Hi, On 5/02/11, scid-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote:
>The clipbase is a _temporary_ database, for things you don't want to save. > >If you want to save games, create a database, you will be asked where you >want to place it. Then work in that. I'm a new Scid user who appreciates and admires Scid and is grateful to be saved from the unsatisfactory Chess Assistant and Chessbase. However, I have found that Scid makes it easy for me to lose my work. I created a database for my games (it doesn't get opened automatically). I typically open a game (created on my iPhone by tChess) by double clicking it (to open Scid on my Mac), add engine annotation to it and examine the wonderful Score Graph. At that point I find myself bewildered about the best way to save the annotated game to my database. I have indeed lost my work more than once. None of the save menu items seem like what I want. In the end, I have a vague recollection of copying to(?)/from(?) the clipbase and/or the clipboard, opening my database, merging(?), then saving with overwrite (or similar). Followed by quitting from Scid, relaunching it, opening my database and breathing a sigh of relief when I see my annotated game. (I'll make better notes in future.) I feel fear, uncertainly and doubt whenever I quit from Scid. With other Mac programs I type cmd-S often to quietly and unobtrusively save (does a similar option exist in Scid?). And, on quitting, the other Mac programs remind me to save if I have not. I'm also a sometimes Windows user. Windows programs seem to either behave like the Mac regarding saving, or in the case of, for example, Chess Assistant, save whether you like it or not - data is rarely just lost on Mac or Windows, unless the computer crashes. While I realize that there is likely a well-trodden Scid workflow, second-nature to experienced Scid users, for undertakings like mine, I thought it might be helpful to relate an inexperienced user's first impressions. Also, I understand that Scid is not a "native" Mac program and will always have its own way of doing things, which is fine. Keep up the good work and I hope to be able to contribute to the code base in future. Best regards, Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The modern datacenter depends on network connectivity to access resources and provide services. The best practices for maximizing a physical server's connectivity to a physical network are well understood - see how these rules translate into the virtual world? http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnlfb _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
