Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 01:37:43 12/06/05
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On December 05, 2005 at 09:03:16, Martin Andersen2 wrote: >Thanks for your advice about xboard. >It seems a bit complicated, I had hoped there was >an easier way :-) Hi Martin, It's not really complicated at all. PolyGlot (which can be downloaded from http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl) basically makes a UCI engine behave exactly like an XBoard engine, and it is quite easy to set up and use. Here are some step by step instructions: 1. Download PolyGlot from the download section at http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl 2. Unpack the file by typing 'unrar x polyglot_13.rar' from the command line. 3. You will now have a subdirectory named 'polyglot_13', containing (among many other files) a Linux executable with the name 'polyglot_linux'. Rename this to 'polyglot' and copy it to /usr/local/bin/ (or some other directory in your $PATH). 4. For each UCI engine you want to use with XBoard, you need a polyglot.ini file in the engine's directory. Some engines (mine, for instance) ship with a polyglot.ini file. The syntax is explained in the Readme.txt file, but it should also be possible to understand how it works by just looking at an example or two. 5. If you have followed the steps above, you should be able to run your UCI engine in XBoard by typing 'xboard -fcp polyglot -fd /path/to/engine-dir/'. It is also possible to use init files with names different from polyglot.ini, and to keep the init files in different directories. For details about how to do this, have a look at the Readme file. Tord
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