Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-10 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > But I still don't understand. If you centralise it in CE > code and TCL is as portable as you always stress it, why on > earth isn't this common code for scid? It should then be the > same for both versions, not? > Hi, As I already said there are differences that are no

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-09 Thread Alexander Wagner
Good Morning! >> > Even when scidpocket runs on Linux, I have to check on >> > which OS I am in order to have all Tcl code work. >> >> Just for my understanding: you mean you run sicd on a pocket >> PC (some ARM machine), but this ARM runs on Linux, not on >> WinCE? Just asking out of curi

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-09 Thread pascal . georges1
Selon Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Even when scidpocket runs on Linux, I have to check on > > which OS I am in order to have all Tcl code work. > > Just for my understanding: you mean you run sicd on a pocket > PC (some ARM machine), but this ARM runs on Linux, not on > WinCE? Just

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-09 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Hi! >> To me it looks as if you are coding scid pocket entirely >> diffrent then the real thing. Isn't it possible to have >> it on a common code basis? > It is very hard to do so. All C/C++ code is common > (through #defines), but Tcl mixes model data and user > interface

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-09 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > > All those inputs are handled by separate procedures > > (present in different files). In each of these procedures > > it is necessary to send the new board position to a > > currently analysing engine. It certainly would be nice to > > gather all these in one place. I

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-08 Thread Alexander Wagner
Hi! >> > - when the board sends a move, it should also be sent to FICS, if >> > connected AND playing a game; >> >> Right. I admit that I do not want to recode all interfaces >> to engines and other transports. Probably there's also some >> redesign of the gameplay part necessary? > > A

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-08 Thread Marcin Kasperski
Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Marcin Kasperski schrieb: > > Hi! > > >> Hi Alexander, I added a "silence" checkbox. > > > > See my earlier post, this is really bad name. > > How'd you name it? I'd set both those variables to 0 on login without adding any buttons. But if you re

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-07 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Good morning! >> Good Morning! >> >> > I stopped for a while working on FICS because I received >> > my Novag Citrine. >> >> :) >> >> I consider FICS something that has now some basic >> functionality but could be extended by others/later on. >> Maybe I'll also have

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-07 Thread pgeorges
Marcin Kasperski a écrit : >> Hi Alexander, I added a "silence" checkbox. >> > > See my earlier post, this is really bad name. > Of course this needs to be polished, as FICS support in general. > >> But I still have to find a >> good way to get game proposals and display them to the us

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-07 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Good Morning! > > > I stopped for a while working on FICS because I received > > my Novag Citrine. > > :) > > I consider FICS something that has now some basic > functionality but could be extended by others/later on. > Maybe I'll also have a look into it but right no

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-07 Thread Alexander Wagner
Marcin Kasperski schrieb: Hi! >> Hi Alexander, I added a "silence" checkbox. > > See my earlier post, this is really bad name. How'd you name it? >> But I still have to find a >> good way to get game proposals and display them to the user, and "set >> seek 0" trashes the offerings. > >

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-07 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> Hi Alexander, I added a "silence" checkbox. See my earlier post, this is really bad name. > But I still have to find a > good way to get game proposals and display them to the user, and "set > seek 0" trashes the offerings. Either set seek 1 and parse those lines out, or issue "sought" from

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-06 Thread Alexander Wagner
Good Morning! > I stopped for a while working on FICS because I received > my Novag Citrine. :) I consider FICS something that has now some basic functionality but could be extended by others/later on. Maybe I'll also have a look into it but right now I'm working on DGT. > Right now I can e

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-06 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges wrote: > > Hi! > > >> For observing games receiving of seeks and game infos is > >> not that desirable IMHO, especially if one wants to see > >> the whispers and kibitzes within the output. A better way > >> to deal with this would probably be to gag seeks

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-05 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges wrote: Hi! >> For observing games receiving of seeks and game infos is >> not that desirable IMHO, especially if one wants to see >> the whispers and kibitzes within the output. A better way >> to deal with this would probably be to gag seeks from the >> output window. >> > I adde

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-05 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Hi! > > Playing arround with scids FICS interface for observing > games I found that it would be pretty usefull to add > something like > > button $w.bottom.right.silence -text "Silence" \ >-command { ::fics::writechan "set gin 0" > ::fics

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-04 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> button $w.bottom.right.silence -text "Silence" \ >-command { ::fics::writechan "set gin 0" > ::fics::writechan "set seek 0" } > grid $w.bottom.right.silence -column 1 -row 1 -sticky ew > > to the connect method. It just switches off game information > (begin/en

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
Hi! Playing arround with scids FICS interface for observing games I found that it would be pretty usefull to add something like button $w.bottom.right.silence -text "Silence" \ -command { ::fics::writechan "set gin 0" ::fics::writechan "set seek 0" } grid $w.bot

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> For cheating : one can use books and engines while playing on > internet ... should I prevent it when any other program to cheat can > be used in parallel ? Moreover other helps should also be turned > off, like opening a database, tree windows, etc. making such locks > difficult to set up. So I

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
Hi! > For clocks : I was happy to achieve the design of an > analog clock, and I also noticed it is not the most > readable one ! As hires graphics can be used analog clocks would have to be a lot larger I fear. So I'd vote for a digital one. > So on Pocket I made a digital one ! One more t

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Hi! >> IMHO you'll have to use the binary timeseal as a proxy. So >> at this point my typical question would be: Why not just use >> it and interface with it. >> > That is how Timeseal is supposed to work, as a proxy but I could not > find one for Pocket PC ... I usually pla

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread pgeorges
Claus Behl a écrit : > Hi > > i played my first games with scid. It was fun, but i think a digital > clock would be easier to read. I had problems estimating my remaining time. > > To have an analysis engine while observing a game is very useful. But it > shouldnt be possible to use it while actu

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Claus Behl
Hi i played my first games with scid. It was fun, but i think a digital clock would be easier to read. I had problems estimating my remaining time. To have an analysis engine while observing a game is very useful. But it shouldnt be possible to use it while actually playing a game. Thank you

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > > So if anyone has contact about this feature (Timeseal), I > > am interested. > > IMHO you'll have to use the binary timeseal as a proxy. So > at this point my typical question would be: Why not just use > it and interface with it. > That is how Timeseal is suppos

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Detlef Steuer
On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 07:50:27 +0100 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Observing multiple games Or: how to fetch a "life" >tournament relayed via the server could also be of some >interest. That one would be great! Detlef -- Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast. - S

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread pgeorges
Marcin Kasperski a écrit : >> I found no easy way to do this. FICS is an human readable protocol, >> not easily parsed. If I asked for the moves from the beginning I >> don't know when I will read them on the socket, I am not sure some >> other info will not slip in between, and I don't know when m

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> I found no easy way to do this. FICS is an human readable protocol, > not easily parsed. If I asked for the moves from the beginning I > don't know when I will read them on the socket, I am not sure some > other info will not slip in between, and I don't know when moves > list will be complete.

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Hi! >> - Find opponent: did you try that on some peak hour of fics? >> Say something like 9:00 pm CET? IMHO the buttonlist is not >> that useable there. Maybe a list like the "game list" >> woul be more suitable? > Yes, it is not good. Jin or Babaschess are far better

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > Frankly I admit to be "old fashioned" using cvs for years > now I'd also favour it. And it comes with a slight > advantage: I can use it at home via a 56k mobile phone dial > up connection... (svn is no fun there, the co is to big for > all this db-stuff associated with

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-03 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges schrieb: > > Good Morning! > > > I added the possibility to play on internet with Scid > > (freechess.org aka FICS). > > Just checked out that one and it looks quite good already. > Still some suggestions: > > - Find opponent: did you try that on some peak hour

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Good Morning! > I added the possibility to play on internet with Scid > (freechess.org aka FICS). Just checked out that one and it looks quite good already. Still some suggestions: - Find opponent: did you try that on some peak hour of fics? Say something like 9:00 pm CET

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Good Morning! >>> Currently I don't use CVS. I'd prefer someone else setup >>> one, or preferably ask Sourceforge for CVS access to >>> Scid at SF. >>> >> CVS is on a path down now, distributed VC-s's are sexy >> nowadays ;-) >> >> Being more serious, I have good experie

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread pgeorges
Marcin Kasperski a écrit : >> Currently I don't use CVS. I'd prefer someone else setup one, or >> preferably ask Sourceforge for CVS access to Scid at SF. >> > > CVS is on a path down now, distributed VC-s's are sexy nowadays ;-) > > Being more serious, I have good experience with Mercurial (

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> Currently I don't use CVS. I'd prefer someone else setup one, or > preferably ask Sourceforge for CVS access to Scid at SF. CVS is on a path down now, distributed VC-s's are sexy nowadays ;-) Being more serious, I have good experience with Mercurial (well, I am even using it to track scid deve

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread pgeorges
Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges schrieb: > > Hi! > > >> I added the possibility to play on internet with Scid (freechess.org aka >> FICS). >> > > A general question: is there a way to access your code? Wouldn't some > repository (cvs) a good idea? Probably sf? > > Is there a way to

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2008-01-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
pgeorges schrieb: Hi! > I added the possibility to play on internet with Scid (freechess.org aka > FICS). A general question: is there a way to access your code? Wouldn't some repository (cvs) a good idea? Probably sf? Is there a way to access your code? I'd also like to check in mine for th

Re: [Scid-users] Play on internet

2007-12-17 Thread Marcin Kasperski
> But the question is : do this belong to Scid ? Well, it certainly does not harm. > - there are several applications to play on internet, so we don't > need one more; Depends where. On Mac OS/X there are not that many good FICS clients, for example. > - if Scid works with site A, use

[Scid-users] Play on internet

2007-12-16 Thread pgeorges
Hi, I added the possibility to play on internet with Scid (freechess.org aka FICS). I did this because I wanted to code it on Scid before porting it to Pocket PC (making debugging easier). But the question is : do this belong to Scid ? This makes sense as it is in the menu Tools->Training, but