On May 5, 2008, at 1:55 AM, Pascal Georges wrote: > > This brings up another topic. The scid_app target does not try to > build any engines nor include them in the bundle. I'm not quite sure > of the right thing to do here. On one hand, I like to install and > manage my engines independently, on the other hand I can see the value > in having an all-in-one package. One problem for an application > bundle, though, is that there these things are unlikely to ever be on > someone's path so would require special configuration in the engines > window. > > Scid needs the bundled engines for some features to work (for > example "tactical game" needs not only Phalanx, but the special > patched version that is here). On windows, I provide standard > configuration files so everything works out of the box (old config > files are backed up). So it could be something to do also on MacOs ? > On Linux I don't provide standard config files, as I did not take > the time to do it. > Yes, this is a reasonable thing. In thinking about this more it seems that the bundle without the engines would be somewhat less useful. It should not be a problem to get the engines in there. Just need to look a bit to find the most appropriate way.
A couple questions. In looking at the unix makefile, it appears that the engines are all installed in $(SHAREDIR)/engines. Since I think it unlikely that directory would be a user's path, is there some facility for finding that directory by default in scid? That is, without configuring the path explicitly in the engines window? My current plan is to either stick them in the bin dir of my bundle or in some engines directory near there. On a side note, it is somewhat inappropriate for them to go share at all on a unix box. By definition, the share hierarchy is supposed to be for platform independent files; putting binaries in there violates this. It doesn't really matter to me but I thought I'd mention it. > I don't understand what's going on here with CR/LF, it seems ok on > my Linux box. > cvs diff -ur1.1 -r1.2 tcl/tools/graphs.tcl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
