SCID 5.0 release

[royb]

How do you turn off the best move arrow in SCID 5.0 on a Linux system? I cannot find a way to get the pop-up menu that some show (on Windows systems I believe from the look of the widgets) that shows "Best Move Arrow" with a check mark next to it (when enabled). I cannot find a way to display that menu on the Linux version of SCID 5.0

Thanks for any help anyone can offer!

[Fulvio]

How do you turn off the best move arrow in SCID 5.0 on a Linux system? I cannot find a way to get the pop-up menu that some show (on Windows systems I believe from the look of the widgets)

That screenshot was taken on Debian (Xfce Desktop)

[Fulvio]

I keep getting errors when Scid is doing analysis. Error: can not find channel: "stdout". What can be done here?

Maybe it is related to this issue?
https://github.com/benini/scid/issues/115

If it is the same error (compare the log file) it has been fixed.
Otherwise please report it (with more details) on github.

[royb]

Is there a way to disable the displaying of the arrow that SCID displays as the engine computes its move?

Yes, it is possible:
- click on the evaluation bar
- deselect "Best move arrow"

Thank you!! I would not have found that in 10 years of trying things!

[Ozymandias]

A quick comparison between Scid 5 and Scid vs PC 4.24.

Visually, the clear winner is Scid 5:

• The board is centered and you can choose scalable Merida pieces (the nice ones, there are several).

• The players names are stylishly contained in equally shaped white rectangles.

• Navigation buttons are even more elegantly integrated.

• Engine output is another win; with basically the same functionality, the information is presented in a more pleasing way.

• The "tree-best games" combo would be a tie. But only aesthetically. The inclusion of the statistics in the tree view, instead of the less useful ECO column, is a win for Scid vs PC. In general, I find the information cluttered in Scid's tree, too many columns.

• An finally, a clear win for Scid vs PC in the eye appeal category would come from the PGN window, thanks to figurine notation and the possibility to enlarge font size a little more freely (the elements the notation's font is tied to, aren't so easily affected).

From a purely functional standpoint, Scid 5 has the speed and the new DB format, which trumps Scid vs PC's two book mode (what's "opponent book" good for?).

A word on launching the program. Neither of the two recalls the exact size of the windows, or the option for the extra engine information. In addition to this, Scid doesn't auto-load the database. Despite this last bit, for the moment, Scid is the overall winner but Scid vs PC hasn't been updated in almost a year, so the ball is in their court.

[Volker Pittlik]

Thank you very much!

[foolnotion]

I've been using Scid 5.0 for a while and the biggest problem I have with it is the very inconsistent handling of focus: for example it's almost impossible to use the keyboard for going through a game or flipping the board because once you've clicked in the notation, tree or engine windows the board window loses focus and doesn't react to key presses anymore.

I wish this TK gui would die already and make way for something more modern. I've been trying to separate the "business logic" of scidb from the gui parts but it's slow tedious work and I don't have so much time.

[Dann Corbit]

I love Scid. I use it all the time.
What chess database is both better and free of charge?
I have never found the gui limiting.