Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:13:35 04/26/00
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On April 26, 2000 at 01:17:06, Lex Loep wrote: >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 that's a good idea. Several cheaters get caught at present because when you see 'interface=""' you know it is ChessPartner, since every other interface does set the variable. :)
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