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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:
  1. Improved the database switcher window; it is now fully resizable and only displays open databases.

  2. Increased the maximum number of open databases to 9.

  3. Fixed a few minor bugs introduced in earlier 3.6 betas.

3.6-beta3, 24 February 2004:
  1. Fixed some compilation problems in 3.6-beta2.

3.6-beta2, 23 February 2004:
  1. 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.

  2. Added move announcement sounds. This was surprisingly easy, using the Tcl/Tk "Snack" sound package.

  3. 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".

  4. Added Return/Enter key shortcut for the Save Game dialog window.

  5. Fixed pasting of a position in FEN (with Ctrl+Shift+V) which worked in Linux but was broken in Windows.

  6. Fixed Makefile errors and DOS line endings in Tcl source files which broke Linux builds in 3.6-beta1.

  7. More code cleanup.

  8. More language translations.

  9. Fixed a few other minor bugs and translation message typos from beta1.

3.6-beta1, 19 February 2004:
  1. Massive cleanup of the user interface source code; there are now far more Tcl source files and most code is in a suitable namespace.

  2. Improved layout of some dialog windows which were too tall for 800x600 screens.

  3. Revamped the Comment Editor window, to make adding marks and annotation symbols easier.

  4. Minor interface improvements, e.g. added comboboxes to some dialogs and made button sizes more consistent.

  5. 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:

  • 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.

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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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