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@@ -1074,13 +1074,23 @@ Important when XBoard uses the score for adjudications, or in PGN reporting.
so that the generally insatiable hunger for CPU time of chess engines does not interfere so much
with smooth operation of WinBoard (or the rest of your system).
Negative values could increase the engine priority, which is not recommended.
-
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 "".
-chessclub.com
.
Another popular chess server to try is freechess.org
.
If your site doesn't have a working Internet name server, try
@@ -1156,15 +1166,15 @@ 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
@@ -1365,16 +1377,16 @@ 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
@@ -1387,15 +1399,21 @@ 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
@@ -1493,23 +1511,23 @@ 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
@@ -1517,7 +1535,7 @@ 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 @@ -1569,6 +1587,7 @@ Defaults: -darkSquareColor #77A26D -highlightSquareColor #FFFF00 -premoveHighlightColor #FF0000 + -lowTimeWarningColor #FF0000
On a grayscale monitor you might prefer:
@@ -1578,10 +1597,11 @@ Defaults:
-darkSquareColor gray60
-highlightSquareColor gray100
-premoveHighlightColor gray70
+ -lowTimeWarningColor gray70
-
-firstScoreAbs
and -secondScoreAbs
if needed.
Default: 0 (no adjudiction)
-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
@@ -1807,25 +1827,25 @@ 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 @@ -1995,7 +2015,7 @@ 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
@@ -2013,7 +2033,7 @@ 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. @@ -2078,7 +2098,7 @@ Up: Top
Report bugs and problems with XBoard to <bug-xboard@gnu.org>
.
Please use the script program to start a typescript, run @@ -2122,7 +2142,7 @@ Up: Top
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. @@ -2179,7 +2199,7 @@ Up: Top
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.
@@ -2238,10 +2258,10 @@ 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.