Author: Dieter Buerssner
Date: 12:29:46 11/07/04
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On November 06, 2004 at 19:56:34, Tim Mann wrote: >It would be better to define a new "feature" command for each feature >that other GUIs have and xboard doesn't. That's how the protocol is >supposed to be extended. > >Either way, you'll have to get the other GUI authors to start supporting >this addition for it to be of any use to engine authors. IMHO, not necessarily either way. Say WB/Xboard do support this new feature, others don't (yet). I cannot think of anything else, than the example of Daniel with the PV formatting at the moment, for which such a feature could be needed. All GUIs I remember at the moment besides XB/WB want to interprete the PV, that is sent (I remember Fritz WB adapter, ChessAssistent, ChessAccademy, Arena, ChessPartner, ChessVision, Scid, Jose). WB/XB display the PV as sent. So for this case, support by WB/XB alone could be enough. BTW. This could yield in realy misfunction. For example (at least some versions of) the CB WB adapter used the PV to extract the ponder move. I also got hangs of some old versions of ChessAssistent by some unusual PV (it got fixed very fast). One can easily blame those GUIs, but I think it is also clear, that they want to interprete the PV, and that without a real definition in the protocol, problems will arise. simple coordinate notation will work everywhere, but does not look nice under WB/XB. Regards, Dieter
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