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The Window Menu Explained

File

Open
Load a saved game.
Open Recent
Load a recently used saved game.
Save
Save the current game.
Save As
Save the current game under a new file name.
Export/Image
Save the current position as an image file. Several image file formats are supported, the file format is derived from the file name ending (e.g. ".png" for the PNG format).
Export/ASCII Art
Save the current position as a text diagram. The text diagram should be viewed using a monospace font.
Quit
Quit Pentobi.

Game

New Game
Start a new game.
Game Variant
Select a game variant and start a new game of this game variant.
Computer Color
Select which colors are played by the computer.
Game Info
Display or edit additional information about the game like the name of the players or the date when the game was played.
Undo Move
Undo the last move played and remove it from the game tree. Undoing a move is only possible if it is the last move in the current variation (i.e. a leaf node in the game tree; use Edit/Truncate to remove inner nodes of the game tree).
Find Move
Find a legal move for the current color and display it for a few seconds on the board. Selecting this item repeatedly will show all legal moves.

Go

Beginning
Go to the beginning of the game.
Ten Moves Backward
Go ten moves backward in the current variation.
Backward
Go one move backward in the current variation.
Forward
Go one move forward in the current variation. If the current position has several follow-up variations (i.e. the current node in the game tree has several child nodes), the first variation will be used.
Ten Moves Forward
Go ten moves forward in the current variation. Like Forward, this also uses the first variation in positions with several follow-up variations.
End
Go to the end of the current variation. Like Forward, this also uses the first variation in positions with several follow-up variations.
Next Variation
Go to the next variation to the last move played (i.e. the next sibling node of the current node in the game tree).
Previous Variation
Go to the previous variation to the last move played (i.e. the previous sibling node of the current node in the game tree).
Go to Move
Go to the move with a given move number in the current variation.
Back to Main Variation
Return to the last move in the main variation that had a variation.

Edit

Find Next Comment
Go to the next position that has a comment. If the comment text field was not visible, it will become visible. Selecting this item repeatedly will show all positions with comments in the game tree.
Move Annotation
Add a chess-style move annotation symbol (e.g. !!) to the current move. Annotation symbols are shown after the move numbers on the board and only visible if move numbers are shown.
Make Main Variation
Make the current variation the main variation of the game. This reorders the nodes in the game tree such that the current variation becomes the main variation.
Truncate
Remove the node with the current position, including any subtree, from the game tree.
Select Next Color
Choose the next color for selecting pieces. This can be used for example to enter game records in which moves of a color were skipped because the color ran out of time.

View

Toolbar
Show or hide the toolbar.
Comment
Show or hide a text field to display or edit comments on the current position.
Fullscreen
Make the main window fullscreen or leave fullscreen mode. It is platform-dependent if the window menu is shown in fullscreen mode. To leave fullscreen mode without using the window menu, use the small button at the right of the status bar or press the F11 key.
Move Numbers
Change the way move numbers are displayed on the board. The options are to show only the number of the last move or of all moves or to show no numbers at all.
Coordinate Labels
Display coordinate labels for the fields on the board around the board. The convention for labeling coordinates is the same as in the Blokus SGF file format used by Pentobi.

Computer

Play
Make the computer play a move for the current color. This can be used to change the color the computer plays or to resume playing after navigating in the game tree. If the computer did not already play the current color, it will play this color (and only this color) from now on.
Interrupt
Interrupt the current move generation. The computer will play the best move it has found so far.
Level
Change the playing strength of the computer. Higher levels are stronger but can make the computer take a long time for playing moves on slow computers.

Help

Contents
Show a window to browse the Pentobi user manual.
About
Show an info dialog with information about this version of Pentobi.

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