On 01/11/2011 12:37 PM, Oliver Korff wrote: Hi!
> On 05.01.2011 23:18, Ian Zimmerman wrote: >> Package: scid >> Version: 1:4.2.2.cvs20100202-2 >> Severity: wishlist >> Tags: upstream >> >> >> Currently it is possible to replace the whole selected game with the >> Tools|Import One PGN Game menu item. Websites which offer the online >> analogue of correspondence chess often have a feature to export the >> game moves in PGN format, and doing that periodically combined with >> the Import feature of scid is usually easier than entering each move >> manually, at least for this lazy chessplayer. However each time I do >> this I lose all the analysis I saved as variations in scid. So, I >> would find it extremely useful if there were a "merge PGN" or "sync >> PGN" feature that would just append the moves from the PGN that are >> _not_ in the game, and leave the common moves (and their variations!) >> untouched. > > I received this feature request at the debian bug tracker, and I wanted > to report it to the upstream mailing list. Thank you! Some comments. First of all: the mentioned merging is a bit more involved as it might look in first sight. Anyway, this function is actually implemented precisely for this usecase in Scids Correspondence Chess features. However, Scids online CC functions require the server to support the open Xfcc protocol. Currently, I know that ICCF, SchemingMind, mychess.de/mychess.com offer this function. But, Xfcc is pretty simple and straight forward to set up. See http://xfcc.org for documentation, so a decent CC servers shoud definitely support it. Additionally, what might help out with servers that do not yet support Xfcc: - first nag the site maintainer to add Xfcc support - second nag the site maintainer to add Xfcc support - third nag ... Seriously: current cvs of Scid allows "game relay" from ICCF. This works by actually fetching games in PGN from a website do some slight preprocessing and then feed them into Scids CC function so you get seemless integration. This matches the mentioned feature request. So we're almost where the reporter wants to go to. I could probably add a connector for the site in question (I need some details about it) and it would work out. Its a bit a hack and also will not allow sending moves, but well. I could probably also set up some stand alone tool that does only the preprocessing for the downloaded files. Scids CC function is actually quite open to non-Scid-internal feeding, so we have a pretty nice interface here. I'd have to have a look what I get from the site in question to give more feedback. The only clean way to get it done automagically and in a really comfortable manner for the CC player, however, is pointed out in the three remarks above. So did I mention to nag the site maintainer for Xfcc support? ;) Anyway, if possible the reporter should contact me. Directly or via the list. If I got it correctly, we can come up with some solution via Scids CC function. cu Alexander ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
