The argument is a string of the form <name>=<value>. This option
will set the engine option <name> to <value>.
- -ec This is an alias for -pg "EngineCommand=<value>".
+ -ec This is an alias for -pg "EngineCommand=<value>"
- -ed This is an alias for -pg "EngineDir=<value>".
+ -ed This is an alias for -pg "EngineDir=<value>"
-en This is an alias for -pg "EngineName=<value>"
- -hash
- This is an alias for -uci "Hash=<value>".
-
- -log
- This is an alias for -pg "Log=true".
+ -log (default: false)
+ This is an alias for -pg "Log=<value>"
-lf (default: "polyglot.log")
This is an alias for -pg "LogFile=<value>".
- -bk This is an alias for -pg "Book=true" -pg "BookFile=<value>".
+ -wb (default: "true")
+ This is an alias for -pg "OnlyWbOptions=<value>".
When invoked as
command-line arguments. Path searching is used and the current
directory will be "EngineDir".
+ SettingsDir (default: $HOME/.polyglot on Linux; ".\_PG" on Windows)
+ The directory where ini files are stored for engines that are
+ started with -noini. Such ini files may be created by pushing the
+ "Save" button in the Engine settings dialog in WB/XB 4.4.0 and
+ higher. As a special exception (for WB/XB 4.4.0 compatibility) this
+ directory is also used in case PolyGlot is started with config
+ files named "polyglot_1st.ini" or "polyglot_2nd.ini".
+
Log (default: false)
Whether PolyGlot should log all transactions with the interface and
the engine. This should be necessary only to locate problems.
Select moves according to their weights in the book. If false the
move with the highest weight is selected.
- BookRandom (default: true)
- Select moves according to their weights in the book. If false the
- move with the highest weight is selected.
+ BookLearn (default: false)
+ Store learning information in the book (which must be writable).
+ Currently no engine actually uses this information.
BookDepth (default: 256)
Stop using the book after this number of moves.
This a bit vector in which each bit represents the processors that
a process is allowed to run on. This option works only on Windows.
- SaveSettingsOnExit (default: true)
- If true then PolyGlot will implement persistence by loading options
- from an additional INI file which is specified by the option "Save-
- File". At exit PolyGlot will also save its options to this INI
- file.
-
- SaveFile (default: PG_<EngineName>.ini)
- The name of the file from which to take the additional options.
- You can safely edit this file.
+ OnlyWbOptions (default: true)
+ If true then PolyGlot restricts the options it sends to those that
+ are potentially useful for WinBoard.
Work arounds
to the way kibitzing is implemented, KibitzMove is disabled in that
case.
- WbWorkArounds (default: true)
- The intention of these options is to provide work arounds for
- xboard/winboard bugs should they arise. This one decapitalizes the
- word Draw in options that contain this word. 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.
-
- WbWorkArounds2 (default: false)
- Old version of Winboard clear the engine output window at depth 1.
- With this work around PG will send info lines at depth >=2. This
- may or may not improve the display.
-
[Engine] section
This section contains engine UCI options. PolyGlot does not understand
GUI or launch the engine in a console and type "uci".
EXAMPLES
+ Running the UCI engine "fruit" under xboard 4.3.15 and later (this
+ invokes PolyGlot internally).
+
+ xboard -fcp fruit -fUCI
+
+ An explicit command line for using the UCI engine "fruit" with 128M
+ hash in xboard with logging enabled (this also works on xboard 4.2.7).
+
+ xboard -fcp "polyglot -noini -log -ec fruit -hash 128"
+
+ The equivalent config file would be:
+
+ [PolyGlot]
+ EngineCommand = fruit
+ Log = true
+ [Engine]
+ Hash=128
+
Compile "games.pgn" into a book "book.bin" retaining all lines of at
most 30 plies.
polyglot epd-test -epd test.epd -max-time 420
- The command line for using the UCI engine "fruit" with 128M hash in
- xboard with logging enabled.
-
- xboard -fcp "polyglot -noini -log -ec fruit -hash 128"
-
- The equivalent config file would be:
-
- [PolyGlot]
- EngineCommand = fruit
- Log = true
- [Engine]
- Hash=128
-
EXIT STATUS
PolyGlot always returns 0 on exit.
Various enhancements: Fonzy Bleumers<match(at)geenvis.net>
- UCI port: Michel Van den Bergh <michel.vandenbergh(at)uhasselt.be>
+ UCI port and implementation of new WB protocol: Michel Van den Bergh
+ <michel.vandenbergh(at)uhasselt.be>
SEE ALSO
xboard(6)
- 2009-08-31 POLYGLOT(6)
+ 2009-09-11 POLYGLOT(6)
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