Re: [Scid-users] game limit in database

Le 24/02/2010 13:40, Alexander Wagner a écrit : > apm wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I just get an error about game limit in dabase 16,000,000. Its sad. >> >> Is it hardcoded? or i can increase this value? >> > Such a limit exists indeed. Pascal would know more about it and why it's > there. (He t

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

Le 24/02/2010 14:37, Alexander Wagner a écrit : > >> 2. Should we ask TWIC again? >> > IMHO not needed at all. But I don't see why Mark would > refuse. > > Some web sites are commercial, and I think it is fair to ask before using them in an automated manner (for example hooking http://

Re: [Scid-users] Training / Find best move

Le 19/01/2010 18:25, Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Just tried in current cvs: > > Start Scid > Training / Find best move > Hit the stop button > > -> Scid is gone. > > called Tcl_FindHashEntry on deleted table > > I found how to reproduce the bug : when Scid is not in docked mode. A wo

Re: [Scid-users] Training / Find best move

Le 19/01/2010 18:25, Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Just tried in current cvs: > > Start Scid > Training / Find best move > Hit the stop button > > -> Scid is gone. > > called Tcl_FindHashEntry on deleted table > > Strange, I never saw that and I don't call Tcl_FindHashEntry. Anybody ha

Re: [Scid-users] Scid 4.1 released

scid-4.1 - Features : - Added the display of arrows when several variations are available. The display can be toggled using the menu Options -> Moves -> Show arrows for variations (Thanks to Fulvio) - When playing a move already existing in a variation, the variation is aut

[Scid-users] Scid Pocket

Hi, I ported Robbolito on Pocket PC and it is a real killer : all other engines are under the water against it. Note that I had some trouble converting x86 ASM code to decent C, but I think the performance is clearly here (just try a tournament between Robbolito, Toga and Glaurung to get what

Re: [Scid-users] Analysis engine error log

This means the button .analysisWin1.b1.bStartStop does not exist. Pascal Le 20/12/2009 09:37, James Eggertsen a écrit : I'm using a somewhat dirty port of Scid on a Maemo 4 device. I have 3 saved layouts that look great and have worked just fine in the past. For some reason I can't seem to

Re: [Scid-users] Informant values not saved

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > >> They are saved for me. >> > Seems I was wrong. They are also saved here, but not restored when I reopen > Informant dialog. > > I checked with LANG=C, so this is not a locale problem. > I don't understand : there is a bug or not ? Wha

Re: [Scid-users] Serious game - Black

Fulvio a écrit : > There is no option to play as black against an uci engine. > So i looked at sergame.tcl: > # Engine always plays for the upper side > > I think it will be more user friendly to add a label to state that in > the game configuration window... > If you want to play as black, yo

Re: [Scid-users] Scid-users Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

I don't know what is going on here. Scid works with Windows XP (french version). I don't know what happens with chinese version. Pascal Limin An a écrit : Hi, The Scid 4.0 still doesn't work on my laptop, My laptop is installed Windows XP, Professional, version 2002, Service Pack 3. The a

Re: [Scid-users] Vers 4

Robbie Graham a écrit : > When I open version 4 the database will not stay it look like it does > not save the info to the database files. > Could you be more precise ? Pascal -- Enter the BlackBerry Developer Challen

Re: [Scid-users] No 3.7.4

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > >> Given recent changes, I will not release Scid 3.7.4 but instead go >> directly to Scid 4.0. This will save me some time, testing, and allow >> me to release betas of 4.0 soon. > > Does that mean that current cvs converts my databases t

Re: [Scid-users] Review Game

Did you run configure ? Pascal Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > I think there's something broken, and it is mission critical to me: > > Ctrl-A for adding a variation just gets a new, empty variation I can > not enter and > > invalid command name "::reviewgame::playerCanMove" > invalid comman

Re: [Scid-users] Bug -- How to Make Scid's Chessboard Dance

I tried under windows, I can't reproduce it. Anybody can confirm ? Pascal Benoit St-Pierre a écrit : > Hello again, > > Here is the correct procedure, with Scid for Windows, April 2009 : > > 1. Open Scid > 2. Maximize the Main Window > 3. Start an analysis engine, choosing Toga > 4. Right-click

Re: [Scid-users] FICS bug

Marcel Dan a écrit : > I've run into something similiar several times, usually, I type the > command "time" in the console and if the server is showing my clock > running down I know it's my turn even if SCID is showing that I made > my move. If you use latest CVS, please let me know if you en

Re: [Scid-users] Re : Mass-annotation mode not working like expected

oliver korff a écrit : > Am Monday 06 April 2009 11:30:18 schrieb Pascal Georges: > >> 2009/4/3, oliver korff : >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I tried to annotate several games, to find opening problems. So I chose >>> to annotate serveral games at once. I had some strange behavior >>> >>> 2. Second tr

Re: [Scid-users] Xfcc issues

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > At this point SCID is eating up all available cpu cycles. >> Force quit. This is repeatable and the only solution for >> me has been to restart SCID, disable window docking, quit >> and restart in the classic multiple window mode. >> > > Then it seems to be a pr

Re: [Scid-users] keyboard move entry

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Chris Lott wrote: > > Hi! > >> On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 1:02 AM, Alexander Wagner >> wrote: What would prevent keyboard move entry? I can't enter any moves via the keyboard... when I try, nothing happens at all! >>> In case you use >>> this mode I think clicki

Re: [Scid-users] keyboard move entry

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > In case you use this mode I think clicking on the boards tab first > should set it right. > The focus follows the mouse. No need to click. If the mouse is over the board, the board has the focus. Pascal ---

Re: [Scid-users] Re : Scid usability issues

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > The help files are a problem indeed. However, work is here in progress > as well. I think it would also be VERY valuable if we could get our > users involved here. What about a wiki ? I tried to set one up at sourceforge but did not get far due to lack of time. A w

Re: [Scid-users] Re : Scid opening book format...

pgeorges a écrit : > Chris Lott a écrit : >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Pascal Georges >> wrote: >> >>> 2009/3/17, Chris Lott : >>> >>> Scid uses books generated with Polyglot from PGN files. It uses the >>> same format as Fruit&#

Re: [Scid-users] Re : Scid opening book format...

Chris Lott a écrit : > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Pascal Georges > wrote: > >> 2009/3/17, Chris Lott : >> >> Scid uses books generated with Polyglot from PGN files. It uses the >> same format as Fruit's engines. So the answer is "no" unless you find >> a way to convert back CTG books to

Re: [Scid-users] Release of Scid 3.7

W. van den Akker a écrit : > Hi, > > Is this the finale release? > If so I will try to get it into Debian Unstable. > Scid 3.7.1 is the latest release. No plan to release another version any time soon unless some bug is discovered. Pascal --

Re: [Scid-users] selecting sound locks program

Mapleleaf a écrit : > Hello scid users, > > Have any of you had the issue in windows version 3.7 where selecting > options/sounds locks the program? Just wondering if its a known problem > or an issue with my own system I have no problem on Windows XP. Note that the file selection dialog box ta

Re: [Scid-users] on-demand photo loading

Mikhail Kalenkov a écrit : > 2009/2/10 Pascal Georges : > >> 2009/2/10 Mikhail Kalenkov >> >>> 2009/2/6 Pascal Georges : >>> Please post a patch when it is done. >>> Done >>> >>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker2/index.php?func=detail&aid=2584712&group_id=26963&ati

Re: [Scid-users] on-demand photo loading

Mikhail Kalenkov a écrit : > Pascal, I found the following lines in the main.tcl > > # Read players.img for compatibility with older versions: > readPhotoFile [file join $scidUserDir players.img] > > I have never seen players.img files. As far as I understand it has > usual structure as ordinary sp

Re: [Scid-users] on-demand photo loading

Mikhail Kalenkov a écrit : > Of course, I can rewrite my script as a proc, but then arise a lot of > questions. How to handle read only directories. How to keep spf and > index file in consistent way. Solving such questions lead to > overcomplicated approach. I think about much simpler approach. If

Re: [Scid-users] Segmentation fault with language settings (v3.7b4)

Nicklas Marcusson a écrit : >> There was a bug in CVS, here since some time ... Not related to UTF or >> PGN files. It also affected bases (without corrupting them). >> >> It is due to piece translations in C code (when refreshing PGN >> window). It is now fixed in CVS. >> This affected all langu

Re: [Scid-users] Last Beta

Israel Chauca Fuentes a écrit : > On Jan 28, 2009, at 1:55 PM, Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > > >> Hello, >> >> I just installed the latest beta. It seems that the Game List Window >> still has a problem. There is no way to access the bottom part of the >> window. It escapes the screen space. So

Re: [Scid-users] Scid as "Portable App"

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > >> - Books: I do not know much about Scids book features, but >> it seems that the books require to live in a rw file >> system. If this is not the case I get an error "no book >> found". Can this be cured? >> >

Re: [Scid-users] focus stealing in scid

Pascal Georges a écrit : > > > 2009/1/8 Bogdan Burlacu > > > > What system do you use ? Windows or other ? > > I'm using gentoo linux. Sorry about not mentioning it in the first > message. gentoo + openbox + dual head > > > So my guess is that the problem

Re: [Scid-users] Compiler warnings

Mikhail Kalenkov a écrit : > Hello all, > > During scid build my compiler (gcc version 4.3.2 20081105 (Red Hat > 4.3.2-7)) emits a lot of (annoying?) warnings. Full build log can be > downloaded from http://katrine.lpi.ru/kalenkov/scid-3.7beta3-build.log > . I have written a simple patch that ge

Re: [Scid-users] Resizing again

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > As I just noticed it for mask comments: These windows are not resizable > in current cvs as well. :( > > For comment editor and cc window I solve resizability by adding a new > function that handles the . Might it be, that such a function > passed on to ::d

Re: [Scid-users] Scid 3.7

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Additionally, I think testing is still required. > [...] > For this testing, however, a beta might be helpful. > This is why I wrote scid 3.7 Beta. Pascal -- __

Re: [Scid-users] scmerge usage

Cory Helfrich a écrit : > Hello Pascal, > >> I tried with only 3 bases to merge and it works. Maybe you >> encounter a "command line too long" limitation of the shell, but it >> should report the error. >> Did you try to merge only bases starting with 'a', 'b', ... >> letters, just to see

Re: [Scid-users] Interface updates

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > As you left some debug output in current CVS I can see, that > no "deiconfiy" request is sent once I come back to Scids > desktop. Ie. I see the "iconify" request once I leave the > desktop (why is that one issued, anyway?) but no event gets > triggered once I come bac

Re: [Scid-users] Playing online

You need to install snack package to get sound. Pascal Gene Venable a écrit : > Yes, thanks. I had to figure out how to use timeseal, but it was easy. Now I > need sound, which is essential if you play 1-minute chess like I do. So I > need to install Snack? I downloaded it but am not sure what

Re: [Scid-users] Bug(?): Book tuning

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > > Oh. This is not one of Scids default books? Ok, maybe then it was done > with an older version of Polyglot. Sorry. I thought it was in the > package. Maybe it's from Jose then. I cross checked with other books > and you're right. I could send it to you tomorrow if

Re: [Scid-users] Problems when entering moves with mouse

Hi, This is fixed in current CVS and use a border of 2 to work around this problem if you don't want to use CVS. Pascal - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux

Re: [Scid-users] Funny...

P B Dhanish a écrit : > Hi Pascal, > > On 9/17/08, *Pascal Georges* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > "::tree::selectCallback 1 exd6 " > (command bound to event) > > > Fixed. But this did not mean that the display of exd6 is a bug. > > Pasc

Re: [Scid-users] Tablebase question 6men on HDD

Hi, 6 men TB on HDD (local) are not supported in Scid. 6 men TB online are commented out : If anybody finds a site with this service ... Pascal - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge

Re: [Scid-users] PGN Problems

Sirofa a écrit : > PGN files are all in English, because they are from QueenAlice.com. > Take a look below. > When I open directly from internet, over browser (open with ...Scid) > file opens ok. But, when file is in HD, error appears. > Thanks again! This game opens well under Scid. Pascal --

Re: [Scid-users] Online table bases

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I added support for online tablebases (up to 6 men), from this site : >> http://k4it.de/index.php?topic=egtb&lang=en >> >> > > Seems to work nicely. :) > > As you need http packa

Re: [Scid-users] Download Problems

Simon Bray-Stacey a écrit : > Hi, > > I'm trying to download SCID but the links from the download page seem > to give me 28kb files that are not what they claim to be. This is the > same for Windows, Linux and PocketPC versions. Does anybody have any > idea what's wrong here? > > Regards, Down

Re: [Scid-users] Database for Scid: CentriScid

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Pascal Georges, czwartek, 26 czerwca 2008: > > >> The penalty is at least 15 bytes + tag (uid) = 18 bytes. I checked the >> "enormous" base on Crafty's site, and each game is 82 bytes on average. So >> we increase games' data by 18% ! The figure is high, and should be

Re: [Scid-users] Database for Scid: CentriScid

Benoit St-Pierre a écrit : > Would this algorithm be of any use ? > > http://blog.tech.stylefeeder.com/2008/05/27/generating-primary-keys/ > Yes of course, I know this kind of thing. But there remains technical problems, along with performance ones. And the ratio value/cost is really too low. Pa

Re: [Scid-users] April-ratings

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Hi, > > You can download again my spelling and rating file from my homepage! > > http://members.inode.at/786053/index.html > > Now the april 2008 ratings are included. > > Any feedback are welcome ! > > Franz > Thanks Franz for your work. I mirrored your files at Sc

[Scid-users] Scid Pocket

New (bad) results for Scid on Pocket PC : Tournament finish: Group A - 'Elite' (Elo >2499): http://raitpref.hotbox.ru/ct003-1.htm PGN: http://raitpref.hotbox.ru/files/pgn/rpc-t3a.pgn Total Rating list: http://raitpref.hotbox.ru/ct001-r.htm My guess is that the time control is too quick.

[Scid-users] RC4

Hi, I uploaded a RC4 at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/download/, and unless anybody wants to commit bug fixes or tweaks in next days, it will be Scid 3.6.24 From the changelog file : scid-3.6.24 --- - added an option menu for Tree windows : Fast Mode. This will dramatically reduce the

Re: [Scid-users] Coach problem

Thanks for the report. I fixed this. Pascal Benigno Hernández a écrit : > Hello: > In the menu "Play", on having chosen "Serious Game", and to mark > "Coach is watching ". > If I commit a mistake, the "Coach" does not mark the incorrect play, > and does not prepare on the rectification of the p

Re: [Scid-users] SCID on Mac OS X

Israel Chauca a écrit : > > On Jun 7, 2008, at 4:08 AM, Pascal Georges wrote: > >> At line 917 of board.tcl you will see : >> >># Windows seems to draw the squares off by one: >>if {$::windowsOS} { incr x1; incr y1; incr x2; incr y2 } >>$w.bd coords sq$i $x1 $y1 $x2 $y2 >> } >> >> coul

Re: [Scid-users] SCID on Mac OS X

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Isn't this just to create the thin black "shadow" of the > board? I mean, if I understand Israel correctly, I've the > same on Linux and always thought it is "design". > Even if the display is correct on Linux and Windows, the code is not good. I will look at it. Pasc

[Scid-users] RC and work in progress

Hi, In order to inhibit code that's not ready for a release, I added a gloval var at the beginning of file start.tcl : # Set to 0 before releasing, so some alpha-state code is not included # Set to 1 to have access to all code set NOT_FOR_RELEASE 0 and the code not to be released should be wrap

Re: [Scid-users] Scid 3.6.24 RC1 Connect Hardware feedback...

Hi, Even for a release candidate, I should have removed access to "connect hardware" interface. I will try to think about it next time. Pascal - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R)

[Scid-users] Scid 3.6.24 RC1

Hi, I uploaded a release candidate of Scid 3.6.24 at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/download/ Feedback is welcome. Pascal - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. h

Re: [Scid-users] Window handling

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > The new behaviour is "nice in princliple" but is has a > major that IMHO needs to be fixed. > > 1. I start scid on it's own desktop (10-Database) > 2. I switch to any other desktop > 3. I come back to desktop 10: all scid windows are >minimized. :( > > Could that be

Re: [Scid-users] Flags

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Just added some code to display the players country via the > corresponding flags. The flags are available in misc/flags.tcl as > usual photos. Permission for usage is granted from Andy Templeton of > Palview and Austin Lockwood from SchemingMind. Currently,

Re: [Scid-users] Window handling

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > There was some discussion here to rather have an MDI > interface instead of the current one using several windows. > Now, I find the current one much more flexible. > > While I added geometry manager support for the cc window > yesterday I found that in end.tcl

[Scid-users] Scid on Pocket

Hi, On this link : http://raitpref.hotbox.ru/ct003-1.htm , you will notice that Scid Pocket is present 4 times at the top 6 ranking engines on Pocket PC :-) And so close to the first, that we are in the error margin, here. Pascal ---

Re: [Scid-users] Delete Twins Bug

Tod Damask a écrit : > I have a base I was maintaining with the latest sourceforge version > (3.6.1 I think) and I discovered that some duplicated games were not > being detected with the delete twins function. I tried exporting the > games to pgn and then importing to a new base but this did no

Re: [Scid-users] Minimum tcl version requirement?

Garth Corral a écrit : > On May 3, 2008, at 10:55 AM, Garth Corral wrote: > >> On May 3, 2008, at 2:16 AM, Pascal Georges wrote: >> >>> Scid for PC relies on Tcl /Tk 8.4. I only ported Scid for Pocket PC >>> to Tcl/Tk 8.5, but on Linux, Tcl/Tk 8.5 is not wide spread enough. >>> >>> So the q

Re: [Scid-users] On the fonts to use for Scid (Windows footnote)...

Hi, I rely on Tk to handle those fonts problems. Excerpt from Tk doc : "Tk guarantees to support the font families named Courier (a monospaced ``typewriter'' font), Times (a serifed ``newspaper'' font), and Helvetica (a sans-serif ``European'' font). The most closely matching native font family

Re: [Scid-users] FICS search graph

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > >> - Font for offers > >>Could you use one of the fonts already specified in scid? > >>I'd suggest the small font. > >> > > Do you refer to the display over seeks, in bold black font ? > > Jepp. > > > I need something easy to read and at first time I used > > no

Re: [Scid-users] Piece sets

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > > I commited in CVS new piece sets for Merida1, Merida2 and > > Fantasy. The result is as good as in chessx, for example. > > Grats btw :) They're looking very nice indeed. > > Could you please add a note thrown to the startup window in

Re: [Scid-users] FICS search graph

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > First of all: the FICS search graph is a pretty good idea. > Some points though: > > - Clicking Offers and logging off: >-> scid is unable to log on again, plus, the offers >checkbox stays depressed, ie. scid sends a "sought" all >the time. > >Th

Re: [Scid-users] Scid on OS X

Garth Corral a écrit : > > One semi-unrelated note. After making some changes I noticed that a > subsequent commit to tcl/tools/graphs.tcl occurred that (from what I > can tell) contains only line ending changes (from \n to \rn). It's > not my place to say, but this seems bad on a couple of fr

Re: [Scid-users] Scid on OS X

Garth Corral a écrit : > Hi all, > > Work that needs to be done: > 1.) Clean up the patch to catch and problems regressions on windows/ > unix. I'm sure there are nits in there as I have not extensively > tested it on OS X nor unix (I don't have a windows box on which to > test). > > Hi,

Re: [Scid-users] Fast tree

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > pgeorges, czwartek, 24 kwietnia 2008: > > >> Scid loads games by blocks, of 32 kB each which corresponds to 300-400 >> games. So if you want to fill the filter for 1 games that are spead >> each in a different block because the base

Re: [Scid-users] Fast tree

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Pascal Georges, środa, 23 kwietnia 2008: > > >> The code works in this way : the list of games found (call it LG) in the >> cache for the last time is kept as a basis to speed up further searches. For >> example 2 games for a base of 3M. If the game was not in LG w

Re: [Scid-users] Engine output differs when using SCID vs ChessBase GUI -- why?

Hi, Not an easy question. You can use several steps to get where the differences start. For example run Glaurung natively, then compare to Glaurung under wine, then compare to glaurung under wine under Scid, etc. An idea maybe that parameters are not correctly passed from Scid (or CB ?) to the

Re: [Scid-users] Scid versus other databases

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Pascal Georges, wtorek, 22 kwietnia 2008: > >> I think I have one solution to the tree speed problem : during the first >> moves, the cache should give an instant response. Then things get slow >> because Scid parses all games in database, which will get the games that

[Scid-users] Release of Scid 3.6.23

Hi, I just released Scid 3.6.23 (http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/) which contains mainly bug fixes (this is why I couldn't wait releasing it). Correspondance chess and DGT support are commented out (just menus) but all code is there. From the changelog : scid-3.6.23 - updated swedish translation

Re: [Scid-users] Scid for the Impatient : A preliminary sketch

Benoit St-Pierre a écrit : > 3. There is a problem with the first time that Scid is invoked. The > first invoked tip should refer to the tutorial. The first invokation > should open an example database. But there are no example databases ! > Hi, I agree a small example database would be goo

Re: [Scid-users] More on UTF-8 etc. encoding of Scid...

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > pgeorges, niedziela, 13 kwietnia 2008: > > >>> Current version doesn't work for Polish (and probably for other non-Latin1 >>> encodings) in following situations: >>> * Linux with UTF-8 encoding (which is becoming more and more

Re: [Scid-users] More on UTF-8 etc. encoding of Scid...

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Alexander Wagner, niedziela, 13 kwietnia 2008: > >>> So my conclusion so far is to go back to ASCII mode : any >>> objection in the room ? >>> >> No. Never had. >> As far as I can see it solves the problems for Windows >> (except switching lang without restart)

Re: [Scid-users] Any way to copy analysis lines into paste buffer?

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Roy Brunjes wrote: > > Hi! > > > There no longer seems a way to copy analysis lines from > > the Analysis window into a paste buffer (so you can paste > > it into a text editor or into a message on a forum). This > > used to work, but now when you attempt to highlig

Re: [Scid-users] Scid's name, screencasts, and introductory guide

Benoit St-Pierre a écrit : > Pascal, > > A quick rejoinder before starting **Scid for the impatient** : > > 1. We need a name for sure. Would it be ok to call it Scid 4 ? I am > not sure, since it's a fork. So I guess the question has a legal > basis. > I'd prefer to keep current naming conve

Re: [Scid-users] Please check UTF 8

There were still small problems due to differences between Linux and Windows. So I handled both cases in a RC5 that I tested on my Linux system (mine is utf-8) and Windows XP. Pascal Pascal Georges a écrit : > Hi, > > I released a RC4 at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/download/ where > language

Re: [Scid-users] FAQ

Michal Rudolf a écrit : > Pascal Georges, środa, 2 kwietnia 2008: > >> Could you test current russian translation ? The file russian.tcl should be >> iso8859-5 encoded but gedit reports it as being iso8859-15 (and in Scid >> 3.6.1 this is also the encoding used). >> When I try to save this file

Re: [Scid-users] FAQ

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > A general thing: currently scids help is all in Latin-1. As > usual this is not an issue for the english version, but for > all languages with those funny characters. Though I > personally feel it will take at least another 10 years for > UTF to succeed, we should proba

Re: [Scid-users] Getting started

Rob Quill a écrit : > Hi, > > I am looking to improve my chess skills using Scid. I haven't played > chess for a long time and am wondering what features of Scid I can use > to help me improve my game. I have tried playing a tactical game > against a 1200 ELO, which is OK, but having moves suggeste

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

Rob Quill a écrit : > Hi, > > Thanks for your help. I now seem to be getting the error: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/scid$ ./scid > exec: 21: tkscid: not found > > even though tkscid is in the right directory? Could this be a PATH > problem? As it is in the same directory I would assume it doesn't > mat

Re: [Scid-users] FYI

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges wrote: > > Hi! > > > There is also a 4th part published > > http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4511 > > > > I don't have Fritz 11, so it is is so easy to understand how it works, > > Well I did no

Re: [Scid-users] Fwd: Scid installation problems

Rob Quill a écrit : > On 01/04/2008, Pascal Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Could you try with Scid 3.6.22 (or RC of 3.6.23) and tell us which OS you >> are using ? >> > > Hi, > > I think the problem partly arises because I'm not sure how to > completely remove scid from m

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

W. van den Akker a écrit : > Yes I will certianly wait for 3.6.23. When do you want to release it? > > At most a few weeks, I think. It depends upon what Alexander Wagner thinks about it. Pascal - Check out the new Sourc

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

W. van den Akker a écrit : > Just the package. I won't rename any other occurences. > > gr, > Willem > If there exists two packages with the same /usr/bin/scid files for example, I am afraid there will some conflicts : this would mean that only one package can be installed at once, hence I won

Re: [Scid-users] CC Help

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Just commited an update for Correspondence Chess help including > documentation of the new CC-window. Additionally I added the hooks > within the CC-code to get this help context sensitive. > > Languages currently available are english an german. Don't know if

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

WilSoft a écrit : > On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Alexander Wagner wrote: > > >> > But one issue that arise is the name of the package. The >> > old Scid is dead, Chessdb exists (existed) >> > in de the debian distribution so we need to figure out an >> > other name for Scid before it can be a

Re: [Scid-users] FAQ

Hi, The need for documentation and FAQ is indeed important. There is already a tutorial at http://scid.sourceforge.net/tutorial/index.html and in Scid's help menu there is an "hint" one, which is close to a FAQ. Maybe these could serve as a basis, and would avoid to start something from scratch

Re: [Scid-users] FYI

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Just stumbled accross this series from ChessBase which treats the Stoiko > Pascal recently implemented and how it is done in Fritz11. Maybe it is > of some interest to one or the other or may trigger new ideas: > > http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?new

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > > > > I think thats not a big problem to solve.. As I can see > > the code is clean and it should be easily integrated (well > > .. I think it should). One thing crossed my mind. Does > > modifying the tex-code output interact with the HTML > > output? I havent d

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

Ulrich Dirr a écrit : > Hi, > > On Wednesday, March 26, 2008 7:34 AM Alexander Wagner wrote: > >> > which tex system are you using? You should also use the >> > most recent packages. I would strongly recommend using >> > skak with chessfs/chessboard or texmate. There are several >> > documen

Re: [Scid-users] Extended NAG values

Hi, I am ignorant in LaTeX stuff, so could someone tell us what are the correct parameters for the beginning of such document ? I would like to be sure before modifying anything. Pascal Ulrich Dirr a écrit : > Hi, > Just for your information: your LaTeX code is obsolet, please read > l2tabu (a

Re: [Scid-users] Xfcc for the impatient

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges schrieb: > > Hi! > > > I still can't retrieve games list : I checked "use > > internal Xfcc support" , but after "retrieve games" I get > > the following error : "Your Inbox at ./Inbox does not > > contain any game", as if the "inbox" was processed

Re: [Scid-users] Xfcc for the impatient

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges wrote: > > Hi! > > >> This is a stable SuSE? Or some of this Open-Ever-Beta > >> stuff? That is: could it just be a bug in SuSE? Probably > >> solved by some of their updates? > >> > > I use S

Re: [Scid-users] CBF support for Scid?

Gilbert Rebhan a écrit : > pgeorges wrote: > >> Scid will never support natively *.cb? files but only be able to import >> them once for all, then use its own data structures (*.si? files). So >> why not simply use the intermediate format : PGN ? >>

Re: [Scid-users] CBF support for Scid?

Gilbert Rebhan a écrit : > shiv shivaji schrieb: > [...] > > >> If we have a way to directly import (and possibly export CBF) from/to Scid, >> > then compatibility with chessbase be much easier. > >> I wanted to see what others think about CBF import/export within Scid. >> > > While

Re: [Scid-users] CBF support for Scid?

shiv shivaji a écrit : > I came across the following open source utility: CBUtils available > from > ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/UTIL/cbu_src.zip . > Binary available from > ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/student-activities/chess/UTIL/cbu_bin.zip . > > Of course, the binaries ar

Re: [Scid-users] Xfcc for the impatient

Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Pascal Georges wrote: > > Hi! > > > On my Suse distro I get a crash after "package require > > tdom" ... > > That's bad news... > > This is a stable SuSE? Or some of this Open-Ever-Beta > stuff? That is: could it just be a bug in SuSE? Probably > solved by some of the

Re: [Scid-users] Eco-Browser

[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > Hallo, > > In the Eco-Browser when i click B80a the position is on the board change to > B80a. > But when i click B89 the position does not change on the board. > > Can anybody confirm this ? > > Franz Nagl > Hi, I never use the ECO browser, but I checked and when

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