XBoard alpha version

[H.G.Muller]

I have a new alpha version of XBoard, for testing. There were several major changes, so it will really need extensive testing.

* I have taken the file selector from Ghostview and put it in XBoard
* The EvalGraph window is now iplemented
* It remembers its settings on a file. What the name of this file is, is configurable in a master settings file /etc/xboard/xboard.conf. The one that comes with the install uses ~/.xboardrc for this, (where settings would also be saved), but you can change that by editing it.
* Polyglot is invoked (with -fUCI / -sUCI) through the -adapterCommand line, without making temporary polyglot_1st.ini files. (So it only works with Polyglot 1.4.46b or newer).

At the moment it only available as a binary Debian package for i386 architecture at:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/xboard ... 1_i386.deb

[Michel]

Ok nice. I will install it on my 32 bit computer (the debian package is 32 bit).

[H.G.Muller]

Indeed, I have no 64-bit systems. But I thought that 32-bit software would run on 64-bit systems too.

[Michel]

But I thought that 32-bit software would run on 64-bit systems too.

Yes. But packages are unfortunately architecture specific.

I am sure that with the appropriate wizardry it is possible to make 64 bit packages on 32 bit
systems but I do not know how.

[H.G.Muller]

Perhaps this helps:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=50198&start=4

[Michel]

Hmm I generally don't do force installs since they may leave your package data base in an inconsistent state.
This is what the man page has to say

Warning: These options are mostly intended to be used by
experts only. Using them without fully understanding
their effects may break your whole system.

But --force-architecture should probably be benign.

[H.G.Muller]

Version with several bugfixes now at:

http://home.hccnet.nl/h.g.muller/xboard ... 2_i386.deb