[Scidvspc-users] Mac 64 Version

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Hi, Everything seems to be going ok for 4.22 release. Should be out soon.But i just had some inspiration to mess around with the 64 bit app and testsome old Tk Frameworks. Perhaps i'm hoping for too much, but does thisversion launch and run on Big Slur ? It seems ok (quite great!) on myCatalina test mac.https://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/mac-64bit-unsupported/ScidvsMac-4.22.x64.dmg/downloadIt is built with an old 8.6.4 64 bit tcl/tk.If it doesn't, i'll revert to the previous (and more buggy subversion buildof Tcl/Tk)Cheers, Steven

Dear Steven, I am Michael from Germany and use ScidvsMac since 2011 on my Mac and was always very satisfied with it, great work so far. But the 64-bit Version has some problems on Big Sur (11.4) which makes it no longer usable. You asked for it and so I will give you a feedback:
 
1. It is possible to start an engine (doesn't matter which one, Stockfish, Komodo, CFish...) but it is impossible to stop it, neither with the button nor the space bar. It runs and runs and runs. This problem occured already on 64-bit-ScidvsMac 4.21.  
When closing the engine with a right click, I get the following error-messages (maybe this helps):

bad window path name ".analysisWin0"
bad window path name ".analysisWin0"
    while executing
"bind $w <Configure> " if {\"%W\" == \"$w.b\"} {recordWinSize $w ; placePopupButton $n}""
    (procedure "makeAnalysisWin" line 391)
    invoked from within
"makeAnalysisWin [lindex [.enginelist.list.list curselection] 0] settime"
    invoked from within
".enginelist.buttons2.start invoke"
    ("uplevel" body line 1)
    invoked from within
"uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"
    (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 23)
    invoked from within
"tk::ButtonUp .enginelist.buttons2.start"
    (command bound to event)

2. All new Macs (I think since 2018) have a 4k Display but this is not supported by ScidvsMac. The font is blurred and it is impossible to look at it longer than some minutes. -> See attachment. 

3. The Display of the variation-button is deformed (only a small cosmetic flaw, but annoying). -> See attachment.

4. The design Aqua does not work. Also only a small cosmetic flaw. I use another, which works. 

Greets from the Westerwald in Germany
Michael 




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