Re: [Scid-users] autoload databases

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

Hi,

On 2002.02.28 18:43 Jack Moffitt wrote:
> Is there any way to have scid load databases on startup?  It's tedious
> to always load allgames and my personal games to database locations 1
> and 2 every time I start the program.
> 
> I thought there might be a way to do this from scidrc, but I don't
> see it.

You could set up an alias or shell script (or batch file) to include
those databases on the command line. Scid can take databases, PGN files,
or even a FEN string as command-line arguments, and has options for
faster starting bypassing spelling/ECO/tablebases, e.g. I often
use "scid -xtb" to avoid tablebases which can make Scid start a lot
slower, depending on how many TBs you have.

Another idea is to bookmark the first (or any) game of all your
favorite databases, so you have easy access to them from the
Bookmarks menu.

Cheers,
Shane