Re: cmail and xboard

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From: Tim Mann
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 00:00

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In article <36DD24F8.A3B69108@unx.sas.com>,
Bob Dixon  <sasrmd@unx.sas.com> wrote:
>  I tried invoking xboard without cmail and got an error: 
>
>Failed to start first chess program gnuchessx on localhost: gnuchessx:
>No such file or directory
>
>  I don't have gnuchess installed.  Do you need to install it to use
>xboard by itself, to just record game moves?

No.  Use "xboard -ncp" for this.  This is a FAQ and is answered in the
FAQ file.  It's also shown on the very first screen of the man page.

    --Tim


-- 
Tim Mann <mann@pa.dec.com>, Compaq Systems Research Center
http://www.research.digital.com/SRC/personal/Tim_Mann/

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