Other options: Miscellaneous.
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ If mode=1, the engine that gets the most time will always get the nominal time,
as specified by the time-control options, and its opponent's time is renormalized accordingly.
If mode=0, both play with reduced time. Default: 0.
-hideThinkingFromHuman true/falseControls the Hide Thinking option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-(Relaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard versions.)
+(Replaces the Show-Thinking option of older xboard versions.)
-thinking/-xthinking or -showThinking true/falseForces the engine to send thinking output to xboard.
Used to be the only way to control if thinking output was displayed
in older xboard versions,
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ by the new option Hide Thinking. See Options Menu. D
(But if xboard needs the thinking output for some purpose,
it makes the engine send it despite the setting of this option.)
-ponder/-xponder or -ponderNextMove true/falseSets the Ponder Next Move menu option. See Options Menu. Default: true.
-
-smpCores numberSpecifies the maxmum nmber of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to use.
+
-smpCores numberSpecifies the maximum number of CPUs an SMP engine is allowed to use.
Only works for engines that support the WinBoard-protocol cores feature.
-mg or -matchGames nAutomatically runs an n-game match between two chess engines,
with alternating colors.
@@ -1110,10 +1110,10 @@ Up: Options
-fUCI or -firstIsUCI true/false-sUCI or -secondIsUCI true/falseIndicates if the mentioned engine executable file is an UCI engine,
and should be run with the aid of the Polyglot adapter rather than directly.
Xboard will then pass the other UCI options and engine name to Polyglot
-through a .ini temporary file ceated for the purpose.
+through a .ini temporary file created for the purpose.
-PolyglotDir filenameGives the name of the directory in which the Polyglot adapter for UCI engines expects its files.
Default: "/usr/local/share/polyglot".
-
-usePolyglotBook true/falseSpecifies if the Polygot book should be used.
+
-usePolyglotBook true/falseSpecifies if the Polyglot book should be used.
-PolyglotBook filenameGives the filename of the opening book that Polyglot should use.
From XBoard 4.3.15 on, native WinBoard engines will also use the opening book specified here,
provided the usePolyglotBook
option is set to true,
@@ -1200,7 +1200,7 @@ See Firewalls.
the given character I/O device instead of opening a TCP connection.
Use this option if your system does not have any kind of
Internet connection itself (not even a SLIP or PPP connection),
-but you do have dialup access (or a hardwired terminal line) to
+but you do have dial-up access (or a hardwired terminal line) to
an Internet service provider from which you can telnet to the ICS.
The support for this option in XBoard is minimal. You need to
@@ -1623,9 +1623,9 @@ if both engines agree for a duration of 6 consecutive ply that the score
is below the given score threshold for that engine. Make sure the score
is interpreted properly by XBoard,
using -firstScoreAbs
and -secondScoreAbs
if needed.
-Default: 0 (no adjudiction)
+Default: 0 (no adjudication)
-adjudicateDrawMoves nIf the given value is non-zero, XBoard adjudicates the game as a draw
-if after the given number of moves it was not yet decided. Defaut: 0 (no adjudication)
+if after the given number of moves it was not yet decided. Default: 0 (no adjudication)
-checkMates true/falseIf this option is set, XBoard detects all checkmates and stalemates,
and ends the game as soon as they occur.
Legality-testing must be switched on for this option to work.
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ needed in ICS mode. Recognized variant names are:
gothic similar, with a better initial position
caparandom An FRC-like version of Capablanca Chess (10x8)
janus A game with two Archbishops (10x8 board)
- courier Medieval intermedite between shatranj and
+ courier Medieval intermediate between shatranj and
modern Chess (on 12x8 board)
falcon Patented 10x8 variant with two Falcon pieces
berolina Pawns capture straight ahead, and move diagonal
@@ -1714,12 +1714,12 @@ needed in ICS mode. Recognized variant names are:
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 (offboard
+kriegspiel. The winning/drawing conditions in crazyhouse (off-board
interposition on mate), losers, suicide, giveaway, atomic, and 3check
are not fully understood.
Berolina and cylinder chess can only be played with legality testing off.
In crazyhouse, XBoard now does keep
-track of offboard pieces. In shatranj it does implement the baring
+track of off-board pieces. In shatranj it does implement the baring
rule when mate detection is switched on.
-boardHeight NAllows you to set a non-standard number of board ranks in any variant.
If the height is given as -1, the default height for the variant is used.
@@ -1767,7 +1767,7 @@ with respect to saving it in the debug file.
The output is further (hopefully) ignored.
If number=0, WinBoard refrains from writing such spurious output to the debug file.
If number=1, all engine output is written faithfully to the debug file.
-If number=2, any protocol-violating line is prefixed with a # character,
+If number=2, any protocol-violating line is prefixed with a '#' character,
as the engine itself should have done if it wanted to submit info for inclusion in the debug file.
This option is provided for the benefit of applications that use the debug file
as a source of information, such as the broadcaster of live games TLCV / TLCS.
@@ -1779,7 +1779,7 @@ configured and compiled.
remoteShell
. The default is your local user name.
-userName usernameName under which the Human player will be listed in the PGN file.
Default is the login name on your local computer.
-
-delayBeforeQuit number-delayAfterQuit numberThese options specify how long WinBoard has to wait before sending a termination signal to rogue engine processes, that do not want to react to the quit command. The second one determines the pause after killing the engine, to make sure it dies.
+
-delayBeforeQuit number-delayAfterQuit numberThese options specify how long WinBoard has to wait before sending a termination signal to rogue engine processes, that do not want to react to the 'quit' command. The second one determines the pause after killing the engine, to make sure it dies.
@@ -2169,7 +2169,7 @@ responsible for versions 1.0 through 1.2.
Evan Welsh wrote CMail
. Patrick Surry helped in designing,
testing, and documenting CMail.
-
Allessandro Scotti added many elements to the user interface of WinBoard,
+
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.
@@ -2180,7 +2180,7 @@ 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 wre WinBoard only have now been back-ported to XBoard.
+Most of the options that initially were WinBoard only have now been back-ported to XBoard.
Michel van den Bergh provided the code for reading Polyglot opening books.
@@ -2455,13 +2455,13 @@ Up: Other programs
11.2 Fairy-Max
-Fairy-Max is a derivative from the World's smallest Chess program micro-Max,
+
Fairy-Max is a derivative from the once World's smallest Chess program micro-Max,
which measures only about 100 lines of source code.
The main difference with micro-Max is that Fairy-Max loads its move-generator
tables from a file, so that the rules for piece movement can be easily configured
to implement unorthodox pieces.
-Fairy-Max can therefore play a lage number of variants, normal Chess being one of those.
-In addition it plas Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess,
+Fairy-Max can therefore play a large number of variants, normal Chess being one of those.
+In addition it plays Knightmate, Capablanca and Gothic Chess, Shatranj, Courier Chess,
Cylinder chess, Berolina Chess, while the user can easily define new variants.
It can be obtained from:
@@ -3334,10 +3334,10 @@ Up: Top
.cmailaliases: CMail options
.cmailgames: CMail options
.icsrc: ICS options
-<, Button: Step Menu
-<<, Button: Step Menu
->, Button: Step Menu
->>, Button: Step Menu
+<, 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
@@ -3346,9 +3346,9 @@ Up: Top
Action, Menu: Action Menu
adjourn, ICS command: Chess Servers
Adjourn, Menu Item: Action Menu
-Adjudicate Draw, Menu Item: Step Menu
-Adjudicate to Black, Menu Item: Step Menu
-Adjudicate to White, Menu Item: Step 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
@@ -3382,8 +3382,8 @@ Up: Top
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
+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
@@ -3486,8 +3486,8 @@ Up: Top
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
+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
@@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ Up: Top
Menu, Help: Help Menu
Menu, Mode: Mode Menu
Menu, Options: Options Menu
-Menu, Step: Step Menu
+Menu, Step: Step Menu
Menus: Menus
mg, option: Chess engine options
mm, option: Chess engine options
@@ -3575,7 +3575,7 @@ Up: Top
mode, option: Other options
mono, option: User interface options
monoMode, option: User interface options
-Move Now, Menu Item: Step Menu
+Move Now, Menu Item: Step Menu
Move Sound, Menu Item: Options Menu
moves, option: ICS options
movesound, option: User interface options
@@ -3639,12 +3639,12 @@ Up: Top
Reporting bugs: Problems
Reporting problems: Problems
Resign, Menu Item: Action Menu
-Retract Move, Menu Item: Step 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
+Revert, Menu Item: Step Menu
ringBellAfterMoves, option: User interface options
rsh, option: Other options
ruleMoves, option: Adjudication Options
@@ -3704,7 +3704,7 @@ Up: Top
soundTell, option: ICS options
spf, option: Load and Save options
st, option: Chess engine options
-Step Menu: Step Menu
+Step Menu: Step Menu
Stop Examining, Menu Item: Action Menu
Stop Observing, Menu Item: Action Menu
sUCI, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
@@ -3725,7 +3725,7 @@ Up: Top
titleInWindow, option: User interface options
Training, Menu Item: Mode Menu
trivialDraws, option: Adjudication Options
-Truncate Game, Menu Item: Step Menu
+Truncate Game, Menu Item: Step Menu
Two Machines, Menu Item: Mode Menu
usePolyglotBook, option: UCI + WB Engine Settings
User interface options: User interface options