Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:54:59 04/27/00
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On April 27, 2000 at 10:56:41, Lex Loep wrote: >On April 27, 2000 at 07:53:53, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On April 26, 2000 at 08:13:35, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>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. >>> >>>:) >> >>I use the ChessPartner interface to play on FICS because I like it better than >>winboard but I'm not cheating with it. The problem is, it is very easy to cheat >>using it so there should be a way to tell if the program is playing the moves or >>not. >>Jim Walker > >Some of these issues will be addressed in a future version. > >- The 'computer plays' option will be protected so you can only change >it when not connected >- depending on the above option, a "set interface ChessPartner" or >a "set interface ChessPartner + engine" will be issued. >- The engine kibitzes it's presence (is already in there) > >Lex +alias kibitz tell nobody gets rid of kibitzes, unfortunately. Wish ICC would make it impossible to alias 'kibitz' itself, which would _really_ be nice.
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