[Scid-users] Getting started

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
Hi, I am looking to improve my chess skills using Scid. I haven't played chess for a long time and am wondering what features of Scid I can use to help me improve my game. I have tried playing a tactical game against a 1200 ELO, which is OK, but having moves suggested to you (the highlighting on t

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
OK, I think for now I have everything working. I fixed the problems of the engines crashing unexpectdly by changing the "DIrectory" setting to ~/.scid This seems to have fixed the problems. Thanks for all your help. Rov On 01/04/2008, Pascal Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I also forgot to

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
Sorry, this was somehow resolve by removing the ~/.scid folder :) Perhaps that was the problem all along, I'll let you know. Rob On 01/04/2008, Rob Quill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for your help. I now seem to be getting the error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scid$ ./scid > exec:

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
Hi, Thanks for your help. I now seem to be getting the error: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scid$ ./scid exec: 21: tkscid: not found even though tkscid is in the right directory? Could this be a PATH problem? As it is in the same directory I would assume it doesn't matter? Rob On 01/04/2008, Pascal Geo

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Pascal Georges
I also forgot to mention that under Linux you have to setup engines manually (on Windows I provide a standard setup). Be careful to check the UCI flag only for UCI engines (Toga for example, but not Crafty). Pascal 2008/4/1, pgeorges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Rob Quill a écrit : > > On 01/04/2008,

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread pgeorges
Rob Quill a écrit : > On 01/04/2008, Pascal Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Could you try with Scid 3.6.22 (or RC of 3.6.23) and tell us which OS you >> are using ? >> > > Hi, > > I think the problem partly arises because I'm not sure how to > completely remove scid from m

Re: [Scid-users] FYI

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges wrote: Hi! > There is also a 4th part published > http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4511 > > I don't have Fritz 11, so it is is so easy to understand how it works, Well I did not try it in fritz either as I've "only" a V8 to convert CBH. ;) But as far as I get it, it is

Re: [Scid-users] CC Help

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges wrote: Hi! > I would like to release a version 3.6.23 of Scid in the > near future (without any emergency) : do you have some > comments / constraints ? I'd want to implement a simple GUI for setting up an Xfcc-Account. (I've the feeling that some people don't like the current GUI, a

Re: [Scid-users] FAQ

2008-04-01 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges wrote: Hi! For me, I perfectly agree with Benoit and Pascal on the issue of a FAQ. As a target I'd consider to have it in two versions: once in the help files and once as a web page we could put up somewhere. (E.g. @sf.) As scids help is "almost html" this should be possible with some th

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
Opps, > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg25296.html That link is a link to a patch I had to apply to get crafty to compile on AMD-64. Also in case it help my operating system in Ubuntu 7.04 (Gutsy) Rob > > > > > Pascal > > > > 2008/4/1, Rob Quill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Rob Quill
On 01/04/2008, Pascal Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could you try with Scid 3.6.22 (or RC of 3.6.23) and tell us which OS you > are using ? Hi, I think the problem partly arises because I'm not sure how to completely remove scid from my system before doing a fresh install. I instal

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

2008-04-01 Thread pgeorges
W. van den Akker a écrit : > Yes I will certianly wait for 3.6.23. When do you want to release it? > > At most a few weeks, I think. It depends upon what Alexander Wagner thinks about it. Pascal - Check out the new Sourc

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

2008-04-01 Thread Pascal Georges
Hi, Could you try with Scid 3.6.22 (or RC of 3.6.23) and tell us which OS you are using ? Pascal 2008/4/1, Rob Quill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi all, > > I have just installed Scid, version 2.6.21. When doing a "make > install" I get an error about book*.bin not existing (which they > don't) so