Re: [Scidvspc-users] Scid vs. PC 4.12 release candidates

[Steve A <ste...@gm...>]

The sound device is now selectable from the sound options menu. Try
using a different device.
cheers.

On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 2:35 AM, Dale Hards <dal...@go...> wrote:
> Hi Steve!
>
> I just installed the 4.12 version and there is the sound issue once again,
> where it only says the first word of a move such as "knight". Did the fix
> you put in place get taken out of the main trunk?
>
> In other news I notice some general speed improvements over 4.11 so it's
> good. Do we have any news on the Xboard engine playing feature?
>
> Thanks once again for this great software!
> Dale
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 3:25 AM, Steve A <ste...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>> If there's no major problems with these, i'll update the links/etc in
>> a few days, and maybe we'll have a windows 64 exe by then too.
>>
>> Thanks, Steven
>>
>> Mac -
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/mac/ScidvsMac-4.12.dmg/download
>> Windows 32 -
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/windows/Scid%20vs%20PC-4.12.exe/download
>> Source/Linux -
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/source/scid_vs_pc-4.12.tgz/download
>>
>> Changes (against 4.11) Scid vs. PC 4.12:
>> -------------------------------------------------------
>> Gamelist/Filter fixes. Filter works better with Tree.
>> New Crosstable tie-break options and reorder Crosstable menus.
>> Game-result is now shown alongside Player names, at top of GameInfo
>> window.
>> Middle button in main board toggles game info.
>> Databases open faster (Linux/OS X only - "avoid the time consuming
>> file locking". Windows is in testing).
>> Allow dragging Docked Window tabs to alter their order.
>>
>> Gamelist button/menu changes:
>> Flag button is now context menu, Gamelist Save is moved to
>> tools->export, Find button removed (use enter in Find entrybox)
>>
>> Spelling changes:
>> Update spelling file to a custom version of Franz's Jan-5-2014
>> spellling.ssp.
>> Spell-checking can now remove GM, IM, FM, CM, WGM prefixes from player
>> names.
>> Doing player-name replacements, show how many fail due to age/date
>> considerations.
>>
>> FICS changes:
>> Add user-configurable init commands.
>> Board size slider is now a menu.
>> Game Offers pack over buttons (making it less crowded, use
>> escape/button-2 to cancel).
>> New find entrybox to search the console.
>> Remove Clear button (as getting crowded).
>> Remove the never used big clocks.
>> Add start, end sounds (and minor sound fixes - though still buggy).
>> Dont save FICS aborted games.
>> Disable engines when playing a FICS game.
>>
>> Analysis and Annotation changes:
>> Make 'scoreToMate' work better and faster, which stops occasional
>> incorrect Mate-in-N lines showing up, and works better at near-mate
>> positions.
>> Make the Annotation config window fit on small displays.
>> Stop engine at end of annotating a single game.
>> Try a new approach to Depth-based annotation, which works better, but
>> still needs fine-tuning.
>>
>> Spanish translation update from Igor Sosa Mayor.
>> Polish translation update from Adam Umiastowski.
>> Add a find entrybox to the splash window
>> Strip PGN Tags improvements
>> Right-clicking toolbar Game-Save icon quick saves game.
>> Sound devices can now be selected; mainly useful for Linux systems
>> Dont insert newlines into PGN copied to text buffer... Some web PGN
>> browsers don't work with newlines following movenum. eg "10.
>> Nxc3"
>> Save game history when Scid quits
>> Remove tree status bar. Same info avail in switcher and tree text widget.
>> Booktuning nextmove is now highlighted (same as Book), and padding has
>> been tweaked a bit.
>> Move Maintenance menu from File to Tools menu
>> Remove the annoying " from myPlayerNames.
>>
>> Bugfixes:
>> When saving PGN to file, disable translating pieces. (Export to PGN
>> was already this way).
>> FICS Digital clocks didnt appear under some circumstances
>> Undo/redo refinement/fix for when buffer has been full
>> Fix import issue - Sometimes first tag is lost (If UTF byte order mark
>> is present)
>> MSWindows - Board keyboard bindings are were getting lost after
>> Variation window popup is dismissed.
>> Some tooltip refinements, including removing tooltips with board
>> update (mask tooltips were erroneously persistent).
>> Tablebase window: Results Board was not getting packed (is now below
>> Results Frame). Change the damn awful red, update help, give tbWin the
>> widest paned window.
>> With wish8.6, we cant close undocked windows with a Close button. Fix
>> Some fixes for javascript and html game exports
>> Correctly handle plain text crosstables.
>>
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