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Subject: Re: xboard under XDarwin

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 11:12:24 09/05/05

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On September 05, 2005 at 12:03:39, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On September 05, 2005 at 10:04:21, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>Anyone know why xboard won't start a chess program in ICS mode under XDarwin.
>>
>>If I remove the ICS switches, it will start the program just fine.  But if I add
>>the ICS switches, it logs onto the chess server but won't start the chess
>>program.  Debug mode offers no clues.
>>
>>This same script works under Linux and Cygwin, but not XDarwin.
>
>Works fine here. You probably forgot the -zp (zippy) option or didn't compile in
>zippy support, which is required to run a chess program to the chess server.
>
>So for compiling read zippy.README in the xboard package.
>
>To build the Zippy version of xboard, on most systems just do:
>	configure --enable-zippy
>	make


That sounds like the probable cause.  I'll make sure it's built with that.

Thanks!!



>
>to start xboard I use:
>xboard -zp -ics -fcp chessprogram -autoflag
>
>regards
>Andy



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