[baby-devel] Version 15

[Jerome Kunegis]

Hello,

Version 15 of BabyChess is released.  Source and an RPM for i586 are at:

<http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~kunegis/babychess/download/>

New Features
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Game Editor:

- The game editor now has a "paner" between the side bar and the
  board.  
- Alternate moves can be played directly.  Example:  In the starting
  position, play e2-e3.  Then drag Pe3 to e4, this has the effect of
  taking back 1.e3 and playing 1.e4. 

Engine:

- The engine can be set to always start running. 
- The "depth factor" is displayed.  (That's the average increase of
  knots form one depth to another.)

Board:

- The dragging of chess pieces can be aborted with the Escape key.  
- Last move highlighting on the board can be turned off.
- The board settings can be saved and come with a few sample settings
  in different colors. 
- While dragging a piece, the from-square is highlighted in blue. 
- New option:  riffled dark squares.  This looks like what is used in
  books. 

Notation:

- In addition to the standard algegraic notation (SAN), french, german
  and dutch notations are supported. 
- Notations can be saved 
- The bpard has a tutor mode which displays the possible destination
  squares of the dragged piece.  Tutor is disabled by default. 

Other Changes:

- The user is now asked before overwriting files.
- When clicking "Cancel" in any settings windows, the old values are
  restored.  
- Translations are available in german and french. 
- The toolbars now have images. 
- In the position editor, the position can be inverted and mirrored. 

Internal Changes:

- Port to GTK+ 2.0.   Doesn't compile with GTK+ 1.2.  
- The GNOME libraries are used. 
- Compilance with the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines
- The number of knots is now 64 bit on 32 bit machines. (using
  intmax_t) 
- Now using GNOME's dialogs instead of own-made. 


            Jerome KUNEGIS