Re: configuration

[Antonio Ceballos]

Hi H. Lekin,

Thanks for your interest on GNU Chess.

I understand the small inconvenience you describe. In the current version
of GNU Chess (6.2.4), the log.nnn and game.nnn files are controlled by the
'name' command. If you use that command, the files will be created.

It appears that XBoard always sends that command to GNU Chess when a
game is started by default, hence the files are always created. I have seen
an autosave option in XBoard, which might improve your user experience.
However, I have not found a way to prevent XBoard from sending the 'name'
command to GNU Chess. You may want to try and ask in the XBoard list.

Regards,
Antonio Ceballos


On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:21 PM, H. Lekin <h.lekin@gmx.net> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
>
> I have installed gnuchess 6.2.4 and xboard 4.9.0. Unfortunately, I can
> hardly configure it/them (.xboardrc) to my needs.
>
> I wish to play vs. the computer, save the game, resume it later on, and
> do NOT get my home directory spoiled with log.nnn and game.nnn files.
>
> After automatically saving a game as .pgn, I manually have to re-load
> the file, confirm all moves, and re-choose the machine mode.
> Is there any other way to do this more efficiently?
>
> It looks like, that all necessary information is written to the .pgn.
> How can I get rid of the log.nnn, game.nnn, etc. files in my home?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for all help you can offer.
>
> Regards,
> h.lekin
>
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