram, option: Chess engine options
-- secondComputerString, option: Chess engine options
-- secondDirectory, option: Chess engine options
-- secondHasOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- secondHost, option: Chess engine options
-- secondInitString, option: Chess engine options
-- secondIsUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: Chess engine options
-- secondNPS, option: Chess engine options
-- secondOptions, option: Chess engine options
-- secondProtocolVersion, option: Chess engine options
-- secondScoreAbs, option: Chess engine options
-- secondTimeOdds, option: Chess engine options
-- secondXBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- set, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- Settings, Engine: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- sgf, option: Load and Save options
-- sh, option: Chess engine options
-- Shortcut keys: Keys
-- Show Coords, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- Show Engine Output, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Show Game List, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- Show Move History, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- showButtonBar, option: User interface options
-- showCoords, option: User interface options
-- showThinking, option: Chess engine options
-- size, option: User interface options
-- sNoOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- soundChallenge, option: ICS options
-- soundChannel, option: ICS options
-- soundIcsAlarm, option: ICS options
-- soundIcsDraw, option: ICS options
-- soundIcsLoss, option: ICS options
-- soundIcsUnfinished, option: ICS options
-- soundIcsWin, option: ICS options
-- soundKibitz, option: ICS options
-- soundMove, option: ICS options
-- soundProgram, option: ICS options
-- soundRequest, option: ICS options
-- Sounds: ICS options
-- soundSeek, option: ICS options
-- soundShout, option: ICS options
-- soundSShout, option: ICS options
-- soundTell, option: ICS options
-- spf, option: Load and Save options
-- st, option: Chess engine options
-- Step Menu: Step Menu
-- Stop Examining, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- Stop Observing, Menu Item: Action Menu
-- sUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- tc, option: Chess engine options
-- td, option: Load and Save options
-- telnet, option: ICS options
-- telnetProgram, option: ICS options
-- Test Legality, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- testClaims, option: Adjudication Options
-- testLegality, option: User interface options
-- thinking, option: Chess engine options
-- Time Control, Menu Item: Options Menu
-- timeControl, option: Chess engine options
-- timeDelay, option: Load and Save options
-- timeIncrement, option: Chess engine options
-- timeOddsMode, option: Chess engine options
-- title, option: User interface options
-- titleInWindow, option: User interface options
-- Training, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- trivialDraws, option: Adjudication Options
-- Truncate Game, Menu Item: Step Menu
-- Two Machines, Menu Item: Mode Menu
-- usePolyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
-- User interface options: User interface options
-- userName, option: Other options
-- useTelnet, option: ICS options
-- variant, option: Other options
-- vars, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- whitePieceColor, option: User interface options
-- who, ICS command: Chess Servers
-- xflash, option: User interface options
+- Man XBoard, Menu Item: Help Menu
+- Match Game Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- matchGames, option: Chess engine options
+- matchMode, option: Chess engine options
+- materialDraws, option: Adjudication Options
+- Menu, Action: Action Menu
+- Menu, Edit: Edit Menu
+- Menu, Engine: Engine Menu
+- Menu, File: File Menu
+- Menu, Help: Help Menu
+- Menu, Mode: Mode Menu
+- Menu, Options: Options Menu
+- Menu, View: View Menu
+- Menus: Menus
+- mg, option: Chess engine options
+- mm, option: Chess engine options
+- Mode Menu: Mode Menu
+- mode, option: Other options
+- mono, option: User interface options
+- monoMode, option: User interface options
+- Move Now, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- Move Sound, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- moves, option: ICS options
+- movesound, option: User interface options
+- movesPerSession, option: Chess engine options
+- mps, option: Chess engine options
+- msLoginDelay, option: ICS options
+- nameOfDebugFile, option: Other options
+- ncp, option: Other options
+- New Game, Menu Item: File Menu
+- New Shuffle Game, Menu Item: File Menu
+- New variant, Menu Item: File Menu
+- niceEngines, option: Chess engine options
+- noChessProgram, option: Other options
+- noGUI, option: User interface options
+- observe, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- oldmoves, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- oldsave, option: Load and Save options
+- oldSaveStyle, option: Load and Save options
+- One-Click Moving, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- oneClickMove, option: ICS options
+- Options: Options
+- Options Menu: Options Menu
+- Options, adjudication: Adjudication Options
+- options, Chess engine: Chess engine options
+- Options, ICS: ICS options
+- Options, Load and Save: Load and Save options
+- Options, miscellaneous: Other options
+- Options, User interface: User interface options
+- Other programs: Other programs
+- Paste Game, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Paste Position, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Pause, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Periodic Updates, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- pgnEventHeader, option`: Load and Save options
+- pgnExtendedInfo, option`: Load and Save options
+- pieceToSquareTable, option: Other options
+- pixmap, option: User interface options
+- pixmapDirectory, option: User interface options
+- polyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- polyglotDir, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Ponder Next Move, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- ponder, option: Chess engine options
+- ponderNextMove, option: Chess engine options
+- Popup Exit Message, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Popup Move Errors, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- popup, option: User interface options
+- popupExitMessage, option: User interface options
+- popupMoveErrors, option: User interface options
+- pre, option: ICS options
+- Premove Black, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Premove White, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Premove, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- premove, option: ICS options
+- Problems: Problems
+- queen, option: User interface options
+- Quiet Play, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- quiet, option: ICS options
+- quietPlay, option: ICS options
+- Reload CMail Message, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Reload Same Game, Menu Item: Keys
+- Reload Same Position, Menu Item: Keys
+- remoteShell, option: Other options
+- remoteUser, option: Other options
+- Reporting bugs: Problems
+- Reporting problems: Problems
+- Resign, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Retract Move, Menu Item: Engine Menu
+- reuse, option: Chess engine options
+- reuse2, option: Chess engine options
+- reuseFirst, option: Chess engine options
+- reuseSecond, option: Chess engine options
+- Revert, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- ringBellAfterMoves, option: User interface options
+- rsh, option: Other options
+- ruleMoves, option: Adjudication Options
+- ruser, option: Other options
+- sameColorGames, option: Chess engine options
+- Save Game, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Save Position, Menu Item: File Menu
+- Save Settings Now, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Save Settings on Exit, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- saveGameFile, option: Load and Save options
+- saveOutOfBookInfo, option`: Load and Save options
+- savePositionFile, option: Load and Save options
+- saveSettingsFile, option: Load and Save options
+- scp, option: Chess engine options
+- sd, option: Chess engine options
+- searchDepth, option: Chess engine options
+- searchTime, option: Chess engine options
+- secondChessProgram, option: Chess engine options
+- secondComputerString, option: Chess engine options
+- secondDirectory, option: Chess engine options
+- secondHasOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- secondHost, option: Chess engine options
+- secondInitString, option: Chess engine options
+- secondIsUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- secondNeedsNoncompliantFEN, option: Chess engine options
+- secondNPS, option: Chess engine options
+- secondOptions, option: Chess engine options
+- secondProtocolVersion, option: Chess engine options
+- secondScoreAbs, option: Chess engine options
+- secondTimeOdds, option: Chess engine options
+- secondXBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Seek Graph, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- seekGraph, option: ICS options
+- set, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- Settings, Engine: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- SettingsFile, option: Load and Save options
+- sg, option: ICS options
+- sgf, option: Load and Save options
+- sh, option: Chess engine options
+- Shortcut keys: Keys
+- Show Coords, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- Show Engine Output, Menu Item: View Menu
+- Show Evaluation Graph, Menu Item: View Menu
+- Show Game List, Menu Item: View Menu
+- Show Move History, Menu Item: View Menu
+- showButtonBar, option: User interface options
+- showCoords, option: User interface options
+- showTargetSquares, option: User interface options
+- showThinking, option: Chess engine options
+- shuffleOpenings, option: Chess engine options
+- size, option: User interface options
+- sNoOwnBookUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Sound Options, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- soundChallenge, option: ICS options
+- soundChannel, option: ICS options
+- soundDirectory, option: ICS options
+- soundIcsAlarm, option: ICS options
+- soundIcsDraw, option: ICS options
+- soundIcsLoss, option: ICS options
+- soundIcsUnfinished, option: ICS options
+- soundIcsWin, option: ICS options
+- soundKibitz, option: ICS options
+- soundMove, option: ICS options
+- soundProgram, option: ICS options
+- soundRequest, option: ICS options
+- Sounds: ICS options
+- soundSeek, option: ICS options
+- soundShout, option: ICS options
+- soundSShout, option: ICS options
+- soundTell, option: ICS options
+- spf, option: Load and Save options
+- st, option: Chess engine options
+- Stop Examining, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- Stop Observing, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- sUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- Tags, Menu Item: View Menu
+- tc, option: Chess engine options
+- td, option: Load and Save options
+- telnet, option: ICS options
+- telnetProgram, option: ICS options
+- Test Legality, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- testClaims, option: Adjudication Options
+- testLegality, option: User interface options
+- thinking, option: Chess engine options
+- Time Control, Menu Item: Options Menu
+- timeControl, option: Chess engine options
+- timeDelay, option: Load and Save options
+- timeIncrement, option: Chess engine options
+- timeOddsMode, option: Chess engine options
+- title, option: User interface options
+- titleInWindow, option: User interface options
+- Training, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- trivialDraws, option: Adjudication Options
+- Truncate Game, Menu Item: Edit Menu
+- Two Machines, Menu Item: Mode Menu
+- Upload to Examine, Menu Item: Action Menu
+- usePolyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
+- User interface options: User interface options
+- userName, option: Other options
+- useTelnet, option: ICS options
+- variant, option: Other options
+- variations, option: ICS options
+- vars, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- View Menu: View Menu
+- whitePieceColor, option: User interface options
+- who, ICS command: Chess Servers
+- xflash, option: User interface options
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1 Major modes -
- 2 Menus, buttons, and keys +
- 2 Basic operation +
- 3 Menus, buttons, and keys -
- 3 Options +
- 4 Options
-
-- 3.1 Chess Engine Options -
- 3.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings -
- 3.3 ICS options -
- 3.4 Load and Save options -
- 3.5 User interface options -
- 3.6 Adjudication Options -
- 3.7 Other options +
- 4.1 Chess Engine Options +
- 4.2 UCI + WB Engine Settings +
- 4.3 ICS options +
- 4.4 Load and Save options +
- 4.5 User interface options +
- 4.6 Adjudication Options +
- 4.7 Other options
- 4 Chess Servers -
- 5 Firewalls -
- 6 Environment variables -
- 7 Limitations and known bugs -
- 8 Reporting problems -
- 9 Authors and contributors -
- 10 CMail +
- 5 Chess Servers +
- 6 Firewalls +
- 7 Environment variables +
- 8 Limitations and known bugs +
- 9 Reporting problems +
- 10 Authors and contributors +
- 11 CMail -
- 11 Other programs you can use with XBoard +
- 12 Other programs you can use with XBoard
- Copyright
- GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE