Re: A working Gnuchess (at last!)
Nikhil Nair writes ("Re: A working Gnuchess (at last!)"):
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> Yes, it makes perfect sense (I did myself, after all). I suppose I
> assumed (withouttt thinking about it very much) that most sighted people
> would want to use it with xboard .... Shall I change that to Suggests?
> - that might be more appropriate.
I agree.
> BTW, Ian, you mentioned you ussed gnuchessc ... could you briefly explain
> to me how it works? :-) The documentation says it uses the `chesstool'
> program on Suns &c, but I haven't found that, and running the program
> just puts my machine in a graphics mode :-( (not very helpful when you're
> using /dev/vcsa0 to read it ...).
It prints a chessboard on the screen, using inverse video to show the
squares, and a letter inside each square for the pieces. ISTR there's
some status info and stuff on the right hand side of the screen.
Ian.
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