Re: (no subject)

IIRC, it always did that. It predates the existence of auto flip view as an
option. It seems OK to me to change it.


On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:28 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Someone asked if it was not possible to view games with XBoard always from
> the black point of view. I thought that we already had that, by switching
> auto-flip view off. But I tried it, and it turns out that even with
> auto-flip view off New Game always resets the view to white below. The
> only thing it affects is whether the orientation will change when you
> click 'Machine White' or 'Machine Black'.
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> Is this to be considered a bug? I could not think of any reason that would
> make it imperative to switch the view back to white POV on 'New Game'. It
> just seems a form of auto-flipping to me. (I am not even sure if WinBoard
> has always done this. or if it is something I inadvertantly introduced.)
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