X-Git-Url: http://winboard.nl/cgi-bin?p=polyglot.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=0a147f92e6d5ddbbfa319360b87fe08ba59110ca;hp=632227770cd8c7c3f1833b181b72fdc5d30e4da0;hb=0d182b4efac85dce968068bfe4509e52e9a30051;hpb=ad2265d4fc54fc9ba99fc606e6174df34bfb4a0f diff --git a/README b/README index 6322277..0a147f9 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ OPTIONS Unconditionally stop the seach after this amount of time. -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. -min-depth (default: 8) Minimal search depth when the search is stopped using @@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ CONFIG FILE FORMAT option = value ... - Lines starting with "#" are ignored. + The characters "#" and ";" serve as comment characters. NOTE: There can be spaces in option names or values. Do not use quotes. Boolean values are written as "true" or "false". @@ -324,6 +324,9 @@ CONFIG FILE FORMAT Show search information during engine pondering. Turning this off might be better for interactive use in some interfaces. + ScoreWhite (default: true) + Report score from white's point of view in xboard mode. + KibitzMove (default: false) Whether to kibitz when playing a move. @@ -340,6 +343,10 @@ CONFIG FILE FORMAT effect only if "KibitzPV" is selected, move kibitzes are always sent regardless of the delay. + KibitzInterval (default: 0) + This is another form of throttling. PolyGlot will usually wait this + many seconds before doing the next kibitz. + UCI (default: false) If true PolyGlot will not understand xboard commands. @@ -427,9 +434,11 @@ CONFIG FILE FORMAT 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. [Engine] section @@ -461,10 +470,19 @@ EXAMPLES polyglot make-book -pgn games.pgn -bin book.bin -max-ply 30 - Merge books "in1.bin" and "in2.bin" into a book "out.bin". + Merge books "w1.bin" and "w2.bin" into a book "w.bin". polyglot merge-book -in1 w1.bin -in2 w2.bin -out w.bin + Inspect lines for white in "w.bin" + + polyglot dump-book -bin w.bin -color white -out w_white.txt + + Test epd file "test.epd" with a (maximum) search time of 7 minutes per + position + + polyglot epd-test -epd test.epd -max-time 420 + The command line for using the UCI engine "fruit" in a GUI which uses the xboard protocol. @@ -494,4 +512,4 @@ SEE ALSO - 2009-01-15 POLYGLOT(6) + 2009-07-26 POLYGLOT(6)