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Subject: Re: how to use polyglot?

Author: Fabien Letouzey

Date: 01:22:41 01/04/06

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On January 03, 2006 at 06:17:50, Uri Blass wrote:

Hi Uri,

>From the readme file:

>PolyGlot should have its own directory.  The INI files for engines
>should also be put there.

>I do not understand it

This is the way I use it.  However I now get the impression that everybody else
is having a single "polyglot.ini" in each engine directory.  This works too.

I understand my readme.txt is very bad (I prefer to say "minimal").  As a Unix
user, I assume a lot of knowledge from the users, like a clear understanding of
"current directory".

Ideally I would prefer that somebody else documents how to use PolyGlot on
Windows, ideally on a web page.  This is in fact the same for WinBoard itself.

>I read later in the readme file

>Note that PolyGlot
>will look for the INI file in the current directory.  If no <INI file>
>is given, "polyglot.ini" is selected.

>I do not understand it.

In this sentence, you can replace "the current directory" with "the directory
PolyGlot was launched FROM".  This might not be the directory PolyGlot.Exe is
in.  In other words, move to the directory the INI file is in, and THEN launch
PolyGlot.

Of course, there is no problem if you supply a full path.

Fabien.




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