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Request for auto-install standard


From: H.G. Muller
Subject: Request for auto-install standard
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:53:03 +0100
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Dear GNU Chess developers,

I would very much want the GNU Chess install to contain a file
/usr/[local/]share/games/plugins/xboard/gnuchess.eng
containing the 3 lines

plugin spec 0.0
gnuchess -x
chess

This would make XBoard automatically recognize the presence
of GNU Chess on the system, and add it to its internal list of
engines that can be selected by the user from the Load Engine
menu dialog, or as a tournament participant in the Tournament
Options dialog. This would save users the trouble of opening a
terminal and typing things like "xboard -fcp gnuchess", (and
typing does not seem to be of this age anymore).

(The second line is supposed to be the command needed to run
the engine in XBoard (CECP) mode; I hope I got that right.)

It would also be nice if the GNU Chess install could contain a logo,
which GUIs could display when they run the engine. This should
preferably be a 100x50 or 130x65 png  image, installed as:
/usr/[local/]share/games/plugins/logos/gnuchess.png
I attached a suggestion for this.

Would you be willing to do this?

Regards,
H.G. Muller

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