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Subject: Re: Winboard x programs

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 07:05:24 02/02/01

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On February 02, 2001 at 08:00:43, Tim Foden wrote:

>On February 02, 2001 at 06:23:10, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:
>
>>I've seen around some engines named with a n x after the name. What is this
>>meant for?
>>
>
>For some engines this is simply an indication that it is a version that runs
>under xboard/winboard.  E.g. ArasanX (I think this is right John?).

Yes. There was a pretty long discussion about this a while back. I think
Gnuchess 4.x started this trend by calling the xboard compatible version
"gnuchesx".

--Jon



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