against a human (or computer) opponent. This file describes how to use
GNU shogi and also gives background information about the game of shogi.
-This file describes GNU shogi version 1.3. It was written by me, Mike
+This file describes GNU shogi version 1.3.2. It was written by me, Mike
Vanier, the current maintainer of GNU shogi. My email address is
-@email{mvanier@@bbb.caltech.edu}.
+@email{mvanier@@cs.caltech.edu}.
GNU shogi is actually two programs:
| | bN | | f
----------------+
-Black in hand: S, G
+Black in hand: 2G
\endVerbatim
@end tex
@sp 1
-Here, Black plays G*2b, White plays K1c, and Black plays S*1d mate.
+Here, Black plays G*2b, White plays K1c, and Black plays G*1d mate.
More typical tsume problems range from 5 moves to arbitrarily high
numbers of moves, and they can be quite brain-busting. Tsume problems
may seem artificial, but in the closing stages of the game where both
pieces. For those for whom Dai-dai shogi is just too small :-)
@item
-Tai (grand) shogi, played on a 25x25 board with 377 pieces! Until
+Tai (grand) shogi, played on a 25x25 board with 354 pieces! Until
recently, this was thought to be the biggest chess game ever devised,
but now there is...
@sp 1
The book gnushogi.tbk consists of a sequence of openings. An opening
-begins with a line starting with a # (the rest of the line is a
-comment). Following this is a series of moves in algebraic notation
-alternating black and white separated by white space. A move may have a
-? after it indicating this move should never be made in this position.
-Moves are stored as position:move so transpositions between openings can
-take place.
+begins with a line starting with a # (the rest of the line is a comment).
+Following this is a series of moves in algebraic notation alternating
+between black and white separated by whitespace. A move may have a ?
+after it indicating this move should never be made in this position. Moves
+are stored as position:move so transpositions between openings can take
+place.
@sp 1
causes the computer to play both sides of a shogi game.
@item black
-causes the computer to take the white pieces, if the computer is to move
+causes the computer to play as White, if the computer was to move
first.
@item bsave
backout the last level for both sides. Equal to 2 undo's.
@item reverse
-causes the board display to be reversed. That is, the black pieces will
+causes the board display to be reversed. That is, the Black's pieces will
now appear at the top of the board.
@item rv
(e.g. retract one move for each side).
@item white
-causes the computer to take the black pieces, if the computer is to move
+causes the computer to play as Black; if the computer is to move
first the go command must be given.
@item xget
colors or four. You shouldn't have to specify monochrome. xshogi will
determine if this is necessary.
-@item -wpc or -blackPieceColor color
-Color specification for black pieces suitable for XParseColor(3X11).
-Default: #FFFFCC. These colors look good on a DEC workstation. If you
-need different colors, try using the xcolors application. Source for
-xcolors can be found in the X11 contrib directory.
-
-@item -bpc or -whitePieceColor color
-Same for white pieces. Default: #202020.
-
-@item -lsc or -lightSquareColor color
-Same for light squares. Default: #C8C365.
+@item -pc or -pieceColor color
+Color specification for pieces suitable for XParseColor().
+Default: #FFFFD7.
-@item -dsc or -darkSquareColor color
-Same for dark squares. Default: #77A26D.
+@item -sc or -squareColor color
+Same for squares. Default: #EBDFB0.
@item -wps or -westernPieceSet (True | False)
Choose the Western style piece set.
If you are using a grayscale monitor, try setting the colors to:
- XShogi*blackPieceColor: gray100 @*
- XShogi*whitePieceColor: gray0 @*
- XShogi*lightSquareColor: gray60 @*
- XShogi*darkSquareColor: gray40
+ XShogi*pieceColor: gray100 @*
+ XShogi*squareColor: gray60 @*
@end table
top of the screen.
@item Challenge
-allows to make a two display game between two human players. Enter the
-display you want to connect to. If you are allowed to connect, a new
-board is displayed at the remote display. Challenge mode can only be
-stopped by pressing ``quit''.
+allows you to make a two display game between two human players. Enter
+the display you want to connect to. If you are allowed to connect, a
+new board is displayed at the remote display. Challenge mode can only
+be stopped by pressing ``quit''.
@item Select Level
-allows to reset the clocks for both players. Enter the number of moves
-and the number of minutes in which the moves should be done.
+allows you to reset the clocks for both players. Enter the number of
+moves and the number of minutes in which the moves should be done.
@item Move NOW
force computer to stop thinking and to make the current best move.
@table @asis
-@item Pieter Stouten's shogi page: @uref{http://www.halcyon.com/stouten/shogi.html}
+@item Pieter Stouten's shogi page: @uref{http://www.shogi.net}
This is the main shogi-related site on the internet, with links to
almost all the other sites.
@item
Pieter Stouten, for having the most comprehensive shogi site on the
-World Wide Web @uref{http://www.halcyon.com/stouten/shogi.html}, and for
+World Wide Web (@uref{http://www.shogi.net}), and for
maintaining the shogi-l mailing list. Go to Pieter's web site for more
information on subscribing to the list. Also thanks to everyone who
contributes and has contributed to that list.
The motto of GNU shogi is ``100% bug-free or you don't pay!'' :-) In the
extremely unlikely case (*ahem*) that you do find a bug, please send me
-(Mike Vanier) an email at @email{mvanier@@bbb.caltech.edu}. Also, feel
+(Mike Vanier) an email at @email{mvanier@@cs.caltech.edu}. Also, feel
free to send me comments, complaints, out-and-out raves, suggestions,
plane tickets to Hawaii, and/or large suitcases filled with unmarked,
untraceable hundred-dollar bills.
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