Aha, great news Alan, thanks for the clarification as well as the additional details.
BTW, could you or someone on this list confirm that all of the meta-data associated with the "Quality Base" database (in PGN format) also gets imported while pulling it into SCID? Or is it so that the PGN format does not hold any kind of meta-data (as in those files under ChessBase)? I am really quite attached to GNU/Linux and SCID with "Quality Base" from "Chess Informant" would help me continue with that platform instead of having to switch to Windows for the sake of "ChessBase". I am returning to Chess after 21 years, so I should be considered a weird kind of novice, stuck in transition. ;-) Best, ~Mayuresh On Sunday, February 07, 2021 11:38 PM IST, Alan Bennett via Scid-users <scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Hi Mayuresh, > > Welcome! I had the same problem when I joined the list, and solved it the > same way you did. Maybe it's an anti-spam measure? :) > > What Maurice wrote was correct, except I would have said (a) OR (b). You > could import and convert (read-write), or open directly as pgn (read-only, > but not obvious that it's read-only). > > As always, backup your pgn file first. And be aware when you do an Import, > Scid puts the games in the currently open database (or in the always-open > clipbase). So usually you would first do File | New, then do Database | > Import into the new one. > > -- > Alan > > > On Feb 7, 2021, at 6:13 AM, Maurice McCarthy <mansel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi and Welcome! > > > > Yes, it does. It can a) import into the current database in scid format > > and b) display READ-ONLY. > > > > In the gui a) click Database - Import. > > (NB import automatically saves in .si4 format) > > b) click File - Open > > (NB changes can be made but will NOT be saved in b.) > > > > If you are running a Linux then look at the script files in the bin > > directory e.g. > > > > $ ls /usr/local/bin/sc_* > > /usr/local/bin/sc_eco* > > /usr/local/bin/sc_import* > > /usr/local/bin/sc_spell* > > /usr/local/bin/sc_epgn* > > /usr/local/bin/sc_remote* > > > > Hope this helps > > Maurice > > > > > >> On 07/02/2021, mayur...@kathe.in <mayur...@kathe.in> wrote: > >> Does SCID provide functionality to import databases in PGN format? > >> For example, the "Quality Base" product from "Chess Informant" (link > >> below); > >> https://sahovski.com/Quality-Base-2020-Download-Version-p184931479 > >> Thank you. _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
