On 02/27/11 21:15, Gerardo Fernandez wrote:
Hi!
> I am trying to normalize a Scid database. It contains many local
> players who don't appear on FIDE's rating list and many different
> spellings for the names (one or two surnames, capital letters, the
> name before the surname, etc), because different people have
> transcribed the games.
>
> What I'm doing is:
>
> * Export the database to a pgn file
> * Run a little shell script to get all the names sorted alphabetically
> * Create a spelling.ssp file using the previous list, which I do manually
> * Apply the spelling procedure to the Scid database
>
> I was wondering if there is a better way to approach the task. Any ideas?
Definitely. You can just set up your personal spell checking file. Its
no magic around it. The basic layout is
------------------------------------------------------------------------
@PLAYER ".,-_*"
Lastname, Firstname #gm GER [maxelo]
%Bio Whatever biographic info you have
= Alias1
= Alias2
User, Joe #- USA [maxelo]
= JOE USER
= USER JOE
= J USER
= USER, J
------------------------------------------------------------------------
and so on. I think the idea is clear? You can find a full description at
the start of Franz' excellent FIDE files. There's no magic of the format
it's just plain text. After you created your spelling corrections and
saved it to a file use Optoins/Load Spellcheck file to use it.
HTH :)
cu
Alexander
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