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 <a href="#tag-A15">Changing fonts through the GUI (XB)</a>
 </li><li>
 <a href="#tag-A17">Automatic adapting of fonts to board size (XB)</a>
+</li><li>
+<a href="#tag-A18">Instant preview of the board theme (XB)</a>
+</li><li>
+<a href="#tag-A19">Editing theme list or ICS text menu (XB)</a>
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@@ -247,6 +251,46 @@ will cause the move sound to be played.
 Setting the value to zero will disable move sounds during analysis.
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+<img src="Places.png" style="float:left; margin:20px">
+
+<h3><a name="tag-A18">Preview of board and pieces while browsing</a></h3>
+<p>
+The GTK file chooser has been streamlined a bit.
+To easily reach the piece images and board textures that are installed with XBoard's standard packages,
+which keep their files in cumbersome-to-reach places like /usr/local/share/games/xboard/themes
+the directories 'textures', 'themes' (for piece themes) and 'xboard' (for other data files)
+have been added to the 'Places' list at the left side of the file chooser.
+In addition, textures or piece themes that you select there
+(by single as well as double clicking)
+will be applied instantly to the board for a 'preview'.
+This allows you to judge them in the context they would be used.
+When you would finally decide not to use them after all,
+by selecting another, or leaving the file chooser or Board dialog by pressing 'Cancel',
+the board will revert to the original color and pieces.
+So at all times you can be aware of exactly what you are OK-ing through the Board dialog.
+(But... be sure the popup dialogs do not cover the board!)
+</p>
+
+<h3><a name="tag-A19">Tailoring board themes and the ICS Test Menu</a></h3>
+<p>
+The Board dialog allows you to add the current combination of graphics settings
+(colors, textures, piece images)
+to the list of predefined themes.
+Occasionally you would want to fine-tune that list to your needs, however.
+E.g. deleting themes you got tired of, re-ordering them,
+or perhaps organize them as collapsable groups by adding "# GROUPNAME" and "# end" tags in the list.
+Or add options to the theme not normally included,
+or on the contrary remove options you don't want affected,
+e.g. to create themes that only affect the board and not the pieces.
+So far this could only be done by editing your settings file (the -themeNames option in it).
+But now XBoard has a menu item to pop up a general-purpose edit window for this.
+</p><p>
+A similar Edit window can be called up by another menu item,
+to alter the ICS Text Menu, stored in the settings file as the -icsMenu option.
+This makes it a lot easier to add new buttons to it
+(or delete the buttons you never use).
+</p>
+
 
 
 <a name="tag-B"><h2>New variant support</h2></a>