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@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ the engines report scores from the viewpoint of white, or from that of their own
such as hash-table size, tablebase cache size, maximum number of processors
that SMP engines can use, and where to find the Polyglot adapter needed
to run UCI engines under XBoard. The feature that allows setting of these parameters on
-engines is new since XBoard 4.3.15, so not many WinBoard engines respond
+engines is new since XBoard 4.3.15, so not many XBoard/WinBoard engines respond
to it yet, but UCI engines should.
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.
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ by the new option Hide Thinking. See Options Menu. D
it makes the engine send it despite the setting of this option.)
loadGameFile
or loadPositionFile
option is set,
@@ -1073,11 +1073,11 @@ that in favor of white, even when the engine plays black.
Important when XBoard uses the score for adjudications, or in PGN reporting.
usePolyglotBook
option is set to true,
and the option firstHasOwnBookUCI
or secondHasOwnBookUCI
applying to the engine
is set to false.
@@ -1125,11 +1125,11 @@ and XBoard will select the book moves for it. Default "".
-firstScoreAbs
and -secondScoreAbs
if needed.
Default: 0 (no adjudication)
-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
@@ -1837,25 +1844,25 @@ 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 @@ -2025,7 +2032,7 @@ Up: Top
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
@@ -2043,7 +2050,7 @@ Up: Top
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. @@ -2069,7 +2076,7 @@ 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. @@ -2108,38 +2115,23 @@ Up: Top
-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.
@@ -2268,12 +2264,6 @@ directory as cmail keeps its working files (above).
environment variable $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.