Also something else: You mentioned the five-move repetition (new Fide-rules). Shouldn't this be the three-move repetition? There were new rules on this, but they had more to do with the way people could claim their draw isn't it?
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
