2008/5/29 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi!
>
> Could it be that the "Add variation" button in the engine
> analysis is currently "broken"? It should add the current
> best line as a variation to the game score. However, this
> works if and only if I'm not on the last half move.
> Shouldn't "add variation" also be able to add the best
> continuation?
This has always been Scid's behavior, a matter of discussion. If I'm right,
Scid's internals does not allow to append var at the the end of the game,
and the solution is to enter a comment "game could have continue with..."
and enter the next moves as a main line.
Or, just go back one move, reenter same move as var, etc.
>
>
> I think it (c/sh)ould be done like I do my annotations in
> CC. On the last half move of my opponent I hit Ctrl-A to add
> a variation. Scid goes half a move back and I redo my
> opponents move and add my continuations afterwards. Looks
> like this:
>
> 18.Nxc3 Rad8
> ( 18...Rad8 19.Qd6 )
>
This is what is done when annotating a game, and to show how the game could
have continued.
> Additionally, in case of engines that are capable of
> multi-pv analysis (Shredder, Fruit, Toga...), it might be
> worth to consider to add all currently displayed n mainlines
> as individual variations with their proper scores. If the
> user wishes to add only one he could easily reduce the
> number of vars to one.
>
This would mean adding an extra button for "add all multi-pv lines", which
is better than changing lines number.
Volunteers ?
>
> BTW: at this occasion I found that the engine analysis
> window for the xboard engine like crafty is still the old
> one. Shouldn't they also get the smaller new layout? (Just
> for consistency.)
Yes, but some people liked to see the history of engine's thinking. So with
an xboard engine, you get history, with an UCI engine you get N best lines.
I also don't think it is useful to see history of engine's thinking, but now
I only use UCI engines, so I don't really care.
Pascal
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