Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 11:45:31AM +0100, Fulvio wrote: > R. wrote: > > Who would have thought that a superb programmer like Fulvio is a fan > > of Steve Jobs, of Wozniak maybe, but not Steve Jobs... :) > > > > sorry about that :p > > > > > :) > when I read his biography I was very impressed by hi

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

For me it's clear that the author of the chess engine is responsible for the installation of the plugin spec file. A user might install the latest build of the engine, and expects that the installation from source code is also installing the spec file, who else should do this? And only the author

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Sorry, pressend 'send' by accident on the previous message. Fulvio schreef op 11/27/2014 4:24 PM: > typedef int engine_handle; > int SOMEPREFIX_getEngines(engine_handle*, int max_handles, time_t > after_timestamp); > > and use it like this: > engine_handle engines[100]; > int n_engines = SOMEPREF

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

H.G. Muller wrote: > I don't completely get how you would want to obtain the engine_handle. typedef int engine_handle; int SOMEPREFIX_getEngines(engine_handle*, int max_handles, time_t after_timestamp); and use it like this: engine_handle engines[100]; int n_engines = SOMEPREFIX_getEngines(engine

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Fulvio schreef op 11/27/2014 12:44 PM: > H.G. Muller wrote: >> OK, clear. That sounds straightforward enough. For the returned >> lists, would you just >> want a string where all data fields are separated by newlines, or an >> arry of (char*) ? > Neither :) > The best is in my opinion an array o

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

H.G. Muller wrote: > OK, clear. That sounds straightforward enough. For the returned lists, > would you just > want a string where all data fields are separated by newlines, or an > arry of (char*) ? Neither :) The best is in my opinion an array of handles and a set of functions (gtk_widget and

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Fulvio schreef op 11/27/2014 10:43 AM: > Let's go back to the interface i suggested as an example. > You can rewrite your AutoInstall function like this: > > std::string AutoInstall (const std::string& lastTimeStamp) > { > //TimeStamp may be a string composed by > numberofengines_timeofthelaste

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

R. wrote: > Who would have thought that a superb programmer like Fulvio is a fan > of Steve Jobs, of Wozniak maybe, but not Steve Jobs... :) > > sorry about that :p > > :) when I read his biography I was very impressed by his determination to remove everything superfluous in search of perfection

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Who would have thought that a superb programmer like Fulvio is a fan of Steve Jobs, of Wozniak maybe, but not Steve Jobs... :) sorry about that :p On 11/27/2014 10:43 AM, Fulvio wrote: H.G. Muller wrote: There is a problem with that: if the format would be go to changes it would be for th

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

H.G. Muller wrote: > There is a problem with that: if the format would be go to changes it > would be for the > reason to provide more information some GUIs need, and it would have to > appear > in the list. To be able to ignore extentions of the specs it should be > possible to let the > librar

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

> If you think SCID should not install the > engine, the logical > solution would be to not list "chess". OTOH, there does not seem great > harm if > the engine was installed in SCID as a duplicate of Stockfish. But not listing "chess" may irritate other GUI's, IMO this cannot be the solution (Ko

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Fulvio schreef op 11/26/2014 4:51 PM: > The list will be used by tcl code to install the engines and interact > with the user, but i do not want to write the tcl code to parse the .eng > files (because i know that there will be ten thousand changes like the > ones that you just proposed; and then

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Fulvio schreef op 11/26/2014 4:08 PM: > In your previous post you talked about apt-get, so i believed that we > were talking about distro packages. > For example when you install scid on a debian machine with: > sudo apt-get install scid > the package manager suggest that you should install also s

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Gregor Cramer schreef op 11/26/2014 4:11 PM: > Thanks for your answer. > > I like to propose some more attributes: Great. Any suggestion for what would be useful is welcome. This is intended to service every conceivable GUI, and some GUIs might value other information than others. So it is good i

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Gregor Cramer wrote: > Fulvio wrote: > >> So as usual the GUI developers have to do the hard work... >> > > I don't agree that this is the hard work, IMO H.G. Mullers proposal is quite > appropriate for a solution of auto-installing engines. The GUI has to do the > work anyway, because the

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Fulvio wrote: > So as usual the GUI developers have to do the hard work... I don't agree that this is the hard work, IMO H.G. Mullers proposal is quite appropriate for a solution of auto-installing engines. The GUI has to do the work anyway, because the user of this GUI might interact with the aut

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

>> Where can I find the definition of the file format for an .eng file? > The original proposal for the *.eng format was made here: > http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=53674&start=0 Thanks for your answer. I like to propose some more attributes: 1. Short identifier with version num

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

User discussion of SCID wrote: > User discussion of SCID schreef op 11/26/2014 9:43 AM: > >> Honestly I would have preferred a single file /etc/chessengines ... >> > The problem with this is that, although potentially easier for GUIs, it > becomes > far harder for engines: they would all n

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

> There is no 'submit comment' button on that page. You need to create a SF account and log in, HG. Then you'll see ​​a Discussion, with a box to respond. I've linked to your previous comment. -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

It seems Gregor Cramer posted a question there, but I have no idea how to answer it. There is no 'submit comment' button on that page. So I just answer it through the list: > Gregor Cramer > 15 hours ago > Where can I find the definition of the file format f

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

User discussion of SCID schreef op 11/26/2014 9:43 AM: > Honestly I would have preferred a single file /etc/chessengines ... The problem with this is that, although potentially easier for GUIs, it becomes far harder for engines: they would all need some non-standard install script that would edit

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

User discussion of SCID wrote: > I was hoping that SCID too would be interested in adopting this system. > Obviously getting this to work smoothly is strongly dependent on the > number of GUIs as well as engines that adopt this method, and if we > cannot achieve a 'critical mass' the endeavor is

Re: [Scid-users] engine auto-install

Dear H.G, I've submitted the request here: https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/feature-requests/40/ Thank you for your outstanding work! Ben -- Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate!

[Scid-users] engine auto-install

I have a feature request for SCID on Linux: It has always bothered me that after install of an engine package, a separate user intervention is needed to 'register' the engine in a GUI. The philosophy of the Linux packaging system is such that after apt-get install everything should work automat