For clarification, when I said “command line” I was referring via the apple “open” command. Sending arguments directly to the executable works fine, or the bash scripts wouldn’t work :)
> On Jan 31, 2016, at 12:39 AM, Joshua Pettus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Harm, > > At some point we talked about getting rid of the need for using the terminal > in ICS play now that we have the ICS/chatbox window. For the mac release, I > would like to use simple .xop files (partially to demo their existence and > how to use them) instead of the complex bash scripts I’m using now to launch > xboard with an ICS. The thing is, to trigger xboard on mac with an xop file, > or command line for that matter, doesn’t actually open xboard in the same > process as the terminal emulator. It opens a second one. As such. if we use > these methods to launch xboard in ics mode, we get the "End of file” error. > and xboard is unstable (clicking on the board while ingame tends to QTD). > > Is this something simple we can fix now or should we wait for later? > > Josh
