On 11/16/10 15:49, Fulvio wrote: Hi!
>>> Here are the problems: >>> 1. Requirement to press 'Store' as mentioned above. It is so easy to >>> lose a long comment because you forgot to press the Store button. >>> 2. No 'Store and Close' shortcut to close comment editor and focus on >>> the game again. Needs mouse. >>> >> As the comment editor is actually meant to be left open, > I remember when the auto-store behavior was removed, and i strongly > suggested that the correct behavior should be the actual. > The root problem is that many function in scid change the board position > without notifing the user, so with the auto-store, comments where > erased, duplicated, and stored (without the possibility to revert) > without warning the user. Right there could be some destructive interaction. Still, you have to do something outside the comment editor, I fancy, for Scid to change the position, right? In that case the editor would loose the focus, right? Please have a look at what I did yesterday if this is ok. I'm not sure myself, it seems to work fine for me, but well, that's only me. > So the auto-store requires that the comment editor must be closed after > every editing. Hm. This would be the last resort, indeed. Would be replacing close by save & close and making the editor some modal dialog. This would be sort of "if all else fails" to me. Would be better if we could find a better way. IMHO. > Usually i use scid on my beloved Asus netbook, but the screen is small > and i have no space for the pgn window. > What i wish is to show the comments over the board for 5 seconds when i > reach a commented position What do you mean by "over the board"? They show in the game info area below the board. Surely you don't mean that, right? Do you mean some tooltip covering the board? > and than add a toolbar button that can reshow it. > Probably the best behavior than is to let the user edit the comment > clicking on that toolbar button and saving the changes when the comment > is closed (pratically impeding the user to change the position without > deciding on what to do with the comment). Well, since some time you get this by clicking the comment in the game info area. Sounds like your idea. (Scid had this function for years but it was broken at some point in time using a wrong call to > This should prevent all the problem that the comment window cause when > left open. I admit that I would like it very much if I could leave it open. It is very handy for ALT-Tab switching, indeed. BTW: as you mention your small screen, you'll surely like that you can switch of the board in the editor since yestereve. Current cvs also stores if you hid it or not. Added it this morning. cu Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today http://p.sf.net/sfu/msIE9-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
