> > It would be nice to have sth like File/Open Tree or > > File/Open as Tree, what would do just the same - open > > selected database, open it's tree, and lock it - while > > keeping the currently loaded game active. > > You are right, and also that seems pretty easy to do > (...)
(keeping fingers crossed ;-)) > Another suggestion you may find useful : I added a book > window, so if you really have a favorite reference DB, why not > generate a book with polyglot from it so you will get a very > quick navigation (no calculation when moving). (...) Well, this suggestion finally motivated me to patch your scid so it is able to access the book even if it is not under the directory where main binary lies (if you are interested in patch, let me know, I would need to polish it a little bit, it extends my old patch significantly and keep windows convention as it is). And ... yes and no. Book window may be valuable reference for early moves, but later on it is not that useful. It does not offer any statistics (who played such move and with which result), and - what is more important - it does not offer any method to navigate to the games where the quoted moves were played. So I would rather stick with the tree... > But when I added the book window feature, I thought that would > make useless the need for multiple trees, don't you think ? Well, see above. The book window would be great for the opening study/analysis purposes if: - it offered wider, tree-like stats - it offered direct navigation to the top matching games > Tree is slow : Yes ! this is where the books come into action > : fast, lightweight and efficient ! Well, I think I will stop repeating myself. Maybe I will add one more note: ChessAssistant uses something a bit similar to the book - precomputed, quickly displayed information about the moves played in selected positions. But it keeps far more info there (well, more or less all what scid tree window has). In fact, I think that maybe the best of all worlds would be to use some book-building-like-technique to build index(es) for the tree, so they work as fast as the book ;-) > > Ok, I added a button in engine window to start/stop analysis > for exactly the same reasons you explain here for tree window > : so I will do it :-) Best regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
