2008/9/5 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Hi!
>
> In analysis window the multi-pv spinbox is grayed for xboard
> engines and uci engines that do not allow for multi-pv.
> However, once you pause the engine it is set to active and
> stays active. (It does no harm to the engine as far as I can
> see as the engine seems to just throw an error and ignore
> the multipv settings it can't handle.)
Fixed. A side effect of the lock mechanism.
>
>
> Additinally, I found some "inconvenience". Most engines
> actually restart their calcluation right from the beginning
> if they get paused. This seems to be an engine bug,
> actually. Shredder e.g. works as expected and just continues
> where it left off, but I found the "wrong" behaviour in all
> my free engines. Therefore, it is not advisable to halt
> e.g. Toga to copy the current analysis to clipboard. However
> the lines might change to fast to be able to copy it without
> pausing the engine. :(
I fon't know how Shredder handles this, but most engines seem to behave
correctly : in fact the "pause" button is a "stop" one. There is no real
"pause" command in the UCI protocol.
Pascal
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