Re: [Scid-users] a noob question about Scid usage

2009-07-29 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! >> Name : Toga II 1.3.1 >> Command : /where/polyglot/lives/polyglot >> Parameters: /path/to/eng/togaII-1.3.1.eng >> >> The other parameters are of no imporance as polyglot will >> read the config from teh eng file. > > I am struggling with this one. First, I ope

Re: [Scid-users] a noob question about Scid usage

2009-07-27 Thread andrei raevsky
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Alexander Wagner wrote: > > In 3.6.1 you'll not be able to use Toga directly as this is > a pure UCI engine. 3.6.1 does not support the UCI protocol > but only the xboard protocol. Therefore, to use Toga you > need an adaptor program called "polyglot". To configure

Re: [Scid-users] a noob question about Scid usage

2009-07-23 Thread Alexander Wagner
andrei raevsky wrote: Hi! > a) if I import say, 8 different pgn bases into the clipbase (say a > collection of variations for an opening), can I somehow save what is in > the clipbase and later just load this, or do I need to re-import hte 8 > bases each time I start Scid? Just create a new d

[Scid-users] a noob question about Scid usage

2009-07-23 Thread andrei raevsky
Dear friends, I have recently discovered Scid (which I use on a Ubuntu Linux machine, so it is a version 3.6.1 using Tcl/Tk v 8.4.18) which I want to use to support my three kids who are good chess players. I have learned how to import a pgn database into the clipbase, how the analysis engine wor