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bstp — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:16:52 -0000

Maurice,

I did a quick re-read and I think this pages works fine. I deleted the first comments. Will edit these during the week.

Thanks again,

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:14:46 -0000

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 $ /usr/bin/sc_import scid-database pgn-file (pgn-file ...)

-(On some systems it is /usr/local/bin/sc_import ...) So in order to import PGN files, the database is specified. Therefore it *must* already exist. All the games from each pgn in turn are *appended* or added to it. Of course, this means it can just as well be a brand new and empty database. For that still means it *already* exists.
+(On some systems it is /usr/local/bin/sc_import ...) So in order to import PGN files, the database is specified. Therefore it *must* already exist. All the games from each pgn in turn are *appended* or added to it. Of course, this means it can just as well be a brand new and empty database - it still must*already* exists.

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:13:18 -0000

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 NB. The clip _board_, not [TheClipbase]. 

-This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. *The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in [TheActiveDatabase], which means *saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments.*  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. 
+This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in [TheActiveDatabase], which means *saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments*.  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. 

 One work around is to create a new empty game first (Ctrl+N) and _only then_ bring up the clipboard (Ctrl-Shift-I or click "Edit-Paste Clipboard text as PGN game...").

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:11:43 -0000

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 NB. The clip _board_, not [TheClipbase]. 

-This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. *The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in [TheActiveDatabase], which means **saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments.**  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. But it's possible to do so.
+This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. *The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in [TheActiveDatabase], which means *saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments.*  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. 

 One work around is to create a new empty game first (Ctrl+N) and _only then_ bring up the clipboard (Ctrl-Shift-I or click "Edit-Paste Clipboard text as PGN game...").

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:16:15 -0000

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 [[img src=scid470-gamelist-toolbar-import.png alt="Importing PGN games from the GameList Window"]]

-*NB*. The database you right-click on does not have to be [TheActiveDatabase]. You can right-click on *any* open database and import the PGN to that. 
+*NB*. The database does not have to be [TheActiveDatabase]. You can right-click on *any* open database and import the PGN to that. 

 ##### 3. How to Import Games Using the Gamelist Window

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 ##### 5. How to Import Games Using Scripts

-Perhaps the most insightful thing is to explain a little about the import script. Unix-like versions of SCID come with a small set of helper scripts, one of which is "sc_import", a shell script or small command-line program. When you make the mouse clicks to import a PGN file you are actually running this script. On unix-like operating systems the script can be run like so:
+Unix-like versions of SCID come with a small set of helper scripts, one of which is "sc_import", a shell script or small command-line program. When you make the mouse clicks to import a PGN file you are actually running this script. On unix-like operating systems the script can be run like so:

 $ /usr/bin/sc_import scid-database pgn-file (pgn-file ...)

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:14:55 -0000

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 [[img src=scid470-gamelist-copy-single.png alt="Copy a single game from one open base to another"]]

-The "merge" option in this submenu adds the selected game as an *annotation* to the active game in the SCID database. This has various further options such as how many moves to add and whether to include comments.
+The "merge" option in this submenu adds the selected game as an *annotation* to [TheActiveGame] in the SCID database. This has various further options such as how many moves to add and whether to include comments.

 ##### 4. How to Import Games Using the Clipboard

 NB. The clip _board_, not [TheClipbase]. 

-This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. *The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in the [ActiveDatabase], which means **saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments.**  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. But it's possible to do so.
+This method to import whole PGN games is discouraged as its misuse can easily lose you a lot of work. *The Clipboard overwrites [TheActiveGame] in [TheActiveDatabase], which means **saving the game will destroy for ever the score, including all annotations and comments.**  The real purpose of the Clipboard is to edit games.  It is safer to use one of the methods above. But it's possible to do so.

 One work around is to create a new empty game first (Ctrl+N) and _only then_ bring up the clipboard (Ctrl-Shift-I or click "Edit-Paste Clipboard text as PGN game...").

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:13:02 -0000

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-**Credit**. - Many thanks to Maurice McCarthy for the tutorial!
+_Many thanks to Maurice McCarthy for the tutorial!_

 Importing games can be confusing to those new to SCID. The program dates from before the standardization of computer interfaces, therefore it has its quirks. A few words in the right direction and these are soon mastered.

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:12:42 -0000

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-_Credit_. Many thanks to Maurice McCarthy for the tutorial!
+**Credit**. - Many thanks to Maurice McCarthy for the tutorial!

 Importing games can be confusing to those new to SCID. The program dates from before the standardization of computer interfaces, therefore it has its quirks. A few words in the right direction and these are soon mastered.

HowToImportGames modified by bstp

bstp — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 01:12:16 -0000

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 _Credit_. Many thanks to Maurice McCarthy for the tutorial!
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-[TOC]

 Importing games can be confusing to those new to SCID. The program dates from before the standardization of computer interfaces, therefore it has its quirks. A few words in the right direction and these are soon mastered.

 Suppose you have a PGN database of Carlsen's games and you want to annotate some of them.  Since SCID opens these files as read-only, all changes made to them shall be lost. So you need to import the games into a [ScidDatabase], i.e. a database in SCID format.

 Here are five ways to import games.
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 ##### 1. How to Import Games Using Menus