Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
Benoit St-Pierre wrote: Hi! > That is the case only when the config file is backward compatible. > Will it always be the case ? Till now it was that way, as only new options were included, that is the options file was enlarged. Technically. As far as I know only one "break" in this tradition t

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
I am quite happy, then ! Thank you for the explanation, Alex ! On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Alexander Wagner wrote: > Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > > Hi! > >> That is the case only when the config file is backward compatible. >> Will it always be the case ? > > Till now it was that way, as only n

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
That is the case only when the config file is backward compatible. Will it always be the case ? -- Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
Benoit St-Pierre wrote: > My concerns come from having to redo all my settings : I customize the > chessboard, the pieces and at least three windows settings (archival > research, study and analysis, play or practice). I sure don't want to > do that by hand every time I install a new version. I

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Alexander Wagner
Benoit St-Pierre wrote: Hi! > I would prefer not to configure my previous settings. But > I would not like to wreck anything. Can we use the > options.dat file of 3.7 instead of the one shipped with > 3.7.1 ? This should be aboslutely possible. Especially in this case. However, it is that way

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
My concerns come from having to redo all my settings : I customize the chessboard, the pieces and at least three windows settings (archival research, study and analysis, play or practice). I sure don't want to do that by hand every time I install a new version. I'm quite sure I am not alone in fe

Re: [Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-02 Thread Pascal Georges
2009/3/1 Benoit St-Pierre > Hello, > > I would prefer not to configure my previous settings. But I would not > like to wreck anything. Can we use the options.dat file of 3.7 > instead of the one shipped with 3.7.1 ? > Yes. Pascal ---

[Scid-users] The options.dat file

2009-03-01 Thread Benoit St-Pierre
Hello, I would prefer not to configure my previous settings. But I would not like to wreck anything. Can we use the options.dat file of 3.7 instead of the one shipped with 3.7.1 ? >From what I can see, there is no problem. But should we advise users to do that ? In any case, I renamed the new