Hi everyone,
Honestly, I was under the impression that the project was dead, but the 'implemented' list is beyond impressive. I could do some testing, although....I've never tested anything before, so as weird as it may sound, someone should just tell me how to file an error exactly. (I know that sounds stupid.) I could also do some of the proofreading (although my native tongue is Dutch) and could actually translate to Dutch if necessary. I guess I could also translate the menus to Chinese (not the help files/longer texts though, because I'm not a native speaker). I'm using Ubuntu 15.04. Ashwin On 2015年10月19日 03:43, Gregor Cramer wrote: >> It's been a while since something's been posted on Scidb's e-mail list. >> Everybody's so quiet. So I thought I'd ask you fellows some questions. >> >> Is the new Windows version closer to being released or is it still years >> away? > I don't know. The precondition for the Windows version is an alpha > version on Unix, and there are some mandatory tasks for an alpha > version: > > - Stable database version (this means not changing anymore), > probably with next release. > > - Tiled window layout, also a standard under Windows. > There exists already a prototype as a basis for the implementation > in Scidb. > > - Search functionality. > Still in progress, searching will be based on CQL, but of course with > user guidance, not (only) with scripts. The CQL search functionality > is implemented about 70%, the user guidance is still open. > > Another problem is the appearance of unforeseen tasks. Two weeks > ago I tried to load a game from a ChessBase Survey into the game editor. > The editor needs more than a half hour in some cases, in other words, > the text widget of the Tk library has severe performance problems. So > I'm currently working on a revised text widget, this is unavoidable, no > user will wait half an hour until a game is loaded. Such things are > delaying the development. Soon I will give a link of the documents > about this revised text widget. > >> Are beta-testers wanted or volunteer developers? > Beta testers and developers are very welcome. One important task > for testers is also proof-reading of the documents. Who likes to > proof-read the help pages, and the documents on ccif.sourceforge.net? > If you want to do this, please send a mail to this user list, which part(s)/ > pages are you reading, in this way the work can be divided. Proof-reading > also includes to overwork some parts if necessary, I'm not a native > English speaker. > >> Are new, significant features planned for the Linux versions? > Apart from the mentioned features, the following is in planning stage, > or already implemented, but not yet released (still untested): > > - New player dictionary, with updates via Internet (implemented) > > - Support of more chess variants: King-of-the-Hill, Chessgi, > Alice Chess, Congo Chess, Dobutsu, Mini Chess (party implemented) > > - Tip-of-the-Day dialog (implemented) > > - Enhanced engine support (implemented) > > - Support of opening books: .bin, .ctg, .apk (partly implemented) > > - More database maintenance functionality (implemented) > > - Comment editor supports hyperlinks (implemented) > > - Links inside games to other games in database (implemented) > > - Highlighting move transpositions in game editor (implemented) > > - New tab "Opening classification", knows about 4000 named openings > and variations, and more than 80.000 lines (unnamed variations) > (implemented, but the ECO file with the 80.000 lines is about 80%) > > - New fast search algorithm for opening tree, based on the opening > classification (in large parts implemented) > > - Support of custom icon sets for database (implemented) > > - More useful functions in CQL (in large parts implemented) > > - Snapshot of game board (implemented) > > - New game list field "Move List", showing the first 40 moves of a game > (implemented) > > - Game editor: fivefold repetition (new FIDE rule) integrated > > - New piece sets: Aquarium, Bookup, Chess7, ChessCube, Celtic, Fritz, > Habsburg, Military, Old Style, Segoe, and Zurich (finished) > > - Drag & Drop in board setup dialog (implemented) > > - Support of the C/CIF format - see ccif.sourceforge.net - the C/CIF > library is nearly finished, but not yet tested. > > - Reading/extracting database archives from ChessBase: .cbv and .cbz > (implemented, with important support from Antoni Boucher) > > - Support of embedded documents in ChessBase databases > (planning stage) > > - Adding documents (PDF, HTML) to games and databases > (planning stage) > > Cheers, > Gregor > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Scidb-users mailing list > Scidb-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scidb-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Scidb-users mailing list Scidb-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scidb-users
