Let LaunchSearch() also start ponder search

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 Change log:\r
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-22/12/2016 3.0\r
+8/12/2018 4.0\r
+Complete redesign of the internal logic, to make interruption of thinking\r
+actually work. The engine thread is made responsible for parsing the GUI\r
+commands that require the engine to be idle. These commands are passed to\r
+it from the GUI thread through an internal command queue. The engine thread\r
+can peek in this queue when a search terminates and it enters the idle or\r
+pondering state. It only goes reading the ponder output after all queued\r
+commands are processed. This way the GUI thread is sensitive to input all\r
+the time, and can instantly handle all commands by either processing those\r
+that can be done during search, and queueing the others. In the latter case\r
+it can abort an ongoing search to divert the attention of the engine thread\r
+back to the command queue.\r
+ Other changes are:\r
+Added option to force the engine to ponder if force mode (for OTB tournaments).\r
+Produce a compliant error message for unknown commands.\r
+Fix time increment in ponder-on games (which was subtracted rather than added).\r
+Fix periodic updates, to include move and correct move counts.\r
+Set UCCI newgame option after initial isready handshake rather than before it.\r
+Suppress spurious sending of 'uxinewgame' in UCCI mode.\r
+Suppress 'setup' command in the standard variants 'suicide' and 'losers'.\r
+Add support for robbobases and Scorpio bitbases as EGT flavors.\r
+Support extended UCI info-string-variant command that can set board size.\r
+Assume engines with UCI_Chess960 option but no UCI_Variants play only Chess and\r
+Chess960, and not xiangqi or shogi.\r
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+24/12/2016 3.0\r
 Implement UCI_AnalyseMode option\r
+Support egtpath command for Nalimov, Gaviota and Syzygy\r
 Allow ?, quit, force and result commands to terminate thinking\r
 Stop search during setoption commands, or buffer those until engine is done thinking\r
 Explicitly report when engine dies, through GUI popup (tellusererror)\r
 Make sure reporting of mated-in-0 score causes resign, even without PV\r
 Fix eclipsing of -var option with engines that have UCI_Chess960 option\r
+Fix empty default of string options\r
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 8/11/2016 2.3\r
 Implement handling of 'UCI_Variant' option for variant announcement and selection\r