def popen_engine(command, *, engine_cls=Engine, setpgrp=False, **kwargs):
"""
Opens a local chess engine process.
No initialization commands are sent, so do not forget to send the
mandatory *xboard* command.
>>> engine = chess.xboard.popen_engine("/usr/games/crafty")
>>> engine.xboard()
:param command:
:param engine_cls:
:param setpgrp: Opens the engine process in a new process group. This will
stop signals (such as keyboard interrupts) from propagating from the
parent process. Defaults to ``False``.
"""
return _popen_engine(command, engine_cls, setpgrp, **kwargs)
def popen_engine(command, *, engine_cls=Engine, setpgrp=False, **kwargs):
"""
Opens a local chess engine process.
No initialization commands are sent, so do not forget to send the
mandatory *uci* command.
>>> engine = chess.uci.popen_engine("/usr/bin/stockfish")
>>> engine.uci()
>>> engine.name
'Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT'
>>> engine.author
'T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott'
:param command:
:param engine_cls:
:param setpgrp: Open the engine process in a new process group. This will
stop signals (such as keyboard interrupts) from propagating from the
parent process. Defaults to ``False``.
"""
return _popen_engine(command, engine_cls, setpgrp, **kwargs)