Bruno Costacurta wrote: > I solved (partially) my problem. > Once my database is open I need in fact to 'go to end of end (end key)' to > retrieve correct last saved position. > > Is this a default in SCID ? Looks weird... > I suppose it is possible to automatically go to latest saved position in the > game. Any option to do that ? > > Many thanks for any clue. > > Bye, > Bruno >
Bruno, With a game loaded, it will normally start with all the pieces and pawns on their original positions (there are ways to change that, using bookmarks, but don't worry about them for now). I don't see what is weird about that - most people start looking at a game from the start, not from the end. There are 4 keys you can use to navigate in the games. < goes back one move << goes back to the start. > goes forward one move. >> goes forward to the end of the game. The end key as you found also takes you to the end. Up/Down arrows move forward/backward 10 half-moves. It would be worth your while practicing with a small database that has previously been created, so you can see multiple games, list the games, sort games etc. There is a small one (just over 2000 games with the Smith-Morra gambit) at http://downloads.sourceforge.net/chessdb/smith-morra-games.zip?use_mirror=osdn Just unzip it, and open one of the files. Then you should try creating your own from a PGN file. There are a few things about Scid and ChessDB that are perhaps not too intuitive. (For example, moves get saved to a database - there is nothing on the menu to save a database, only a game). You just have to get used to them. T There's a tutorial at http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/tutorial/ which is a lot more complete than the one on the Scid site. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
