Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:51:25 01/24/00
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On January 24, 2000 at 14:26:35, Steve McRiley wrote: >On January 24, 2000 at 09:43:28, Dan Homan wrote: > >>For a tourney like this, what is the ettiquite for programs whispering >>or kibitzing eval information? By default my program will spit out how >>it thinks it is doing (score, depth, nps) after each move (I usually alias this >>to a kibitz or a whisper depending on whether I am playing an automated computer >>or a human). I know that other programs have a similar facility (some also >>display pv info). >> >>It might be interesting for some of the participants to see this information and >>certainly for the observers to see this information. On the other hand, some >>participants (particularly ones who are operating manually) may find >>this screen cluttering information to be rather annoying. Maybe there could >>be an "eval" channel, where participant programs could send eval information >> - or would this be too confusing? >> >>Another question: My program will be running under Xboard by Tim Mann. >>Xboard automatically accepts game requests that fit your formula. How >>do I prevent someone from "matching" my program a few minutes before >>the tournament game is supposed to start? Do I have to set "open = 0" until >>the moment before the game begins? > >There are (as has been posted)several ways to do this but I think the easiest >way is to just set manualaccept to 1. This way you will have to manually accept >any matchrequests. > >/McRiley This is an ICC command, not an xboard command, correct? Which means that "zippy" will get a match request, and accept it automatically by sending ICC the "accept player-name" command. I thought manualaccept was to prevent seeks from starting a game without the seeker being ready...
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