2008/4/27 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Pascal Georges wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> > Here is a screenshot of a reworked analysis window (for UCI engines
> > only). I removed redundancies for a clearer display.
>
> I came just accorss the following:
>
> - Show Analysis
>
> You changed folding of the analysis diagram form "folding
> out" to "folding in". This has the unfortunate
> consequence, that it could eat up to much space for the
> "Show Analysis" button to disappear.
>
I added the saving/restore of location and size of engine window. So the
geometry manager has the order to keep a specific size, hence the board goes
"inside". I will try to find a solution.
>
> I'd suggest to either limit the width of this window such,
> that the buttons stay visible, or, probably preferable as
> it allows for smaller window size (comes in handy on small
> displays?) to go back to the old "folding out" behaviour.
>
> - Lines displayed
>
> Currently the best variation is displayed in blue on top
> numbered by a gray 1. This is very nice indeed.
Yes I am happy with it :-)
>
> However, once you switch the engine mode to "show only one
> variation" (maybe as you're only interested in the main
> variation or because the engine does not allow for
> multi-pv) the UCI protocol switches back to xboard mode,
> ie. it gives the history.
>
This has always been the behavior.
>
> While in multi-PV-mode the main variation is displayed
> in blue on the top of the list it is now displayed in
> black on the bottom of the list. IMHO this inconsistency
> should be avoided and the main variation always displayed
> on top in blue. Especially for new users this is IMHO
> confusing otherwise.
>
Yes you are right. At first I wanted to keep as much as possible "old Scid"
behavior but this leads to weird things.
>
> I'd hence suggest to either move the best line up to the
> statistic display as it was done before (I'd keep the
> current colouring), or put it in an "invisible" separation
> on top of the lines subwindow such, that it is always
> displayed on top of the history. Just to have a consisten
> UI in all cases.
Simply, in UCI mode I will not give any history-like stuff.
>
>
> - Main-PV display
>
> I think additionally to "show variation" it might be
> helpfull to have a "tooltip board" on each move of the
> main variation displayed. I sometimes miss this while
> analysing a (for me ;) complex position. Scid offers this
> in some browse game window.
>
The trick is to press "add variation", and middle button click on moves in
the variation (then right click on the variation to delete it if you are no
longer interested in it). To allow this directly in the analysis window is
certainly not easy as this is a place that changes rapidly.
>
> Maybe this is also makes "show analysis" obsolete even
> saving space?
What do you mean by "show analysis" ? Do you think we can get rid of the
mini-board ?
Pascal
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