From: <Wil...@ho...> - 2006-10-17 06:29:28
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From: "Dr. David Kirkby" > > Actually, I was wrong to say it was as easy to fix under Windows as what > it is on UNIX. On the UNIX systems, Tcl/Tk commands are run from an > interpreter. Hence the scid file is just a text file, which starts like > this: > > #!/bin/sh > > # Scid (Shane's Chess Information Database) > # > # Copyright (C) 1999-2004 Shane Hudson. All rights reserved. > # > # This is freely redistributable software; see the file named "COPYING" > # or "copying.txt" that came with this program. > # > # To contact the author, email Shane at: sg...@us... > > > I've just looked on a Windows system and see that scid.exe is an > executable (binary) file. Hence I believe scid on windows will need to > be recompiled. I don't have the development tools to do this. > > Looking at the scid web site, it says: > > ------------------ > Installation > > Tcl/Tk For Windows users: the Windows download of Scid is an installer > application; just run it to install Scid. If you want to compile Scid on > Windows yourself, download the source package; it includes Makefiles for > MinGW, Cygwin and VC++. > ----------------- > > > > Hence I think to cure this problem under windows, one would need to > recompile Scid. I'm not in a position to do that. If anyone is able to > recompile and produce a .exe, I'm happy to stick it on a web site so > others can download it. > scid.gui is the Tcl/Tk file under windows and is a plain text file. ------------------------------------------------ Don't rush me, I'm making mistakes as fast as I possibly can!!! ------------------------------------------------ ¤WildCard¤ |