+** Version 4.8.0 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.8.0/ )
+
+ * New features in this release
+ * Resuming saved unfinished games
+ * Setting up positions more easily
+ * Bitbase adjudication
+ * Showing tablebase hits
+ * A new ICS window
+ * Recalling board themes (XBoard)
+ * Playing moves by clicking them
+ * Fonts in the XBoard GTK build
+ * Using the mousewheel (XBoard)
+ * Displaying a blunder graph
+ * Slicing up a PGN database
+ * Auto-install of engines
+
+ * New variant support
+ * ASEAN Chess
+ * Chu Shogi
+ * Mighty Lion
+ * Highlighting squares on engine command
+ * Let the engine finish a user move
+ * Non-standard variant names
+ * Fischer castling in any variant
+ * Knowing the moves of unknown pieces
+
+ * Fixed bugs
+ * Fix crash on using some Browse buttons in dialogs of the GTK
+ build.
+ * Fix buffer overflow in PGN parser, when all lines end in
+ comments.
+ * Fix crash on specifying non-existent board texture.
+ * Prevent crash on double-click in XB Game List Tags dialog.
+ * Fix the auto-display comment control in the General Options
+ dialog of WinBoard, which was ignored.
+ * Fix adjusting clocks by clicking them in Xaw build.
+ * Fix zooming of Evaluation Graph XB with mousewheel, which was
+ not working at all.
+ * Fix sticky-windows feature WB for Windows 8, where it did not
+ work at all.
+ * WinBoard's seek graph is now sized to also cover any board rim.
+ * Key bindings XB for non menu items are no longer ignored.
+ * Set castling rights correctly after loading of game file from
+ command line.
+ * Allow castling and e.p. moves to be edited into opening book
+ (and prevent their disappearance from it).
+ * The sorting of engine output was made more robust against
+ engines that send thinking output on fail lows.
+ * Fix node-count display, which was clipped to 32 bits.
+ * Suppress board-size oscillations in GTK build.
+ * Fixed detection of screen size in GTK. (This is a mixed
+ blessing, as now it picks the largest possible window size, and
+ in GTK interactive down-sizing is not possible.)
+ * Fix mode highlighting after refusal of Two Machines mode because
+ 2nd engine did not support variant.
+ * Blow up textures that are too small.
+ * Ignore invalid color specs in stead of treating them as black
+ (important because Cairo does not understand old xpm color
+ names).
+ * Prevent XB and WB from becoming unresponsive during lengthy
+ tasks such as book building.
+ * Fix slowdown of WB during loading of huge PGN files due to
+ Game-List window update.
+ * Limit width of menu bar for small board sizes in GTK build.
+ * Improve the code to kill rogue engines in XB.
+ * Drawing of pieces outside the board (in maximaized windows),
+ which left lots of debris, is now suppressed.
+ * Make WB window sizing handle multiple screens.
+ * 50-move counter is no longer reset on Chess960 castlings.
+ * Fix legality testing of A-side castling in FRC (which was
+ allowed with Rook on a- and blocker on b-file).
+ * Fixed piece ID of Falcon in Falcon Chess, which was written as
+ '.' and could not be selected on promotion.
+ * Fix cross-edge e.p. captures in Cylinder Chess (which was not
+ recognized as e.p.).
+ * Fix animation of Seirawan Chess castling + gating at Rook
+ square, which made Rook disappear.
+ * Fix adjudication of stalemates in variant Giveaway.
+ * Display of the variant tag in the Game List now works.
+ * Reset move entry (clearing target-square markers) on 'clear
+ board' in Edit Position mode.
+ * The Game List is automatically updated when you alter the tag
+ selection for the game lines.
+ * Indicate current variant in New Variant dialog of the GTK build
+ (by printing it in boldface on the button).
+
+ * Known Problems
+ * GTK: in a tiling window manager the size of the board seems to be
+ calculated incorrectly. A temporary fix for this is to use a fixed
+ size by using the "-size <N>" and "-fixedSize true" options
+ on the command line.
+
+
+** Version 4.7.3 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.3/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.2
+
+ * Fix buffer overflow in parser on long PGN with scores
+ * Allow castling and e.p. capture moves to survive when editing opening book
+ * Fix node-count overflow in engine output
+ * Better sorting of fail-low lines in engine output
+ * Fix Chess960 a-side castling legality check
+ * Fix position search in Chess960
+ * Fix adjudication of Giveaway stalemates
+ * Adapt WinBoard window positioning to work with multiple screens
+ * Cure some weirdness in XBoard when dragging pieces outside the board
+ * Some dialog layout improvements to facilitate internationalization
+ * Fix crash on using some dialog Browse buttons in GTK version
+ * Connect manual menu item work in GTK version
+ * Put code for OS X integration in the GTK version
+
+** Version 4.7.2 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.2/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.1
+
+ * Make PGN parser immune to unprotected time stamps
+ * Fix book creation
+ * Fix GUI book after setup position
+ * Allow drops / promotions/ deferrals to be edited into book
+ * Allow entry of negative numbers in spin control (WB)
+ * Fix grabbing of selected piece
+ * Fix initial board sizing WB
+ * Fix -zippyVariants option
+
+
+** Version 4.7.1 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.1/ )
+
+ bugfix release for 4.7.0
+
+ * updated translations
+ * fixed texinfo 5.0 problems
+ * Work-around for Xt selection bug
+ * Add -backupSettingsFile option
+ * Make skipping of unknown option smarter
+ * Let popping up of WinBoard chatbox for channel open it
+ * Fix vertical sizing of GTK board
+ * Fix buffer overflow in feature parsing
+ * Accept setup command for non-standard board size
+ * Fix fatal error on unsupported board size
+ * Fix GTK box popup
+ * Let XBoard -autoBox option also affect move type-in
+ * Fix spurious popup after batch-mode Analyze Game
+ * Fix saving of analyzed game
+ * Provide compatibility with Alien Edition setup command
+ * Fix quoting of book name in tourney file
+ * Fix disappearence of pieces that were moved illegally
+ * Fix horrible bug in reading scores from PGN
+ * Print score of final position in Analyze Game
+ * Fix GTK SetInsertPos
+ * Fix scrolling of Chat Box
+ * Make Chat Box window obey -topLevel option
+ * Fix Xaw file browser
+ * Update zippy.README
+
+
+** Version 4.7.0 **
+
+ (see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.7.0/ )
+
+ * Code refactoring of XBoard
+ * The old X11 front-end has been largely rewritten,
+ so that all windows are now created by a single
+ generic routine
+ * XBoard now uses the Cairo library for all drawing
+ * Pixmaps and bitmaps no longer supported;
+ XBoard now uses PNG and SVG images instead.
+ * An alternative (as yet experimental) front-end
+ using GTK has been added
+
+ * Interactive Analysis
+ * Excluding moves from analysis by playing them
+ * Excluded-moves header in Engine Output window
+ * Analyzing with two engines simultaneously
+ * Annotating an entire muti-game file
+ * Analysing positions by Monte-Carlo play
+
+ * Other New Functionality
+ * Displaying player logos (XB)
+ * Player logo on ICS can be based on player handle
+ * Chat boxes for XBoard
+ * Narrowing down of position searches
+ * Copying pieces when editing a position
+ * Starting WinBoard through drag & drop
+ * Recalling fully configured engines and ICS
+ * Creating an opening book from a game file
+ * Pausing a game
+ * Automatically observing partner games with dual-board
+
+ * Interface Improvements
+ * Recognizes file type of lone argument by extension
+ * Default startup settings configurable per mode
+ * Separate menu items for loading 1st and 2nd engine
+ * Engines can be selected from listboxes
+ * Grouping of engines in the installed-engines list
+ * Stay in Analyze or Game Start mode after engine loading
+ * 'Continue Later' button in WB tournament dialog
+ * A new --help option (XB)
+ * A second board window for observing ICS games (XB)
+ * Smoother graphics and a resizable board (XB)
+ * A rejuvenated file browser (XB Xaw)
+ * Scrolling listboxes with mouse wheel (XB Xaw)
+ * Tabbing through dialog etry fields (XB Xaw)
+ * Adapt width of auxilliary windows on board resize (WB)
+ * External piece bitmaps (WB)
+ * Border around the board (WB)
+ * Saving settings as themes (WB)
+
+ * Bug fixes
+ * Grayout of Analysis menu item in zippy mode
+ * Crash on flagging in -st mode
+ * Keep track of virginity in variant seirawan FENs
+ * Immunity to capitalized promo pieces
+ * Avoid board sizes with unavailabile variant pieces
+ * Work-around for FICS violation of SAN
+ * Check validity of tourney participants
+ * Loop-Chess promotions with legality testing on
+ * Fix -fSAN option in Analyze File mode
+ * Scrolling of Engine Output after PV walk (XB)
+ * Start browsing in currently-selected folder (WB)
+ * Allow entry of fractional timeIncrement (WB)
+ * Resolve conflict between -mps and -inc options
+ * Size of mini-Shogi promotion zone
+ * Adjudication of stalemate and perpetuals in Shogi
+ * Rep-draw detection in drop games
+ * Insufficient-material draws in Knightmate
+ * Replacing of engine in non-last game position
+ * Sweep selection of promo-piece in click-click move
+ * Don't save aborted games in tourney PGN
+ * Remember ponder, book and other settings in tourney file
+ * Do not erase PGN tags on engine loading
+ * Solved feature problems with engine loading in match mode
+ * Re-send option settings to -xreuse engine
+ * Allow use of 'shadow' promotion pieces in any variant
+ * WinBoard did not always start in its installation folder
+ * Initialization of 'Twice' checkbox in Tournament dialog (WB)
+ * Clearing of marker dots after mode or settings change
+ * some smaller bugfixes
+
** Version 4.6.2 **
(for a more detailed list with screenshots see http://www.gnu.org/software/xboard/whats_new/4.6.2/ )
bugfix relase for 4.6.1
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