[Scid-users] SCID 4.7

[Fulvio <fb...@li...>]

Hi all,
the new 4.7 version of SCID is now available:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/files/Scid/Scid%204.7/
The linux binary requires the tcl/tk library, which can be installed on 
debian based systems with:
sudo apt install tcl tk

This new version includes many bug-fixes and I want to thank all the 
users for their reports.

The PGN parser has been rewritten and now very large PGN files can be 
opened,
like for example the CCRL 40/40 one (~3.5 GB uncompressed):
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/ccrl/4040/CCRL-4040-commented.[973275].pgn.7z
With patience and a powerful PC it is also possible to open the huge 
lichess' databases:
https://database.lichess.org/
Study the games of your friends and easily beat them :)
Also, games can now be copied or added directly to PGN files.

Uwe Klimmek did a lot of work.
He refined the look and feel of the GUI and created custom themes which 
can be downloaded here:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/files/Scid/Additional%20Files/scidthemes.0.9.3.zip/download

He updated the Graph window to include time information and bars for 
engine evaluations; the Elo graph and PlayerInfo window to use data from 
the spellcheck file; the FICS window to store movetime information.

He also updated the spelling files and player's photos.

On the developer side:
- doxygen code documentation is now available:
http://scid.sourceforge.net/doxygen/html/class_i_codec_database.html
- building with cmake is now possible.
- the warning level for c++ code has been raised (/W3 for VC, -Wall 
-Wextra -pedantic for gcc/clang).
- integration of googletest, with coverage of the core database 
functionality:
   http://scid.sourceforge.net/doxygen/gcov/src/index.html

I hope you enjoy it,
Fulvio