Small and easy suggestion.

[Miguel A. Ballicora]

I think it would be nice if xboard (and winboard) could output after
xboard -v
at least this:
xboard 4.4.1
Most programs display some version information with the switch -v.
With that, I could write some scripts and programmatically incorporate the version number that I am using in reports or, for instance, in the finger notes of ICC, FICS, or your server.

Miguel

[H.G.Muller]

Done!

It does not work under WinBoard, though. (It accepts the option, but stdout is not open in WinBoard.) The alpha version now on my website has it. (Also improved the layout of the Engine #N Settings dialogs a little, cosmetically.)

[Miguel A. Ballicora]

Done!

It does not work under WinBoard, though. (It accepts the option, but stdout is not open in WinBoard.) The alpha version now on my website has it. (Also improved the layout of the Engine #N Settings dialogs a little, cosmetically.)

Great!

These are my finger notes

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 1: Gaviota v0.74.17 by FM Miguel A. Ballicora (Argentina)
 2: http://sites.google.com/site/gaviotachessengine/
 3: Interface: xboard version 4.20091127
 4: OS: GNU/Linux Ubuntu 9.04 (32 bits)
 5: Hardware: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
 6: Cores used: 2
 7: Location: Chicago, IL, USA
 8: Unattended most of the time
 9: Accepts all unrated challenges


Generated with (a fragment of my ruby script that calls xboard)

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logon_string = $account + "\n" + $password+ "
set open 0
set 1 "+get_ver($engine)+" by "+$author+"
set 2 "+$website+"
set 3 Interface: "+get_ver($xboardexe)+"
set 4 OS: " +get_distribution+ "
set 5 Hardware: "+get_cpu+"
set 6 Cores used: "+$cores+"
set 7 Location: "+$location+"
set 8 Unattended most of the time
set 9 Accepts all unrated challenges
"

Miguel