Author: Andrei Fortuna
Date: 12:59:08 12/21/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 15:25:13, Mike Byrne wrote: >On December 21, 2003 at 14:34:03, Andrei Fortuna wrote: > >>On December 21, 2003 at 13:22:41, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On December 21, 2003 at 13:12:49, Andrei Fortuna wrote: >>> >>>>I have another problem with Crafty : I can't figure out how to use it according >>>>to winboard/xboard specs. >>>> >>>>I issue the following commands : >>>>xboard >>>>level 0 1 10 >>>>new >>>>easy >>>>black >>>>move e2e4 >>>> >>>>then Crafty analyses a bit and outputs e7e5 which is correct. >>>> >>>>(according to xboard specs what I give as 'move e2e4' should be given only as >>>>'e2e4', i.e. without the prefix 'move ', but anyway ...) >>>> >>>>Then I give him : >>>> >>> >>>when sending a move to crafty- do not send "move" - "move" == "go" and it will >>>start to think for the side to move ...just send the move without "move" in >>>front >> >>A-ha! That is the normal way according to winboard specs >>But if I do that, for example send : >> e2e4 >>I get 'Invalid move' from Crafty ! >> >>There must be something I am missing > >If I type e2e4, it works fine ..do you have a "\n" at the end of the move > >e2e4\n > >..I 'm guessing here Well, I run crafty from the command line to do my tests, i.e. after each line I press ENTER which is sent as \n, but I am under the impression that this is not the problem. It recognizes all other commands anyway .... Here is the sequence I type : xboard level 0 1 10 new easy black e2e4 And after the last one I get that invalid move thing If you run your crafty from the command line and type the above lines does your crafty accepts the move ? Are you under windows or linux ? Andrei
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