Author: James Robertson
Date: 14:54:13 02/18/99
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On February 18, 1999 at 17:29:51, Andrew Williams wrote: >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 No :(. But I'm open to any and all suggestions. James
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