Hi,
Thanks again for replying. I have a new issue with "add next move", but
first to tidy up the previous email.
On 10/25/25 08:36, h.g.muller" via XBoard and WinBoard bugs wrote:
It would not be so easy to implement adequate error reporting / warning
here.
Okay. I don't _really_ need it, because if I make a mistake I can fix it.
... Perhaps hand-creating a
book is a feature that just should not be used at 3 am. ;-)
Indeed!
... a PGN with a
single game is immediately loaded in the memory buffer as the current
game, but when there are more games in the file a Game List is created,
Expected behavior then. I can just make sure there is more than one game.
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New issue. For the following move list I am having trouble adding the
move 24.Rh1 to the book. It keeps adding 24.Rg1 instead. Or it's doing
something else. Very spooky, just in time for Halloween.
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd2 Bf5 7.Bc4 e6 8.Qe2
Bb4 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qc7 12.Ne5 Nd5 13.Bd2 b5 14.Bb3 Nxe5
15.dxe5 O-O-O 16.g4 Bg6 17.f4 h5 18.h3 a6 19.Qf3 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Rhe1
hxg4 22.hxg4 e5 23.f5 Bf7
User debug session below. Note that I am using the xboard feature that
allows me to add the same move more than once. :)
--
Alan
$ xboard -v
xboard version 4.9.1
configure options: prefix=/usr; datarootdir=/usr/share;
datadir=/usr/share; gamedatadir=/usr/share/games/xboard;
desktopdir=/usr/share/applications; mimedir=/usr/share/mime/packages;
iconsdir=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps;
svgiconsdir=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps;
infodir=/usr/share/info; sysconfigdir=; update_mimedb=yes; NLS=yes;
GTK=yes; Xaw3d=no; Xaw=no; ptys=pipes; zippy=yes; sigint=yes
$ grep -e "-bookDepth" ~/.xboardrc
-bookDepth 51
$ cat ~/Documents/tmp/Rf1-Rg1-Rh1.pgn
[White "Rf1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5
7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12.
Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4
h5 18. h3 a6 19. Qf3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 hxg4 22. hxg4 e5
23. f5 Bf7
24. Rf1 Rhe8 25. Rfe1
1/2-1/2
[White "Rg1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5
7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12.
Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4
h5 18. h3 a6 19. Qf3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 hxg4 22. hxg4 e5
23. f5 Bf7
24. Rg1 Rhe8 25. Rge1
1/2-1/2
[White "Rh1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5
7. Bc4 e6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12.
Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 O-O-O 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4
h5 18. h3 a6 19. Qf3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Rhe1 hxg4 22. hxg4 e5
23. f5 Bf7
24. Rh1 Rhe8 25. Rhe1
1/2-1/2
$ rm ~/chesspgbook/book.bin
$ xboard -ncp &
[1] 29001
GUI | File | Load Game | Recently Used | Rf1-Rg1-Rh1.pgn
GUI | File | Save Games as Book
GUI | File | Quit
$ hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1
"%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x " 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x "
1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x " 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%02x "
"\n"' ~/chesspgbook/book.bin | grep -F "612d49983aa49672"
612d49983aa49672 0105 0001 00010001 ## Rf1
612d49983aa49672 0106 0001 00010001 ## Rg1
612d49983aa49672 0107 0001 00010001 ## Rh1
[1]+ Done xboard -ncp
$ xboard -ncp &
[1] 29061
GUI | Edit | Edit Book
GUI | right-click through the book until 23...Bf7 is played
33.3% 1 Rf1 {1/1}
33.3% 1 Rg1 {1/1}
33.3% 1 Rg1 {1/1} ## where is Rh1 ??
GUI | add next move | drag Re1-h1
33.3% 1 Rf1 {1/1}
33.3% 1 Rg1 {1/1}
33.3% 1 Rg1 {1/1}
0.0% 1 Rh1 ## so far so good
GUI | commit changes
25.0% 1 Rf1 {1/1}
25.0% 1 Rg1 {1/1}
25.0% 1 Rg1 {1/1}
25.0% 1 Rg1 ## what happened ??
GUI | File | Quit
$ hexdump -ve '1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1
"%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x " 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x "
1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x " 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%.02x" 1/1 "%02x "
"\n"' ~/chesspgbook/book.bin | grep -F "612d49983aa49672"
612d49983aa49672 0105 0001 00010001 ## Rf1
612d49983aa49672 0106 0001 00010001 ## Rg1
612d49983aa49672 0106 0001 00010001 ## Rg1
612d49983aa49672 0107 0001 00000000 ## Rh1 spooky
[1]+ Done xboard -ncp
$
