On 01/11/2011 12:37 PM, Oliver Korff wrote:
Hi!
On 05.01.2011 23:18, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
Package: scid
Version: 1:4.2.2.cvs20100202-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: upstream
Currently it is possible to replace the whole selected game with the
Tools|Import One PGN Game menu item. Websites which offer the online
analogue of correspondence chess often have a feature to export the
game moves in PGN format, and doing that periodically combined with
the Import feature of scid is usually easier than entering each move
manually, at least for this lazy chessplayer. However each time I do
this I lose all the analysis I saved as variations in scid. So, I
would find it extremely useful if there were a "merge PGN" or "sync
PGN" feature that would just append the moves from the PGN that are
_not_ in the game, and leave the common moves (and their variations!)
untouched.
I received this feature request at the debian bug tracker, and I wanted
to report it to the upstream mailing list.
Thank you!
Some comments. First of all: the mentioned merging is a bit more
involved as it might look in first sight.
Anyway, this function is actually implemented precisely for this usecase
in Scids Correspondence Chess features. However, Scids online CC
functions require the server to support the open Xfcc protocol.
Currently, I know that ICCF, SchemingMind, mychess.de/mychess.com offer
this function. But, Xfcc is pretty simple and straight forward to set
up. See http://xfcc.org for documentation, so a decent CC servers shoud
definitely support it.
Additionally, what might help out with servers that do not yet support Xfcc:
- first nag the site maintainer to add Xfcc support
- second nag the site maintainer to add Xfcc support
- third nag ...
Seriously: current cvs of Scid allows "game relay" from ICCF. This works
by actually fetching games in PGN from a website do some slight
preprocessing and then feed them into Scids CC function so you get
seemless integration. This matches the mentioned feature request. So
we're almost where the reporter wants to go to. I could probably add a
connector for the site in question (I need some details about it) and it
would work out. Its a bit a hack and also will not allow sending moves,
but well. I could probably also set up some stand alone tool that does
only the preprocessing for the downloaded files. Scids CC function is
actually quite open to non-Scid-internal feeding, so we have a pretty
nice interface here. I'd have to have a look what I get from the site in
question to give more feedback.
The only clean way to get it done automagically and in a really
comfortable manner for the CC player, however, is pointed out in the
three remarks above. So did I mention to nag the site maintainer for
Xfcc support? ;)
Anyway, if possible the reporter should contact me. Directly or via the
list. If I got it correctly, we can come up with some solution via Scids
CC function.
cu
Alexander
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