Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

2014-11-26 Thread User discussion of SCID
t use when the user selects it. Whether the engine is UCI or XBoard (CECP) or something else should be known from where the .eng file is found. That is all. H.G. User discussion of SCID schreef op 11/25/2014 10:16 PM: Dear H.G, I've submitted the request here:

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

2014-11-26 Thread User discussion of SCID
User discussion of SCID schreef op 11/26/2014 9:43 AM: > Honestly I would have preferred a single file /etc/chessengines ... The problem with this is that, although potentially easier for GUIs, it becomes far harder for engines: they would all need some non-standard install script that wo

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

2014-11-26 Thread User discussion of SCID
User discussion of SCID wrote: > I was hoping that SCID too would be interested in adopting this system. > Obviously getting this to work smoothly is strongly dependent on the > number of GUIs as well as engines that adopt this method, and if we > cannot achieve a 'critical m

[Scid-users] Using Mask to Search a Reference Database

2014-11-25 Thread User discussion of SCID
This is great software, thanks to the devs Quick question... I have been using the old repertoire method (.sor files) to search a reference database for master games that fall under my repertoire.  I then output those games to a smaller database that I use to review on my desktop or on my smartp

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

2014-11-25 Thread User discussion of SCID
Dear H.G, I've submitted the request here: https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/feature-requests/40/ Thank you for your outstanding work! Ben -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate!

[Scid-users] engine auto-install

2014-11-25 Thread User discussion of SCID
I have a feature request for SCID on Linux: It has always bothered me that after install of an engine package, a separate user intervention is needed to 'register' the engine in a GUI. The philosophy of the Linux packaging system is such that after apt-get install everything should work automat

Re: [Scid-users] University of Pittsburgh Chess Archives

2014-11-24 Thread User discussion of SCID
Hello, I think this collection looks a lot like the Pitt Archives: http://pgnmentor.com/files.html They structure is similar, but this applies to any site that follows the convention in the PGN specification: 11.5: Suggested directory tree organization A suggested directory arrangement for ftp

[Scid-users] University of Pittsburgh Chess Archives

2014-11-23 Thread User discussion of SCID
Hello! This isn't strictly about SCID itself, but I've struck out elsewhere so far. Does anyone have the University of Pittsburgh Chess Archives? They are gone from the original site, (the whole FTP site is gone) and I've lost my copies of the PGN files. Sorry for being off-topic, Schuyler

[Scid-users] R: How to find games of certain player with certain position?

2014-11-16 Thread User discussion of SCID
>With the old Scid, the filter now contains only games where both filters >match. With the new Scid, the filter contains only the results of the >latest search, ignoring the first search completely, even if I selected >"AND (Restrict filter)". Using the filter buttons in the Game List >window f

Re: [Scid-users] Scid bugs

2014-11-16 Thread User discussion of SCID
On 2014-11-03 11:06, Fulvio wrote: > I do not have much time right now and I would ask those who want to help > to record them into the bug tracker: > http://sourceforge.net/p/scid/bugs/?source=navbar I can't find an option to report a new bug, and some googling says it requires a Sourceforge acc

[Scid-users] How to find games of certain player with certain position?

2014-11-16 Thread User discussion of SCID
Hi For example in the "Example" database, I'd like to find all games with the position after 1.e4 c5 where "Aronian, Levon" is playing White. With old Scid versions, I could do it with 1. Go to Header search, type "Aronian, Levon" in the box White, check that the "Operation on current setting"

Re: [Scid-users] Scid-users Digest, Vol 95, Issue 4

2014-11-05 Thread User discussion of SCID
Many thanks to Ben st-pierre ! for his help! *Stockfish run now * on scid, but not critter , i don't now why Sorry for all the forum with spam traduction Joseph Le 04/11/2014 16:37, scid-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net a écrit : Send Scid-users mailing list submissions to