Author: Chessfun
Date: 13:37:16 02/05/04
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On February 05, 2004 at 16:04:09, Peter Skinner wrote: >On February 05, 2004 at 15:48:19, Chessfun wrote: > >>Hi Peter, >> Looks pretty good to me, I like the format. Seems the rc file is missing >>as I wondered about adding "computer" to my rc but when I do Crafty won't load. >> >>I also have a couple of questions though. >> >>What is the purpose of the crafty site since everything AFAIK for Crafty is >>already available. And why was I the lucky one out of the many great websites >>that got a link? Not that I mind, actually if I was better at html I would >>update mine a lot quicker. >> >>Sarah. > >Hi Sarah, > >Thanks for looking at the site, and I fixed the rc file missing error. It was >simply a typo. > >The purpose of the Crafty site is to have a place where someone can easily >download, configure, and ask questions to people (I am adding a forum this >evening) that know alot about Crafty without asking here when they can find the >information easily. Also I used to have a Crafty website about two years ago and >I let it fail so I am simply just starting it up again. It was popular back >then, as I think this one will be. > >I added your site because I look at your site frequently as I find the various >tournaments you run, and the rating list you have interesting and useful. I'm >glad that you do not mind that I put it there, as I feel others can enjoy your >site as well. Good, hopefully I will update it more often in future. >If you wanted to update your site and learn some easy ways to do it, I can help >you with that if you like. It is very simple to do once you make a site >"template" like I have done, then editting the pages is a snap and takes no time >at all. What takes so long currently is not the main page which is simple enough, but the rating list pages as I have to type in all those figures manually. I guess I should simply look around for a simple method and not worry too much about appearance. >About your "computer" question. When playing via Winboard, Crafty recieves the >computer command and thus adjusts it's setting accordingly. Also when issueing >the computer command via the rc file for other interfaces or on it's own, it >must be on the second line in your rc file I have found. I don't know the >reason, but it seems to work: I knew about Winboard sending the command but was more concerned with other interfaces and since it's always against computers wanted to simply put it there. Thanks for the rc example, I did also download your wcraftyx1910 a couple of days ago so thanks for that as well. Sarah.
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