Den 03-01-2012 17:31, h.g. muller skrev:
Perhaps even simpler:
1) A new volatile ArgTrue option -viewer (default False)
2) A new persistent string option -viewerOptions (default "-ncp
-engineOutputUp false")
After parsing the settings file we would call:
if(appData.viewer) ParseArgsFromString(appData.viewerOptions);
-viewerOptions seems fine, but is -viewer needed? We could apply the
viewerOptions automatically when a PGN-file is loaded, no matter if it
is because of a commandline option or from the "File|Load Game" menu.
Similary there cound also be other -xxxOptions which are applied when
something happens or some mode is turned on.
And perhaps we add a text-edit to the general-options dialog where the
user can set
the string. In case he wanted to configure for analysis with Stockfish,
he could then
change it to "-fcp stockfish -fUCI -engineOutputUp true -initialMode
AnalyzeMode -saveSettingsOnExit false".
Even if he has already an engine line for Stockfish in the
-firstChessProgramNames,
it is likely he wants to run it with other XBoard options for analysis
than for playing
against or with it. So there is no real need to relate it to his engine
list.
No, there is no need, but it could be easier to have only one place to
edit these settings, and the same engine can be several times in the
list with different nicknames and options. It also be that the user
wants to have several analysis engines to choose among, then he can
prepare entries for them all in the engine list.
Yes, most Linux/Unix users will probably know about .xboardrc (or
.xboard/xboardrc if moved) but only a few will know the format and
possibilities for the options, so being able to edit
-firstChessProgramNames inside xboard would be good.
