Author: Sylvain Lacombe
Date: 05:32:06 08/04/99
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On August 03, 1999 at 07:11:38, Dan Homan wrote: >I know what the problem is, at least with EXchess.... It would be strange >if the other programs have the same problem, but I suppose they could. When >you don't start EXchess with the "xb" flag, it doesn't know that it is >playing under winboard until winboard sends its own "xboard" command. > >Because EXchess doesn't know that it is playing under xboard yet, it will >send out its usual start up information, which includes the first command >line: > >White-to-Move[1]: > >The "White" part of this command line is picked up by winboard, and winboard >assumes this means that white mated black! So the game is over. The second >game is fine because EXchess has recieved the "xboard" command from winboard >and is now in winboard mode. > >The way to fix this is to put the "xb" command in the command line of >EXchess: > >winboard -fcp "c:\chess\EXchess xb hash 24" > >I've fixed the problem in version 3 of EXchess which I am working on right >now. > > - Dan Hi Dan, Thanks for the hint, it helped me fix the problem. Instead of adding a parameter, I peek the input to see if the xboard command was received before sending any output. It seems to have fixed the problem. Is it how you've fixed the problem in Exchess 3 or is there another way? Sylvain.
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