Yes, i can reproduce this. We are doing things in a wrong order here... 'sc_game new' when current base is undefined.
Removing these two lines from file.tcl (or scid.gui) is the fix and should be ok, but *requires testing*. It could possibly be leaving something un-init. (The fix is also in subversion). Cheers, S.A. Index: tcl/file.tcl =================================================================== --- tcl/file.tcl (revision 2945) +++ tcl/file.tcl (working copy) @@ -487,8 +487,6 @@ # If closing current base - reset current game and switch to clipbase if { $current == $base } { - setTrialMode 0 0 - sc_game new ::file::SwitchToBase clipbase } else { ::file::SwitchToBase $current On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 8:09 PM Francois Paget <francois.pa...@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Good morning from France, > > There is something I do not understand… Is it a bug??? > > 1. You open Scid vs. PC (last version 4.19), > 2. You edit a game (Edit/Setup Board… then OK); the game is now > visible in the clipbase), > 3. You open a database (example: File/open/KingBase2019.si4), > 4. You come back inside the clipbase, > 5. You search/current board inside the opened database (here > KingBase2019): as result, you find (or not) some games, then… > 6. You close the opened database (here KingBase2019). I generally do > this when I do not find the position inside the database. > > > - The clipbase is now empty; you lost the position you entered in the > clipbase… > > > > If you directly start again the manipulation (from step 2 - without > closing Scid vs PC), all is now OK: you keep the position in the clipboard > after closing the DTB. This phenomenon occurs only ONE TIME when you open > Scid vs PC… but for me, it is sometime annoying… > > > > Are you able to reproduce this phenomenon? I am afraid you said not… but > I try my luck anyway. > > Best regards and thanks, > > Francois, > > > _______________________________________________ > Scidvspc-users mailing list > Scidvspc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scidvspc-users >
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