I just realized I didn't cc the list. I'll get the hang of this soon. -- Alan
Begin forwarded message: > From: Alan Bennet <adbenne...@yahoo.com> > Date: January 11, 2021 at 10:01:26 PM EST > To: Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Scid-users] comment editor removes whitespace. Grr. > > > Hi Steve, > I hope I understood what you are trying to achieve. > >>> On Jan 10, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> Alternatively, I suppose, equally good would be an option to show the end >> status at the real last move rather than at the end of the notation. > > The usual way to handle this is with a variation, where the first move of the > variation is the same as the last move of the game. Suppose your pgn game is > 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 1/2-1/2 and you then analyze the final position > so it now looks like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 > dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6 1/2-1/2. What you do is insert a variation at 3...Nf6 which > is (3...Nf6), then promote that variation to the main line, and your game now > looks like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 (3...Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 > dxc3 7.exf6 Qxf6) 1/2-1/2. > >>> On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 12:24 PM Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Sometimes I'm analyzing a game then it ends. The result is saved at the >>> end of the notation and not at the point of the last move. I'd like to be >>> able to copy all the further analysis as text and paste it in as a comment >>> after the real last move. Unfortunately, the comment editor performs a >>> whitespace removal operation, eliminating the formatting in the notation >>> window and there appears to be no way around this. I'd like the operation >>> to paste formatted text into the comment window without whitespace removal. > > I think that's pretty common for plain text editors that include a parser, > e.g. things like notepad or vim won't do that (vim will if you tell it to), > but my two usual email clients will remove "extra" whitespace when set to > plain text mode (but not when set to html). I think the thing to do is to > stop thinking of plain text as rich text. Anyway if you export a game to pgn > and import it back to Scid, or do the same round-trip in any other chess > software, any "formatting" you applied by whitespace is going to be > completely changed. So it's best to have low expectations in this area. > > -- > Alan >
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