Re: [Scid-users] Problem with deleting twin games

J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: > I ran delete twin games on a database and it says that these two games > are dups. What is going on? > After further investigation I found this: // There are a lot of "place-holding" games in some database, that have // just one (usually wrong) move and a result, that

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with deleting twin games

J. Wesley Cleveland wrote: I ran delete twin games on a database and it says that these two games are dups. What is going on? Hi, please select the "same moves" criterium (image attached). -- Check out the vibrant tec

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with deleting twin games

SCID consider both games as duplicates, because share exactly the same game tags. In your database you games not played between individuals and therefore, SCID does not how to resolve this ambiguity. I sugest to export those games to pgn and use pgn-extract.exe, by David J. Barnes, to dedup th

[Scid-users] Problem with deleting twin games

I ran delete twin games on a database and it says that these two games are dups. What is going on? [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date ".??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] 1.Nf3 d6 $5 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date ".??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with compiling scid on Mac

Hi, Thanks for your answer. To the best of my knowledge, I'm using the latest code. I found it here ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/files/Scid/Scid%204.5/Scid-4.5.2.zip/download ) and downloaded it a week ago. Best, Kevin Le Mon Dec 15 2014 at 18:39:50, Fulvio a écrit : > Kevin Noirou

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with compiling scid on Mac

Kevin Noiroux wrote: > Same here: I'm using Mavericks (10.9.5) and here's part of the code > I get after running ./configure (or ./configure THREADS="") and > make (see below, impossible to include the whole code here but > I can email it without any problem). > > Any idea on how to fix the prob

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with compiling scid on Mac

Same here: I'm using Mavericks (10.9.5) and here's part of the code I get after running ./configure (or ./configure THREADS="") and make (see below, impossible to include the whole code here but I can email it without any problem). Any idea on how to fix the problem? Thanks! Kevin --

[Scid-users] Problem with compiling scid on Mac

Hello I am facing problem with compiling Scid 4.5.2 on Mac (Mavericks 10.9). Configure: ./configure configure: Makefile configuration program for Scid Tcl/Tk version: 8.5 Your operating system is: Darwin 13.2.0 Location of Tcl/Tk frameworks: /System/Library/Frameworks Checking if

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with SCID 4.5.2...

Hello, This question has been added to the wiki: https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/IsCompactingDatabasesSafe/ If all goes well, the wiki will be revised this summer. -- HPCC Systems Open Source Big Data Platform from L

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with SCID 4.5.2...

Philip C. Cavanagh wrote: > Oh hey there, I’m busy trying to compile the dataBase without > corrupting the database file, but I was wondering about something. > When you go to Compile the game file in the SCID: Compact Database > menu, if you stop the compilation, does this corrupt the database

[Scid-users] Problem with SCID 4.5.2...

Oh hey there, I’m busy trying to compile the dataBase without corrupting the database file, but I was wondering about something. When you go to Compile the game file in the SCID: Compact Database menu, if you stop the compilation, does this corrupt the database file?!? I keep having to backup th

Re: [Scid-users] Problem in configuring Crafty with Scid

Da: sanjibju2...@gmail.com Data: 16/11/2013 10.55 A: "Scid Users List" Ogg: [Scid-users] Problem in configuring Crafty with Scid Hi, When I am trying to use Crafty 23.4 in Ubunut 12.10, I am getting the following error and Crafty is not working. Scid-Engine communication log fi

[Scid-users] Problem in configuring Crafty with Scid

Hi, When I am trying to use Crafty 23.4 in Ubunut 12.10, I am getting the following error and Crafty is not working. Scid-Engine communication log file > Engine: Crafty > Command: /usr/games/crafty > Date: Sat Nov 16 15:19:47 IST 2013 > > This file was automatically generated by Scid. > It is rew

[Scid-users] problem importing .pgn files

last week i wrote about having problem importing .pgn files, im using windows 7, i didnt solve the problem, but i discover that i can open it if they are not in drive c, i have the same hard drive disk divide in 2, and if they .pgn are in drive d it can be opened, also if the are in the memory s

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

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 directories, and then this:

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

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. > > The configure script th

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

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

[Scid-users] Problem with tree masks when switching DB or tree

Hi, I use the tree mask often to scan for possible moves in the opening. I open DB1, then open the tree mask, then I enter the moves as a new game. Everithing is OK. After closing the tree mask and switch to DB2 the tree mask button makes scid crash instantly. This does not happen everytime b

Re: [Scid-users] Problem using SCID

Problem solved! In the archive of Scid-Users I found the following answer, given to one who complained about a problem similar to mine: You can try moving the scid preferences file to the trash. Go to the Finder and select the menu "Go > Go to folder..." and type ~/.scid/ config in the window

Re: [Scid-users] Problem using SCID

It's just the missing directory that's the problem i think. Make this directory somehow. Try "mkdirhier /Users/costantino/Desktop/SCID/MyGames" from the command line. Steven Atkinson From: Costantino DELIZIA Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Problem using SCID To: scid-users@l

Re: [Scid-users] Problem using SCID

Hi Steve, thank you for your reply but unfortunately it does not work! Any other suggestion? Cheers, Costantino On Thu, 1 Dec 2011 22:29:23 +1100, Steve Steinitz wrote: > Hi Constantino, > > On 1 Dec 11, at 9:49pm, Costantino DELIZIA wrote: > >> bad directory "/Users/costantin

[Scid-users] Problem using SCID

Hello. I'm a Mac user and I use Scid 4.3 to manage chess databases on my MacBook (2.3 Ghz Intel Core i7, 8 GB RAM, Mac OS X 10.6.8). In particular, I have a large database that I constantly update with the latest games. For some days this is not possible. As soon as I open the menu "Import

Re: [Scid-users] problem building scid

On 07.09.2011 00:18, Joost 't Hart wrote: > On 09/07/11 00:08, Michael G Thomas wrote: > Is on my todo list Hi Joost, if you are working on the topic "Makefile" and building scid, I have some suggestions. I am the debian Maintainer for scid and any update makes some trouble for me that

Re: [Scid-users] problem building scid

On 09/07/11 00:08, Michael G Thomas wrote: Hi, > Problem building scid on ubuntu-10.10-amd64 after git pull on > 09.06.2011: see attached. > This looks like a linking problem. Please try a $make clean followed by a fresh $make all The exisiting dependency stuff in the Makefile is a bit sw

[Scid-users] problem building scid

Problem building scid on ubuntu-10.10-amd64 after git pull on 09.06.2011: see attached. src/index.o: In function `Index::FilterChanged()': index.cpp:(.text+0x3b8): undefined reference to `SortCache::FilterChanged()' index.cpp:(.text+0x3c9): undefined reference to `SortCache::FilterChanged()' index

[Scid-users] Problem with file opening after change of directory

Hi Ben, I am always opening via File->Open Yes, I always copied all three files, you find them in this mail. Am 17.02.2011 07:52, schrieb Ben Hague: Hi, In step three did you try to open it through File->Open, or through the links at the bottom of the File menu? The index file has the si4 ex

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with installing scid 4.3 with ubuntu 10.04

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 10:28:46AM +0100, frankli...@t-online.de wrote: > /usr/local/share/scid/basesinstall -m 666 ./bases/*.* > /usr/local/share/scid/bases/install: Aufruf von stat für > „./bases/*.*“ nicht möglich: Datei oder Verzeichnis > nicht gefundenmake: *** [install_scid] Fehler 1 I

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with installing scid 4.3 with ubuntu 10.04

Hi, This was reported before in the list. Problem is caused by some example databases not (no longer) available as part of the distribution. You may want to remove line 248 install -m 666 ./bases/*.* $(DESTDIR)$(SHAREDIR)/bases/ from Makefile.conf and ./configure once more. After that, an in

[Scid-users] Problem with installing scid 4.3 with ubuntu 10.04

Hello,im just trying to install scid 4.3 with ubuntu 10.04. At firt I downloaded the scid-4.3.tar.bz2 tarfiles from http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html. Then I used the commands:sudo suapt-get install checkinstall tk8.5-dev libsnack2 tdomtar -jxvf scid-4.3.tar.bz2cd scid./configuremakecheckin

Re: [Scid-users] Problem to open PGN files

On Dec 8, 2010, at 9:41 AM, Frederic Le Deuff wrote: > I am still a rookie in SCID, but I do not understand why, very often, SCID > can not open some PGN files (I get an error message). Could you send some PGN file(s) that triggers the error? > When I go to ChessAssistant, ChessbaseLight, Ch

[Scid-users] Problem to open PGN files

I am still a rookie in SCID, but I do not understand why, very often, SCID can not open some PGN files (I get an error message). When I go to ChessAssistant, ChessbaseLight, ChessPad,…I have no problem, and I can always open them and access to the games. With TWIC files in PGN format, I never g

Re: [Scid-users] Problem on Exporting Scid Database to PGN

On 08/23/2010 12:10 PM, Emmanuel Emperado wrote: Sorry to bother you but whenever I export any game or the whole scid database I download named "jbase" to PGN, the ratings were not exported. Was it my fault? Thank you very much for your time. Hi, A

[Scid-users] Problem on Exporting Scid Database to PGN

Sorry to bother you but whenever I export any game or the whole scid database I download named "jbase" to PGN, the ratings were not exported. Was it my fault? Thank you very much for your time. -- This SF.net email is s

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with relative path in scidExeDir

On Mar 27, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Israel Chauca F. wrote: > > There is a problem when scidExecutable points to a symlink with a relative > path, scidExeDir is set to a relative path and Scid can't find neither books > or bases, at least under mac. > > The patch at the bottom fixes the issue, but I

[Scid-users] Problem with relative path in scidExeDir

There is a problem when scidExecutable points to a symlink with a relative path, scidExeDir is set to a relative path and Scid can't find neither books or bases, at least under mac. The patch at the bottom fixes the issue, but I couldn't reproduce other cases when scidExecutable points to a sym

Re: [Scid-users] Problem when use "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." in italian

Thanks to all, this is not a problem for me (I use Scid in English)! My friends have found this bug(?). With an English PGN file Scid works, but if I set the LANGUAGE "italian" and the OPTIONS>MOVES>TRANSLATE PIECES, I have this "problem"! Never mind :-) Oscar -

Re: [Scid-users] Problem when use "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." in italian

pa...@pbratholm.dk wrote: Hi! > Your problem is, obviously, that Scid doesn't "understand" Italian! The > PGN standard calls for using English symbols Hm, I learned from Pascal that it doesn't actually enforce, it but allows indeed for others. > - though there exist a Tag > for specifying alte

Re: [Scid-users] Problem when use "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." in italian

Hi Your problem is, obviously, that Scid doesn't "understand" Italian! The PGN standard calls for using English symbols - though there exist a Tag for specifying alternative sets of piece-symbols. I seem to remember that these alternative piece-symbols are not implemented in the PGN-import function

Re: [Scid-users] Problem when use "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." in italian

henry wrote: Hi! > I have found this problem: when I enter in the menu > "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." and click in > "PASTE CURRENT GAME (Alt-P)" and then click on > "IMPORT (Alt-I)" > there are many problem with the chess piece symbol, like knights, bishop > etc. This the error: As fa

[Scid-users] Problem when use "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." in italian

Hi, I'm italian and use this beautiful chess software!! I have found this problem: when I enter in the menu "Paste clipboard text as PNG game..." and click in "PASTE CURRENT GAME (Alt-P)" and then click on "IMPORT (Alt-I)" there are many problem with the chess piece symbol, like knights, bishop

Re: [Scid-users] problem inserting analysis

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Hi! > >> with the new scid 4.1, i have a problem. >> Until last version it was possible to repeat the main move as variante, >> e.g. to insert further analysis. With scid 4.1 it is impossible. What >> can i do ? > > Does pressing Ctrl-A (to get an em

Re: [Scid-users] problem inserting analysis

hgr wrote: Hi! > with the new scid 4.1, i have a problem. > Until last version it was possible to repeat the main move as variante, > e.g. to insert further analysis. With scid 4.1 it is impossible. What > can i do ? Does pressing Ctrl-A (to get an empty variant) before you repeat the last move

[Scid-users] problem inserting analysis

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, with the new scid 4.1, i have a problem. Until last version it was possible to repeat the main move as variante, e.g. to insert further analysis. With scid 4.1 it is impossible. What can i do ? Thanks Horst -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Versio

Re: [Scid-users] Problem (minor) in annotation from FEN

This is intentional, as the user checked "use book", he gets what he asked for. Pascal 2009/12/13 Joost 't Hart > Hi! > > CVS, Linux, Tcl 8.5.7 > > When annotating a "game" that does not start from the initial position > but you leave the standard "use book" option checked, annotation starts >

[Scid-users] Problem (minor) in annotation from FEN

Hi! CVS, Linux, Tcl 8.5.7 When annotating a "game" that does not start from the initial position but you leave the standard "use book" option checked, annotation starts with the remark "Move out of book", which is a bit silly. Suggest to add this remark only after we did actually "Enter book"

Re: [Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

It should be fixed in CVS now. Please tell us if you find a bug. Pascal 2009/12/9 Joost 't Hart > Pascal Georges wrote: > >> Fixed. In CVS. >> >> Pascal >> > > Sorry, but it is not fixed (actually, it has become worse). > > At the variation point, the analyis goes one move back (instead of one

Re: [Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

Adding: if {$::autoplayMode} { return 0 } at the beginning of the proc ::move::drawVarArrows fix it. Bye, Fulvio Pascal Georges wrote: Indeed it is broken if the option to show variation arrows is ON. I looked at the code and could not find its side effect. Fulvio, could you also have a l

Re: [Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

Pascal Georges wrote: > Indeed it is broken if the option to show variation arrows is ON. I > looked at the code and could not find its side effect. > > Fulvio, could you also have a look ? I'll check it out (I don't have a compiler here). With a quick look at the code: is the reviewgame.tcl code

Re: [Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

Indeed it is broken if the option to show variation arrows is ON. I looked at the code and could not find its side effect. Fulvio, could you also have a look ? Pascal 2009/12/9 Joost 't Hart > Pascal Georges wrote: > >> Fixed. In CVS. >> >> Pascal >> > > Sorry, but it is not fixed (actually, i

Re: [Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

Fixed. In CVS. Pascal 2009/12/7 Joost 't Hart > Hi! > > Linux, CVS, Tcl/Tk 8.5.7 > > With auto-annotating a game with variations (deepshredder UCI, annotate > all moves but NOT variations), annotation is blocked at the position > with the green/blue arrow on the board. After analysing that posi

[Scid-users] Problem: Game annotation blocked by variation

Hi! Linux, CVS, Tcl/Tk 8.5.7 With auto-annotating a game with variations (deepshredder UCI, annotate all moves but NOT variations), annotation is blocked at the position with the green/blue arrow on the board. After analysing that position is restarts annotating the same position over and over

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with boardsize

scid-users-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:55:31 +0100 > From: Pascal Georges > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] Problem with boardsize > Cc: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with boardsize

2009/3/22 J. Wesley Cleveland > I can no longer change the size of the board. Options/chessboard/size is > grayed out. This is on windows 2000. I tried changing boardSize in > options.dat but the value in the file is reset to the value 50 immediately > after starting scid. > > If in docked mode a

[Scid-users] Problem with boardsize

I can no longer change the size of the board. Options/chessboard/size is grayed out. This is on windows 2000. I tried changing boardSize in options.dat but the value in the file is reset to the value 50 immediately after starting scid. ---

[Scid-users] Problem

I am running windows XP sp3 and thunderbird mailer when I try to send mail it open a DOS command line and stop there and never open thunderbird any one can help me. Thanks, Robbie Graham drgpl...@gmail.com drgpl...@yahoo.com drgpl...@drgplace.com sa...@rrcreations.info To Call Me Please Click my

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with Rybka 3 an hash size > 32 MB

2008/8/19 Michael Höppenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi there > > Now there's another problem with Rybka 3. It's running allright as long > as I limit the hash size to max 32 MB. If the hash is more then 32 MB > Rybka 3 is down to 1 kn/s and my cpu usage is only a few % and the HD is > running like

[Scid-users] Problem with Rybka 3 an hash size > 32 MB

Hi there Now there's another problem with Rybka 3. It's running allright as long as I limit the hash size to max 32 MB. If the hash is more then 32 MB Rybka 3 is down to 1 kn/s and my cpu usage is only a few % and the HD is running like crazy. All other chess engines work fine even with 1GB has

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with new CVS and chess engines

2008/8/19 Michael Höppenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello, > > after having downloaded, compiled and installed the new SCID CVS with > the Rybka Bugfix I get the following error message when I try to run any > chess engine (including Rybka 3). > > can't read "text_image": no such variable > can't

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with new CVS and chess engines

Michael Höppenstein wrote: Hi! > after having downloaded, compiled and installed the new SCID CVS with > the Rybka Bugfix I get the following error message when I try to run any > chess engine (including Rybka 3). > > can't read "text_image": no such variable > can't read "text_image": no suc

[Scid-users] Problem with new CVS and chess engines

Hello, after having downloaded, compiled and installed the new SCID CVS with the Rybka Bugfix I get the following error message when I try to run any chess engine (including Rybka 3). can't read "text_image": no such variable can't read "text_image": no such variable while executing "if { $

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with spellcheck

Ok, I think I understood what is going on here. I tracked corrections for "Barta, J" that is mapped to "Barta, Joszef" in my spellcheck file. This player is born in 1972, and Scid finds "Barta, J" in the base and proposes to convert it to "Barta, Joszef". But the relevant games are played in the 19

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with spellcheck

I found a base with more than 9000 names to correct, and I managed to iteratively and easily make corrections except for 235 names. But I don't understand why those names, present in the base are not corrected. I will try to check this. Pascal 2008/4/27 Pascal Georges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I go

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with spellcheck

I got 1993 corrections to make (unchecked ambiguous), and after running "Make corrections" I only have 24 left. I re-click, then I still get the 24 left. I tried compacting names but it did not change anything. I personaly never use spellcking, and I don't know exactly what is going here. Pascal

[Scid-users] Problem with spellcheck

There seems to be some problem with spellcheck. It gives a message "Scid found 6237 player name corrections, the first 2000 are listed below". I click on "correct" and in a minute there is a message box saying 1999 records corrected. I run spellcheck again and I get a somewhat smaller number but th

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

> > Concerning a game of 200 kB, I think those are a bit extrem > > ones, don't you ? > > Well, there are a lot of annotations, in particular plenty of > quoted related games. But it is not artificial. > > > The best thing would be to add another base format version in > > Scid but I am reluctant t

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

Well Marcin, it looks like you'd like to find a workaround to this limit ;-) For me the problem is not to make it work (it seems not too hard) but wether it is desirable or not. Simply consider that changing the length encoding of a game from 16 bits to 32 bits will slightly increase base size

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

> This is normal as I put a check on the game size in file > tkscid.cpp (line 7330) : > (...) > You should also remove this, and it *may* work. Unfortunately it does not, although differently: while loading the game, scid does not report any problems, but the game is open incomplete, and when I

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

Marcin Kasperski a écrit : > Well, maybe it would be possible to handle it backward compatible > somehow? Say, by splitting such games and putting some > continuation mark on the end, so scid can glue for presentation? > > > I already used such a trick to make sure that a 32 kB can fit in a

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

> As there is an overflow with a game, my guess is that the > games before this one should be imported (at least I think so, > if I remember well the code), Yes, they were. In fact this is how I found troublesome game in large file (the first after last imported) > Concerning a game of 200 kB,

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

Marcin Kasperski a écrit : > I just once more got scid failure while importing PGN file due to > the large game. This time it is reasonably mainstream case > - ultra083.pgn file from UltraCorr database > (http://www.chessmail.com/shopcart/catalog01.html, this is > according to many the best corre

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

Marcin Kasperski a écrit : > Note that I tried recompiling scid with Length variable type > changed from ushort to uint (this is how I understood the > suggestion in changelog, is it right?) and it did *not* help. > This is normal as I put a check on the game size in file tkscid.cpp (line 733

Re: [Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

Note that I tried recompiling scid with Length variable type changed from ushort to uint (this is how I understood the suggestion in changelog, is it right?) and it did *not* help. PS I won't send the game to the list as it belongs to the commercial offering, but I think I can provide it direct

[Scid-users] Problem with too large games - faced once more

I just once more got scid failure while importing PGN file due to the large game. This time it is reasonably mainstream case - ultra083.pgn file from UltraCorr database (http://www.chessmail.com/shopcart/catalog01.html, this is according to many the best correspondence games archive available).