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.IX Title "POLYGLOT 6"
-.TH POLYGLOT 6 "2009-01-15" "" ""
+.TH POLYGLOT 6 "2009-08-06" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
PolyGlot \- Winboard protocol to UCI protocol adapter
\- book engine for Polyglot books
.PP
polyglot info-book [\-bin inputfile] [\-exact]
.PP
-polyglot dumb-book [\-bin inputfile] \-color color [\-out outputfile]
+polyglot dump-book [\-bin inputfile] \-color color [\-out outputfile]
.PP
polyglot [configfile] epd-test [\-epd inputfile] [\-min\-depth depth] [\-max\-depth depth] [\-max\-time time] [\-depth\-delta delta]
.PP
Unconditionally stop the seach after this amount of time.
.IP "\fB\-depth\-delta\fR (default: 3)" 4
.IX Item "-depth-delta (default: 3)"
-Stop the search if the best move has been constant for this many depths,
-on condition that the mininal depth and minimal time have been reached.
+Stop the search if the solution as been found and the best move has
+been constant for this many depths, on condition that the mininal
+depth and minimal time have been reached.
.IP "\fB\-min\-depth\fR (default: 8)" 4
.IX Item "-min-depth (default: 8)"
Minimal search depth when the search is stopped using \*(L"\-depth\-delta\*(R".
\& ...
.Ve
.PP
-Lines starting with \*(L"#\*(R" are ignored.
+The characters \*(L"#\*(R" and \*(L";\*(R" serve as comment characters.
.PP
\&\s-1NOTE:\s0 There can be spaces in option names or values. Do not use
quotes. Boolean values are written as \*(L"true\*(R" or \*(L"false\*(R".
.IX Item "ShowPonder (default: true)"
Show search information during engine pondering. Turning this off
might be better for interactive use in some interfaces.
+.IP "\fBScoreWhite\fR (default: true)" 4
+.IX Item "ScoreWhite (default: true)"
+Report score from white's point of view in xboard mode.
.IP "\fBKibitzMove\fR (default: false)" 4
.IX Item "KibitzMove (default: false)"
Whether to kibitz when playing a move.
How many seconds to wait before starting kibitzing. This has an
effect only if \*(L"KibitzPV\*(R" is selected, move kibitzes are always sent
regardless of the delay.
+.IP "\fBKibitzInterval\fR (default: 0)" 4
+.IX Item "KibitzInterval (default: 0)"
+This is another form of throttling. PolyGlot will usually wait this
+many seconds before doing the next kibitz.
.IP "\fB\s-1UCI\s0\fR (default: false)" 4
.IX Item "UCI (default: false)"
If true PolyGlot will not understand xboard commands.
.IX Item "RepeatPV (default: true)"
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.
+.IP "\fBWbWorkArounds\fR (default: false)" 4
+.IX Item "WbWorkArounds (default: false)"
+The intention of this option is to provide work arounds for
+xboard/winboard bugs should they arise. Currently it only prevents
+\&\*(L"feature option=\*(R" commands which contain \*(L"Draw\*(R" in their name from
+being sent to the \s-1GUI\s0. Some versions of xboard/winboard contain a bug
+which causes such options to be interpreted as draw claims by the
+engine.
+.Sp
+Engines that send options with \*(L"Draw\*(R" in their name are Rybka and \s-1HIARCS\s0.
.Sh "[Engine] section"
.IX Subsection "[Engine] section"
This section contains engine \s-1UCI\s0 options. PolyGlot does not
\& polyglot make\-book \-pgn games.pgn \-bin book.bin \-max\-ply 30
.Ve
.PP
-Merge books \*(L"in1.bin\*(R" and \*(L"in2.bin\*(R" into a book \*(L"out.bin\*(R".
+Merge books \*(L"w1.bin\*(R" and \*(L"w2.bin\*(R" into a book \*(L"w.bin\*(R".
.PP
.Vb 1
\& polyglot merge\-book \-in1 w1.bin \-in2 w2.bin \-out w.bin
.Ve
.PP
+Inspect lines for white in \*(L"w.bin\*(R"
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& polyglot dump\-book \-bin w.bin \-color white \-out w_white.txt
+.Ve
+.PP
+Test epd file \*(L"test.epd\*(R" with a (maximum) search time of 7 minutes per position
+.PP
+.Vb 1
+\& polyglot epd\-test \-epd test.epd \-max\-time 420
+.Ve
+.PP
The command line for using the \s-1UCI\s0 engine \*(L"fruit\*(R" in a \s-1GUI\s0 which uses the
xboard protocol.
.PP
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