1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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GNU Backgammon NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. 15 Jan |
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by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.14.4 |
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by thyssen
add functions for importing and exporting board designs. |
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** add functions for importing and exporting board designs. |
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** coloring of blunders, lucky rolls etc in the game list (controlled by styles |
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in gnubg.gtkrc) |
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** improved chequer movement in GUI (dragging with pick'n'pass) |
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** right-click context menu with entries for undo move and score sheet |
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by thyssen
use G1 for calculation of 1-away pre-Crawford values. |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.14.3 |
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** fix "bug" in Zadeh match equity table |
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3167
by thyssen
add russian translation |
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3173
by thyssen
Add new utility program bearoffdump for inspection of databases. |
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** Add built-in support for Claes Tornberg's mec |
3066
by thyssen
use G1 for calculation of 1-away pre-Crawford values. |
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3167
by thyssen
add russian translation |
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** Russian translation started |
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by thyssen
add database interface |
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** Interface to relational databases using Python |
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by thyssen
Add new utility program bearoffdump for inspection of databases. |
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** New utility program bearoffdump to dump information about databases. |
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by uid65656
*** empty log message *** |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.14.2 |
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** Translations |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** added Czech |
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*** several languages updates. See README for status. |
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by uid65656
*** empty log message *** |
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** 3D boards |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** new quick draw option for computers without accelerated drivers |
2986
by uid65656
*** empty log message *** |
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by thyssen
Prerelease 0.14.2 |
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** Several bug fixes |
2986
by uid65656
*** empty log message *** |
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2932
by uid65656
Prerelease 0.14.1 |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.14.1 |
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by thyssen
ad some items |
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** Rollouts |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** extendable rollouts |
2284
by thyssen
ad some items |
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2286
by thyssen
added some items. |
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** Bearoff |
3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** support for Hugh Sconyers' 15x15 full bearoff database |
2286
by thyssen
added some items. |
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2932
by uid65656
Prerelease 0.14.1 |
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** 3D boards |
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** Time controls |
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** Translations to |
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by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** English (US) (complete) |
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*** German (95% finished) |
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*** Italian (90% finished) |
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*** Japanese (60% finished) |
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*** French (60% finished) |
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*** Islandic (25% finished) |
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*** Tyrkish (25% finished) |
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*** Danish (20% finished) |
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2932
by uid65656
Prerelease 0.14.1 |
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2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.14 |
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** general |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** improved support for Jacoby rule and variants (Nackgammon, Hypergammon, |
2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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and cubeless) |
3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** new program to generate databases for Hypergammon. |
2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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** New dice generator: |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** read dice from file (similar to Jellyfish) |
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*** dice manipulation, e.g., roll the best roll for computer player |
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2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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** Import |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** import position files in Snowie .txt format |
2284
by thyssen
ad some items |
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(illegal moves will be imported correctly) |
2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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** Export |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** export positions in Snowie .txt format |
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by thyssen
added news |
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** Analysis |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** option to analyse one side only |
2095
by thyssen
added news |
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(e.g., skip analysis of GNU Backgammons moves) |
3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** Sho Sengoku temperature map |
2078
by thyssen
added some news for gnubg 0.14 |
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1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.13 |
566
by gtw
Update documentation to version 0.11. |
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1080
by thyssen
new command "swap players". |
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** swap players |
3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** new command "swap players" (also available from the menu Game->Swap Players) |
1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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that swaps the players. Useful when your match imported from, e.g., |
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GamesGrid is "upside-down". |
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1080
by thyssen
new command "swap players". |
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1035
by thyssen
added a few entries (analysis) |
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** analysis |
3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** new command "analyse move" (Analyse->Analyse Move) |
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*** analysis of resignations |
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*** tutor mode added |
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1035
by thyssen
added a few entries (analysis) |
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1019
by thyssen
add some stuff before I forget |
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** match equity tables are now read from XML files. Allows the user to specify |
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her own favorite MET. |
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** Support for "skewed" METs, for example, tables from Jacobs and Trice's |
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fish book. |
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by thyssen
update NEWS. |
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Also, a new command "set invert met on|off" to specify whether the table |
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should be used as entered, or used inverted. For example, the supplied METs |
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1156
by thyssen
added some NEWS |
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from Jacobs and Trice's book are entered with player 0 being the |
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stronger player. If the table should be used with player 1 being the |
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stronger player use: "set invert met on". |
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1019
by thyssen
add some stuff before I forget |
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** Rollouts: |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** rollout positions as initial position (i.e., no doubles on first roll). |
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*** quasi-random dice added. |
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*** simple variance reduction for cubeful rollouts. |
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*** statistics (e.g, number of times closed out, cube efficiency etc). |
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*** fixed bug in calculations of standard errors. |
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*** standard errors are now shown in equity or mwc according to user |
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1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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settings. |
1156
by thyssen
added some NEWS |
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** Evaluations |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** "crashed" neural net added. |
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*** much more flexible rollout databases added. |
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*** movefilter commands added, to allow user customisation of move pruning. |
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*** hint dialog improved. |
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1156
by thyssen
added some NEWS |
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** Save, Load, Export, and Import |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** it is now possible to set-up default paths for saving, loading, |
1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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export, and import of matches and games. |
1019
by thyssen
add some stuff before I forget |
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** A set of predefined settings for evaluations. |
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** Introduction of a Match ID for simple and convinient exchange of positions. |
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1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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** Import from BKG and TMG formats. |
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** Export in PDF, (Encapsulated) PostScript, LaTeX, HTML, plain text and PNG. |
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by plm
Minor fixes from Debian and FreeBSD ports. |
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*** export settings dialog available from Settings->Export |
1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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(warning: only html export uses some of the options). |
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** New dice generators: |
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3205
by thyssen
bump to 0.14.3 and change to emacs outline style |
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*** random.org |
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*** Blum, Blum and Shub |
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1969
by gtw
Merge changes from branch-0-13. |
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** Manual browser added (requires GTK+ 2.0 or newer). |
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** Message window added. |
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** Sounds added. |
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** Board designs added. |
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** Player records added. |
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** Internationali[sz]ation. |
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1019
by thyssen
add some stuff before I forget |
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1999
by thyssen
click bearoff tray for gready bearoff or for showing forced move. |
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** Distribution of rolls |
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** Chequer movement: click bearoff tray for gready bearoff or for showing |
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forced move. |
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Pre-release version 0.12. |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.12 |
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** Various bug fixes. |
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** Cubeful rollouts added. |
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** Revised chequer moving interface (both while playing and in edit mode). |
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** Added chequer animation option. |
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** gnubg now offers resignations when its position is hopeless. |
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** "eq2mwc" and "mwc2eq" commands added. |
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** Importing of .mat, .sgg and FIBS "oldmoves" files added. |
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** Exporting to LaTeX, PostScript and PDF format added. |
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** Add a variant rule which forbids more than 5 chequers on a point. |
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** Added command line options `-c' (--command) and `-s' (--script). |
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Update documentation to version 0.11. |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.11 |
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** Various bug fixes. |
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** Reduced 2-ply searching improved. |
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** Support matches up to length 64, for all match equity tables. |
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** Annotation (analysis, commentary and statistics) features added. |
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** Various buttons (take, drop, double, roll, etc.) added to the GTK+ board. |
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** New Guile primitives: classify-position, evaluate-position-cubeful, |
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game-state, menu-bar. |
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** Optional point number labels added to the GTK+ board. |
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** Random number seeds for rollouts may now be specified. |
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Made pre-release 0.10. |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.10 |
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** Man page added. |
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** Import and export of position databases added. |
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** "set output" and "set training" commands added. |
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** External players (where moves are read from a socket to another process) |
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added. |
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Added notices of recent changes. |
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** Importing of JF ".pos" position files added. |
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** Added Guile support, if Guile is available. |
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** Allow "=n" notation for moves (e.g. "eval =1" evaluates the position |
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after gnubg's first choice move is played; "rollout =1 =3" rolls out the |
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best and 3rd best moves). |
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** Generate an in-memory heuristic bearoff database if it can't be read |
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from the filesystem. |
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Document major changes in the last 8 months. |
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** .SGF format support for loading and saving added. |
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Added notices of recent changes. |
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** Added game and match navigation: use `next' and `previous' commands, |
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or equivalent buttons in game window. |
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Document major changes in the last 8 months. |
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** Cubeful evaluation added. |
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** You can now load and save settings, and specify startup commands in a |
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~/.gnubgrc file. |
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** Added GTK+ port, and many associated features. |
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** MD5 dice generation added. |
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Added notices of recent changes. |
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** Added command line options `-d' (--datadir), `-b' (--no-bearoff), |
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`-r' (--no-rc) and `-w' (--window-system-only). |
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Document major changes in the last 8 months. |
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** Reduced searches added. |
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** "!" shell escapes added. |
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** Allow finer grained "set evaluation" commands (rollouts, each player, |
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and "eval"/"hint" use separate settings). |
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** Added Nackgammon option. |
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Document recent changes. |
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** Clicking on the cube in the board window is equivalent to the command |
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"double". |
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** The board window now gives better feedback about any move (if the move |
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is a partial or complete legal move, it is displayed, otherwise "Illegal move" |
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is shown). Chequers may be moved around without restriction, and all legal |
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moves will be recognised. |
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** The player names now default to the user's login name and "gnubg". |
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Initial revision |
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Added support for binary weight files |
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** Added --no-weights option to disable reading weights files. Generate |
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and use binary weight files if available. |
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add items for future 0.03 release |
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** Optional automatic bearoffs in non-contact positions ("set autobearoff"). |
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** Match and session play has been added, along with support for the |
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Crawford and Jacoby rules, and automatic doubles. |
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** The position ID is now displayed in board window. |
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** Allow alternate style of moving chequers in board window with mouse |
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buttons 2 and 3. |
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Initial revision |
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** Added support for other dice generators ("set rng"). |
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Document recent changes. |
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** Many miscellaneous commands implemented. |
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add items for future 0.03 release |
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** More bug fixes. |
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by gtw
Initial revision |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.02 |
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** Bug fixes (10225, 10227). |
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** Added --tty option to disable X operation, and made |
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everything fall back to TTY if X fails. |
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** Now reads weights and bearoff database from $pkgdatadir (defaults to |
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/usr/local/share/gnubg/) if not found in current directory. |
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** Started implementation of supervised training (only enabled if gdbm is |
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available). See "help database". |
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* Changes in GNU Backgammon 0.01 |
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** Bug fixes (100110, 100113, 100114, 100115, 100118, 100122, 100150). |
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** Rudimentary X window system support. |
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* GNU Backgammon 0.0 |
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** Initial release. |
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Local Variables: |
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mode: outline |
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End: |