Arasan 24.0 release

[jdart]

Re the learning file:

Don't see any new by engine created file

I believe this is a permission problem: the install directory for the Arasan GUI is not writeable by a regular user, so learning file creation fails. I will plan a fix for this in the next release. Learning does work when the engine is installed in a writeable directory.

[peter]

Re the learning file:

Don't see any new by engine created file

I believe this is a permission problem: the install directory for the Arasan GUI is not writeable by a regular user, so learning file creation fails. I will plan a fix for this in the next release. Learning does work when the engine is installed in a writeable directory.

Engine is installed without GUI in a folder free for sharing. What else can I do to have it in a writeable directory?

[jdart]

> Engine is installed without GUI in a folder free for sharing. What else can I do to have it in a writeable directory?
As long as the directory is writeable, xboard mode is in use, and learning is enabled, you should be getting a arasan.lrn file created, although that is only done when it finds a position it wants to learn (may not happen in some games). If you have the Arasan log enabled (can do in arasan.rc) you will see learning activity reported in the arasan.log file.

[peter]

> Engine is installed without GUI in a folder free for sharing. What else can I do to have it in a writeable directory?
As long as the directory is writeable, xboard mode is in use, and learning is enabled, you should be getting a arasan.lrn file created, although that is only done when it finds a position it wants to learn (may not happen in some games). If you have the Arasan log enabled (can do in arasan.rc) you will see learning activity reported in the arasan.log file.

Now I finally got an arasan.lrn with playing a short game out of a tactically complicated position with forced win in console

Pity the only GUI I have using xboard- protocol is Scid and there the engine is always terminated unexpectedly after starting it. Winboard- installation in Arena doesn't create .lrn with same moves from same position as I used in console.
Nevermind, I'll find out on my own how to make engine work in Scid, thanks for your patience, regards

[peter]

Pity the only GUI I have using xboard- protocol is Scid

In the meantime I found out, that CuteChess gives choice for Arasan to run it in xboard- mode too, that way .lrn- file ist created also, regards

[peter]

Pity the only GUI I have using xboard- protocol is Scid

In the meantime I found out, that CuteChess gives choice for Arasan to run it in xboard- mode too, that way .lrn- file ist created also, regards

Can't resist trying to make Arasan use xboard- protocol in other GUIs too. In Banksia I tried to edit json- file's field "protocol" from "uci" to "xboard", but that makes Banksia (0.58 beta rc1) crash, regards