Author: Michael Yee
Date: 07:13:53 03/15/05
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On March 15, 2005 at 05:29:58, Tord Romstad wrote: >On March 15, 2005 at 04:29:21, Alessandro Scotti wrote: > >>I think an engine should not have to deal with such issues. Rather, the >>translation of option names and values should be put in a separate file that is >>read by the GUI. > >Absolutely. I also have another suggestion with respect to option names: >Some kind of quoting mechanism should be used. Instead of > >option name King safety weight type spin default 100 min 0 max 200 > >one should use something like this: > >option name "King safety weight" type spin default 100 min 0 max 200 > >It is just too stupid that it is not possible to use words like "type", >"min", "max" and "default" in option names. > >Tord Quoting multi-word labels that contain keywords is a good idea. This also could allow more sub options to be position-independent (e.g., description wouldn't have to be at the end of the line).
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