Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
I don't have my laptop with SCID4.0 with me, but I will re-try later today or tomorrow and let you know if that happens again. On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Alexander Wagner < a.wag...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > andrei raevsky wrote: > > Hi! > > >> Another way is to use the Header se

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! >> Another way is to use the Header search to find all games with both >> players above 2200 and then use the "Database switcher" function to >> copy the games in the filter to a new database. > I tried that, but for some reason SCID4.0 did not copy. I cr

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
I tried that, but for some reason SCID4.0 did not copy. I created a new database and did the drag and drop thing with the original database filtered to >2200 but the copying did not happen :-( On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Larry Crawford wrote: > Another way is to use the Header search to fin

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Larry Crawford
Another way is to use the Header search to find all games with both players above 2200 and then use the "Database switcher" function to copy the games in the filter to a new database. - Original Message - From: andrei raevsky To: Alexander Wagner Cc: scid-users@lists.sourcefor

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Alexander Wagner < a.wag...@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote: > >> a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database ( >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now contains over 4 >> million games. I have combined the 5 subases (A through E) into one SCID4 >>

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! > I have two questions about how to best use databases with SCID4.0: > > a) I have downloaded the huge ICOfY database > (http://sourceforge.net/projects/icofybase/) which now contains over 4 > million games. I have combined the 5 subases (A through E) into one > SCI

Re: [Scid-users] Mousewheel scroll

2009-10-06 Thread Fulvio
Pascal Georges wrote: > The idea is nice but there are a few problems : > - right now it does only make sense when "show variations window" is > turned off. Hence it should be better integrated with this : either > they are mutually exclusive or combined > - when going back, the arrows displaying

[Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread andrei raevsky
Hi Ignacio, I had no problems opening the ICOFY databases and compacting it into one SCID4.0 database. I have not have had the time to work with the resulting databse yet, but I did look throught the game list window and everything looked ok. That was on a computer running Ubuntu GNU/Linux, with

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Pascal Georges
What is legal is not necessarily fair (and I doubt exporting comments from GM is legal). Even if games are completely cleaned from any added value by CB, I find it unfair to use someone's else work, when this work is what they are making their living with. Pascal 2009/10/6 andrei raevsky > Dear

Re: [Scid-users] couple of questions about databases

2009-10-06 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/10/6 Ignacio Perez > Hi Andrei, > > I've had problems with the ICOFY base. Worked OK on Scid 3.0 doesn't > work on 4.0. Let me know if you can use it witout Problems. > > Could you give details ? Pascal -- Come buil

Re: [Scid-users] Mousewheel scroll

2009-10-06 Thread Pascal Georges
The idea is nice but there are a few problems : - right now it does only make sense when "show variations window" is turned off. Hence it should be better integrated with this : either they are mutually exclusive or combined - when going back, the arrows displaying possible vars for current move is