Re: [Bug-XBoard] Hi

[Tim Mann]

On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 08:42:51 +0100, "srivastava" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Even after my persistent efforts I have failed to post the following message
> to winboard forum?
>
I can't understand why, but I don't run the WinBoard Forum, so I can't
really help with that.

> Is there any mailing list on winboard?
>
Not really.

> I guessed the following two options are the same
>
You guessed wrong.

> * /tc 5 /inc -1 /mps -1
>
This one is meaningless.  You can't set mps to a negative value,
especially if you are also setting inc to -1, which means "use mps, not
inc".  I'm not sure what will happen if you do this.

> * /tc 5 /inc 0 /mps 0
>
This one means "game in 5 minutes."  However, you shouldn't have to set
mps to 0; if inc is set to a value greater than -1, mps is not used.

> But while running match between Aristrach and Crafty, I noticed they don't
> mean the same thing. Is this correct?
> 
> Is there any difference? WHat is the difference? Where do I find the
> details? MAnual is not very much clear.
>
The details are in the manual.  I'm sorry you didn't find it clear.

Time control support is due to change and become more flexible in a
future release.  I think Daniel Mehrmann has done some work on that; at
least we discussed it a while ago.


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Tim Mann  address@hidden  http://tim-mann.org/