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Subject: Re: New version of EXchess released

Author: Dan Homan

Date: 20:15:10 04/08/98

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On April 08, 1998 at 20:31:17, Fernando Villegas wrote:


>Hi Dan:
>I downloaded your program but I have been uncapable to put it to work
>with the winboard. In the first place, it does not engage the book; in
>the second, it does not play a legal move but makes the queen rook
>disappear. Did I miss the cortrect install?
>Fernando

Hi Fernando,

To get EXchess to work with winboard, you need to specify the "xb"
command line option.... like

winboard /cp /fcp "c:\path\EXchess.exe xb"

If you drop the "xb" command line option or if you place it after the
"hash" command line option, EXchess won't know it should be in
winboard mode.   Another factor is that I've only tested EXchess
with the latest version of Winboard (3.6.2).  The Queen-Rook
disappearing is interesting....  if this still happens, could you run
winboard with the /debug option and mail me the winboard.debug
file?

The opening book should be in the working directory to be accessed by
EXchess.  Either you need to run winboard from the directory where
EXchess and all its support files are located or you need to have copies
of those files in the Winboard directory.  (The search.par file should
also
be in the working directory to be accessed by EXchess.)

>
>Else:
>It seem to habve been iinspired in Crafty in the way it deploy data whwn
>in text mode. It's so?

Yes, I liked crafty's text interface.  It is simple and direct.  My
intention
was not to copy crafties look and feel, but EXchess does have a
similar interface.  Perhaps I should make some changes?

 - Dan




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