Mail Archives: djgpp/2000/05/21/23:10:33
I did, no one replied just yet.
Thanks for the info.
Josh Haglund
lhaglund AT wiktel DOT com
----- Original Message -----
From: Dieter Buerssner <buers AT gmx DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: windows version of Crafty
> Josh Haglund wrote:
>
> >I can compile crafty.exe in DOS, but how do I do compile it so it will
> >work with winboard (NOT DOS) ? I use to be able to compile one with
> >cgywin .... but I don't have that anymore, so could some help me a bit.
>
> Sorry, you can't with plain DJGPP. You may be able to create an
> executable, that works with winboard, after installing RSXNT.
>
> The easiest option you have, is to download wcrafty.x.y.exe or compile
> it with MSVC (which also will give a faster executable).
>
> The problem is the (unnamed?) pipe, winboard tries to open. Due to
> Tim Mann (the author of winboard), this will not work with DOS
> applications, only with Win32 console applications.
>
> (To anybody interested. A nongraphical chess program can be
> "remote controlled" by winboard, a graphical interface. The chess
> program only needs to read stdin and write to stdout with Standard
> C functions. Recompiling my program to an Win32 console application
> works without any source modification. The DJGPP executable just
> won't work together with winboard.)
>
> The author of crafty, Robert Hyatt, as well as Tim Mann read
> rec.games.chess.computer. Perhaps you want to ask your question
> there as well.
>
>
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