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What is new in WinBoard / XBoard 4.5.3?

This version fixes some bugs found in 4.5.2. Below is a quick list of the changes. Note that the paging of the XBoard Game List (illustrated by the screenshot on the left) is a change that is really a bit more involved than what we would like to do in a stable version. But the bug was so severe that we decided to chance it.

fixes of major bugs:
- In the file-browse dialog . and .. no longer mask other files if they are non-first in the directory
- Fix XBoard crash on showing an empty Engine Settings dialog, printing a message in stead
- The XBoard Game List can now handle files with more than 1900 games, by paging through them
- The state of the Move-History window is now remembered by XBoard even when the Engine-Output window is up
- Fix crash on switching sounds in WinBoard under Windows Vista
- Fix empty-string option values on XBoard command line (which were ignored)
- Fix spurious vertical scrolling in XBoard Engine-Output window on clicking in it
- Obey an engine's san feature when sending book moves to it
- Fix XBoard crash when 'filtering' made Game List empty
- Suppress clearing of Engine-Output window on automatic updates in analyze mode
- Force Move-History refresh after loading/reverting variation
- Fix closing brace, when joining two comments to same move
fixes of minor bugs:
- Suppress playing sounds when no -soundProgram is set
- Fix display of last move of last match game
- Update window title after last game of match
- Never one-click move when legality testing is off
- Suppress playing book move when total weigth of all moves is zero
- Restore echo after ^C killed XBoard during ICS password
- Fix default of -remoteUser, which could cause crash when playing remote engines
- Fix recognition of separators between options in -adapterCommand command line
- Fix button sizing in generic popup
- Fix translatability of 'Spartan Chess' menu item WB
- Remove some duplicats from WB language template file
- Fix spurious 'Unfinished' sounds during ICS examining
- Fix bug in handling of partner command in zippy-mode bughouse games
- Create more space in some WB dialogs to accomodate translations
Improvements benefitting the speaking version for the visually impaired (WB):
- Implement NVDA support in JAWS version
- Fix translation of spoken composite messages
- Fix JAWS reading of Engine-Settings dialog by removing group-boxes
- Add tab stops in WB generic popup
- Reorder controls in Engine-Setings dialog WB, so they are tabbed through in logical order
fixed compiler warnings/errors and portability:
- Fix use of random function in XBoard shuffle dialog callback
- Fix inconsistent type of the variable 'shuffleOpenings'
- Silence warnings during rpm build
- Fix warnings XBoard file browser
- Fix some warnings and header-file improvement
misc:
- Add -at and -opt options as alternative for @, as work-around for Windows shortcut bug
- Make occurrence of unknown option in settings file non-fatal
- Stale output no longer lingers in the engine-output window when a new game starts
- Popdown (stale) Comment window on new game
- Improved contrast of icon for dark backgrounds