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+                             WinBoard 4.3.16 RELEASE NOTES\r
+\r
+Compared to version 4.3.15 described below, this version features\r
+\r
+New command-line options\r
+/niceEngines=N       for adjusting the priority of engine processes so they don't soak up all your system resources\r
+/firstOptions="..."   Allows the setting of options that engines define through the feature option="..." commands\r
+/secondOptions="..."\r
+/firstLogo=filename.bmp  Displays the mentioned bitmap next to the clock (with H:W =1:2 aspect ratio) (WB only)\r
+/secondLogo=filename.bmp\r
+/autoLogo=false          get logo files automatically from engineDirectory\logo.bmp\r
+\r
+General enhancements:\r
+* New WB-protocol command: 'feature option="NAME -TYPE VALUE OTHER"', which engines can use to define options\r
+* New WB-protocol command: 'option NAME VALUE' used to set value of engine-defned options.\r
+* implements /delayAfterQuit and /delayBeforeQuit in XBoard, and uses SIGKILL to terminate rogue engine processes\r
+\r
+\r
+\r
+                             WinBoard 4.3.15 RELEASE NOTES\r
+\r
+Compared to version 4.3.14k described below, this version features\r
+\r
+New command-line options\r
+/rewindIndex=N (for the new auto-increment mode of the loadGameIndex or loadPositionIndex in match mode)\r
+/sameColorGames=N (for playing a match where the same player has white all the time)\r
+/egtFormats="..." (for specifying where various end-game tables are installed on the computer)\r
+\r
+New menu items\r
++ Time-odds factors can be set in the time-control dialog\r
++ Nr of CPUs for SMP engines can be set in the Options -> UCI dialog\r
++ Own-Book options can be switched from the Options -> UCI dialog\r
++ The ScoreIsAbs options can be set from the Options -> Engine dialog\r
++ New-Variant menu adds Superchess\r
+\r
+General Enhancements:\r
+* WinBoard engines can now also use the Polyglot opening book (implemented as general GUI book)\r
+* New WB-protocol commands memory, cores and egtpath make interactive setting of these parameters \r
+  possible on WB engines\r
+* New Polyglot is available that relays the interactive setting of these parameters to UCI engines\r
+* Match mode suports an auto-increment mode, so that all games or positions from a file can be played\r
+* Draw claims with Kings and an arbitrary number of like Bishops (e.g. KBBKB) are accepted\r
+\r
+The source tree in original xboard 4.2.7 format can now be compiled under Cygwin with the aid\r
+of the cygwin.mak file in the ~/winboard/ subdirectory of the source releasy, after you put\r
+the hep-file from an executabl distribution there. Maefiles for other compilers are not updated\r
+since 4.2.7, as I do not have those compilers.\r
+\r
+\r
                              WinBoard 4.3.14k RELEASE NOTES\r
 \r
 Compared to version 4.3.13 described below, this version features\r
@@ -21,7 +70,7 @@ Bugfixes:
 * In ICS observing mode game history is now fully accessible \r
 * Moves are not fed to engine in zippy mode, when observing a game from a variant unknown to the engine \r
 * a problem with loading PGN of FRC games with move disambiguation and initial castling rights was fixed.\r
-* A bug in the clock display that mad previous versions of WinBoard crash for tiny displays is fixed\r
+* A bug in the clock display that made previous versions of WinBoard crash for tiny displays is fixed\r
 \r
 General enhancements: \r
 * variant name displayed in title bar in ICS mode, when not 'normal' \r