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[Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

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

http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/windows/Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.exe/download

How does this release candidate look ?
I'll wait till the weekend to make source tarballs, win64, and OS X binaries.

Steven

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

[Igor S. M. <jos...@gm...>]

Am Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 06:30:36PM +1000, Steve A wrote:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/windows/Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.exe/download
> 
> How does this release candidate look ?
> I'll wait till the weekend to make source tarballs, win64, and OS X binaries.

I'm trying the svn version on linux and it seems to work nicely. I will
report any issues.

Is someone responsible for the spanish translation? It needs as far as I
see to be polished a little bit. I could do it.

Thanks again for your work!


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Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

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

Here are all the release candidates, and changelog.

source http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/source/scid_vs_pc-4.11.tgz/download
win32  http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/windows/Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.exe/download
win64  https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=263836&filename=Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.x64.exe
mac    http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/mac/ScidvsMac-4.11.dmg/download

Maximum board size is now twice as big
Gamelist context menu (right-click). Less button crowding
Annotation improvements: Depth based annotation, and cut-off features
Dock a few extra windows (graphs, tablebase)
Computer tournament stability/speed fix
Locked Analysis Engines now show the locked position (not the working
line) , and bug-fix the engine lock, which didnt work properly
Add a low CPU priority check box to Engine Configuration window
(especially important for MS Windows - where engines can kill GUI)
Engine configuration window now repsonds to keystrokes to quickly find
any engine
Display "(altered)" in statusbar is game has been changed
Fullscreen menu item (Options->Windows->Fullscreen)
FICS tweaks, including over-riding takeback/abort request dialogs when game ends
Remove some wasted space around FICS, main button bar, and other widgets
New Greek translation
Read custom chess pieces from  $HOME/.scidvspc/pieces
Docked tabs/menu refinements
OS X - Clicking on URLs will open the link in a browser
Add a command console to the start-up window
Bug-fix: Fix main board rendering anomoly in docked mode with MS Windows
Bug-fix: When tree is open, gamelist filter operations didn't work properly
Bug-fix: Search in variations never matched positions at end-of-line
Bug-fix: Opening Table favourites werent working properly
In Export PGN dialog, add an option for "Space after Move Numbers"
Keyboard short-cuts changes. Control-L (etc) no longer open/close, but
open/raise
Tweak Comment Editor and Player Info buttons

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

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

Correction -
source http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/source/scid_vs_pc-4.11.tgz/download

win32  http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/windows/Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.exe/download

win64  https://sourceforge.net/project/downloading.php?group_id=263836&filename=Scid%20vs%20PC-4.11.x64.exe

mac    http://sourceforge.net/projects/scidvspc/files/mac/ScidvsMac-4.11.dmg/download

> Maximum board size is now twice as big
> Gamelist context menu (right-click). Less button crowding
> Annotation improvements: Depth based annotation, and cut-off features
> Dock a few extra windows (graphs, tablebase)
> Computer tournament stability/speed fix
> Locked Analysis Engines now show the locked position (not the working
> line) , and bug-fix the engine lock, which didnt work properly
> Add a low CPU priority check box to Engine Configuration window
> (especially important for MS Windows - where engines can kill GUI)
> Engine configuration window now repsonds to keystrokes to quickly find
> any engine
> Display "(altered)" in statusbar is game has been changed
> Fullscreen menu item (Options->Windows->Fullscreen)
> FICS tweaks, including over-riding takeback/abort request dialogs when game ends
> Remove some wasted space around FICS, main button bar, and other widgets
> New Greek translation
> Read custom chess pieces from  $HOME/.scidvspc/pieces
> Docked tabs/menu refinements
> OS X - Clicking on URLs will open the link in a browser
> Add a command console to the start-up window
> Bug-fix: Fix main board rendering anomoly in docked mode with MS Windows
> Bug-fix: When tree is open, gamelist filter operations didn't work properly
> Bug-fix: Search in variations never matched positions at end-of-line
> Bug-fix: Opening Table favourites werent working properly
> In Export PGN dialog, add an option for "Space after Move Numbers"
> Keyboard short-cuts changes. Control-L (etc) no longer open/close, but
> open/raise
> Tweak Comment Editor and Player Info buttons

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

[Igor S. M. <jos...@gm...>]

Am Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 05:53:15AM +1000, Steve A wrote:
> Here are all the release candidates, and changelog.

thanks a lot! I'm using the svn version since a couple of days without
problems. 

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

[Ralph M. <ral...@ou...>]

> Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 21:51:51 +0100
> From: jos...@gm...
> To: sci...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate
> 
> Am Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 05:53:15AM +1000, Steve A wrote:
> > Here are all the release candidates, and changelog.
> 
> thanks a lot! I'm using the svn version since a couple of days without
> problems. 

4.11 RC works well for me, but I've found one issue: When deleting a game, and pressing "Compact" from the game list, a dialog appears confirming deletion. However, when I re-open the DB the game is still there! I have to delete & compact a second time for the game to really be removed.
Something else I've noticed is that, at least in the Win64 version, support for TrueType fonts has been disabled. This is a problem for me because when I run Scid-vs-PC in fullscreen mode at 1920x1200 the pieces look very blurry. TTFs would probably look better at such high resolutions, no?
Otherwise I just want to say THANK YOU and please keep up the good work. Scid-vs-PC is definitely the best free chess database app around!
Cheers,
Ralph


 		 	   		  

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[enrico t. <eto...@li...>]

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Or find a better answer to the problem. :)

ciao e grazie

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

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

Hi Ralph,

Thanks for the feedback on the win 64 bit version.
I dont have a test machine for this one.

> 4.11 RC works well for me, but I've found one issue: When deleting a game,
> and pressing "Compact" from the game list, a dialog appears confirming
> deletion. However, when I re-open the DB the game is still there! I have to
> delete & compact a second time for the game to really be removed.

Is it 100% reprodicible ? Can anyone else confirm this ?
I've never seen this issue on any other platform.

> Something else I've noticed is that, at least in the Win64 version, support
> for TrueType fonts has been disabled. This is a problem for me because when
> I run Scid-vs-PC in fullscreen mode at 1920x1200 the pieces look very
> blurry. TTFs would probably look better at such high resolutions, no?

Do you mean that there is only 3 piece sets available in the
Options->Chessboard/pieces window ? If so, this is due to failing to
load
the TkImg package. Can you confirm that it fails to load from looking
at the Startup window (Help->Startup).
Also , i have a hunch that if you have ActiveState Tcl also installed,
this can cause problems. Is this the case ?

> Otherwise I just want to say THANK YOU and please keep up the good work.
> Scid-vs-PC is definitely the best free chess database app around!

Thanks - Steven

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

[Igor S. M. <jos...@gm...>]

Am Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 09:49:49PM +1000, Steve Atkinson wrote:
> > 4.11 RC works well for me, but I've found one issue: When deleting a game,
> > and pressing "Compact" from the game list, a dialog appears confirming
> > deletion. However, when I re-open the DB the game is still there! I have to
> > delete & compact a second time for the game to really be removed.
> 
> Is it 100% reprodicible ? Can anyone else confirm this ?

no, I can't. On linux I don't see this problem.

Re: [Scidvspc-users] 4.11 release candidate

[Ralph M. <ral...@ou...>]

> > 4.11 RC works well for me, but I've found one issue: When deleting a game,
> > and pressing "Compact" from the game list, a dialog appears confirming
> > deletion. However, when I re-open the DB the game is still there! I have to
> > delete & compact a second time for the game to really be removed.
> 
> Is it 100% reprodicible ? Can anyone else confirm this ?
> I've never seen this issue on any other platform.
I tried to reproduce this earlier & was unable to do so. I'm not going crazy though, this definitely happened!
> > Something else I've noticed is that, at least in the Win64 version, support
> > for TrueType fonts has been disabled. This is a problem for me because when
> > I run Scid-vs-PC in fullscreen mode at 1920x1200 the pieces look very
> > blurry. TTFs would probably look better at such high resolutions, no?
> 
> Do you mean that there is only 3 piece sets available in the
> Options->Chessboard/pieces window ? If so, this is due to failing to
> load
> the TkImg package. Can you confirm that it fails to load from looking
> at the Startup window (Help->Startup).
> Also , i have a hunch that if you have ActiveState Tcl also installed,
> this can cause problems. Is this the case ?

Never mind: brain fart.