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Subject: Re: Crafty 18.01 move notation change

Author: Wayde Beasley

Date: 13:45:47 01/15/01

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On January 15, 2001 at 10:19:21, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On January 14, 2001 at 23:08:33, Wayde Beasley wrote:
>
>>It appears to me that Crafty 18.01 now posts moves to xboard in the short
>>algebraic notation rather than coordinate notation like crafty 17.14
>>
>>Is this an intended change?  Is there a tweak to make 18.01 go back to plain 'ol
>>"move d7d5"
>>
>>thx
>
>
>SAN is now _the_ way output is displayed, since xboard/winboard now support
>this.  I never liked e2e4 and such nonsense, but included it to be compatible
>with xboard.  That is no longer needed.
>
>I'm not sure why you would want to "go back" to the broken form of output,
>particularly when you don't see it..


Well, that's fine.  Freeboard needs to become a little smarter now.  My board
control takes coordinate notation; now I gotta build in this SAN stuff. Why e4
is better than e2e4 for the computer beats the hell out out of me.



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