Re: [Scid-users] SCID 3.6.25 : Play Serious Game error - Invalid FEN string

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
Code has been changed in CVS which broke this. Thanks for the report. Pascal 2008/7/6 Roy Brunjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > When I try to play a serious game against a UCI engine (I have no others to > test that I am aware of), the opening book phase goes well but when leaving > book, I get this e

[Scid-users] SCID 3.6.25 : Play Serious Game error - Invalid FEN string

2008-07-06 Thread Roy Brunjes
When I try to play a serious game against a UCI engine (I have no others to test that I am aware of), the opening book phase goes well but when leaving book, I get this error: Error: Invalid FEN string. Invalid FEN string. Invalid FEN string. while executing "sc_game startBoard $fen" (p

Re: [Scid-users] fruit binary checked into cvs

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/7/6 Garth Corral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Could someone cvs rm it? I noticed that neither the toga II makefile > nor the scid makefile remove this in their clean targets (though scid > does for distclean). This should probably be removed on clean. > > done. Pascal

Re: [Scid-users] FICS autologoff

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
> Actually, I think that FICS is just closing the connection > if it does not receive any input for a certain ammount of > time. I can't give you the pointer but it is AFAIK even > documented somewhere. While this is no issue at all if you > play on FICS it is a problem if you only observe a game,

[Scid-users] fruit binary checked into cvs

2008-07-06 Thread Garth Corral
Could someone cvs rm it? I noticed that neither the toga II makefile nor the scid makefile remove this in their clean targets (though scid does for distclean). This should probably be removed on clean. - Sponsored by:

Re: [Scid-users] Scid-users Digest, Vol 24, Issue 10

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/7/6 Roy Brunjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm using the latest code from yesterday (from CVS) and I am seeing that > making a move on the board replaces (always) the moves made in the game. The > option to ask before replacing moves is enabled (I switched it both ways -- > makes no difference).

Re: [Scid-users] Scid-users Digest, Vol 24, Issue 10

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Roy Brunjes wrote: Hi! > I'm using the latest code from yesterday (from CVS) and I am seeing that > making a move on the board replaces (always) the moves made in the game. > The option to ask before replacing moves is enabled (I switched it both > ways -- makes no difference). Is this a bug?

Re: [Scid-users] Scid-users Digest, Vol 24, Issue 10

2008-07-06 Thread Roy Brunjes
I'm using the latest code from yesterday (from CVS) and I am seeing that making a move on the board replaces (always) the moves made in the game. The option to ask before replacing moves is enabled (I switched it both ways -- makes no difference). Is this a bug? Before, it would ask if you wante

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread W. van den Akker
Hi, On Sunday 06 July 2008, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Pascal Georges wrote: > > > - be careful when stripping Scid (books, DB, etc...) as it > > > breaks some features, and I don't like this. > > > > Actually, some parts of scid would plainly not allow it to > > make it into som

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/7/6 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > I do not get how you want to set it up: Scid links to >>http://www.somehwere.org/scid-binaries/ >>and the list is maintained there? You think probably of a >>Wiki-like target for this so everybody co

Re: [Scid-users] Tiny enhancements

2008-07-06 Thread Giorgio Bellegotti
Yes thanks, I had followed this procedure. Bye. Giorgio. Pascal Georges ha scritto: > > - Entries of new labels in all language files (not translations) > - Translations of new labels and of all other pending labels in > italian language file. > > > Hi, > > Note that some scrips are h

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > I do not get how you want to set it up: Scid links to > http://www.somehwere.org/scid-binaries/ > and the list is maintained there? You think probably of a > Wiki-like target for this so everybody could hook up links > to his individual builds? > >

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/7/6 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > > - I'd prefer not putting links to pre-built packages on > > Scid's SF site, simply due to maintenance reasons. But > > those links are of highest interest to end users, so if > > someone wants to take care of this

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > My opinion on binary releases : > - build scripts should be incorporated in Scid repository, > easying maintenance, This is somewhat into the direction of adding --debian/--fedora/--whatever flags to the configure. Of course external script are in order as well. Agree

Re: [Scid-users] Replace header fields

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/7/6 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > Is there a way to replace the value of an arbitrary >>header field within scid? Or would I have to export >>the base to a PGN and run vi or the like against it? >>Say, I want to normalise a field

Re: [Scid-users] What's the official party line on crafty in the tree

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
Crafty is indeed removed from CVS, but some Crafty directories are still in CVS because those can not be removed by CVS commands, and need a maintenance request issued to SF staff. Pascal - Sponsored by: SourceForge.net Commun

Re: [Scid-users] precompiled binaries

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
Hi, My opinion on binary releases : - build scripts should be incorporated in Scid repository, easying maintenance, - I'd prefer not putting links to pre-built packages on Scid's SF site, simply due to maintenance reasons. But those links are of highest interest to end users, so if someone wants t

Re: [Scid-users] FICS autologoff

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > Additionally, as it is likely that one is not doing > anything while just observing a major turnament (ie. > not sending commands to FICS as it is unnecessary) > maybe it would be a good thing to be able to switch on > a "keep alive", like just sen

Re: [Scid-users] Tiny enhancements

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
> > - Entries of new labels in all language files (not translations) > - Translations of new labels and of all other pending labels in italian > language file. Hi, Note that some scrips are helpful to handle language support. See content of lang directory. The procedure is the following : 1. Ent

Re: [Scid-users] Replace header fields

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > Is there a way to replace the value of an arbitrary > header field within scid? Or would I have to export > the base to a PGN and run vi or the like against it? > Say, I want to normalise a field other than those > listed in the name editor (maint

Re: [Scid-users] FICS autologoff

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/6/29 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > Could it be that the current code has a problem if FICS > closes the connection? FICS does that after some "inactivity > time" AFAIK automatically. I do not see whether this was the > cause because scid locked up entirely and did not even >

Re: [Scid-users] Replace header fields

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/6/28 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > Is there a way to replace the value of an arbitrary header field within > scid? Or would I have to export the base to a PGN and run vi or the like > against it? Say, I want to normalise a field other than those listed in > the name editor (

Re: [Scid-users] Next steps for Scid

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
> > Chess960 support is IMHO worth considering, indeed. Though I > do not play it myself I've the feeling that it's pretty > much established today and very popular. > > chess960 would be rather difficult to implement, and I personaly have no interest in it. Pascal ---

Re: [Scid-users] Scid: Tree Window and Spellcheck: Bugs/Suggestions

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/6/28 P B Dhanish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Pascal, > > Thankyou very much for the new version of Scid 3.6.24. > > TREE WINDOW: > The arrow keys working when the Tree window is in focus, is a very > convenient improvement, I had been thinking of sending a request for > this feature. > > The tr

Re: [Scid-users] timeseal

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2008/6/28 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi! > > Currently, scid throws a bit miss leading, uncaught exception if it can not > find the timeseal program. Maybe one should check for the existence of > "timeseal" and notify the user if it is not found. I could imagine a > dialogue that offe

Re: [Scid-users] Crafty 21.6 on Mac

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > Would it be a good idea to try to get your patches also into > http://sourceforge.net/projects/phalanx ? > > > I did not manage to get contact from mail addresses given at this site. Tried again myself also. It seems an orphaned project, indeed. -- Kin

Re: [Scid-users] Crafty 21.6 on Mac

2008-07-06 Thread Pascal Georges
> In the implementation this means that for scid I do not need > to have individual book builds for any xboard engine and > that a xboard engine is only switched on once the GUI is out > of book? > Hi, that is right. > > >> As far as I can see this is the state of cvs. > > Yes. Crafty is no

Re: [Scid-users] New analysis window

2008-07-06 Thread Giorgio Bellegotti
Hi Alexander, I can't reproduce the problem, do you remember if you did some other actions before starting the engine? The (a) in the tooltip is for the shortcut key to start/stop engine. Bye. Giorgio. Alexander Wagner ha scritto: > Alexander Wagner wrote: > > Hi! > >>> I've already fixed this

Re: [Scid-users] New analysis window

2008-07-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Alexander Wagner wrote: Hi! >> I've already fixed this issue. >> I'm waiting that Pascal is >> back to give him the new sources, but you can be sure that the history >> mode in analysis window will be restored. > > I've just commited Giorgios changes to the cvs. Roy, if you > can compile out o