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.SH NAME
yics \- Yahoo! Chess client for use with FICS interfaces
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B yics [ -l \fIlogfile\fP ]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
YICS connects to the free Yahoo! Chess lobbies and emulates a FICS server.  It
can be used with most FICS interfaces (\fBxboard(6)\fP, for example) to play on
Yahoo! Chess.
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
YICS currently accepts only one option:
.TP
.B -l \fIlogfile\fP
Saves a connection log (excluding login information) to \fIlogfile\fP, which
can be attached to a bug report if requested by the author.
.SH COMMAND REFERENCE
A reference of commands, and other useful documentation, may be found on the
YICS wiki: \fB<http://wiki.yics.org>\fP.
.SH YICS AS A HELPER PROGRAM
YICS was designed to be used as a helper program with FICS interfaces.  With
xboard the use is fairly straightforward:

 xboard -ics -icshost Yahoo -icshelper yics

Note that the parameter to \fI-icshost\fP has no effect, aside from setting the
xboard title.  eboard is a little tricky, but can be done:

 ln -s $(which yics) timeseal.$(uname -s) ; eboard

Choose "\fBPeer > Connect to FICS\fP" in eboard to connect.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR xboard (6).
.SH AUTHOR
YICS was written by Chris Howie <chris@yics.org>.
.PP
This manual page was written by Chris Howie <cdhowie@nerdshack.com>,
for the Debian project (but may be used by others).