I just managed to make Scid unstartable by altering help.tcl but it was OK when I undid the changes. This is the main bit of what I tried:-
Import PGN (Pgnscid replacement) In help.tcl delete lines 3860-3926 inclusive. Then insert the below. ######### ### Import PGN help: set helpTitle(Import PGN) "Import PGN" set helpText(Import PGN) {<h1>Import PGN (or Pgnscid)</h1> <p> <term>Import</term> is an inbuilt function used to convert <a PGN>PGN</a> (portable game notation) files into Scid databases. </p> <p> For example, to convert a file named <i>myfile.pgn</i> to a new Scid database, you would create a new empty database (with whatever name you choose) then import the pgn. To create the new database you would click: <ul> <li> <b>File - New</b> (Save dialog appears to type a name in) <b>"newname.si4"</b> </li> </ul> This creates the 3 files of the new scid database(consisting of <i>newname.si4</i>, <i>newname.sg4</i> and <i>newname.sn4</i>). Any errors or warnings will be written to the file <i>newname.err</i>. </p> <p> If you want the database to be created in a different directory simply switch to that directory in the Save Dialog. </p> <p> Note that the import function can <b>not</b> read Gzipped <a PGN>PGN</a> files (e.g. <b>mybase.pgn.gz</b>) so you <b>must</b> unzip them first. Most all zip programs can do this. Windows 10 has the inbuilt ability. </p> <p> The second step is to import the pgn file by clicking <li> <b>Database - Import</b> (Scid Dialog appears to type in a name) <b>"newname.si4"</b> </li> </p> <p> You can edit (and even spellcheck) player, event, site and round names in Scid; see the <a Maintenance Editing>Maintenance</a> help page for details. </p> <p><footer>(Updated: Scid 4.7.0, October 2019)</footer></p> } ########### In addition, I replaced all occurences of Pgnscid with Import except for one. Don't even know how to start debugging. This was on Windows 10 by the way but I think I should stop trying to run before I can walk. lol !! Thanks Good Night _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users