Also hopefully remaining games should be more interesting now, given where the match is at.
On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 4:05 PM C Hanish Menon <hanish...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > I think you forgot to add the option to the foreach list of variables > used when exiting to save to options.dat. Also maybe a typo with > missing ")" wrt info exists? > Again not that much familiar with tcl and scidvspc inner plumbing, but > this seems to be needed, based on my limited checking here. > > Attaching a patch wrt same. > > On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 1:22 PM Steve A <stevena...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Ok Hanish... I applied one patch, but not the color one.... Too many minor > > colour options around. > > I made some other tweaks too. Now you can just set > > analysis(boardSeqNumColor) in an init file, or in the gui somewhere. > > > > Ding made a classic Ding blunder last night! > > > > cheers. > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 7:20 PM C Hanish Menon <hanish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Steve, > >> > >> I feel these two patches will make the moves visualisation feature > >> more legible and flexible to end users > >> > >> These include > >> > >> 1. make the move number font bold > >> > >> 2. make the move arrow longer specifically wrt boardVisualiseMoves > >> > >> 3. pick the move number font color from a new option, which the user > >> can control, which inturn by default set to red > >> Picking it from GlobalTextColor forces user to globally change the > >> text color everywhere, when many a times because of the chess set > >> used, one may want to change the color only for the movenumber shown > >> on the analysis board. > >> > >> NOTE: Something seems to have changed wrt avoiding partial PVs from > >> the engine overriding previous depth full pv visualisation, I need to > >> see why the latest subversion release/eviision has changed this > >> behaviour later. > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 12:37 PM Steve A <stevena...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > Yeah, it wasn't too legible yesterday. I reverted the num colour to > >> > default text colour, and tweaked the arrow head. The blue is just what I > >> > have set as options-colours-enginearrows. I'll have to document it all. > >> > > >> > Cheers > >> > > >> > On Sunday, December 8, 2024, C Hanish Menon <hanish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Steve > >> >> > >> >> Was modifying things from yesterday's release, to send patch to you. > >> >> But will checkout the new revision from SVN before sending any patch. > >> >> > >> >> Also looking at the image, I can see a reason why there may be some > >> >> differences in what we have been saying and inturn trying to achieve > >> >> wrt visualisation themeing around this feature > >> >> > >> >> For me the default scidvcpc setup shows a more fancy chess set and also > >> >> the lines are black with text also black on top & also shorter arrow > >> >> lines, in your yesterday's commit. All of which makes the move > >> >> visualisation theme (predefined line colour, line length) you had > >> >> forced ;) in yesterday's revision non legible. > >> >> > >> >> I was about to submit a patch with blue longer lines and red text on > >> >> top and also changing to bold font. Those changes were to make things > >> >> more legible. > >> >> > >> >> However from your image it appears like now you have also changed the > >> >> lines to blue & made it longer. So that should potentially resolve the > >> >> confusion & conflict in our patches > >> >> > >> >> PS: yes agree the match is favouring Ding now, given that the cost of > >> >> risk is lot more now. However it's Gukesh who is trying to add some > >> >> spice into the mix. Given their positions wrt championship both their > >> >> behaviours is understandable. Here in India, in general, we root for > >> >> Gukesh, but equally love Ding :) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 08:48 Steve A <stevena...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Ok, Hanish's feature is looking nice - nearly finialized - and is > >> >>> included in subversion now. > >> >>> (I've modified it a bit, so not exactly how Hanish envisioned it, > >> >>> sorry mate). > >> >>> Check out svn and after installation select "Show Board" and > >> >>> "Sequential" in the tools->Analysis window. > >> >>> Screenshot attached. Cheers, S.A. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 1:07 PM Steve A <stevena...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Ok... I sorted out some issues today. Control+Wheelmouse will resize > >> >>>> the board now (hopefully... the focus/flow for these bindings is hard > >> >>>> to understand). > >> >>>> You're welcome to update help.tcl if you like... I haven't got around > >> >>>> to it yet. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > 3. the reason why I had not used engineLineColor is to allow for the > >> >>>> situation where one can see the different 1st moves suggested by the > >> >>>> analysis engine (which uses engineLineColor, if I am not wrong) as > >> >>>> well as the move sequence wrt main pv > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Yeah... for sure. But i think it's better to keep them separate, > >> >>>> rather than having to zero the spinbox. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > Because otherwise users will have to click the middle mouse button > >> >>>> > >> >>>> I agree, it's not a great UI element/design, having to use the middle > >> >>>> button. > >> >>>> But the default is settable in Tools->analysis config widget > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > PS: I have a background in computer science, rather I keep jumping > >> >>>> between things and languages based on what I am doing (like watching > >> >>>> the chess championship this time) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Yes - very interesting championship isn't it ! :) > >> >>>> I have to say I'm going for Ding though, after the huge struggles > >> >>>> he's had the last couple of years. Gukesh certainly has the form this > >> >>>> year, but *maybe* his youth will be to his detriment this time... ? I > >> >>>> guess from your name you are Indian(?) and going for Gukesh :) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> regards, Steve > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Keep ;-) > >> HanishKVC > > > > -- > Keep ;-) > HanishKVC -- Keep ;-) HanishKVC _______________________________________________ Scidvspc-users mailing list Scidvspc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scidvspc-users
