Re: [Scid-users] search for current game in different db

2009-03-16 Thread Chris Lott
2009/3/16 Pascal Georges : >> Did I miss it? I think a function similar to Chess Assistant where, at >> any point in a game one can choose "Search Position" and specif\y >> which DB to search in (among other options), would be the most >> economical I'm thinking in the common case that I'm not

[Scid-users] Scid opening book format...

2009-03-16 Thread Chris Lott
Is there a way to convert Fritz/CB opening books for use with Scid? there are quite a number of interesting, tuned opening books at places like: Sedat's Download page: http://www.sedatchess.com/download.html but they are in .ctg/.ctb/.cto format... c --

Re: [Scid-users] 3.7.1 cc functions borked

2009-03-16 Thread Chris Lott
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Alexander Wagner wrote: > I admit, I never noticed something the like. Please try the patch I > described in my other mail, to see if it persists. Can you positively rule > out a failure of your hard disk? Corrupted file system due to a crash eg.? > To me it sound

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
Hello Pascal, I am sorry but I cannot follow you. The use case I described is basic to annotate a game or keep own opening analysis up to date. It is also very natural to store the own analysis not in a growing reference database with more than 1.000.000 games, but in a separat

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
> Game list is a function local to a base. It does not work between two bases. > For that games have to be copied from one base to another. Note that merging > games between two bases is not hard technically, but a simple UI to do that > is missing. To copy games to the target base may be less e

Re: [Scid-users] some problems with scid-3.7.1

2009-03-16 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/3/16 Bogdan Burlacu > Hi, > > I just recently gave up gentoo and installed source mage linux, and > then scid, with tcl and tk versions 8.5.6 > > Some issues I found > > a) fonts are really ugly and I can't select any truetype fonts -- maybe > I'm missing some dependency? Don't know. > >

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/3/16 Alexander Wagner > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > > Anyway, the behaviour of Scid was changed here only >>recently. Actually, the intention was to be more logical. >>The original behaviour was as you describe as your wish. But >>indeed your're right, it broke merging

Re: [Scid-users] search for current game in different db

2009-03-16 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
Really ? Pascal, you're oftentimes too good to be true ! -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging, cross-platform capabilities. Quickly and easily build you

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Wagner
Joost 't Hart wrote: Hi! >> Ah?! I admit, that I see your point, but you lost me >> logic-wise here. If I change the base the board should >> probably show the games of this base. That's why I >> switched the base for, not? >> > > I feel I understand it. In other products, the board is a > m

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Wagner
Pascal Georges wrote: Hi! > Anyway, the behaviour of Scid was changed here only > recently. Actually, the intention was to be more logical. > The original behaviour was as you describe as your wish. But > indeed your're right, it broke merging games from the list > of games in

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Joost 't Hart
Alexander Wagner wrote: > Gerd Lorscheid wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I am used to have a small database containing games with >> my own analysis. To update one of these games I open it, >> search for interesting positions, look for (new) games in >> my large reference database with this position, repl

[Scid-users] some problems with scid-3.7.1

2009-03-16 Thread Bogdan Burlacu
Hi, I just recently gave up gentoo and installed source mage linux, and then scid, with tcl and tk versions 8.5.6 Some issues I found a) fonts are really ugly and I can't select any truetype fonts -- maybe I'm missing some dependency? b) In the 'scid: header search' when I click on the 'choose

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Pascal Georges
> Anyway, the behaviour of Scid was changed here only > recently. Actually, the intention was to be more logical. > The original behaviour was as you describe as your wish. But > indeed your're right, it broke merging games from the list > of games indeed, this menu point does not make sense > anym

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Wagner
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: Hi! > I am used to have a small database containing games with > my own analysis. To update one of these games I open it, > search for interesting positions, look for (new) games in > my large reference database with this position, replay > them and then update my game and r

Re: [Scid-users] 3.7.1 cc functions borked

2009-03-16 Thread Alexander Wagner
Chris Lott wrote: Hi! > I updated to 3.7.1 from 3.7.beta4 and the correspondence functions > appear broken. When I attempted to retrieve the latest moves, Scid > popped up a dialog that said "sorting games" with 0.00 time left and > froze there. Since there were only 10 games in the correspondenc

Re: [Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
I concur on both counts. Keeping the working state as last time it was opened is a common functionality in editors. -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R) framework and Flex Builder(TM) are powering Web 2.0 with engaging

Re: [Scid-users] search for current game in different db

2009-03-16 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/3/15 Chris Lott > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Alexander Wagner > wrote: > > Well, for the first place this seems to be something for the FAQ/Tips ;) > > Did I miss it? I think a function similar to Chess Assistant where, at > any point in a game one can choose "Search Position" and spe

[Scid-users] Scid usability issues

2009-03-16 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
I have the following usability issues with scid: I am used to have a small database containing games with my own analysis. To update one of these games I open it, search for interesting positions, look for (new) games in my large reference database with this position, replay them and then update m

[Scid-users] Re : search for current game in different db

2009-03-16 Thread Pascal Georges
Using Tree window works, but it is a workaround. The ability to ask for a position search in another base (ref base) should increase the usability of Scid. I will look at it. Pascal -- Apps built with the Adobe(R) Flex(R)