Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:43:26 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 11:09:36, Lex Loep wrote: >This could happen because the prompt does not end in a % symbol. In that >case when you login as guest you have the default FICS% prompt and >all works fine, but login into your own account which may have a nonstandard >promt gives the problem. > >Lex If you need a particular prompt, why not set it yourself when you first connect, to avoid this? I have seen this happen to other interfaces in the past (ziics a long time ago when I was using it) but Don fixed it when it was pointed out as a problem. also you should set the 'interface' variable for sanity... it lets the opponent know you are running a chess program. IE winboard does set interface "winboard 4.0.7 + crafty" or whatever... which really helps to let everyone know this is a computer, rather than acting like a 'stealth computer' which is not uncommon nowadays. I think interface authors should do everything possible to prevent cheating when possible... although 100% is impossible with a smart human operator that understands all the ICC commands. But it will help with the majority of potential 'cheaters'...
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