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authorMario Lang <mlang@delysid.org>2014-05-18 14:51:33 +0200
committerMario Lang <mlang@delysid.org>2014-05-18 14:51:33 +0200
commitf489b5a6dcb36decfebdb73924dc69b67e323484 (patch)
tree78de3fd97ccbb1c010a3bc3957aa9347d3717ab0
parent987910606851312f9dddccae0e5642e8d6066a6d (diff)
Update commentary.
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@@ -33,22 +33,17 @@
;; Welcome to Emacs Chess, a chess playing module for GNU Emacs.
;;
-;; This program will not play chess against you; it is not a chess
-;; computer. It can use a chess computer, however, to simulate your
-;; opponent's moves. This is decided when you choose your opponent.
-;; You must, of course, have that chess computer installed.
+;; Type `M-x chess', and play chess against the default engine module.
+;; Type `C-u M-x chess' to select a specific engine.
;;
-;; To just get a chessboard up, put the following in your .emacs file:
+;; You can play against various external chess computer programs.
+;; There is also an Emacs based chess computer module which does not require
+;; any external programs. However, the internal AI is not very strong.
;;
-;; (add-to-list 'load-path "<the path to Emacs Chess>")
-;;
-;; (autoload 'chess "chess" "Play a game of chess" t)
-;;
-;; Now you can type `M-x chess', and play chess against anyone else in
-;; the room with you, without having to install anything more.
+;; To play on one of the internet chess servers, type `M-x chess-ics'.
;;
;; Once this is working, the next thing to do is to customize
-;; `chess-use-modules'. This is a list of functionality modules used
+;; `chess-default-modules'. This is a list of functionality modules used
;; by chess.el to provide its functionality. You can enable or
;; disable modules so that Emacs Chess better suites your tastes.
;; Those modules in turn often have configuration variables, and
@@ -60,13 +55,7 @@
;; displays, opponents, analysis programs, etc. See the documentation
;; in chess-module.el to learn more.
;;
-;; There is no documentation for this program other than what exists
-;; in the source files. This is because the source files aim at being
-;; self documenting, and as chess is such a simple game, most chess
-;; players aren't going to need to know much about this program in
-;; particular.
-;;
-;; However, most people will probably be interested in reading the top
+;; Most people will probably also be interested in reading the top
;; of chess-display.el and chess-pgn.el, which describe the user
;; interface commands available in each of those buffer types.