Re: [Scid-users] Crafty in Scid 3.0

[Shane G H. <sh...@co...>]

Hi,

Bernhard wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> there is at least one engine which needs to be started in its own
> directory: 
> it's  Deep 2, a comercial xboard engine.
> But it was also in scid-2.7 possible - or misunderstand I something?
> 
> Best regards
> Bernhard

In Scid 2.7 and earlier, the analysis engine was just started in the
current working directory -- the directory where you executed Scid.
Only in the final 3.0 does Scid try to change to the engine's directory
first -- and this seems to be the cause of crafty problems, so I'll
remove it for 3.1. [Of course, the real cause of crafty's problems is
crafty, it should be able to run fine regardless of the directory it
is started in.]

Perhaps a useful addition would be another entry box in the dialog for
starting an analysis engine, for specifying the directory to start the
engine in -- but I'd prefer to keep the dialog as it is for simplicity
unless that really seems necessary.

Cheers,
Shane