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Article #2478Re: GNU Chess + Winboard - how to make it easier for children?
From: Tim Mann
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 00:00
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The "Additional options" box is for entering additional WinBoard command line options that you didn't actually put on the command line. The /depth option is documented in the WinBoard help file. The Alt+1 box is something completely different. You cannot type WinBoard command line options into that box. I don't recommand using Alt+1 at all unless you really know what you're doing; it sends engine-protocol commands directly to the engine. This can confuse the communication between WinBoard and the engine, since WinBoard doesn't "understand" the commands you are sending. That's why Alt+1 isn't documented except in the guide for engine authors; it's intended just for them as a debugging tool. Tim Mann <mann@pa.dec.com> Compaq Systems Research Center http://www.research.compaq.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d71d,1f0fc14d24a5565 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d71d,public From: mann@pa.dec.com (Tim Mann) Subject: Re: GNU Chess + Winboard - how to make it easier for children? Date: 2000/03/26 Message-ID: <8bm5vt$gjc@src-news.pa.dec.com> X-Deja-AN: 602741048 References: <38DDBBF5.335B758C@Chicagonet.net> To: avoga@Chicagonet.net Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Systems Research Center, Compaq Computer Corporation Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: gnu.chess Originator: pachydrm@pachyderm.pa.dec.com