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From: Oscar A. R. G. <osc...@ho...> - 2007-01-24 16:24:26
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Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> >To: Oscar Arturo Ross Gurrola <osc...@ho...> >CC: che...@li... >Subject: Re: [Chessdb-users] Problems on FreeBSD >Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:11:56 +0000 > <snip> > >Thank you. > <snip> > >Could you email me that patched file, with a few notes about the issue on >FreeBSD with ChessDB and version of ChessDB, FreeBSD and your compiler. > <snip> > >Any chance if you trying some more fflush's? I don't have a FreeBSD box, >so can't too easily test his myself. That said, I do have access to the >Sourceforge compile farm. > <snip> > >Not really, but if you can email me simplest PGN file that can produce the >bug that would be helpful. > >It will need the following> > ># Event (the name of the tournament or match event) ># Site (the location of the event) ># Date (the starting date of the game) ># Round (the playing round ordinal of the game) ># White (the player of the white pieces) ># Black (the player of the black pieces) ># Result (the result of the game) > >but if you can make the site just a single letter, the players too, it >would be useful. And keep the number of moves to a minimum to throw a few >errors. > >I can then try to run two sessions, once on a freeBSD box and another on my >Sun, whilst using a debugger on each. I might be able to see where it goes >wrong by comparing two of them side-by-side. But it would help if the tag >were resticted to only those necessary and having short names. > Dear Dr. Kirkby, Thank you very much for your prompt reply. Please let me say that I'm willing to help in trying to diagnose and solve this problem; I'll build binaries with debugging info and see what I can get. Regarding access to a FreeBSD box I can setup one (albeit not a big, powerful one) and connect it to my ADSL link so that it's accesible from the internet. Please let me know what you think about this. I'm afraid that e-mailing you the ICOfy PGN files is impossible since they're too big: <screen output> $ ls -lh IBASE13?.pgn -rw-r--r-- 1 oscar oscar 525M Jun 29 2006 IBASE13A.pgn -rw-r--r-- 1 oscar oscar 772M Jun 29 2006 IBASE13B.pgn -rw-r--r-- 1 oscar oscar 477M Jun 29 2006 IBASE13C.pgn -rw-r--r-- 1 oscar oscar 371M Jun 29 2006 IBASE13D.pgn -rw-r--r-- 1 oscar oscar 298M Jun 29 2006 IBASE13E.pgn </screen output> Attached you will find a small pgn file I use for testing. I trimmed it as per your requests. It contains only two games. I also attached the error log file generated by pgnchessdb when ran over this same pgn file in my FreeBSD box. The screen output of this test run was: <screen output> [oscar@rigel ~/tmp]$ pgnchessdb test.pgn Converting file test.pgn to ChessDB database test: Errors/warnings will be written to test.err. [0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100] [..................................................] Database `test': 2 games, 3 players, 1 events, 1 sites. There were 45 errors or warnings; examine the file "test.err" </screen output> This same file, when tested in OpenBSD produces the following output: <screen output> $ pgnchessdb test.pgn Converting file test.pgn to ChessDB database test: Errors/warnings will be written to test.err. [0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100] [..................................................] Database `test': 2 games, 3 players, 1 events, 1 sites. There were no warnings or errors. $ uname -ar OpenBSD mizar.homeunix.org 3.9 CUSTOM#0 i386 </screen output> I tested two ChessDB versions: ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1 ChessDB-3.6.9 which I downloaded from the project's website. FreeBSD and compiler versions: <screen output> [oscar@rigel ~/tmp]$ uname -ar FreeBSD rigel.interno 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007 ro...@de...:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 [oscar@rigel ~/tmp]$ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Configured with: FreeBSD/i386 system compiler Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305 </screen output> <screen otuput> $ uname -ar FreeBSD lap.interno 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:32:43 UTC 2006 ro...@op...:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 $ g++ -v Using built-in specs. Configured with: FreeBSD/i386 system compiler Thread model: posix gcc version 3.4.4 [FreeBSD] 20050518 </screen output> Please let me know if you need anything else. Regards, Oscar Ross _________________________________________________________________ Live Search en Prodigy/MSN. Todo lo que buscas ahora más rapido http://live.com |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-24 12:12:10
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Oscar Arturo Ross Gurrola wrote: > Hello list, >=20 > Please, let me first congratulate and thank Dr. David Kirby for continu= ing=20 > on the development started by scid. The additions done by the new team = to=20 > the software are great. Keep up the good work. Now to business... Thank you. > I replaced my LogError call with a couple of=20 > fflush(errorFile) calls, one at the start and one at the end of the=20 > function. To my surprise, the test worked perfectly this time. I then t= ested=20 > by converting an enormous PGN file, produced by concatenating the 5 ICO= fy=20 > PGN files. The test was succesful. Could you email me that patched file, with a few notes about the issue=20 on FreeBSD with ChessDB and version of ChessDB, FreeBSD and your compiler= . > I'm sorry I could not trace the origin of the bug. From the evidence it= =20 > seems obvious it's a buffering problem, but wether the problem is in Ch= essDB=20 > code or in the FreeBSD C++ libraries, I cannot say. But maybe someone e= lse=20 > has seen this problem or knows what's happening. Any chance if you trying some more fflush's? I don't have a FreeBSD=20 box, so can't too easily test his myself. That said, I do have access to=20 the Sourceforge compile farm. > Any ideas? Not really, but if you can email me simplest PGN file that can produce=20 the bug that would be helpful. It will need the following> # Event (the name of the tournament or match event) # Site (the location of the event) # Date (the starting date of the game) # Round (the playing round ordinal of the game) # White (the player of the white pieces) # Black (the player of the black pieces) # Result (the result of the game) but if you can make the site just a single letter, the players too, it=20 would be useful. And keep the number of moves to a minimum to throw a=20 few errors. I can then try to run two sessions, once on a freeBSD box and another on=20 my Sun, whilst using a debugger on each. I might be able to see where it=20 goes wrong by comparing two of them side-by-side. But it would help if=20 the tag were resticted to only those necessary and having short names. > Kind regards, > Oscar Ross >=20 > _________________________________________________________________ > Acepta el reto MSN Premium: Protecci=F3n para tus hijos en internet.=20 > Desc=E1rgalo y pru=E9balo 2 meses gratis.=20 > http://join.msn.com?XAPID=3D1697&DI=3D1055&HL=3DFooter_mailsenviados_pr= oteccioninfantil >=20 >=20 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------= -- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share= your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=3Djoin.php&p=3Dsourceforge&CID=3D= DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Chessdb-users mailing list > Che...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/chessdb-users >=20 |
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From: Oscar A. R. G. <osc...@ho...> - 2007-01-24 06:59:39
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Hello list,
Please, let me first congratulate and thank Dr. David Kirby for continuing
on the development started by scid. The additions done by the new team to
the software are great. Keep up the good work. Now to business...
I'm having a problem with the pgn import utility. System is
FreeBSD-6.2-RELEASE. Please bear with me as I explain when I first saw this
behavior. This report is about ChessDB, not scid.
I first saw this problem in scid in FreeBSD 5.5. I though that it was due to
a defective PGN and dismissed it. The problem continued in FreeBSD 6.1. A
couple of days ago I installed FreeBSD 6.2 and the scid port; the problem
continued. I thus proceeded to investigate more deeply.
I tested with a pgn generated by xboard and got the same errors from
pgnscid. I thus went into the source code and added a couple of debugging
printf statements in pgnparse.cpp. Now I got errors for only half the moves.
I added a couple more printf statements and got errors in a 3rd. of the
moves. I continued my investigations until I got to the GetRestOfWord_NoDots
function (line 476) and added a LogError() call at the end of it to see
what was coming out of the function. Tested again and got errors for half
the moves. In the log I could see that the function was not doing it's job,
trimming trailing dots. I replaced my LogError call with a couple of
fflush(errorFile) calls, one at the start and one at the end of the
function. To my surprise, the test worked perfectly this time. I then tested
by converting an enormous PGN file, produced by concatenating the 5 ICOfy
PGN files. The test was succesful.
This misbehavior is only seen in FreeBSD. I tested pgnscid in NetBSD SPARC,
OpenBSD 3.9 i386 and latest cygwin on WinXP pro and had no problems in
converting PGN files.
Today I learned about the ChessDB project and immediately proceeded to
download and test. Problem remains exactly the same. Tested both release
(3.6.9) and latest beta (3.6.12-beta) on FreeBSD 6.2 RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.1
RELEASE and OpenBSD 3.9. Behavior in OpenBSD 3.9 is normal. Architecture is
i386.
This is what I did to get ChessDB up and running in these systems. Procedure
is exactly the same for both ChessDB versions on the three platforms tested.
1.- ran ./configure - sample output
[oscar@rigel ~/src/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1]$ ./configure
configure: Makefile configuration program for ChessDB
Tcl/Tk version: 8.4
Your operating system is: FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE
Location of "tcl.h": /usr/local/include/tcl8.4
Location of "tk.h": /usr/local/include/tk8.4
Location of Tcl 8.4 library: /usr/local/lib
Location of Tk 8.4 library: /usr/local/lib
Location of X11 library: /usr/X11R6/lib
Checking if your system already has zlib installed: yes.
The Makefile configured for your system was written.
Now just type "make" to compile ChessDB.
[oscar@rigel ~/src/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1]$
2.- Edit Makefile
added -I /usr/X11R6/include to TCL_INCLUDE
removed -ldl from TCL_LIBRARY
3.- build
ran 'gmake'
no warnings or errors
4.- install
ran 'gmake install' as root
no warnings or errors
5.- Tested pgnchessdb on simple pgn file - sample output
[oscar@rigel ~/tmp]$ pgnchessdb test.pgn
Converting file test.pgn to ChessDB database test:
Errors/warnings will be written to test.err.
[0% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100]
[..................................................]
Database `test': 2 games, 4 players, 2 events, 1 sites.
There were 45 errors or warnings; examine the file "test.err"
6. Sample from log file 'test.err'
[oscar@rigel ~/tmp]$ cat test.err
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 1.
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 2.
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 3.
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 4.
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 5.
test.pgn:13: Error: Unexpected symbol: 6.
I'm sorry I could not trace the origin of the bug. From the evidence it
seems obvious it's a buffering problem, but wether the problem is in ChessDB
code or in the FreeBSD C++ libraries, I cannot say. But maybe someone else
has seen this problem or knows what's happening.
Any ideas?
Kind regards,
Oscar Ross
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From: Jean-Renaud S. <tit...@fr...> - 2007-01-22 12:43:16
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Dr. David Kirkby a écrit : > It would be nice if a few more helped. Is anyone able to help with > translations? > > Currently we have support for: > > Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, > Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish. > > English of course is what it is written it. Hans Eriksson has done a > great job on the Swedish, but that still leaves > > Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, > Portuguese, Russian, Serbian and Spanish, for which there is some > translation, but it it not 100%. > > Is anyone able to assist on this? I may support translations to french if necessary. In fact, I always used Scid/ChessDB in english. I just today tried to switch to french. Indeed some texts aren't translated and some are slighly uncorrect but it's globally satisfying. I also could develop (that's more or less my job hehe). But I'm afraid I won't have time to do it. |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-22 11:58:22
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Jean-Renaud Seret wrote:
> Dr. David Kirkby a =E9crit :
>=20
>>Any suggestions for the colour? If you can suggest one, let me know wha=
t=20
>>it is (R, G, B). If you fancy trying it first, here is the image withou=
t=20
>>any text on it at all.
>> =20
>=20
> Personnaly, I agree with the blue. maybe with a 3D render or something=20
> like that. But I'm also not skilled in graphics
>=20
I've asked on comp.graphics.apps.gimp if anyone would be willing to play=20
with it and improve it.
>>Does anyone recall a famous game, where those 5 pieces are placed as in=
=20
>>that logo?
>> =20
>=20
> Of coure, and I hope Kramnik will see it in a near future and have=20
> nightmares about it.
> He may be the world champion but did not see a mate in one...=20
> unfortunately, the computer saw it.
Yes, I think 34...Qe3?? will him nightmares for a long time to come.
BTW, here is the game analysed with Jeremy's addition to ChessDB. The=20
threshold for a ? was 0.4 and ?? 0.8. Engine was crafty 20.14. The move=20
34...Qe3 is correctly marked as 34...Qe3??.
The fact several are marked with '?', does make me question the logic of=20
supporting ?! too. One can assume these moves are pretty good, being=20
probably the 2nd best computer program vs the best human. Yet crafty=20
thinks several are giving changes of > 0.4. So ?! should be at least 0.4=20
to be useful. Then what does one set for ? and ??. Seems like anything=20
over 1.0 is a blunder, so there is no point really having the threshold=20
for ?? being much more than 1.0. So with a difference of only 0.6=20
between these, it is is very questionable if there is a need for 3=20
levels (?!, ? and ??). That is a point Jermeny has made and I'm tending=20
to agree with him.
[Event "RAG World Chess Challenge 2006"]
[Site "Bonn GER"]
[Date "2006.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "COMP Deep Fritz 10 [Machine]"]
[Black "GM Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[ECO "D10"]
[EventDate "2006.11.26"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 b5 4.a4 c6 5.Nc3 b4 D 6.Na2? {Crafty score=20
from/to: -0.51 / -0.03}
( 6.Na2 b3 7.Nc3 Ba6 8.Nf3 e6 9.Ne5 Bb4 10.Nxc4 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Bxc4=20
12.Bxc4 )6...Nf6 7.e5 Nd5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 a5 10.Bg5 D Qb6? {Crafty score=20
from/to: +0.01 / +0.64}
( 10...Be7 11.Bxd5 cxd5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.O-O O-O 14.Rc1 Ba6 15.Re1=20
Nd7 16.Nd2 Rac8 17.Qg4 )
11.Nc1 Ba6 12.Qe2 h6 13.Be3 Bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nd7 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Rc1 O-O=20
17.O-O Rfc8 18.Qe2 c5 19.Nfd2 Qc6 20.Qh5 Qxa4 21.Nxc5 Nxc5 D 22.dxc5? D=20
{Crafty score from/to: +0.03 / -0.52}
( 22.dxc5 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Bxc5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf4 Rf8 26.Qe4 Rxf1+=20
27.Rxf1 Rd8 28.Nc4 Rd1 )
22...Nxe3? {Crafty score from/to: -0.52 / -0.11}
( 22...Qc6 23.Nb3 Qd7 24.Qf3 a4 25.Nd2 a3 26.bxa3 bxa3 27.Ne4 a2=20
28.Ra1 {HT} )
23.fxe3 Bxc5 24.Qxf7+ Kh8 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Qe4 Qd7 27.Nb3 Bb6 28.Rfd1 Qf7=20
29.Rf1 Qa7 D 30.Rxf8+? {Crafty score from/to: -0.17 / -0.96}
( 30.Nd4 Bxd4 31.Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.Qxd4 Qf7 33.h3 Qf5 34.b3 Kh7 35.Kh2=20
Qg6 36.Kg1 Rf7 37.Rd1 {HT} )
30...Rxf8 31.Nd4 D a4? {Crafty score from/to: -0.81 / -0.25}
( 31...Qf7 32.h3 Qf2+ 33.Kh2 Qxb2 34.Nxe6 Qxc1 35.Nxf8 Kg8 36.Nd7=20
Bxe3 37.Qd5+ Kh8 {HT} )
32.Nxe6 Bxe3+ 33.Kh1 Bxc1 34.Nxf8 D Qe3?? {Crafty score from/to: +0.01=20
/ +327.66}
( 34...Kg8 35.Ng6 Bxb2 36.Qd5+ Kh7 37.Nf8+ Kh8 {HT} )
35.Qh7# 1-0
> I wanted also to congratulate everyone that worked on this project to=20
> make scid live again.
> it's a pleasure to see you guys developping new cool features.
It would be nice if a few more helped. Is anyone able to help with=20
translations?
Currently we have support for:
Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian,=20
Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Spanish and Swedish.
English of course is what it is written it. Hans Eriksson has done a=20
great job on the Swedish, but that still leaves
Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish,=20
Portuguese, Russian, Serbian and Spanish, for which there is some=20
translation, but it it not 100%.
Is anyone able to assist on this?
Is there anyone able to do a *new* language? I was hoping to twist=20
someone arm to do Korean, but that is not going to happen.
There's a list of the most widely spoken at:
http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm
I've put quite a bit of time/effort into removing sections which would=20
only display in English, with no way to add a translation. This will be=20
useful, but is simply a waste of effort unless someone will spend some=20
time translating.
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From: Jean-Renaud S. <tit...@fr...> - 2007-01-22 09:05:43
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Dr. David Kirkby a écrit : > Any suggestions for the colour? If you can suggest one, let me know what > it is (R, G, B). If you fancy trying it first, here is the image without > any text on it at all. > Personnaly, I agree with the blue. maybe with a 3D render or something like that. But I'm also not skilled in graphics > Does anyone recall a famous game, where those 5 pieces are placed as in > that logo? > Of coure, and I hope Kramnik will see it in a near future and have nightmares about it. He may be the world champion but did not see a mate in one... unfortunately, the computer saw it. I wanted also to congratulate everyone that worked on this project to make scid live again. it's a pleasure to see you guys developping new cool features. Jean-Renaud Seret |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-22 02:13:42
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Andrei Olsen wrote: >>Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:29:32 +0000 >>From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> >>Subject: [Chessdb-users] ChessDB logo. >>To: ChessDB Users <che...@li...> >>Message-ID: <45B...@on...> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >> >>The following might be of interested. >> >>1) I've come up with a logo I think is not too bad - given my lack of >>artistic skills. I just hope it does not Kramnik nightmares if he see >>it!! >> >>http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/chessdb/chessdb/ChessDB-logo-smaller.gif?revision=1.1 > > > Maybe you could change blue to some other, a bit warmer, color? It > doesn't really fit with the rest of the colors you used. Otherwise it's > a really nice logo. > > -- > Andrei > Any suggestions for the colour? If you can suggest one, let me know what it is (R, G, B). If you fancy trying it first, here is the image without any text on it at all. http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/tutorial/img/187x70-no-text.gif If you, or anyone else thinks they can add "ChessDB" to the image in a pleasing way, either stick it on a web site and post the link, or email it to me. Chose a font which you think is best. It must remain a GIF file. Does anyone recall a famous game, where those 5 pieces are placed as in that logo? First one to post the game gets a gold star !!! dave k |
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From: Andrei O. <ne...@im...> - 2007-01-21 22:01:45
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:29:32 +0000 > From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> > Subject: [Chessdb-users] ChessDB logo. > To: ChessDB Users <che...@li...> > Message-ID: <45B...@on...> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dus-ascii; format=3Dflowed >=20 > The following might be of interested. >=20 > 1) I've come up with a logo I think is not too bad - given my lack of=20 > artistic skills. I just hope it does not Kramnik nightmares if he see > it!! >=20 > http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/chessdb/chessdb/ChessDB-log= o-smaller.gif?revision=3D1.1 Maybe you could change blue to some other, a bit warmer, color? It doesn't really fit with the rest of the colors you used. Otherwise it's a really nice logo.=20 -- Andrei --=20 http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but different=85 |
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From: Jeremy W. <jw...@co...> - 2007-01-21 15:49:07
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Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > The following might be of interested. > > 1) I've come up with a logo I think is not too bad - given my lack of > artistic skills. I just hope it does not Kramnik nightmares if he see it!! > > http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/chessdb/chessdb/ChessDB-logo-smaller.gif?revision=1.1 Nice! > > 2) I have created a UNIX man page: > > http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/chessdb/chessdb/manpages/chessdb.6?view=log I have to confess, in scanning the man page, the main thing that struck me was this: do we really need *any* of those options? Just causing trouble...<grin> Cheers, Jeremy |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-21 15:29:42
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The following might be of interested. 1) I've come up with a logo I think is not too bad - given my lack of artistic skills. I just hope it does not Kramnik nightmares if he see it!! http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/*checkout*/chessdb/chessdb/ChessDB-logo-smaller.gif?revision=1.1 2) I have created a UNIX man page: http://chessdb.cvs.sourceforge.net/chessdb/chessdb/manpages/chessdb.6?view=log |
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From: Mario M. <Mar...@ma...> - 2007-01-19 09:05:52
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Dave,
do you believe it would be possible to set up a page where people could
vote
for new feature requests?
Anyway, here are some suggestions of mine.
1. Instead of supplying proxy support for TWIC files, as some of su are
not
able to get to TWIC anyway from work (it's a banned site in Websense,
for
example), would it be possible to set up an option to make automatic
integration into a database supplying the already downloaded files in a
given directory, instead of getting them directly from the Internet?
2. I have a large SCID database (more than 3 million games), and I've
always
had problems with wrong names and twin games.
The problem with wrong names is that I have a lot of names which may
actually be the same name, but I cannot say whether they are or not.
The problem with twin games is that potential twin games are identified
on the basis of the header information, rather than on the move
sequence.
Would it be possible to try and apply some hash code to games, only
dependant on moves, and trying to identify twins looking at such hash
code? And would it be possible to retrofit the information coming from
discovered twins onto the names (or maybe this is already done)?
3. When you copy games into a database, that's a moment where you may
generate a lot of twins. Would it be possible to add an option to check
for twins at that time, and avoid importing them, rather than having to
go through maintenance afterwards? I guess that working this way would
be much less cumbersome. Or is there some option like this already and
I
don't knnow?
Mario
"Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...>@lists.sourceforge.net on
19/01/2007 01.57.12
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Sent by: che...@li...
To: ChessDB Users <che...@li...>
cc:
Subject: [Chessdb-users] Useful idea or not ?
There are plenty of people with idea how to extend ChessDB, but
insufficient hours to do them all. Hence not everything is going to
happen unless someone else joins in (and I know Jeremy has).
One idea I have been thinking of is an automated procedure which can
long onto FICS/ICC and find saves the games of players who you are
inserted in to a database. Useful if you want to store the games of
someone you expect to play in a competition, or who you play regularly.
Here is an example of me getting the moves, by logging into ICC from the
telnet client of a UNIX box:
I first look at the history, find a game and then display the moves.
Doing this in an automated fashion will be no easy task. And how
practical it would be on a Windows system is another question. It would
certainly need some software installed that is not common on Windows.
Thoughts on this ?
dave
aics% his dougmo // find dougmo's hisory
Recent games of dougmo:
Opponent Type ECO End Date
28: + 1207 W 1014 fumare [ br 2 12] B23 Res Jan 18 07 09:31
27: - 1199 B 1137 rizocca [ br 10 0] C02 Fla Jan 18 07 09:11
26: - 1220 B 1097 Pasway [ br 3 12] C02 Res Jan 14 07 09:20
25: + 1243 W 1178 Arthos [ br 5 12] B12 Res Jan 14 07 09:10
24: + 1229 W 1196 gtserb [ br 5 12] B06 Res Jan 12 07 11:16
23: + 1576 W 1429 Txcash [ sr 30 10] B23 Mat Jan 10 07 11:03
22: - 1213 B 1089 pokerplayer [ br 5 12] E30 Res Jan 10 07 09:25
21: + 1236 W 1142 spoonyspence [ br 10 5] C55 Mat Jan 09 07 09:33
20: + 1223 B 1005 Carian [ br 2 12] C00 Fla Jan 08 07 09:15
19: + 1566 B 1456 alfrido [ sr 10 10] A40 Res Jan 04 07 10:28
18: + 1215 W 1078 evespanned [ br 10 0] C44 Mat Jan 02 07 20:08
17: + 1204 W 955 leapso [ br 5 12] B00 Res Dec 27 06 20:38
16: + 1197 B 1056 latonka [ br 4 12] A20 Mat Dec 23 06 13:16
15: + 1186 W 1074 peddler [ br 2 12] C11 Res Dec 22 06 10:29
14: + 1174 B 1023 fgray [ br 5 12] C00 Res Dec 20 06 11:40
13: + 1164 B 1010 iamthewalrus [ br 9 0] C02 Res Dec 20 06 06:30
12: + 1554 W 1355 BLAHOG604 [ sr 15 0] B23 Res Dec 19 06 10:10
11: + 1546 B 1418 pauldavid [ sr 10 20] C01 Fla Dec 18 06 11:58
10: + 1154 W 1029 WEBSTERATTAC [ br 5 12] C47 Res Dec 18 06 08:57
9: + 1143 B 1072 Pasway [ br 3 12] C02 Res Dec 16 06 13:16
aics% smoves dougmo 28 // print moves for game 28 in history
dougmo (1207) vs. fumare (1014) --- 2007.01.18 09:31:36
Rated Blitz match, initial time: 2 minutes, increment: 12 seconds
Move dougmo fumare
---- ---------------- ----------------
1. e4 (0:03) c5 (0:02)
2. Nc3 (0:02) e5 (0:02)
3. Bc4 (0:26) Nc6 (0:04)
4. Nf3 (0:06) h6 (0:02)
5. d3 (0:14) d6 (0:01)
6. O-O (0:07) a6 (0:02)
7. a4 (0:13) Bg4 (0:06)
8. h3 (0:18) Bh5 (0:01)
9. g4 (0:11) Bg6 (0:03)
10. Be3 (0:10) Be7 (0:08)
11. Qd2 (0:11) Qd7 (0:03)
12. Nd5 (0:10) Nf6 (0:05)
13. Nb6 (0:04) Qd8 (0:10)
14. Nxa8 (0:03) Qxa8 (0:02)
15. c3 (0:39) Qc8 (0:03)
16. Nh2 (0:26) h5 (0:02)
17. g5 (0:15) Nh7 (0:11)
18. Kg2 (0:27) Bxg5 (0:03)
19. Bxg5 (0:11) Ne7 (0:14)
20. Bxe7 (0:09) Kxe7 (0:03)
21. f4 (0:21) exf4 (0:15)
22. Qxf4 (0:04) Nf6 (0:08)
23. Rf3 (0:21) Qc7 (0:07)
24. Raf1 (0:16) Qb6 (0:05)
25. Qd2 (0:08) Rh6 (0:07)
26. R3f2 (0:23) Qc7 (1:22)
27. Nf3 (0:10) Qd7 (0:05)
28. Ng5 (0:08) Bh7 (0:15)
29. Nxh7 (0:12) Rg6+ (0:04)
30. Kh2 (0:24) Nxh7 (0:05)
31. Rxf7+ (0:09)
{Black resigns} 1-0
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-19 00:57:21
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There are plenty of people with idea how to extend ChessDB, but
insufficient hours to do them all. Hence not everything is going to
happen unless someone else joins in (and I know Jeremy has).
One idea I have been thinking of is an automated procedure which can
long onto FICS/ICC and find saves the games of players who you are
inserted in to a database. Useful if you want to store the games of
someone you expect to play in a competition, or who you play regularly.
Here is an example of me getting the moves, by logging into ICC from the
telnet client of a UNIX box:
I first look at the history, find a game and then display the moves.
Doing this in an automated fashion will be no easy task. And how
practical it would be on a Windows system is another question. It would
certainly need some software installed that is not common on Windows.
Thoughts on this ?
dave
aics% his dougmo // find dougmo's hisory
Recent games of dougmo:
Opponent Type ECO End Date
28: + 1207 W 1014 fumare [ br 2 12] B23 Res Jan 18 07 09:31
27: - 1199 B 1137 rizocca [ br 10 0] C02 Fla Jan 18 07 09:11
26: - 1220 B 1097 Pasway [ br 3 12] C02 Res Jan 14 07 09:20
25: + 1243 W 1178 Arthos [ br 5 12] B12 Res Jan 14 07 09:10
24: + 1229 W 1196 gtserb [ br 5 12] B06 Res Jan 12 07 11:16
23: + 1576 W 1429 Txcash [ sr 30 10] B23 Mat Jan 10 07 11:03
22: - 1213 B 1089 pokerplayer [ br 5 12] E30 Res Jan 10 07 09:25
21: + 1236 W 1142 spoonyspence [ br 10 5] C55 Mat Jan 09 07 09:33
20: + 1223 B 1005 Carian [ br 2 12] C00 Fla Jan 08 07 09:15
19: + 1566 B 1456 alfrido [ sr 10 10] A40 Res Jan 04 07 10:28
18: + 1215 W 1078 evespanned [ br 10 0] C44 Mat Jan 02 07 20:08
17: + 1204 W 955 leapso [ br 5 12] B00 Res Dec 27 06 20:38
16: + 1197 B 1056 latonka [ br 4 12] A20 Mat Dec 23 06 13:16
15: + 1186 W 1074 peddler [ br 2 12] C11 Res Dec 22 06 10:29
14: + 1174 B 1023 fgray [ br 5 12] C00 Res Dec 20 06 11:40
13: + 1164 B 1010 iamthewalrus [ br 9 0] C02 Res Dec 20 06 06:30
12: + 1554 W 1355 BLAHOG604 [ sr 15 0] B23 Res Dec 19 06 10:10
11: + 1546 B 1418 pauldavid [ sr 10 20] C01 Fla Dec 18 06 11:58
10: + 1154 W 1029 WEBSTERATTAC [ br 5 12] C47 Res Dec 18 06 08:57
9: + 1143 B 1072 Pasway [ br 3 12] C02 Res Dec 16 06 13:16
aics% smoves dougmo 28 // print moves for game 28 in history
dougmo (1207) vs. fumare (1014) --- 2007.01.18 09:31:36
Rated Blitz match, initial time: 2 minutes, increment: 12 seconds
Move dougmo fumare
---- ---------------- ----------------
1. e4 (0:03) c5 (0:02)
2. Nc3 (0:02) e5 (0:02)
3. Bc4 (0:26) Nc6 (0:04)
4. Nf3 (0:06) h6 (0:02)
5. d3 (0:14) d6 (0:01)
6. O-O (0:07) a6 (0:02)
7. a4 (0:13) Bg4 (0:06)
8. h3 (0:18) Bh5 (0:01)
9. g4 (0:11) Bg6 (0:03)
10. Be3 (0:10) Be7 (0:08)
11. Qd2 (0:11) Qd7 (0:03)
12. Nd5 (0:10) Nf6 (0:05)
13. Nb6 (0:04) Qd8 (0:10)
14. Nxa8 (0:03) Qxa8 (0:02)
15. c3 (0:39) Qc8 (0:03)
16. Nh2 (0:26) h5 (0:02)
17. g5 (0:15) Nh7 (0:11)
18. Kg2 (0:27) Bxg5 (0:03)
19. Bxg5 (0:11) Ne7 (0:14)
20. Bxe7 (0:09) Kxe7 (0:03)
21. f4 (0:21) exf4 (0:15)
22. Qxf4 (0:04) Nf6 (0:08)
23. Rf3 (0:21) Qc7 (0:07)
24. Raf1 (0:16) Qb6 (0:05)
25. Qd2 (0:08) Rh6 (0:07)
26. R3f2 (0:23) Qc7 (1:22)
27. Nf3 (0:10) Qd7 (0:05)
28. Ng5 (0:08) Bh7 (0:15)
29. Nxh7 (0:12) Rg6+ (0:04)
30. Kh2 (0:24) Nxh7 (0:05)
31. Rxf7+ (0:09)
{Black resigns} 1-0
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-18 23:49:00
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war...@mi... wrote: > Hi, > > Great Work!!...thanks for picking up the gauntlet and taking over support of this wonderful open > source project! > > I downloaded and built the 3.6.12-beta-1 on Mandriva 2007. A few comments: > > 1. When you hit cancel from the TWIC download page it closes the window, but, the menu still seems to think the > window is still open. Also maybe for consistency the button should be "Close" instead of "Cancel". Yes, I was aware of that one. I'll have to work out how to turn that bit off on the menu. > 2. Please add proxy support to the download. Some of us unfornately are not directly connected to the > outside world and must go through a proxy. The http::config function supports setting up proxy information. > I suppose an additional options section on the options menu with the proxy information would hit > the sweet spot. I have a problem in that I can't test anything like that. > 3. An option to add a delay or random delay between hits to the TWIC site might be a friendly thing to do, > especially if someone is attempting to get a large number of them. I think wget and lftp have those options. OK, good idea, although in practice, there will be some delay anyway, as the files have to be unzipped, a database is created, then the database is merged to create a bigger one. This is not a particularly time-efficient way of doing it, as creating a large PGN first would be better, but that hangs take a lot of time at the end, as it takes a lot more time to create a large database than it does to append a small one onto the end of a large one. > I haven't done much else but, do some database maintenance and some tournament and player searches so > my testing was not complete...but, everything I tried work as I expect except for the things noted above. I will > do some more stuff this evening an report my findings tomorrow. > > cheers - Warren > > P.S. If you would like I can try to work up a patch for the proxy and delay support. Just let me know. If you could, it would be nice, as I have no way to test it myself. |
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From: <war...@mi...> - 2007-01-18 23:09:58
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Hi,
Great Work!!...thanks for picking up the gauntlet and taking over support of this wonderful open
source project!
I downloaded and built the 3.6.12-beta-1 on Mandriva 2007. A few comments:
1. When you hit cancel from the TWIC download page it closes the window, but, the menu still seems to think the
window is still open. Also maybe for consistency the button should be "Close" instead of "Cancel".
2. Please add proxy support to the download. Some of us unfornately are not directly connected to the
outside world and must go through a proxy. The http::config function supports setting up proxy information.
I suppose an additional options section on the options menu with the proxy information would hit
the sweet spot.
3. An option to add a delay or random delay between hits to the TWIC site might be a friendly thing to do,
especially if someone is attempting to get a large number of them. I think wget and lftp have those options.
I haven't done much else but, do some database maintenance and some tournament and player searches so
my testing was not complete...but, everything I tried work as I expect except for the things noted above. I will
do some more stuff this evening an report my findings tomorrow.
cheers - Warren
P.S. If you would like I can try to work up a patch for the proxy and delay support. Just let me know.
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From: Richard & H. D. <ri...@di...> - 2007-01-18 10:18:35
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David, Thanks for your reply. The pgn file was not in P:\ which is the reason it didn't work. Thank you for pointing that out to me! I have since put the pgn file there & tried this & it works! Thanks for your advice & help to get me straight! Otherwise, more simply I have created a new ChessDB database in the GUI & then opened a pgn file & copied it across using the switcher window.That is much easier for me & allows me to save to any directory on any drive simply as I am used to in Windows. As I stated I am not good with DOS! Still this has been useful to explore the program.Now I shall explore the chess game features (I may need help later with that!...However the help files are useful). BTW I installed the beta version & it seems fine but I haven't really tried any version yet! On the beta installer it would be nice to have an option to create a new folder to save the program to. Anyway thanks for working on this chessDB- it's features look good & I hope they do prove useful to me & all users! (A while ago I did install SCID, but it didn't seem to be maintained & I never really looked at it & had problems trying to play a game in it vs an engine, so I gave up with it). Best wishes, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> To: "Richard & Hilary Dickinson" <ri...@di...>; "ChessDB Users" <che...@li...> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 9:11 AM Subject: Re: [Chessdb-users] Help using pgnchessdb again! > Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> Thanks for your very quick reply.This helped, but I've tried to convert a >> couple of pgn files but each one says pgnchessdb could not open the pgn >> file. >> >> I attach a screenshot jpeg to illustrate this. >> >> Now what have I done wrong! I am most grateful for your advice >> again-thanks again! >> > > I don't develop on Windows myself, but thought I'd try this under windows. > I added your question to the FAQ - OK it has only been asked once, but I > thought I'd put it the list of frequently asked questions. > > http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/faq/ > > I noticed it was necessary to put the path to pgnchessdb in quotes for me, > as 'Program Files' has a space in it. But this is not the issue in your > case. > > Are you sure you PGN file is in P:\, which is where you tried to convert > it? > > Anyway, see if the notes in the FAQ help. If not, I'll modify them. > > |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-18 09:48:56
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Bryan Taylor wrote: > Looks good so far. I REALLY like the way the twic download thing is > shaping up! I'm glad you REALLY like the way the TWIC download thing is shaping up. What changes would you like to see if any to that part of ChessDB? I have some reservations about doing the automatic download I originally thought about, since it seems that for this to work well, one would need to interrogate the TWIC site regularly. But doing that would not be fair to them, since lots of copies of ChessDB all checking the TWIC site regularly could put a strain on their bandwidth. Whereas if one only uses this when one wants to check, it is no worst than using going there with a browser - in fact less so, as one does not need to download any page to find a link. Once one is upto date with files from TWIC, downloading the new ones should take very little time at all. |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-18 09:11:45
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Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for your very quick reply.This helped, but I've tried to convert > a couple of pgn files but each one says pgnchessdb could not open the > pgn file. > > I attach a screenshot jpeg to illustrate this. > > Now what have I done wrong! I am most grateful for your advice > again-thanks again! > I don't develop on Windows myself, but thought I'd try this under windows. I added your question to the FAQ - OK it has only been asked once, but I thought I'd put it the list of frequently asked questions. http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/faq/ I noticed it was necessary to put the path to pgnchessdb in quotes for me, as 'Program Files' has a space in it. But this is not the issue in your case. Are you sure you PGN file is in P:\, which is where you tried to convert it? Anyway, see if the notes in the FAQ help. If not, I'll modify them. |
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From: Bryan T. <bt...@bw...> - 2007-01-18 05:19:31
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Looks good so far. I REALLY like the way the twic download thing is shaping up! Dr. David Kirkby wrote: > Would anyone who has tried the release yesterday > > Windows setup.exe > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/chessdb/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1.exe?use_mirror=osdn > > > source code > http://downloads.sourceforge.net/chessdb/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1.tar.gz?use_mirror=osdn > > let me know of issues or problems. |
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From: Richard & H. D. <ri...@di...> - 2007-01-18 00:43:20
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Hi David, Thanks for your very quick reply.This helped, but I've tried to convert a couple of pgn files but each one says pgnchessdb could not open the pgn file. I attach a screenshot jpeg to illustrate this. Now what have I done wrong! I am most grateful for your advice again-thanks again! Rihard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> To: "Richard & Hilary Dickinson" <ri...@di...> Cc: "ChessDB Users" <che...@li...> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [Chessdb-users] Help using pgnchessdb > Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> Thanks for your reply. My ChessDB directory is stored in a different >> place on my computer ie >> P:\CHESS_GamesandChessinfo\ChessDB\ChessDB\bin >> >> but this doesnn't work in the DOS box. >> I attach a screenshot jpeg showing my present problem finding this >> directory. >> You will have gathered my DOS computing knowledge is basic! > You need to type the file name you want to run too. You are just giving > the directory in the example you show. Try instead. > > P:\CHESS_GamesandChessinfo\ChessDB\ChessDB\bin\pgnchessdb > |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-18 00:02:05
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Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: > Hi David, > > Thanks for your reply. My ChessDB directory is stored in a different > place on my computer ie > P:\CHESS_GamesandChessinfo\ChessDB\ChessDB\bin > > but this doesnn't work in the DOS box. > I attach a screenshot jpeg showing my present problem finding this > directory. > You will have gathered my DOS computing knowledge is basic! You need to type the file name you want to run too. You are just giving the directory in the example you show. Try instead. P:\CHESS_GamesandChessinfo\ChessDB\ChessDB\bin\pgnchessdb |
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From: Richard & H. D. <ri...@di...> - 2007-01-17 23:59:09
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Hi David, Thanks for your reply. My ChessDB directory is stored in a different place on my computer ie P:\CHESS_GamesandChessinfo\ChessDB\ChessDB\bin but this doesnn't work in the DOS box. I attach a screenshot jpeg showing my present problem finding this directory. You will have gathered my DOS computing knowledge is basic! I am grateful for your further help please! Meanwhile I will keep trying to sort it out myself, but more advice would be very helpful! Thanks & best wishes, Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> To: "Richard & Hilary Dickinson" <ri...@di...> Cc: <che...@li...> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [Chessdb-users] Help using pgnchessdb > Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: >> Hi, >> When I run this program (pgnchessdb), the Windows DOS box opens for a >> millisecond & closes! > > What are you tying in the 'Run ' box? > > Try cmd.exe, then go to c:\Program Files\chessdb\bin > > and it should work ok > > It works fine for me. Let me know if there are still problems. > > > If you type the file name without a path, or the program exits, then I > think the dos box will just close. > > Note you can do the conversion in the GUI if you want. > |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-17 22:29:31
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Would anyone who has tried the release yesterday Windows setup.exe http://downloads.sourceforge.net/chessdb/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1.exe?use_mirror=osdn source code http://downloads.sourceforge.net/chessdb/ChessDB-3.6.12-beta-1.tar.gz?use_mirror=osdn let me know of issues or problems. |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-17 21:55:53
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Richard & Hilary Dickinson wrote: > Hi, > When I run this program (pgnchessdb), the Windows DOS box opens for a > millisecond & closes! What are you tying in the 'Run ' box? Try cmd.exe, then go to c:\Program Files\chessdb\bin and it should work ok It works fine for me. Let me know if there are still problems. If you type the file name without a path, or the program exits, then I think the dos box will just close. Note you can do the conversion in the GUI if you want. |
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From: Dr. D. K. <dav...@on...> - 2007-01-17 20:06:12
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Linda VanArsdale wrote: > > Okay, my confusion after navigating to the directory and selecting a file it > truncates the entry back to the directory. It is confusing. I'll put some sort of note there, since I agree with you too. That will go on the TODO list!!! |
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From: Linda V. <van...@ve...> - 2007-01-17 18:58:54
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <dav...@on...> To: "Linda VanArsdale" <van...@ve...> Cc: "ChessDB Users" <che...@li...> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:20 AM Subject: Re: [Chessdb-users] Tablebase Directory > Linda VanArsdale wrote: > > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > Under the options menu it would not allow me select the folder path. I was > > able to type it in and it did select, recognize and load the table bases. > > My operating system is Win2000 Pro if that help. > > > > Thanks for the Quick response. > > > > Phil VanArsdale AKA Pawnd > > Can anyone else reproduce this problem? I have just tried it under > Windows XP Pro with SP2 and had no problems at all. I just clicked on > the 3 dots '...' then navigated to the directory > > C:\Program Files\ChessDB\tablebases > > picked a tablebase at random and it all worked. Here is a screen shot > showing the startup screen once I had did this. > > http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/tutorial/img/xp-with-tablebases.jpg > > As you can see, I only have the 3-piece tablebases loaded here, but i > have every reason to believe it would work with the 4 and 5 piece ones - > I can't at the minute test it, since there is no drive letter mapped to > the directory with them in. (They are stored on another computer). > > > I doubt this is a bug in ChessDB, since that part of the code has not > changed since Scid and it works both on XP Pro and Solaris (UNIX). But > I'm willing to be corrected! > > Perhaps someone else can check 3.6.12-beta-1 with the tablebases. > > Okay, my confusion after navigating to the directory and selecting a file it truncates the entry back to the directory. It is confusing. |
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