Re: [Scid-users] Piece translation on OSX

[guivho <sc...@va...>]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 09:39, guivho <sc...@va...> wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 07:39, Steven <ste...@ya...> wrote:
>>
>>> One more issue on OSX: piece translation does not work. It works fine
>>> on  Windows 7, but fails on  OSX.
>>
>> How to reproduce ?
>> Using German, it seems ok for me.
>
> Just start a new game, select language 'Nederlands' and move Nf3 (just
> use the mouse to avoid name translation probs during keyboard
> entry). This should really be displayed as Pf3, using the dutch term
> 'Paard'.
>

Oops, during one of my tests, I had 'Piece translation' turned of. When
turned on, it does work, also on the Mac. So sorry for the noise.

> But on my iMac, German does not work either. When using German, it
> should show the move as 'Sf3', but on OSX it shows it as 'Nf3'.
>
> On Windows 7, this move is shown as 'Pf3' for 'Nederlands', and as 'Sf3'
> for 'Deutsch'.
>
> Keyboard move entry apparently does not use 'piece translation'. Even on
> windows 7, when using 'Nederlands' or 'Deutsch', one has to enter 'Nf3'
> to get the piece moved. It does not understand keyboard entry Pf3 nor
> Sf3. So this is not an OSX-problem really.

This remark still stands. No piece translation for keyboard move entry.

Guivho