penguinland

I'd like to create my own .lin files by hand, and have been able to cobble some together by editing older files. However, I can't seem to find any formatting specification online that describes exactly how to make a .lin file (for instance, I still don't know what goes inside the qx|...| part. I believe this information is out there, since other people have been able to write programs that convert .lin files to .pbn and back again. Where can I learn about these file formats? Thanks very much!

Thanks very much for doing all of this. I'm running Gentoo, and have been waiting to be able to use BBO for a couple months. I can now play bridge on it, but the web-enabled features (notably the help files and the place where I enter my ACBL number) don't work. Any idea what's wrong? I'm really new to WINE, so it wouldn't surprise me if I messed up something simple. /usr/bin/winebrowser correctly interfaces with firefox, if that changes anything. Thanks very much!