Re: [Scid-users] Layouts in game window

2025-04-18 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 4/16/25 00:13, Marius Roets wrote: When right-clicking on the column headers in the game list, there is an option to select different layouts (which I created in the previous version of SCID). I don't see that at all. Probably because you have a file present while I do not. There is a

Re: [Scid-users] Automated annotations: why/when variations, NAGs?

2025-04-18 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 2/16/25 22:49, Dan Friedman wrote: When I have Stockfish configured for Analysis, and I perform an automated annotation, I see variations are introduced in the PGN window, as well as NAG codes. On what basis are both of these created? I have never used the Automatic Analysis mysel

Re: [Scid-users] Sorting the Database Permanently by Date

2025-04-18 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 1/15/25 13:33, James Williams via Scid-users wrote: I entered them all in (slowly) in strict chronological order. But now the games are wildly out of order. You don't say what version of Scid you are using. In Scid-5.0.2 it works like this: * The order in the PGN file corresponds to t

Re: [Scid-users] How to take back a wrong move easily with the mouse?

2025-01-09 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 1/6/25 08:05, Lothar Weimer wrote: > Therefore I am looking for an easy way to take back a misentry by > using the mouse only. On 1/8/25 07:51, Morten Skarstad wrote: There is CTRL-z, and there is the back and replace move, but both of these break your flow. I don't Undo anything. Below the

Re: [Scid-users] Bizarre Error 4792 in game

2024-08-26 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 8/25/24 17:03, Steve Cohen wrote: Removing the blank variation seems to make the problem go away for me too. I think it's safe to say the blank variation was the proximate cause of error 4792. But the root cause is probably in the parser code. I'd still like to know what glitch put this bla

Re: [Scid-users] Bizarre Error 4792 in game

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
23.Bf4 $5 Nxe4 ( 23...Rdg8 $2 $ --- After removing the empty "( )" on line 301, Scid 4.7.4 no longer produced an error for me. On 8/25/24 12:30, Alan Bennet via Scid-users wrote: Hi, I reproduced with version 4.7.4 (Debian packaged version). Coul

Re: [Scid-users] Bizarre Error 4792 in game

2024-08-25 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
Hi, I reproduced with version 4.7.4 (Debian packaged version). Could not reproduce with 4.5.2 nor with 5.0.2 (both compiled by me). On 8/22/24 16:52, Steve Cohen wrote: To reproduce this error, load the attached game in SCID. Follow the main line through White's 20th move (20. Rdf1), then inst

Re: [Scid-users] can't load PGN containing "Black crushing" symbol

2024-07-27 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 6/29/24 22:25, Greg Marks wrote: After upgrading Scid to version 4.7.4, I find that Scid won't properly load PGN files that contain the "Black crushing" symbol. A minimal example: $cat test.pgn [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date ".??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "0-1"]

Re: [Scid-users] Keyboard shortcuts

2024-07-27 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 7/19/24 18:06, Bahman Movaqar via Scid-users wrote: ... is there a list of keyboard shortcuts available somewhere?  Especially those pertaining to Board window and Notation windows. Since you are using 5.0.2, in the scid source archive scid_src_5.0.2.zip look at /scid-5.0.2/tcl/keyboard.t

Re: [Scid-users] Corrupted database - repair and recovery

2024-07-12 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
On 7/12/24 10:06, bahman--- via Scid-users wrote: I have a database where I keep all my games along with annotations and analysis. This database is particularly important to me as it is the only place where I have stored my calculations and notes wrt the ongoing correspondence games I'm playin

[Scid-users] Annotate enhancement requests

2024-05-31 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
Greetings. I have been experimenting with the Annotate feature and have some requests. Keep in mind, Annotate is working really well for me, so these requests are in no way complaints. I see them as potentially making a good program better. Roughly in order of least to most difficult to implement

Re: [Scid-users] RChess

2021-05-02 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
> On May 2, 2021, at 6:09 AM, Gerd Lorscheid > wrote: > ... > So is RChess interesting for you? > ... > When you are interested, have a look at: www.rchess.de Absolutely, it's very interesting, I will check it out. Thank you. -- Alan ___ Scid-

Re: [Scid-users] V4.71 on macOS BigSur / mouse issues

2021-05-02 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
tly is : If an engine is running - not just waiting > but running - in a docked window ( on the right on the PGN window ) in that > case, focus and left click are OK in the PGN window. It's like if some > refresh were missing if nothing is happening in the window. >>

Re: [Scid-users] V4.71 on macOS BigSur / mouse issues

2021-05-01 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
> On May 1, 2021, at 3:26 AM, Patrick Haueter wrote: > > Hello, > > I've downloaded latest SCID (4.71) and I've installed TCL/TK 8.6.11 on MacOs > 11.2 (BigSur) : All is quite OK, but I've met some mouse issues when > navigating in PGN : Hi Patrick, I am using MacBook Air 2020 (not M1), 1

[Scid-users] Fwd: comment editor removes whitespace. Grr.

2021-01-11 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
I just realized I didn't cc the list. I'll get the hang of this soon. -- Alan Begin forwarded message: > From: Alan Bennet > Date: January 11, 2021 at 10:01:26 PM EST > To: Steve Cohen > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] comment editor removes whitespace. Grr. > >  > Hi Steve, > I hope I understood

[Scid-users] Install Scid from source on macOS Catalina

2020-11-22 Thread Alan Bennet via Scid-users
# Install Scid from source on macOS Catalina Read [Compile Scid](https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/CompileScid/) The macOS binary distribution on the download link is built against Tcl/Tk 8.5. Per the instructions on the Wiki, it's better to build against a later version. To do that, it's n