cbseries wrote:
ChessDB - a free Chess Database

http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/

See the "Changes" page on the site. Especially the entry "A number of
things could be done to improve ChessDB. Would anyone like to volunteer
to do any of the following?".



Quote from the web page:

"ChessDB is a free chess database that runs on multiple platforms. It
uses C, C++ and Tcl/Tk and is based on code from Scid for which
development stopped some time back."


Thanks a lot for that. I was just about to post it myself, but see you
beat me to it.

There is the source code on the site for anyone who wants to build
ChessDB their self. The latest release is 3.6.3

There is a Windows executable, but this is for a slightly older (one day
!!) release (3.6.2). This has a bug which prevents the PGN window
working unless the language is English. For those who use English, the
two are identical. But if you use another language, the later version is
better, but there is no Windows executable as yet - it might change over
the next 24 hours or so.

As soon as I get set up to build a Windows executable (someone else
kindly did that for me), I'll upload a setup.exe for the very latest
release.

BTW, ChessDB has menus in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German,
Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian,
Spanish & Swedish - so chose your language. Does Chessbase have such a
selection?


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Can we Mac OS X users have hope to see a version of this? Most of us mac
users don't know how to compile it.


in article , Dave (from the UK) at
wrote on 06/12/16 18:21:

cbseries wrote:
ChessDB - a free Chess Database

http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/

See the "Changes" page on the site. Especially the entry "A number of
things could be done to improve ChessDB. Would anyone like to volunteer
to do any of the following?".



Quote from the web page:

"ChessDB is a free chess database that runs on multiple platforms. It
uses C, C++ and Tcl/Tk and is based on code from Scid for which
development stopped some time back."


Thanks a lot for that. I was just about to post it myself, but see you
beat me to it.

There is the source code on the site for anyone who wants to build
ChessDB their self. The latest release is 3.6.3

There is a Windows executable, but this is for a slightly older (one day
!!) release (3.6.2). This has a bug which prevents the PGN window
working unless the language is English. For those who use English, the
two are identical. But if you use another language, the later version is
better, but there is no Windows executable as yet - it might change over
the next 24 hours or so.

As soon as I get set up to build a Windows executable (someone else
kindly did that for me), I'll upload a setup.exe for the very latest
release.

BTW, ChessDB has menus in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German,
Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian,
Spanish & Swedish - so chose your language. Does Chessbase have such a
selection?

Valente wrote:
Can we Mac OS X users have hope to see a version of this? Most of us mac
users don't know how to compile it.

Possibly ...

I got this email from someone today:

--------
Hi David,

Your ChessDB 3.6.2 runs very well on my Mac (OS X 10.4.8). Bravo!

I will follow the next developments of your program on the Scid list.

Alan
------------

I'l ask him if he can make a binary available. But you will need to have
Tcl/Tk too, so it might be hard to get it working on OSX unless you
compile it yourself. It should take no more than 5 minutes to compile.

if you have a trusted friend who is comfortable installing software on a
Mac, they could do it remotely.

If you are really stuck, and want to give me a normal user account and
the ability to remotely log in, I could possibly set it up for you.

Drop me a private email if you want on that fact. But I'll try the
person who built it first - my concern is not with ChessDB as such, but
it needs the libraries installed.


--
Dave (from the UK)

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It is always of the form:
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Valente wrote:
Can we Mac OS X users have hope to see a version of this? Most of us mac
users don't know how to compile it.



BTW, looking at your email address, I assume you know Portugese.

If so, or any other language other than English or German, can you
translate these 3 lines:

* Main Line
* Current move background
* Next move background.

(this is where one sets the background colours, for the main line, last
move and current move.)

I'll then update the relavant language file, so the meues are in the
native language, rather than just English.
--
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Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form:
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.

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in article , Dave (from the UK) at
wrote on 06/12/16 20:20:

Valente wrote:
Can we Mac OS X users have hope to see a version of this? Most of us mac
users don't know how to compile it.



BTW, looking at your email address, I assume you know Portugese.

I use a "Brazilian" like email, but I am Portuguese from Portugal.


If so, or any other language other than English or German, can you
translate these 3 lines:

* Main Line

Linha Principal

* Current move background

Cor do lance actual

* Next move background.

Cor do próximo lance


(this is where one sets the background colours, for the main line, last
move and current move.)

I'll then update the relavant language file, so the meues are in the
native language, rather than just English.

I also use Mac (OS X 10.4.8). I don´t know exactly what is tcl/tk but
probably I can install it with the other development tools that came with
the computer DVD. I used already that DVD to install the X-Win environment,
called X11. Can your friend made available to us the version he is using,
maybe?


in article , Dave (from the UK) at
wrote on 06/12/16 20:11:

Valente wrote:
Can we Mac OS X users have hope to see a version of this? Most of us mac
users don't know how to compile it.

Possibly ...

I got this email from someone today:

--------
Hi David,

Your ChessDB 3.6.2 runs very well on my Mac (OS X 10.4.8). Bravo!

I will follow the next developments of your program on the Scid list.

Alan
------------

I'l ask him if he can make a binary available. But you will need to have
Tcl/Tk too, so it might be hard to get it working on OSX unless you
compile it yourself. It should take no more than 5 minutes to compile.

if you have a trusted friend who is comfortable installing software on a
Mac, they could do it remotely.

If you are really stuck, and want to give me a normal user account and
the ability to remotely log in, I could possibly set it up for you.

Drop me a private email if you want on that fact. But I'll try the
person who built it first - my concern is not with ChessDB as such, but
it needs the libraries installed.

Valente wrote:
I also use Mac (OS X 10.4.8). I don´t know exactly what is tcl/tk but
probably I can install it with the other development tools that came with
the computer DVD. I used already that DVD to install the X-Win environment,
called X11. Can your friend made available to us the version he is using,
maybe?


Hi,

Tcl is a programming language. Tk is a graphical toolkit that is often
used with Tcl. They are both needed to either build ChessDB or to even
run it.

The libraries are apparently available in binary for Mac OS X from:

http://tcltkaqua.sourceforge.net/

I don't know what he is using, but it looks like the

* TclTkAqua:

http://prdownloads.sf.net/tcltkaqua/...qua-8.4.10.dmg (5M)

is what you probably need. You will need admin rights to install that.

You will need the Tcl/Tk whatever you do next.

It may be possible for you to get a binary for ChessDB, or it would not
be hard to compile if you have gcc and g++ installed. They are likely to
be either on your Mac OS X, or perhaps on the DVD you spoke of. They are
very common development tools.

Although I am not sure what you need, I suspect you will need all of the
following.

1) Tck/Tk - definitely.
2) gcc, g++ and GNU 'make' if you build ChessDB yourself. These are
quite likely to be found on a DVD that come with the system, as they are
very common development tools.

Generally it would be better if you can compile it yourself (with help
of course), since once you have done it once, you can always build a
later version if the source code is updated. If you get a binary of
ChessDB, then you rely on someone else updating the binary. That will
happen far less often than the source code is updated. (At the minute,
the setup.exe for windows is a slightly earlier release than the source
code).


--
Dave (from the UK)

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It is always of the form:
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.

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Valente wrote:
I also use Mac (OS X 10.4.8). I don´t know exactly what is tcl/tk but
probably I can install it with the other development tools that came with
the computer DVD. I used already that DVD to install the X-Win environment,
called X11. Can your friend made available to us the version he is using,
maybe?

Before you worry about installing it, try "man tcl" and you may be
pleasantly surprised.

--
Kenneth Sloan
Computer and Information Sciences +1-205-932-2213
University of Alabama at Birmingham FAX +1-205-934-5473
Birmingham, AL 35294-1170 http://www.cis.uab.edu/sloan/

Kenneth Sloan wrote:
Valente wrote:

I also use Mac (OS X 10.4.8). I don´t know exactly what is tcl/tk but
probably I can install it with the other development tools that came with
the computer DVD. I used already that DVD to install the X-Win
environment,
called X11. Can your friend made available to us the version he is using,
maybe?


Before you worry about installing it, try "man tcl" and you may be
pleasantly surprised.



At the same time, he could usefully try typing 'g++' and 'make' too.
Hopefully, the response will be something like:


teal / % g++
g++: no input files


teal / % make
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

and not a 'command not found' error.


I'm still looking for someone to translate these few lines:

* Main Line
* Current move background
* Next move background.
(this is where colours are set up, to put it in context).

into one or more of these languages:

Czech, Dutch, French, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian,
Serbian, Spanish or Swedish


--
Dave (from the UK)

Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form:
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.

http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)

On windows there is no need to install Tcl/Tk before running Scid :
shared libraries are in the setup.exe file (tcl and tk84.dll) and
install in the same directory as Scid. I guess it should be made the
same on Mac.

Dave (from the UK) a écrit :

I'l ask him if he can make a binary available. But you will need to have
Tcl/Tk too, so it might be hard to get it working on OSX unless you
compile it yourself. It should take no more than 5 minutes to compile.