Re: [Scid-users] Chess960 patch

2011-11-27 Thread Ben Hague
I have now found a couple of bugs, and it may need a rethink in some areas. Ben On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Steven wrote: > Yay... > It seems good after a quick test. > Are there any known bugs or issues. > > > Steven > > --- On *Mon, 14/11/11, Ben Hague * wrot

[Scid-users] Search within search results

2011-11-17 Thread Ben Hague
f the initDbFilter(db); line within the sc_search function in the tkscid.cpp file in the src directory. I know there's been quite a bit of work done on searches recently, is this a known byproduct? Ben Hague -- Al

Re: [Scid-users] Chess960 patch

2011-11-14 Thread Ben Hague
, Ben Hague wrote: >From: Ben Hague >Subject: [Scid-users] Chess960 patch >To: "SCIDUsers" >Received: Monday, 14 November, 2011, 2:47 PM > > >Patch to scid in git for chess960 support. > >

Re: [Scid-users] Segfault closing and reopening tree window

2011-11-14 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, I checked with gdb, and it looks like you're right about it being a problem with 8.5.10. Do you know if it's been fixed in 8.5.11? Thanks, Ben From: Steven To: Ben Hague Cc: Scid Users List Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 0:11 Subject: Re: [

[Scid-users] Segfault closing and reopening tree window

2011-11-14 Thread Ben Hague
his out it works. Does anyone know what this is doing and why it's failing? Thanks, Ben Hague-- RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p

Re: [Scid-users] how to get rid of onmove indicator?

2011-02-26 Thread Ben Hague
automatically adjusted in docked mode. (If Options->Windows->Dock Windows is ticked). Switching to undocked mode and restarting should give you back the ability to control the size. Ben Hague On Sat, 2011-02-26 at 08:59 -0500, Mark Morss wrote: > This little box next to the diagram has suddenl

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-25 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, A Windows version is now available from here. http://www.wtfai.me.uk/scid960.html Ben Hague > I downloaded the code for Chess960 support but had trouble getting it > compiled right. > Any chance you might be able/willing to post a Windows executable > version? >

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Hague
On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 00:36 -0800, Steven wrote: > > > Hi, > > An updated version is now available, where the tacgame feature should > > work. > > > > Ben Hague > > Hmmm... thanks for the effort. Are you the coder ? > Yes > > The tacgame m

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-22 Thread Ben Hague
al, but I felt that moving the king to the target square fitted in better with normal chess. Having a two part castling move would also be possible but seems needless complex. In particular you'd need to have some way to tell Scid that Rd1 was the first part of castling, and not a move in it&

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-17 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, An updated version is now available, where the tacgame feature should work. Ben Hague On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 23:31 -0800, Steven wrote: > > > Hello, > > 1) I create a new file and put games in. I close the file, repoen it > > again, no problem. > > 2) I move

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, In step three did you try to open it through File->Open, or through the links at the bottom of the File menu? The index file has the si4 extension, did that definitely get copied with the others? Is the resulting base small enough to email to me? Thanks, Ben Hague On Thu, 2011-02-17 at 05

Re: [Scid-users] Support for Chess960 or Fischer Random

2011-02-16 Thread Ben Hague
Hi, This is something I've been looking at recently. The result can be found here http://www.wtfai.me.uk/scid960.html I'm pretty sure that problems remain, but it seems to be usable by this point. Ben Hague On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 11:35 -0500, Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > As far as I kn

Re: [Scid-users] Dream Cheeky USB Board

2011-01-22 Thread Ben Hague
:4:17: error: hid.h: No such file or directory > > > From where do I install hid.h on the Mac? > > > Thanks, Shiv > > > __ > > From: Adrian Petrescu > To: shiv shivaji > Cc: Ben

Re: [Scid-users] Dream Cheeky USB chess board

2010-11-07 Thread Ben Hague
ich for me is probably the best option. I've tried using it again to enter games, and it does work OKish despite its obvious limitations but I'd still rather use a mouse. If anyone really wants to use it and c

Re: [Scid-users] Dream Cheeky USB Board

2010-09-28 Thread Ben Hague
cularly how to fit it into SCID properly. > Also, it seems to would be nice to have all possible input devices, such > as the DGT or Citrine in the same place, but they appear to work in > rather different ways, so would this be possible? > > If anyone is interested in the driver code l

Re: [Scid-users] Script to get PGN files

2010-03-02 Thread Ben Hague
On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 17:28 +0100, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Ben Hague wrote: > > Hi! > > >> VB is windows only, and distribution unzip, well at some point we'll end > >> up with a ready to run Linux CD just to run Scid. The canonical tool > >> w

Re: [Scid-users] Script to get PGN files

2010-03-01 Thread Ben Hague
ames form). That way Mark gets his visitors, even if they don't stay long, and we get automated downloads. Does this seem like a possibility? Ben Hague -- Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new softwar

Re: [Scid-users] Script to get PGN files

2010-02-28 Thread Ben Hague
On Sun, 2010-02-28 at 21:49 +0100, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Ben Hague wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I could do it, the only thing I don't know about is how to > >> handle ZIP in a simple transparent and portable way. I'd > >> tend to call the com

Re: [Scid-users] Script to get PGN files

2010-02-28 Thread Ben Hague
r, but with screen-scraping instructions rather than the actual files? E.g. something like: http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic"; "http:\/\/www\.chesscenter\.com\/twic\/zips\/twic\d+g \.zip" ZIP It would mean having to do a bit more work in SCID, but should require a lot less mai

Re: [Scid-users] Right mouse button

2009-11-26 Thread Ben Hague
pile. As far as I can tell this seems to be working as before but I haven't done exhaustive testing. Ben Hague -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your rep

Re: [Scid-users] Dream Cheeky USB Board

2007-12-28 Thread Ben Hague
On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 14:23 +0100, pgeorges wrote: > Ben Hague a écrit : > > Hi, > > I've just got a Dream Cheeky USB Roll-Up Chess Game. > > http://www.dreamlink.info/product/roll-up-chess-game.php . This uses a > > very simple protocol where you press o

[Scid-users] Dream Cheeky USB Board

2007-12-28 Thread Ben Hague
erent ways, so would this be possible? If anyone is interested in the driver code let me know. Ben Hague - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt