Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 14:29:51 02/18/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 14:24:21, James Robertson wrote: >On February 18, 1999 at 09:20:36, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On February 18, 1999 at 03:27:52, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On February 18, 1999 at 00:37:05, James Robertson wrote: >>> >>>>The title says most of it. What commands will winboard send, and how should they >>>>be parsed? >>>> >>> >>>Actually, the title doesn't. Better rephrased as "Finishing an adjourned game on >>>a chess server through Winboard." >>> >>>James >> >>Hi James, >> >>xboard has two ways of doing this (I'm assuming Winboard will be the same). >>One way is to send all the moves of the game so far, so your program can >>effectively play all the moves in "force" mode, just as if you were making >>them with the mouse. When xboard has finished sending them, you're ready to >>go. This is the approach my program uses. The other approach involves (I >>think) the edit board functionality. This is a bit more difficult to get >>right, becuase of castling rights etc. It's all in the man pages supplied >>with xboard, and I think in the zippy readme file as well. >> >>Good luck with your program. >> >>Andrew > >Thanks. I guess I don't have to add any funky stuff if I plan to use the first >method!! > Yes, that's why I use that approach. When I first went on ICC, I didn't have edit board functionality. The -moves approach allowed me to resume games from day one. Do you have a name for your program? Andrew
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