From 591adf564a311913936da18713c34d9d796ba3ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linus Arver Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:46:51 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Readme.txt: grammar/stylistic fixes --- Readme.txt | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-) diff --git a/Readme.txt b/Readme.txt index 6572adee..96c7da24 100644 --- a/Readme.txt +++ b/Readme.txt @@ -1,20 +1,22 @@ 1. Introduction --------------- -Stockfish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is not a -complete chess program, but requires some UCI compatible GUI (like XBoard -with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess Partner or Fritz) -in order to be used comfortably. Read the documentation for your GUI of choice -for information about how to use Stockfish with your GUI. - -This version of Stockfish supports up to 32 CPUs, but has not been tested -thoroughly with more than 4. The program tries to detect the number of -CPUs on your computer and set the number of search threads accordingly, but -please be aware that the detection is not always correct. It is therefore -recommended to inspect the value of the "Threads" UCI parameter, and to -make sure it equals the number of CPU cores on your computer. If you are -using more than eight threads, it is recommended to raise the value of -"Min Split Depth" UCI parameter to 7. +Stockfish is a free UCI chess engine derived from Glaurung 2.1. It is +not a complete chess program and requires some UCI compatible GUI +(e.g. XBoard with PolyGlot, eboard, Arena, Sigma Chess, Shredder, Chess +Partner or Fritz) in order to be used comfortably. Read the +documentation for your GUI of choice for information about how to use +Stockfish with it. + +This version of Stockfish supports up to 32 CPUs, but has not been +tested thoroughly with more than 4. The program tries to detect the +number of CPUs on your computer and sets the number of search threads +accordingly, but please be aware that the detection is not always +correct. It is therefore recommended to inspect the value of the +"Threads" UCI parameter, and to make sure it equals the number of CPU +cores on your computer. If you are using more than eight threads, it is +recommended to raise the value of the "Min Split Depth" UCI parameter to +7. 2. Files @@ -24,13 +26,12 @@ This distribution of Stockfish consists of the following files: * Readme.txt, the file you are currently reading. - * Copying.txt, a text file containing the GNU General Public - License. + * Copying.txt, a text file containing the GNU General Public License. * src/, a subdirectory containing the full source code, including a Makefile that can be used to compile Stockfish on Unix-like systems. - For further information about how to compile Stockfish yourself - read section 4 below. + For further information about how to compile Stockfish yourself read + section 4 below. * polyglot.ini, for using Stockfish with Fabien Letouzey's PolyGlot adapter. @@ -39,9 +40,9 @@ This distribution of Stockfish consists of the following files: 3. Opening books ---------------- -This version of Stockfish has support for PolyGlot opening books. -For information about how to create such books, consult the PolyGlot -documentation. The book file can be selected by setting the UCI +This version of Stockfish has support for PolyGlot opening books. For +information about how to create such books, consult the PolyGlot +documentation. The book file can be selected by setting the UCI parameter "Book File". @@ -51,13 +52,14 @@ parameter "Book File". On Unix-like systems, it should usually be possible to compile Stockfish directly from the source code with the included Makefile. -Stockfish has support for 32 or 64 bits CPUS, big-endian machines, like -Power PC, hardware POPCNT instruction and other platforms. +Stockfish has support for 32 or 64-bit CPUs, the hardware POPCNT +instruction, big-endian machines such as Power PC, and other platforms. -In general is recommended to run 'make help' to see a list of make targets -with corresponding descriptions. When not using Makefile to compile, for -instance with Microsoft MSVC, you need to manually set/unset in the compiler -command line some swicthes, see file types.h for a quick reference. +In general is recommended to run 'make help' to see a list of make +targets with corresponding descriptions. When not using Makefile to +compile (for instance with Microsoft MSVC) you need to manually +set/unset some switches in the compiler command line; see file types.h +for a quick reference. 5. Terms of use -- 2.39.2