Re: [Scidvspc-users] option premove in fics

[Steven <ste...@ya...>]

Hi Aleksandar 

> Scid vs pc is Great Program!
> However,Most of the games on FICS are played on 3 0 tempoand 
> without premove option program can't be uses succesfully for 
> playing that kind of games

Ok - thanks for prodding me. Enrico has been hassling me about this too, and yesterday I figured out how to make premove without much hassle :)

I'd thought about it before, but hadn't found the nicest solution... Scid is such a huge thing.

I've reinstated the <Control-ButtonPress-1> binding for drawing
arrows on the main board, and this is now available
for premove. All you do is hold down the control key,
and click on the FROM square, then the TO square. A green 
arrow will be drawn. (These arrows can be drawn all the time, 
but they only have a special premove meaning while playing 
fics). To cancel the premove, press the "escape" key.

These changes are in subversion, which isn't too hard for 
Linux users - just see the scidvspc homepage for instructions.
Windows users will have to find a subversion client,
check out the subversion, then use the "make-scidgui.bat"
utility to compile a new "scid.gui". Sorry for not posting a 
new scid.gui, but my internet connection isn't the best.

Anyway - please play test this.

Steve