Gerd Lorscheid wrote:
> If the e.g. user clicks on e4 in the initial position, there is only one 
> legal move matching this field e2-e4. So it would be nice, if Scid could 
> recognize this and perform this move. This allows entering games faster.
>   
Have you tried the "Show suggested move" option?
> If a treeview window is part of the startup configuration it should be 
> initially disabled. Otherwise it may build the statistic for the initial 
> position for a large database and so slow done the startup a couple of 
> seconds.
>   
This is your opinion.
I open the tree window on startup cause i want the tree statistic.
If you don't want to wait, don't open the tree window on startup, but 
only when you need it.

> A bit more complicated is the following. If I have a treeview open for a 
> large database, Scid is blocked after each move until the statistics of 
> the new position is calculated. This is anoying if you want to put in 
> several moves. If the user starts to add a second move, the current 
> calculation of the statistics is obsolete and should stop. Basicely this 
> is what the engines do, because they run in a dedicated process and scid 
> can still handle user input on the board. Implemention depends on the 
> TCL environment (e.g. thread handling), so I do not know how it is possible.
>   
Are you using the cvs version? I wrote the code some months ago, so i 
think it should already work in this way.

Bye,
Fulvio

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