How can I recompile WinBoard from source?

The source code for WinBoard is available from the author's Web page, http://www.tim-mann.org/chess.html. WinBoard is currently developed using Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0. You can build the program from the MSVC++ GUI by opening the project file (winboard.

Dsp) and telling MSVC++ to build the project. You can also build it from the the command line by using the nmake program supplied with MSVC++. To build WinBoard with the free Cygwin tools, available from http://www.cygwin.com/), use the command "make -f cygwin.

Mak". WinBoard 4.2.5 was successfully compiled with the net release of Cygwin as downloaded on 20-March-2001 (cygwin1. Dll 1.1.8, gcc 2.95.2-6, binutils 20001221-1, flex 2.5.4-1), but exhibits a command-line parsing bug; see item 511 in the ToDo file that comes with WinBoard.

WinBoard 4.1.0 does not compile with Cygwin. WinBoard 4.0.7 is known to compile with Cygwin BL20.1. To build WinBoard with Borland C++ 4.5, use "borland. Mak", supplied with the WinBoard sources, as the ... more.

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