X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?a=blobdiff_plain;f=winboard%2Freadme.txt;h=e05ed408fcf13d143093e656e64a700bdd0bb96e;hb=a49a080da8e49d3d814116eb96205dbf77d6536b;hp=8ebc2ca924ecf27a9b2aa35b2c3da4a4df6a0806;hpb=762e18baef5f815cc46019ba3e082bd5ec1980f6;p=xboard.git diff --git a/winboard/readme.txt b/winboard/readme.txt index 8ebc2ca..e05ed40 100644 --- a/winboard/readme.txt +++ b/winboard/readme.txt @@ -1,9 +1,28 @@ - WinBoard 4.3.15m RELEASE NOTES + WinBoard 4.3.16 RELEASE NOTES + +Compared to version 4.3.15 described below, this version features + +New command-line options +/niceEngines=N for adjusting the priority of engine processes so they don't soak up all your system resources +/firstOptions="..." Allows the setting of options that engines define through the feature option="..." commands +/secondOptions="..." +/firstLogo=filename.bmp Displays the mentioned bitmap next to the clock (with H:W =1:2 aspect ratio) (WB only) +/secondLogo=filename.bmp +/autoLogo=false get logo files automatically from engineDirectory\logo.bmp + +General enhancements: +* New WB-protocol command: 'feature option="NAME -TYPE VALUE OTHER"', which engines can use to define options +* New WB-protocol command: 'option NAME VALUE' used to set value of engine-defned options. +* implements /delayAfterQuit and /delayBeforeQuit in XBoard, and uses SIGKILL to terminate rogue engine processes + + + + WinBoard 4.3.15 RELEASE NOTES Compared to version 4.3.14k described below, this version features New command-line options -/rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode +/rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode) /sameColorGames=N (for playing a match where the same player has white all the time) /egtFormats="..." (for specifying where various end-game tables are installed on the computer) @@ -22,11 +41,10 @@ General Enhancements: * Match mode suports an auto-increment mode, so that all games or positions from a file can be played * Draw claims with Kings and an arbitrary number of like Bishops (e.g. KBBKB) are accepted -The source tree in original XBoard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid -of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source release. Makefiles for -other compilers are not updated since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers. - -Note that this release is a bug-fix for the 4.3.15k release, which had a bug in human-ICS play mode. +The source tree in original xboard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid +of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source releasy, after you put +the hep-file from an executabl distribution there. Maefiles for other compilers are not updated +since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers. WinBoard 4.3.14k RELEASE NOTES