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Subject: Re: Craft.rc

Author: Jerry Jones

Date: 11:06:25 04/09/02

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On April 09, 2002 at 13:07:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On April 09, 2002 at 09:51:59, Jerry Jones wrote:
>
>>Crafty.rc now looks like :
>>
>>< Blank line necessary?>
>>xboard
>Remove the above.  not needed.
>
>
>>hash=6M
>>hashp=1M
>>egtb
>>cache=1M
>>book random=1  <Equal sign "=" necessary? DOS output differs with/without "=">
>
>book random 1 is correct, not book random=1.  this is not needed anyway as
>it is the default.
>
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>>book width 2
>>log=off               <Equal sign "=" necessary?>
>>computer
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>bad idea.  let xboard/winboard supply this when appropriate.
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>>ponder off
>>drawscore=+50  <Equal sign "=" necessary?   Positive sign "+" necessary?>
>>exit
>>< Blank line necessary?>\
>
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>= is ok there.  or not.  "drawscore 50" or "drawscore=50" do the same thing.
>The + is not needed
>
>blank line is safe.  exit is not needed.
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>>If the command "swindle" is used, is the "drawscore" command ignored or can both
>>commands coexist ?
>
>
>they mean two different things.  And both are useful even together.  swindle=1
>is the default.
>
>
>>
>>I gathered that on building book.bin the only PGN header that is imported
>>is[Result]
>>Incomplete or poorly edited PGN games show the header [Result "*"]
>>Is [Result "*"] assigned the same weight as [Result "1/2-1/2"] , or are these
>>games discarded ?
>
>* is the same as saying "both won" when building the book.  It should be
>avoided.
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>>Can the headers [WhiteElo] and [BlackElo] be deleted (to reduce the pgn
>>filesize) without changing the weight of the imported opening line ?
>>
>>JJ
>
>Yes...

Thanks Doc, got all my ducks in a row now.
Keep up the good work !



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