Re: [Scid-users] New Scid version released

[Stu O. <st...@go...>]

>
> 1. Don't issue a make install, run scid from the compilation dir;
> 2. You have scid already installed, and there may be a conflict between the two
> : saved options are not the same, especially for engines configuration
>
> So :
>
> mv ~/.scid ~/.scid.bak (so you will keep your old config files if necessary)
> cd ~/scid_src (where you unpacked Scid source files)
> make clean
> ./configure
> make
> ./scid
> configure the engines in the engines dialog (the 3 that are bundled) and can be
> found in the scid_src/engines directory. Phalanx AND Crafty must be configured
> for playing tactical games, as you will play against Phalanx (see the manual on
> my site).

hmm. I tried removing my ~/.scid directory and I still got the sc_ecp
error, but if I uninstall scid I can then not run the newly built scid
at all, i get the error:
./scid: line 21: exec: tkscid: not found
although tkscid was built into the src directory. This was even after
unpacking the src bundle i downloaded and starting again. After
reinstalling scid (from Ubuntu apt-get site) it worked again, but I'm
suspicious which tkscid it is using although your new features were
there. Sadly after this I found I still get the error.

It did notice it only happens on certain games though, and if I select
'use book' - though I do have a book installed. The PGN of a game it
happens to me on is given below (one picked by random to test).

[Event "It  \"]
[Site "London "]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams Michael"]
[Black "Dickenson Neil F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6
8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Nf3 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.a4 Ng4
14.Re1 Qb6 15.Qe2 Bc5 16.Rf1 b4 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bg5 Nh5 19.Be3 Bxe3
20.Qxe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Ng3 22.Rfe1 Ne4 23.Ne5 Nc5 24.Bc4 Ke7 25.a5 Rhd8
26.Red1 Rac8 27.b3 Rc7 28.Rxd8 Kxd8 29.Nd3 Nxd3 30.Bxd3 Rc5 31.Ra4 Kc7
32.Kf2 g6 33.g4 Bc6 34.Rxb4 Rxa5 35.Rf4 f5 36.g5 Rd5 37.Rh4 Rd7
38.Bxa6 Rd2+ 39.Ke1 Rxc2 40.Rxh7+ Kd6 41.Bc4 Bd5 42.Rg7 Rh2 43.Rxg6
Rxh3 44.Kd2 Rg3 45.Rg8 Bxc4 46.bxc4 Kc5 47.g6 Kd6 48.c5+ Kc7 49.g7 Kb7
50.c6+ 1-0

The full error message I get is:

Invalid command: sc_epd has the following minor commands:
   altered
   available
   close
   create
   deepest
   get
   moves
   name
   next
   open
   prev
   readonly
   set
   size
   strip
   write

Invalid command: sc_epd has the following minor commands:
   altered
   available
   close
   create
   deepest
   get
   moves
   name
   next
   open
   prev
   readonly
   set
   size
   strip
   write

    while executing
"sc_book load $bn"
    (procedure "::book::scBookOpen" line 12)
    invoked from within
"::book::scBookOpen $::useAnalysisBookName"
    (procedure "bookAnnotation" line 5)
    invoked from within
"bookAnnotation"
    (procedure "addAnnotation" line 5)
    invoked from within
"addAnnotation "
    (procedure "autoplay" line 9)
    invoked from within
"autoplay"
    ("after" script)

cheers,
Stu