I support this request. Maybe the database switcher can be modified for this
purpose. It can show all your databases, with a colour or icon indicating
which are open and which not. It's probably the only useful CB feature that
has no equivalent in Scid.
Marius
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Zonk Zank <zonkz...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A nice feature would be the ability to preview (1 button click) databases
> (pgn/scid) as chessbase light 2009 has. I just navigate through its file
> explorer and click on any database file and the bottom pane shows the games
> contained in the db.
> Visually it looks very clean (far superior to file finder which seems
> useless to me): There is a left pane with folders, drives, shortcuts,
> favorites. The right has two panes: the top will show the actual databases
> in the folder chosen on left. The bottom pane shows the files in the db that
> I select
>
> This is very useful for me in folders with a lot of junk pgn files - I dont
> know which are useful are not unless I see whats inside.
>
> I had to use chessbase light to do this.. And then use SCID to import the
> files i needed.
> Also useful, would be the ability to import a directory of pgn games
> (though of course the multiple select import would work too)
> And of course autoupdate of twic db as the fork chessdb does would be
> nice.
>
>
> The other thing is SCID really needs more documentation and explanation of
> features. I have only very recently discovered the features it already has
> --
>
> But its definitely a great program - I love it!
>
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