Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
> We all should ignore your remark above: Memory is not consumed because > of fragmentation. > Ignore my remark if you want to (I love the kind of wording "We all should ignore your remark above"), but I confirm that the memory used (reported as virtual memory used by a process) increases due to m

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Joost 't Hart
Pascal Georges wrote: > A few MB of RAM consumption is normal, and it stops increasing after a > while. This is mainly due to RAM fragmentation and is normal. > > Pascal Thanks, for the repairing. So far, it looks promising. We all should ignore your remark above: Memory is not consumed because

Re: [Scid-users] Wikipedia linking for player profiles

2009-12-03 Thread Robert Ryan
On 12/3/2009 11:41 AM, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Robert Ryan wrote: >> I can't seem to get this to work. I click on the link for Wikipedia, for >> instance, and nothing happens. The same for the other links. Probably >> something I have set up wrong. > Do the FIDE/ICCF/VIAF/DNB-Links work for you

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Michal Rudolf
On Thu, December 3, 2009 22:51, Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > What kind of tracker would be useful for the actual project? Any that is used by both users and developers ;-) Seriously, why not try the one available on SourceForge? -- Michal Rudolf ---

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
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Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Michal Rudolf
> Hi Michal, > > I understand your text. That's for sure. But please note that I am > trying to pinpoint some specific issues. I am sure - and I feel we all > are - that large parts of Scid's current code base are shaky (no insult > whatsoever intended!!) and only big-bang-black-box-functionally te

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/12/3 Michal Rudolf > 2009-12-03 12:20:25, Thomas Yaglowski: > > I'm glad this is being addressed. I just downloaded Scid last week > > (Mac executable) and have had one crash after another. For me, I would > > usually get crashes when generating Opening Reports. I would be using, > > perhaps

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
> > My recommendation is to reconsider (adding) this undo stuff. > > It is far better now in CVS. For info rollback points are set by calling {sc_game undoPoint} in Tcl or sc_game_save_for_undo() in C++. Pascal -- Join us

Re: [Scid-users] Wikipedia linking for player profiles

2009-12-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
Robert Ryan wrote: Hi! > On 12/2/2009 2:18 PM, Alexander Wagner wrote: >> Currently, Scid should know 206 famous players such, that linking to >> Wikipedia will work, NLS included. Recently, I added mainly historic >> players (Spielmann, Zuckertort, v. Bardeleben, Rubinstein, Lasker, Keres >>

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
> It is the recently added undo functionality which leaks all the memory > in this case. > > Numerous occurrences of sc_game_save_for_undo() are there, creating new > Game objects all the time. A corresponding reset does not occur... > > It is fixed in CVS. > Why are "undo" operations required in

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
A few MB of RAM consumption is normal, and it stops increasing after a while. This is mainly due to RAM fragmentation and is normal. Pascal 2009/12/3 Joost 't Hart > Joost 't Hart wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I have been looking more specifically at what the (UCI) engine does to > > memory consumptio

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Pascal Georges
Please retest with current CVS and let me know if you still encounter huge increase in memory use. Pascal 2009/12/3 Michal Rudolf > 2009-12-02 22:08:24, Joost 't Hart: > > > Another attempt from my side to do something about Scid's crazy appetite > > for memory. After playing a few hours with a

Re: [Scid-users] Wikipedia linking for player profiles

2009-12-03 Thread Robert Ryan
On 12/2/2009 2:18 PM, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Currently, Scid should know 206 famous players such, that linking to > Wikipedia will work, NLS included. Recently, I added mainly historic > players (Spielmann, Zuckertort, v. Bardeleben, Rubinstein, Lasker, Keres > to name a few). I can't seem t

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Joost 't Hart
Joost 't Hart wrote: > Joost 't Hart wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I have been looking more specifically at what the (UCI) engine does to >> memory consumption. >> >> I start Scid. It does some preloading of stuff, I hit OK at the startup >> window and let the clipbase and new empty game come up. >> >

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Joost 't Hart
Michal Rudolf wrote: > 2009-12-03 12:20:25, Thomas Yaglowski: > >> I'm glad this is being addressed. I just downloaded Scid last week >> (Mac executable) and have had one crash after another. For me, I would >> usually get crashes when generating Opening Reports. I would be using, >> perhaps, a

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Joost 't Hart
Joost 't Hart wrote: > Hi! > > I have been looking more specifically at what the (UCI) engine does to > memory consumption. > > I start Scid. It does some preloading of stuff, I hit OK at the startup > window and let the clipbase and new empty game come up. > > At the end of the scid_InitTclTk()

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Michal Rudolf
2009-12-03 12:20:25, Thomas Yaglowski: > I'm glad this is being addressed. I just downloaded Scid last week > (Mac executable) and have had one crash after another. For me, I would > usually get crashes when generating Opening Reports. I would be using, > perhaps, a 230,000 game database, open a Tr

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Thomas Yaglowski
> 2009-12-02 22:08:24, Joost 't Hart: > >> Another attempt from my side to do something about Scid's crazy >> appetite >> for memory. After playing a few hours with a tree and a UCI engine >> running, the OS kicks Scid out; it uses more than 3 GB of RAM by >> that time. > I can confirm these pr

[Scid-users] Memory issue (2)

2009-12-03 Thread Joost 't Hart
Hi! I have been looking more specifically at what the (UCI) engine does to memory consumption. I start Scid. It does some preloading of stuff, I hit OK at the startup window and let the clipbase and new empty game come up. At the end of the scid_InitTclTk() in tkscid.ccp, Scid has eaten 23706

Re: [Scid-users] Missing directory

2009-12-03 Thread Girolamo Castaldo
Yes, it was a .dmg file. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [Scid-users] Missing directory Date : Wed, 2 Dec 2009 18:05:23 -0600 From : Israel Chauca Fuentes To : "Girolamo Castaldo" Cc : "Pascal Georges" , "Scid Users List" On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:16 PM, G

Re: [Scid-users] Memory issue (1)

2009-12-03 Thread Michal Rudolf
2009-12-02 22:08:24, Joost 't Hart: > Another attempt from my side to do something about Scid's crazy appetite > for memory. After playing a few hours with a tree and a UCI engine > running, the OS kicks Scid out; it uses more than 3 GB of RAM by that time. I can confirm these problems. Today I r