[Scid-users] Testing connectivity ...

2021-02-06 Thread mayur...@kathe.in
Received mailing list join confirmation mail, but couldn't find an email address to which I could write-in to address the "scid-users" mailing list, hence trying out various combinations. Sorry if I have gotten onto your nerves. ~Mayuresh ___ Scid-u

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-08 Thread Ben St-Pierre
> I'd like some of the devs to propose how the bugs in svn will ever get fixed. +1 On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Alan Whiteman wrote: > > On 01/04/13 09:31, Fulvio wrote: > > I know I'm guilty for not having created a new GameList window, but it > is not because i'm satisfied with the curren

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Alan Whiteman
On 01/04/13 09:31, Fulvio wrote: I know I'm guilty for not having created a new GameList window, but it is not because i'm satisfied with the current interface. I have not played serious chess for over a year, so I'm not using Scid, so I stopped to develop the code

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Fulvio
gt; Von: Fulvio [mailto:f...@libero.it] > Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Januar 2013 10:33 > An: 'Scid Users List' > Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing > > Gerd Lorscheid wrote: > >> So when looking for openings, or an opponent I would like to have at >> the s

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
current position. That is why I like the idea of cascading filters per list view. Gerd -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Gregor Cramer [mailto:gcra...@gmx.net] Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Januar 2013 15:38 An: scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing Hello, > I

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Fulvio [mailto:f...@libero.it] Gesendet: Freitag, 4. Januar 2013 10:33 An: 'Scid Users List' Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing Gerd Lorscheid wrote: > > > So when looking for openings, or an opponent I would like to have at > the sam

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Ben St-Pierre
> With huge databases the opening tree takes a lot of time with the first moves. Why use trees for huge databases? Trees don't give reliable info for them. Not that I disagree with the necessity of having fast dbs. > The limit of 1.5 million games is my own impression, everybody has his own impr

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Gregor Cramer
Hello, > I am quite surprised! I use Scid with absolutely no problems with a > database (the big one from Opening Master) of 6+ million games! I admit > that my machine is a strong one (8 core at 3.0Ghz, 16Ghz RAM, fast > busses, Raid 0, Ubuntu 12.04), but even so, that statement surprises > me

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Mark Morss
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Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Mark Morss
On 01/03/2013 06:54 PM, Gregor Cramer wrote > as the developer of Scidb I like to answer to some points. Not that I know which is correct, but did you mean THE devloper, or the principal developer? > Yes, ChessBase is designed for huge database, and Scid/Scidb is > definitively not designed for hu

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Fulvio
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: > > > So when looking for openings, or an opponent I would like to have at > the same time working in real time: > I think Gerd already know, especially considering that he wrote part of the code that makes it possible, but it is worth mentioning for inexperienced users tha

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-04 Thread Steven
Anyway, post here was to ask how the bugs in Scid are going to get fixed, when currently even simple contributed fixes are ignored. Laugh Scid and Scid vs PC will always remain separate software now. The size of the tcl code changes is kind-of huge. Steve --

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Chris Bannister
Hey Guys, Could you stop posting in HTML, and also please stop top posting: http://catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html On Thu, Jan 03, 2013 at 04:02:31PM -0800, Alan Whiteman wrote: [...] >On 01/03/13 14:27, Gerd Lorscheid wrote: [...] -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will hav

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Gregor Cramer
Some more points to Scidb: > What I saw last from Scidb there was no database maintenance, > no filtering, no trees. Instead FICS and PDF-Export seem to be > a goal… No, that is definitively not the main goal of Scidb. But developing software is very, very time consuming, and it needs some time t

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
Cc: 'Scid Users List' Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing     On 01/03/13 14:27, Gerd Lorscheid wrote: [ ... ] No alternative for Chessbase, no functionality to

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Gregor Cramer
Hello, as the developer of Scidb I like to answer to some points. > The developer of scidb came to the same conclusion but starting from > scratch is also no good idea. Initially I started to re-design Scid (in fact I've implemented the SVG graphic firstly in Scid), but I gave up after some week

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
. Januar 2013 23:40 An: Gerd Lorscheid Cc: 'Scid Users List' Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing On 01/03/13 14:27, Gerd Lorscheid wrote: [ ... ] No alternative for Chessbase, no functionality to manage large databases and to allow efficient usage of its content. This is a most strange

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
On 01/03/13 13:20, Ben St-Pierre wrote: Videos would be good. The videos I've found were quite good and allowed me to get started in scid. The kicks-ass.org part was there because it's a free ad-on. I admit it was crass. I

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
On 01/03/13 14:27, Gerd Lorscheid wrote: [ ... ] No alternative for Chessbase, no functionality to manage large databases and to allow efficient usage of its content. This is a most strange sentiment. scidvspc works perfect with a 5,000,000 g

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
: Donnerstag, 3. Januar 2013 22:20 An: f...@libero.it Cc: Scid Users List Betreff: Re: [Scid-users] Testing Videos would be good. Online docs too. And if we could dream, an F1 command that would work like Textmate would be great too! (Textmate helps you find the command you want in the menu list

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Ben St-Pierre
Videos would be good. Online docs too. And if we could dream, an F1 command that would work like Textmate would be great too! (Textmate helps you find the command you want in the menu list.) There is nothing concurrent about all this. We just need to get things organized, or leave them disorga

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread f...@libero.it
Hi everyone and happy new year! I'm surprised to see such a burst of emails after a lot of time! About docs, are you aware of scid's tutorial videos on youtube? Such as: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwdkJg9jrIo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZPltcSyjo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCjFQmaLTDo

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alexander Wagner
On 01/03/2013 06:20 PM, Matthias Luckhardt wrote: Hi! It's been a time since you read anything from me, anyway. And I didn't have the time to follow the full thread or the list for some time. >> I disagree on your approach. The developers should focus on the advancement >> of the code and other

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Matthias Luckhardt
> I disagree with you here about barriers. I think developers can join the > community and contribute to the project if they really want to. If you can't > afford the time and rather pay for a program, then that's the way to go. But > why complain? I'm not complaining at all. For me personally, wh

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
I thought of buying Scid.kicks-ass.org. Any suggestions? I have rented a web space that gives me a domain name for free. Not sure about the "kicks-ass" part... too crass or too pretentious. What's the domain for? -

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
On 01/03/13 09:20, Matthias Luckhardt wrote: I disagree on your approach. The developers should focus on the advancement of the code and other volunteers should be sought out to flesh out the documentation. Well, we could discuss this issue forever,

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Mark Morss
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Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Ben St-Pierre
The sentence eaten was: And Shane's pseudo HTML into tcl is quite minimal. On Jan 3, 2013 12:34 PM, "Ben St-Pierre" wrote: > OK. So there's a need for documentation. > > I'll try to see what I can do. > > My main beef with it is that I need to open code files and compile the > thing to see some

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Ben St-Pierre
OK. So there's a need for documentation. I'll try to see what I can do. My main beef with it is that I need to open code files and compile the thing to see some result. Editing became a pain quite fast, and Shane's Perhaps we should think of building an online reference that gets compiled into

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Matthias Luckhardt
> I disagree on your approach. The developers should focus on the advancement > of the code and other volunteers should be sought out to flesh out the > documentation. Well, we could discuss this issue forever, and I tend to disagree on this matter: To me, proper documentation is just as important

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Alan Whiteman
Please see comments below. On 01/03/13 02:57, Pthagonal wrote: Scid vs. PC surely has very few bugs now as i'm still working on it every other day for the last few years. My early efforts were a bit raw, but latest release is very solid. [ ... ]

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2013-01-03 Thread Pthagonal
> Scid vs. PC surely has very few bugs now as i'm still working on it every > other day > for the last few years. My early efforts were a bit raw, but latest release > is very solid. Having just installed Scid vs. PC (or rather Mac) a few days ago and having (attempted to) play(ed) around with a

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2012-12-31 Thread Steven
>If subscribers wish to have some emails from time to time, I could send my >notes... >I believe the current status of Scid is : Very Stable. 4.3 is quite stable, but Scid's git repository is *not* stable... It has a couple of nice new features with non-trivial bugs, meaning a new release is n

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2012-12-31 Thread Ben St-Pierre
If subscribers wish to have some emails from time to time, I could send my notes... I believe the current status of Scid is : Very Stable. Not much bugs reported. Steven crushes them as they come in. Wishes are mostly returned to requesters. We might not have a dev leader. My vote would go to St

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2012-12-31 Thread Alan Whiteman
The mailing list works- I received an email. But now, the question remains whether it is read by the developers, contributors, and/or very advanced users. I think most people will find their answers by googling specific problems to scid. I was able to find very helpful vi

Re: [Scid-users] Testing

2012-12-30 Thread Adrian Petrescu
It works, it's just not super-active most of the time. There are bursts of activity here and there. On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Mark Morss wrote: > They tell me I am subscribed to this list; but I receive nothing from > it. This is a test. I am sorry for any inconvenience this causes. > >

[Scid-users] Testing

2012-12-30 Thread Mark Morss
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