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Subject: Re: Winboard question

Author: James Swafford

Date: 09:43:41 01/24/02

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On January 24, 2002 at 10:58:18, William H Rogers wrote:

The Winboard/Xboard distribution comes with a file called
engine-intf.htm (or close to that).  It details all the
i/o required.

Look for the /fcp (first chess program) /scp (second chess program),
/fd (first directory) and /sd parameters.

--
James


>My question is this:
>I have a couple of programs that use winboard or xboard. How do I use it on a
>single machine? Do I start each engine separately and then sit back and watch?
>If I do start each engine, I know that the program playing black should be first
>as it will be waiting for whites move.
>I haven't tried it yet but I would like to know as I want to see if I can
>implement winboard or xboard into my dos program.
>Thanks
>Bill



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