Author: Lex Loep
Date: 22:17:06 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 23:43:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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'... It's on my list for the next version. Lex
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