Re: [Scid-users] Changing the level of the machine game

2021-03-28 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi, Click Play-Tactical Game then use the slider on the right by moving it to the left. Hope this helps Moss On 28/03/2021, Juan Manuel Carrillo Campos wrote: > Hello, > I am a rookie chess player, I lost again the machine very quickly. > I want to "reduce the level" of the machine. > I am usin

Re: [Scid-users] Provision to import database in PGN format?

2021-02-08 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Ah, I see. Thank you for that. ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

Re: [Scid-users] Provision to import database in PGN format?

2021-02-07 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi and Welcome! Yes, it does. It can a) import into the current database in scid format and b) display READ-ONLY. In the gui a) click Database - Import. (NB import automatically saves in .si4 format) b) click File - Open (NB changes can be

Re: [Scid-users] Error msg after saving My Layout

2020-05-04 Thread Maurice McCarthy
My pleasure. Thank you ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

[Scid-users] Error msg after saving My Layout

2020-05-03 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi, I've been looking at the workings of the Game List window and deleted all those columns I don't normally pay attention to. Then I saved this layout to be able to recreate this at any time from the Full layout option. The next time I opened Scid there was an error message so that it did not loa

Re: [Scid-users] INFORMATION SCID 4.7.0 LINUX

2020-04-14 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi Jerome, I'm sure this will have been seen and doubtless suggestions for improvement are always welcome. When and if it gets taken up depends upon someone mustering the good will to do it. I hope you understand that all work on scid is voluntary. If you have the coding skill yourself, it will be

Re: [Scid-users] Docking and Undocking

2020-02-04 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Ah, splendid. Thank you! ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

[Scid-users] Docking and Undocking

2020-02-04 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi, Does anyone know an easy way to dock a loose window? Playing about I undocked the Game List and could not find a way to re-dock it except by shutting down SCID with and then restarting the program. Thanks ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@l

[Scid-users] HowtoImport

2020-01-26 Thread Maurice McCarthy
FWIW, I've had a crack at making a how-to for the import of pgn games on the wiki. I've got a fair idea that bstp is up to the eyeballs with other things just now so it may be a while before he can assess if it is up to scratch. Still, the draught is at https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/HowToIm

Re: [Scid-users] Comment editor keyboard focus

2020-01-07 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Steve, I've just noticed that the issue with losing keyboard focus appears to happen to me when Stockfish has exhausted the cpu capacity. Pausing Stockfish or clicking on the Save button allows me to regain focus. Maurice ___ Scid-users mailing list S

Re: [Scid-users] comments in PGN's

2019-12-28 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Excellent! Another satisfied customer :-) ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-27 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi Carol The error message dpkg-query: package 'scid' is not installed presumably means that you compiled and installed scid for yourself. Is that right? If the package management system is not in control of the installation it may not have it added to the list of installed files. It seems that

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-27 Thread Maurice McCarthy
irst? Thank you > > [cid:0e11e9cb-15f1-4120-8d85-12488bc50540] > Carol & Denny McAnulty > cmcanu...@hotmail.com > > From: Maurice McCarthy > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2019 3:07 AM > To: Carol McAnulty > Cc: scid-users > Subject: R

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-27 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi Carol, No problem. If you run the dpkg command to give you a list of files installed by the Scid package (you may have to prefix this with sudo, cannot remember) $ dpkg -L scid | grep bin You should get a list something like this : /usr/local/bin/pgnfix /usr/local/bin/sc_eco /usr/local/bin/s

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-26 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Steve, I've just been investigating Mike Curtis's comment about sc_import. As you are running Ubuntu, if you are comfortable using the terminal then this shell script is used like this (to quote the opening comment of the script itself) # sc_import: # Import PGN files of games into an existin

Re: [Scid-users] Comment editor keyboard focus

2019-12-26 Thread Maurice McCarthy
sily handled. Just > bring back the popup and answer its question. For awhile, though I > thought the program had crashed. > > On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 4:52 PM Maurice McCarthy <mailto:mansel...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Are you sure that there is not another window open,

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-25 Thread Maurice McCarthy
On 24/12/2019, Steve Cohen wrote: >> 2. Import the pgn file into this new database with -> ...> The imported games are saved immediately in the Scid database. > > Yes, this is what was confusing me. Most other software has a Save and > a Save As function, but scid's only allows saving to a preex

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-24 Thread Maurice McCarthy
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Re: [Scid-users] Comment editor keyboard focus

2019-12-24 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Are you sure that there is not another window open, such as a Tip? On Tue, 24 Dec 2019, 20:19 Steve Cohen, wrote: > Sometimes, when I try to use the comment editor, I can't get focus in > the comment entry area. I am then forced to try a bunch of random > clicks and button pushes until the pro

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-24 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Thanks for the good wishes Greg. And a Merry Christmas to all Best wishes of the season! Maurice ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

Re: [Scid-users] Questions

2019-12-23 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi Steve, The documentation tends to lag behind the coded program quite a lot. I've volunteered myself to try to improve this. I've found that I need to know the program much better than I do to really get to grips with this. Lately I've been held up by ill health too. Had an operation 3 weeks ago

Re: [Scid-users] Scid

2019-11-10 Thread Maurice McCarthy
ported you may have to open the Game List window and double-click another game. Best Wishes On 10/11/2019 08:22, Maurice McCarthy wrote: Hi Chhristian, I've copied our previous email below this message so that other in the group should see them. I was just going to bed when I saw your p

Re: [Scid-users] Scid

2019-11-10 Thread Maurice McCarthy
easy way to get it into > Scid? Now it seems that I have to copy the text in e.g. ChessX, make a PGN > file, open it with Scid and import it into my scid dbase. > > Thanks for your help, > > Christian > > > > Von: Maurice McCarthy > Gesendet: Sonntag, 10. November

[Scid-users] Replace Pgnscid with Import in the Help

2019-10-25 Thread Maurice McCarthy
I just managed to make Scid unstartable by altering help.tcl but it was OK when I undid the changes. This is the main bit of what I tried:- Import PGN (Pgnscid replacement) In help.tcl delete lines 3860-3926 inclusive. Then insert the below. # ### Import PGN help: set helpTitle(Import

Re: [Scid-users] Documentation

2019-10-25 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hmmm, So I've had my first lesson. Test before you speak. You cannot import a G-zipped pgn file. I tried this and the game count was wrong and all moves failed to load. Hahaha, never mind. We live and learn! I'll re-write my suggestion for pgnscid. Thanks Moss _

Re: [Scid-users] Documentation

2019-10-25 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi It is well possible I'll get used reading tcl files so I may well be slowly able to help a little in programming too. But we'll have to see. So I intend to read, in no particular order, the entire in-built help system and offer changes to bring it up to date. (Anything between angle brackets

[Scid-users] Documentation

2019-10-25 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi, It's me again. Just want to introduce myself properly and say how I intend to help with the documentation. I'm 66, retired from the North Sea Oilfields and never done any never done any programming. Documentation would seem to be the best way for me to contribute to the scid project. For man

[Scid-users] Please ignore this email

2019-10-21 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Altered my settings. Just testing I get a copy of this this Thanks Moss ___ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users

[Scid-users] Contribute to Wiki?

2019-10-21 Thread Maurice McCarthy
Hi, Just joined scid-users. I use Scid a lot and I'd like to be able to contribute to the wiki. Is this the place to put corrections? This link is broken on page https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/Contribute/ : https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/[LeaveComment] (Not Found) These links are broke