user10962: I've recently started playing e-mail correspondence chess and I'm looking at Cmail/XBoard as a tool to play these games. Looking at the docs, I managed to get the right PGN tags for the game to be parsed and XBoard to launch and display the latest position.
XBoard will not allow any moves though. I can step through the game but not enter a new move.
Any idea on what could be wrong with the XBoard settings or the PGN input?
[Event "Email correspondence game"]
[Site "NET"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Vergara, Rene"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteNA "?"]
[BlackNA "email@host.com"]
[Mode "EM"]
[CmailGameName "rav-vs-Rene"]

1. e4
*


user10962: Once you provide the email file to Cmail/XBoard, you need to switch to 'Edit Game' mode, in the Mode menu in order to record a move. Also, I had to switch out of 'Edit Game' mode in order to mail the move.

10962: <p>I've recently started playing e-mail correspondence chess and I'm looking at Cmail/XBoard as a tool to play these games. Looking at the docs, I managed to get the right PGN tags for the game to be parsed and XBoard to launch and display the latest position.</p>

<p>XBoard will not allow any moves though. I can step through the game but not enter a new move.</p>

<p>Any idea on what could be wrong with the XBoard settings or the PGN input?</p>

<pre><code>[Event "Email correspondence game"]
[Site "NET"]
[Date "2016.08.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Vergara, Rene"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteNA "?"]
[BlackNA "email@host.com"]
[Mode "EM"]
[CmailGameName "rav-vs-Rene"]

1. e4
*
</code></pre>
 10962: <p>Once you provide the email file to Cmail/XBoard, you need to switch to 'Edit Game' mode, in the Mode menu in order to record a move. Also, I had to switch out of 'Edit Game' mode in order to mail the move.</p>
