X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=polyglot.pod;h=0465ce656606ca6f826d9fdaf8b77d0029d7c3e7;hb=baab92d048b9ba06dada3a17ec51d9e9340d4730;hp=71fd17ca5bc9969909d7bc85be62f2ea0bd8c5b6;hpb=5cd5185613348b13625e257efcd7b2f11ca85276;p=polyglot.git diff --git a/polyglot.pod b/polyglot.pod index 71fd17c..0465ce6 100644 --- a/polyglot.pod +++ b/polyglot.pod @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ polyglot merge-book -in1 inputfile1 -in2 inputfile2 [-out outputfile] polyglot info-book [-bin inputfile] [-exact] -polyglot dumb-book [-bin inputfile] -color color [-out outputfile] +polyglot dump-book [-bin inputfile] -color color [-out outputfile] polyglot [configfile] epd-test [-epd inputfile] [-min-depth depth] [-max-depth depth] [-max-time time] [-depth-delta delta] @@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ This is the score in centipawns that will trigger resign "counting". Show search information during engine pondering. Turning this off might be better for interactive use in some interfaces. +=item B (default: true) + +Report score from white's point of view in xboard mode. + =item B (default: false) Whether to kibitz when playing a move. @@ -393,13 +397,17 @@ Whether to kibitz when the PV is changed (new iteration or new best move). xboard command to use for kibitzing, normally "tellall" for kibitzing or "tellothers" for whispering. - =item B (default: 5) How many seconds to wait before starting kibitzing. This has an effect only if "KibitzPV" is selected, move kibitzes are always sent regardless of the delay. +=item B (default: 0) + +This is another form of throttling. PolyGlot will usually wait this +many seconds before doing the next kibitz. + =item B (default: false) If true PolyGlot will not understand xboard commands. @@ -506,10 +514,21 @@ incorrect form (and of course promotes into a queen). When true, PolyGlot repeats the last pv string (which also contains score,depth and time usage) it got from the engine. Some engines -however do not send a new pv string just before sending the move and -the now old pv string might confuse debugtools that parse the winboard -debug files. +however do not send a new pv string just before sending the move. +In that case the output of PolyGlot would be inconsistent. +When RepeatPV is false PolyGlot does not repeat the last pv string. +Due to the way kibitzing is implemented, KibitzMove is disabled in that case. + +=item B (default: false) + +The intention of this option is to provide work arounds for +xboard/winboard bugs should they arise. Currently it only prevents +"feature option=" commands which contain "Draw" in their name from +being sent to the GUI. Some versions of xboard/winboard contain a bug +which causes such options to be interpreted as draw claims by the +engine. +Engines that send options with "Draw" in their name are Rybka and HIARCS. =back