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24 .Nd Sloppy chess engine configuration file
29 is the configuration file for the
33 Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
35 and extend to the end of the current line.
42 Hash table size in megabytes.
44 .It Ic egbb_5men = on | off
47 .It Ic egbb_load_type = 4men | 5men | smart | none | off
48 Endgame bitbase load type.
50 .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
52 Load 3-men and 4-men bitbases to RAM.
54 Load 3-men, 4-men and 5-men bitbases to RAM.
56 Load a smart selection of bitbases to RAM.
60 Disable bitbases completely (default).
63 Note: even if this option is set off, Xboard can still load the bitbases
64 with the egtpath command.
65 .It Ic egbb_cache = Ar size
66 Endgame bitbase cache size in megabytes.
68 .It Ic egbb_path = Ar path
70 Leave this empty if you want Xboard to set the path.
71 .It Ic bookmode = disk | mem | off
74 .It Ic learn = on | off
77 .It Ic logfile = on | off
80 .It Ic threads = Ar count
81 The number of threads to use.
82 Currently for perft only.
83 The default is to autodetect the best value.
86 .Bl -tag -width $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sloppy/sloppy.conf -compact
87 .It Pa $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sloppy/sloppy.conf
88 .It Pa ~/.config/sloppy/sloppy.conf