
PalmPGN - A chess game viewer for the Palm platform
Copyright (c) 2000 David Jaquay

http://palmpgn.sourceforge.net


Introduction


Welcome to PalmPGN.  You're a proud part of the 5% of people who
actually read the documentation, and quite possibly, part of the 1%
who read the docs before firing up the program and using for a month
or two.  Anyway, this document will attempt to describe how PalmPGN
works and how best to use it.


Table of Contents


1. Installation
2. Starting the Program
3. Entering Moves
4. Scrolling Through a Game


1. Installation


Part of the package you downloaded (from the above website, perhaps)
is PalmPGN.prc.  This is the file that you'll need to install on your
Palm.  You'll need to follow the directions that came with the Palm,
to get this program installed.


2. Starting the Program


This is pretty simple.  Click on the PalmPGN icon in the program
launcher, just like you would Notepad, Calc or any other program
you've installed.  The first time PalmPGN starts up, you'll see the
chess board in the initial position.


3. Entering Moves


Another simple task.  Click on the piece you want to move.  The piece
will now have a border around it.  Click on the square on which you
want it placed.  Bang, it moves.  Just that easy.  (In Alpha Release
1, moves aren't validated, meaning you can capture the enemy king on
the first move, if you're so inclined.  Validation will be added in
Alpha Release 2.)


4. Scrolling Through a Game


On the right-hand side of the game screen, you'll see two up and two
down arrows.  The top up arrow moves you back to the initial position
of the game you're entering.  The 2nd up arrow merely moves you back
one move.  If they're gray, it means that you're at the first move in
the game.

Conversely, the bottom down arrow moves you to the last move you've
entered, and the top down arrow takes you to the next move you've
entered; if they're gray, it means you're already at the last move in
the game, (which will be the case as you enter the moves for the first
time).


Conclusion


So far, PalmPGN isn't complex enough to really warrant this little bit
of documentary sillyness, but with what I have in mind, some
documentation seems like a polite idea.  If things aren't clear at any
point, please let me know, as I'd like for this to be a complete
package, and useful to anyone with a Palm Pilot who wants to improve
their chess game.  Like me.

Enjoy,
Dave
