IIRC, it always did that. It predates the existence of auto flip view as an option. It seems OK to me to change it.
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone asked if it was not possible to view games with XBoard always from > the black point of view. I thought that we already had that, by switching > auto-flip view off. But I tried it, and it turns out that even with > auto-flip view off New Game always resets the view to white below. The > only thing it affects is whether the orientation will change when you > click 'Machine White' or 'Machine Black'. > > Is this to be considered a bug? I could not think of any reason that would > make it imperative to switch the view back to white POV on 'New Game'. It > just seems a form of auto-flipping to me. (I am not even sure if WinBoard > has always done this. or if it is something I inadvertantly introduced.) > > >
