Author: Sune Fischer
Date: 03:12:21 11/17/02
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On November 17, 2002 at 06:02:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>Does every winboard program that support the post command can kibitz without
>>>more programming effort?
>>
>>Yes winboard has "tellics" command where you can send any message directly to
>>the internet server, ie. printf("tellics kibitz ...... \n");
>>or you can use "tellall", I think it's the same.
>>
>>>What about book moves?
>>>Does the program need to support the bk command?
>>
>>I don't see why, it might be nice to support setboard if the game is
>>disconnected, then the engine can resume.
>
>I was talking about book move when the program has no pv.
Ah that's different, the bk command is only sent to your engine when the user
selects book from the menu.
>What it is supposed to kibitz in that case?
>Should I kinitz the words book move?
I asked Robert that a few days ago here on the board, he said the most important
thing was that it moved instantly, that would be enough to prove it was
automated.
>Movei already supports setboard but not completely and movei ignores the ep flag
>and assumes that ep is illegal(It is usually enough for test suites).
>
>I will need to check no bugs in the force mode(previous not public version had a
>bug there after changing the winboard support protocol of movei).
So, you don't plan to miss out on all the fun, eh :)
-S.
>Uri
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