Re: [Scidvspc-users] New Best Games widget / 4.18 shortly

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

Ok... there are some 4.18 release candidates up at the files page, though
no OS X yet.
  https://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/
Not a big Changelog, but it's been a while, and the new Best Games, Score
Graph feature and handy Gamelist reveal button deserve a release.
Please let me know if there are any issues.
Cheers, S.A.

PS - the Horizontal wheelmouse hack only works on linux.

4.18 (July 1, 2017)

    New Best Games widget, similar to the Gamelist
    Score Graph now highlights the current move
    New annotation feature: Show missed/shorter mates
    A little new Gamelist button to reveal hidden/squeezed buttons
(finally!)
    The GameInfo Window has a right-click menu, and other minor menu
changes
    Basic support for horizontal scrolling (in gamelist, crosstable and
bestgames) for mousewheel buttons with horizontal capability.
    Finnish translation, from Mika Kaakinen

    Engines: if an engine shows a Mating line, show the whole line in
analysis window, disregarding Max-Ply variable
    Don't show an error message when importing null PGN tags... too verbose
    Fics: try to handle case when move is made after run out of time. (We
don't want to mark the game as out of sync)
    Minor Translation, Mask and Fics tweaks
    Hide Board resize buttons in docked mode if auto-resize is enabled
    Revert Control-b binding to Book window
    Focus the text box of Comment Editor when raised
    Show a busy cursor when backing-up databases in the finder
    Game Save: also use previous Round with the 'Use Previous'
button/feature
    Running Engine 1 in the statusbar needs special handling if using
docking, as it cannot be withdrawn properly and was confusing before
    Show correct position in the pgn window after adding a new var/move
    Show PGN scrollbar by default

 Bug Fixes
    Redock Windows after they have been undocked then destroyed. Before,
such windows were remade undocked, and *without* menus
    Keep comments when truncating game from start
    Fix broken 'Copy' button in Engine's config window
    Promoting variations didn't handle precomments

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 7:27 PM, Michael Brown <mj6...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
>
>
> On the V+ point, I would just like to emphasise that there is no problem
> adding variations from the analysis window.
>
> My problem is with the manual insertion of a variation using V+ from the
> menu above the chessboard.
>
>
>
> Thanks – no need to reply.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> *From:* Steve A [mailto:ste...@gm...]
> *Sent:* 02 July 2017 09:25
> *To:* Michael Brown
> *Subject:* Re: [Scidvspc-users] New Best Games widget / 4.18 shortly
>
>
>
> Cheers Michael. I have made the spelling corrections you sent.
>
> I also spent quite some time improving the '+V' pgn visibility issue -
> though it is still ordinary, and too complilcated to fix properly at the
> moment.
>
> It should also be better when adding new variations from an analysis
> window.
>
> regards S.
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 3:09 AM, Michael Brown <mj6...@gm...> wrote:
>
> Hi Steve,
>
>
>
> Apart from item (1), these are spelling errors in the “Help” facility:
>
>
>
> (1)  When adding a new variation with +V from menu tabs above the
> chessboard, the PGN screen goes back up to the game information at the top
> (annoying!), whereas one would expect the screen to stay with () waiting
> for the new variation move.
>
> (2)  Spelling error – should be “Maintenance” not “Maintanance” in
> following section of Help->Database Maintenance:
>
> “Repair a Base In the rare case that a Scid Database is corrupted, one
> might try to repair it using Tools-->Maintanance-->Repair base.”
>
> (3)  Spelling error – should be “its” not “it’s” in Help->Analysis Window
>
> “Debugging Engine Crashes
>
>  If an engine fails to start, or crashes, one may examine it's log file”
>
> (4)  Spelling inconsistency (UK ‘colours’ has been used as standard) –
> Help->Colours (various color options)
>
> (5)  Spelling error (“standard” not “standadrd”) – Help->Computer
> Tournament “Permanent Thinking does not work with non-standadrd start
> positions.”
>
> (6)  Spelling errors (“I” not “i”, “through” not “though”) in Help->Scid
> Hints “While entering a game, I realise i have entered an incorrect move
> half-way though. Can I easily correct it?”
>
> (7)  Spelling error (“repertoire” not “repertoir” – Help->Tree Masks
> “similar to what is found in many repertoir books”.
>
> (8)  Spelling errors (“their” not “their”, “missed” not “missed”) –
> Help->Stoyko Exercise “When the user has finished entering thier best
> moves, click Done with position. The engine will append (any) misssed lines
> to the game PGN.”
>
> (9)  Spelling error (“exercise” not “excerise” – Help->Training: Find
> Best Move “But ScidvsPC will now also assume the game is a tactical
> excerise,”.
>
> (10)               Spelling error, in UK standard, (“practice” not
> “practise”) Help->Twin (duplicate) games “When you have identified twins,
> it is good practise”.
>
>
>
> As ever, I’m extremely grateful for the work that you do on ScidvsPC, and
> look forward to version 4.18.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> *From:* Steve A [mailto:ste...@gm...]
> *Sent:* 01 July 2017 11:32
> *To:* scidvspc-users
> *Subject:* [Scidvspc-users] New Best Games widget / 4.18 shortly
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I committed some code this weekend (a new Best Games window, aka the
> gamelist)
>
> and will probably make a release next weekend.
>
> So if anyone has any translation updates or bug reports - please let me
> know.
>
> Cheers, Steve
>
>
>