Re: [Scid-users] scid can only be executed with root permissions

2015-06-09 Thread John
On 10/06/15 04:33, Lothar Weimer wrote: > Hello folks, > > I compiled scid 4.6.1 under Linux Mint 17.1 without having zlib > installed. When I try to run scid now from the command prompt I get this > error message: > > lothar@triton ~ $ scid > couldn't read directory "/usr/local/share/scid/img/butt

Re: [Scid-users] Javascript

2015-01-20 Thread Jacob John
Hey Antonio, Can you Share Your webs. I would like to see how I can store my clubs chess games on our web site. Thanks On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 2:19 PM, Toni Gual wrote: > Dear chess friends, > > I must say that my knowledge about computers and 'informatic' is almost > zero but, > while I wa

[Scid-users] Creating a database stored personal games and publish

2013-12-23 Thread Jacob John
Dear Friends, I'm new to the SCID forum and mailing list users. I have developed a web site for our chess club http://greensborochess.org/ (volulantry work) . I would like to record/store all the members chess games into an a SQL database and later retrive them using some chess engine or a pull do

Re: [Scid-users] Scid Links - Call for Comments

2013-03-27 Thread John
On 23/03/13 07:37, Ben St-Pierre wrote: > Has anyone tested Pascal Georges’s [Scid Pocket]? Best reply just to the list, we're all enrolled. From its own comments, pocket doesn't run on any current OS. Personally, although I suggested it, I don't really miss a port to my ASUS tablet. I have SC

Re: [Scid-users] Scids merge

2013-03-27 Thread John
On 22/03/13 22:21, Fulvio wrote: > Releasing Scid 4.4 does not mean that Steven and I have made a decision. > I have more time this weekend and I'll take a closer look at the code to > see how much work it takes to merge. > However much work it is, it makes sense to me to have just one pool of de

Re: [Scid-users] delete my account - my email address

2013-03-27 Thread John
On 24/03/13 00:20, norbert.raimund.leis...@arcor.de wrote: > Hello scid-users, > > please delete my email-address from your server / distribution. I have only a > small postbox for emails and otherwise I couldn´t receive other messages if > it´s full. > __ > Scid-users mailing list > Sci

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with building from GIT on Debian

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 21/03/13 11:09, John wrote: > I have just tried building SCID on CentOS 6.4. The configure script is > looking for the X11 libraries in The Wrong Place. They're in /usr/lib64 > on my system. > > It does find tcl.h though. > > I edited the build scrip to add some more

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with building from GIT on Debian

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 19/03/13 21:57, John wrote: > To rework my mods as Fulvio has asked me to do, I cloned the SCID repo > using git. > I ran the configure script, specifying BINDIR and SHAREDIR to install > the binaries away from scidvspc. > > The compile failed, it couldn't find tcl.h. &

[Scid-users] Future directions

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 21/03/13 07:51, Alan Whiteman wrote: > Well put John. If two years of inactivity isn't a sign of neglect or > abandonment- I don't know what is. I think that devs of skill ought to > put their efforts into a project that shows signs of life. From this > perspective (I

Re: [Scid-users] tk.h

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 19/03/13 22:28, Alan Whiteman wrote: > Have you tried scidvspc? I have, and I use it sometimes. However, as I explained to Steven a while back it has Too Many Discoordinated Windows. My real machines are beefy enough that any performance problems others see in SCID aren't a problem for me.

Re: [Scid-users] Project Proposition

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 20/03/13 05:12, Detlef Steuer wrote: > with all respect: Why do you think you are in a position > to propose anything if you use such aggressive and abusive language? > > Your tone hinders any community building, I guess. > > Regards I think we have a cross-culture problem here. Your interpreta

Re: [Scid-users] Users Ideas..

2013-03-20 Thread John
On 20/03/13 23:30, Joao Rita (Food Supply Chain & Logistics Planning) wrote: > How about thinking about the structure, the divisions so that developers > jump into their favorite thing. > > I'm thinking: > I'm thinking nobody should be given commit access until the have a proven history of providi

[Scid-users] Problem with building from GIT on Debian

2013-03-19 Thread John
To rework my mods as Fulvio has asked me to do, I cloned the SCID repo using git. I ran the configure script, specifying BINDIR and SHAREDIR to install the binaries away from scidvspc. The compile failed, it couldn't find tcl.h. The configure script thought it was in /usr/include and that is be

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 19/03/13 21:42, Ben St-Pierre wrote: > And what if the current scidvspc project gets removed: should we say > that the proposal was _exactly_ to rename the scidvspc project? > > No, but what does it matter? -- Santa

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 19/03/13 14:58, Chris Bannister wrote: > You can't just change the name of the scidvspc project to scid and think > that it's OK. They are two separate projects. It's fine to merge any > changes in the scidvspc project into the scid project and then carry on > development within the scid project

Re: [Scid-users] Scid iOS Features?

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 21/01/13 23:37, Ben St-Pierre wrote: > You should take a look at Scid on the Go for Android. > > This is a wonderful tool. I really like the Study mode. So far, I've > studied Ruben Fine's games and am sifting through Kramnik's. I blame it > for my tendinitis. > SCID requires TCL. Unless you

Re: [Scid-users] Introduction of me Junji and question

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 31/01/13 07:44, Chris Bannister wrote: > WTF, what difference does browser version make? > If you're using a modern standards-compliant browser, none. Unless they want to break into your computer. Most probably, you're using something less well-known such as Seamonkey or a Debian version of

Re: [Scid-users] Referencing a game in a scid database

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 23/02/13 22:20, stephen williamson wrote: > Thanks for your reply, Ben. I'm a database professional both on the > theoretical side (data modelling and architecture) and on the > implementation side (design, administration and performance on Sybase > and MS-SQL). I deliberately tried to avoid men

Re: [Scid-users] tk.h

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 14/03/13 00:25, Fulvio wrote: > Please open a database, open the tree window with CTRL+T, open the best > games window clicking on the button in the left-bottom corner and check > that you can sort the output by clicking on the column's headers. > Thanks, > Fulvio > That goes to explain somethi

Re: [Scid-users] Person of good will

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 14/03/13 21:07, till plewe wrote: > I would also be willing to help coding (I can code in most languages > but have never used Tcl/Tk seriously). What stopped me so far were > limited time and the fact that I could not decide which scid version > to start with. Limited time still applies so I w

Re: [Scid-users] ¿Merge?

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 18/03/13 22:09, hardland wrote: > Recently I see there are Scid and ScidvsPC. I only download Scid. I > don't need two chess database programs . > > Here has been proposed to merge them both. Good. But... this has > turned out to be a kind of crisis. SCID's been a little neglected for some time

Re: [Scid-users] Any free databases out there?

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 18/03/13 05:35, Jai Dayal wrote: > Currently, I'm downloading TWIC archives; I might write a script to > automatically do this, I suppose... > > I thought Steven was going to implement downloading twic in scidvspc. But, I've not been following the action recently. In the past I've used this. #!

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 16/03/13 08:47, Wes Freeman wrote: > I prefer the single window scid, and use it in linux and mac. Does scid > vs pc work in linux easily? Is there any way to make it run in a single > window, like the old scid? I actually have scid vs mac installed, but > don't use it because I didn't like the

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-19 Thread John
On 16/03/13 02:09, Ben St-Pierre wrote: > Please stop filibustering. I think you don't even know what filibustering is. The Roman senators did it in the ays of the Republic. If a senator didn't want some motion carried, all he needed to do was talk until sundown. The didn't have questions such

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 16/03/13 01:26, Ben St-Pierre wrote: > Here's a silly idea for release names that I got while cleaning up the > kitchen: > > Code names that associate World Champions' names with the main developer's > era. You're right. Silly. Can anyone but the keenest aficionado keep track of Apple's nam

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 16/03/13 03:19, Ben St-Pierre wrote: >> one cannot have a community of developers work in a single project in two >> channels. > This is not ideal, of course. But we're not in an ideal situation. > And what I'm*proposing* right now, to Fulvio and Steven, takes into > accounts the facts. Now,

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 15/03/13 18:17, Henk van Lingen wrote: > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 11:01:34AM +0100, Fulvio wrote: > >> - if the merge is technically too complicated, having both live >> separated is good. >> - deleting a free project without reason is bad. > > Hi Fulvio, > > Having various almost the same projec

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 19/03/13 13:05, Jai Dayal wrote: > Based on principle, I'd follow Fulvio. It seems that people are trying > to push him out of the project he created. That's pretty unacceptable, > even if you all came from 3rd tier universities. No, Shane started it. There was some disputation when Shane qui

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 15/03/13 00:40, Fulvio wrote: > I hate to be harsh, but why people talk about thing they don't > understand and try to make me say thing i never thought about? > As i already said very clearly, impossible to misunderstand: > - i'm very much in favor of having Steve on board and furthermore i > w

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 14/03/13 22:34, Fulvio wrote: > - He added a few features like Engine Chess Tournaments but didn't send > back to scid his code (this is understandable for big features, but if > you find a bug or do a small improvement like "Clickable Variation > Arrows" or "Tri-coloured Tree Bar-Graphs" you sh

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 14/03/13 18:05, Fulvio wrote: > I will release a Scid v.4.4 with the current git code and eventually the > fixes for bugs and crashes that will be reported. > I will release a Scid v.4.5 with a new gamelist window > I will release a Scid v.4.6 integrating your engine tournament feature > I have

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 14/03/13 01:15, Grzegorz Wierzchowski wrote: > SCID must be build-able using tools available in Debian! There is no difference in the tools required. > > BTW: I'm using scid on Kubuntu sience over year and did not experience even > single crash. > I don't recall a crash in either, but just try

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 13/03/13 18:18, Fulvio wrote: > I understand you don't have time for scid, but just let it be. > Free software is about freedom, and even if it became a mess, people > complains or argue, they should have the freedom to choose. > Now they can choose between scid or scidvspc, after they're only o

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-18 Thread John
On 14/03/13 01:15, Grzegorz Wierzchowski wrote: > Could anybody clearly point out differences between scid and scidvspc and > weather the last is being tested against Linux. > vsPC sounds little like "for Windows". > I'm using scid on Linux only and don't want it to stop working after merge or > be

Re: [Scid-users] SCID or SCIDVS on Android

2012-08-19 Thread John
On 18/07/12 20:03, Kevin Taylor wrote: > SCID on the Go works well on Android. I use it all the time. > > The feature set is still pretty limited, though, compared to SCID. > > --Kevin Taylor I bought an ASUS TF300T including the docking station. With the docking station attached, it functions pr

Re: [Scid-users] SCID or SCIDVS on Android

2012-07-30 Thread John
On 07/18/12 14:39, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 12:33:20PM +0800, John wrote: >> I'm thinking of getting a Table Computer, it will not be made by Apple >> or be shipped with any kind of Windows, and that leaves us with Android >> or some rarities. &

[Scid-users] SCID or SCIDVS on Android

2012-07-17 Thread John
I'm thinking of getting a Table Computer, it will not be made by Apple or be shipped with any kind of Windows, and that leaves us with Android or some rarities. I'm aware that running SCID or any of the forks I know about on Android is more than just compiling and running, so far as I've been a

[Scid-users] SCID cannot login to FICS

2012-06-19 Thread John
I built from GIT a few minutes ago, The error is in line 227. of fics.tcl which has parentheses where braces are required. The corrected statement would read: if {$login != "guest"} { -- Santa -- Li

Re: [Scid-users] Stopping Analysis

2012-05-09 Thread John
On 05/05/12 20:43, Joost 't Hart wrote: > On 05/05/12 11:46, rzan...@fastmail.fm wrote: >> I have complained about this a long time ago but apparently it is >> intended. >> It doesn't make sense to me but I think the authors think this feature >> let you >> check JUST the opening for a bunch of gam

Re: [Scid-users] Is there a way to do scripting or batch processing?

2012-05-09 Thread John
On 05/01/12 18:19, Fred Mellender wrote: > I too would welcome some sort of tutorial, not on Tcl/Tk, but on the > procedures available for invoking SCID functionality. > I don't have dosbox running atm, so I cannot check whether it is so. When SCID* is installed, the installer should create a lau

Re: [Scid-users] script for annotating games.

2012-05-09 Thread John
On 05/05/12 14:10, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, May 02, 2012 at 07:51:09AM -0400, rzan...@fastmail.fm wrote: >> I was very impressed by Mike's script. Do you have one for >> annotating games. >> >> I have a server I would like to ssh to and just leave annotating >> games during the night withou

Re: [Scid-users] scid & scid vs pc

2012-04-06 Thread John
and/or an engine, maybe "best games" and I may view one of them in parallel. I just fired up scidvspc for a quick decko, and in no time I had open six separate windows. Bugs aside, I find SCID's UI easier to use. > > Cheers > John -

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Dont save config in Ubuntu 12

2012-04-06 Thread John
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Re: [Scid-users] How to build a database

2012-03-27 Thread John
On 01/30/12 23:52, Fulvio wrote: > Tom Malloy wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Although I a pretty sure I could figure out how to write a perl script >> (for example) to extract the games from mail and create a pgn file, >> there are simpler solutions that should be preferred. >> Most interfaces will allow you

[Scid-users] bug: SCID and FHS

2011-11-27 Thread John
The FHS is a Linux standard that describes the directory structure applicable to Linux and software distributed for linux, whether packages (such as in debs and rpms) or not. According to Google the current FHS is at http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ FHS describes /usr/share and /usr/local/share t

Re: [Scid-users] Building SCID on Windows

2011-11-15 Thread John
On 14/11/11 19:03, Fulvio wrote: > John wrote: >> tkscid.cpp >> c:\documents and settings\summer\my >> documents\downloads\source\scid\src\tclmy.h( >> 7) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'unistd.h': No such >> file or di >> rectory

[Scid-users] SCID on Windows

2011-11-11 Thread John
I have some problems with SCID on Windows. I have been using it for a while now, principally to observe games on FICS. There is a problem when kibitzing (or, probably, typing any commands). Every time I try to enter a period, the period enters okay, but the board flips. If I try to enter a move fo

[Scid-users] Building SCID on Windows

2011-11-11 Thread John
I have downloaded the source tarball of SCID 4.3.0 to my XP box, and used at in cygwin to unpack it. I have downloaded and installed Visual Studio Express 2010, the whole shebang. I had a very brief run with VC++ to create a new project from an existing source tree. Allegedly that work, but buil

Re: [Scid-users] Keyboard move entry

2011-04-04 Thread John Buttery
* On Mon 2011-Apr-04 21:01:19 +0200, guivho wrote: > Is there any way to get a version where keyboard move entry works? That's strange; I've never had a problem with keyboard entry. For what it's worth, I'm using version 4.2.2 (built from source) on Kubuntu 9.10. --

Re: [Scid-users] Possible to play via direct network connection?

2011-01-14 Thread John Buttery
on MS Windows, which isn't going to have netcat :P). -- John ! Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Buttery! www.io.c! Teach a man to fish, and he'll starve from sitting in the boat om/~john! all day, drinking beer. ---

[Scid-users] Possible to play via direct network connection?

2011-01-12 Thread John Buttery
g up the correspondence feature? I've looked at the dialog a couple of times, and I couldn't quite figure out how to "make it go". :) -- John ! This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously Buttery! considered as a means of communication. The dev

Re: [Scid-users] Scid *************** Problème ***** ************

2010-06-02 Thread Flym, John
have? Thanks in advance, jf From: pascal.t...@gmail.com [pascal.t...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Pascal Georges [pascal.georg...@free.fr] Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:47 AM To: Flym, John Subject: Re: Scid *** Problème * a footnote Merci de

[Scid-users] Black move dots in PGN

2009-11-26 Thread John Wordsworth
if there is a fully recognised standard. John -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best

Re: [Scid-users] Export To pgn file

2009-03-02 Thread John Fisher
Hi, thanks for the amazingly quick change. I downloaded the 3.7.1 scid installer (I normally use the no setup zip but I couldn't find it). I can now export to pgn thanks. fiSh 2009/3/1 Pascal Georges > > > 2009/3/1 Alexander Wagner > >> Pascal Georges wrote: >>

[Scid-users] Export To pgn file

2009-03-01 Thread John Fisher
Hi, thanks for the new release. One point, I'm running in classic mode on Vista and when I Export all filter games to pgn file it seems to hang after clicking the menu option. I have tried this with two different databases and it happens with both. Is this something I'm doing/not doing. I can still

[Scid-users] Pocket scid on IPAQ 2210

2007-09-06 Thread John Fisher
scid and was told it was not responding but then ended it anyway. It definitely doesn't want to go away. I think I'll leave it for now. I'll continue to use scid on my pen drive and PC's but pass pgn to pocket fritz

[Scid-users] scid pocket IPAQ 2210

2007-09-05 Thread John Fisher
and in addition I had tearoff1. I decided to soft reset again. I think for the moment I won't try to use pocket scid unless you want me to try something. Uninstalling it now ... Thanks for your efforts, my correspondence chess has improved considerably using scid to maintain database

[Scid-users] scidpocket cab file

2007-09-05 Thread John Fisher
s CE Setup file.'. What am I doing wrong? John [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files usin