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Beta Tests |
Scid: A Free Chess Database Application |
Latest beta release: 3.6-beta3
Date: 24 February 2004
This page contains information about "beta test" versions of Scid.
If you want to see what will be available in the next Scid release,
feel free to download and try out the latest beta.
If you prefer to stick with the "official" Scid release, visit the
downloads page.
Scid 3.6 has been released; there is no 3.7 beta yet.
What is new in version 3.6
3.6-beta4, 26 February 2004:
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Improved the database switcher window; it is now fully resizable
and only displays open databases.
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Increased the maximum number of open databases to 9.
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Fixed a few minor bugs introduced in earlier 3.6 betas.
3.6-beta3, 24 February 2004:
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Fixed some compilation problems in 3.6-beta2.
3.6-beta2, 23 February 2004:
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Added comboboxes to recall history of past values in some entry boxes,
e.g. White/Black/Event/Site in the Header Search field. The past value
histories are saved between sessions.
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Added move announcement sounds. This was surprisingly easy, using the
Tcl/Tk "Snack" sound package.
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Improved sorting of round names. If two rounds are equal up to a decimal
point, Scid first tries to interpret the text after the dot as a number;
for example "4.10" used to be sorted between "4.1" and "4.2" but now
it comes after "4.9".
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Added Return/Enter key shortcut for the Save Game dialog window.
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Fixed pasting of a position in FEN (with Ctrl+Shift+V) which worked
in Linux but was broken in Windows.
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Fixed Makefile errors and DOS line endings in Tcl source files which
broke Linux builds in 3.6-beta1.
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More code cleanup.
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More language translations.
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Fixed a few other minor bugs and translation message typos from beta1.
3.6-beta1, 19 February 2004:
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Massive cleanup of the user interface source code; there are now far more
Tcl source files and most code is in a suitable namespace.
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Improved layout of some dialog windows which were too tall
for 800x600 screens.
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Revamped the Comment Editor window, to make adding marks and annotation
symbols easier.
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Minor interface improvements, e.g. added comboboxes to some dialogs and
made button sizes more consistent.
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Fixed several bugs.
Downloads
You can download the latest beta, or just download a language file for
translation. All of the language files are included in the beta release.
NOTE: To reduce download time, Scid beta releases contain most of
the files found in a standard Scid release, but not the ECO
classification file scid.eco, the spelling file spelling.ssp,
an opening book for the Scidlet WinBoard engine,
or the HTML bitmaps directories.
Downloads
Beta source code package:
Latest compiled beta release for Windows:
Sounds for move announcement:
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sounds.zip
(250 KB)
To use the move announcement sounds, extract the ZIP file and configure sounds with
the Sounds... command in the Options menu. If you compile Scid
yourself, you'll only be able to use the sounds if your Tcl/Tk distribution
includes the Snack sound package.
Language Translation
For people who help with translation, the latest version of each language file
is available below. If you want to help translate into a language that already
has a coordinator, it is best to contact that person first.
If you make changes to a language file, it is best to send me the entire file
(in .gz or .zip format) since that is a lot easier to handle than a patch file.
Language |
Translations Updated |
Help Pages |
Tips of the day |
Coordinator |
Status |
English |
February 2004 |
Yes |
Yes |
Shane Hudson |
Up to date |
Deutsch |
February 2004 |
Yes |
Yes |
??? |
Up to date |
Francais |
December 2003 |
-- |
-- |
Pascal Heisel |
~50 untranslated messges |
Italian |
February 2004 |
Yes |
-- |
??? |
~35 untranslated messages |
Nederlands |
??? |
-- |
-- |
??? |
~100 untranslated messages |
Espanol |
February 2004 |
-- |
-- |
Enrique López |
Up to date |
Brazil Portuguese |
??? |
-- |
-- |
??? |
~120 untranslated messages |
Swedish |
February 2004 |
(Some) |
Yes |
Martin Skjöldebrand |
Up to date |
Norsk |
??? |
-- |
-- |
??? |
~100 untranslated messages |
Czech |
December 2003 |
Yes |
-- |
??? |
~50 untranslated messages |
Hungarian |
February 2004 |
-- |
Yes |
??? |
Up to date |
Polish |
December 2003 |
-- |
Yes |
Michal Rudolf |
~50 untranslated messges |
Serbian |
??? |
-- |
-- |
??? |
~170 untranslated messages |
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