Re: [Bug-gnubg] Game Record

[Holger]

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 14:54:41 -0800, Ned Cross wrote:
>     RE: Albert's preference on the game record.  I prefer the program's
> behaviour the way it is now. In fact, I was thinking it would be nice to add
> a "File/Import/Reload Current Match" command that would import the .mat or
> .sgg filename currently loaded in the program.  I would find this most
> useful during online lessons, when a question or difference of opinion arise
> over a particular cube or checker play.
> 
>     One of the better ways I have found to study my game is to include some
> time where I watch top players play (on Gamesgrid, for example), and I try
> to keep up with the flow of the game and guess the moves as they are being
> made.  During that time, I'll have GNU running with the current match
> loaded, and would like to be able to update to the current position to
> critique the checker play or cube decision and see what I missed.  The
> present procedure is somewhat cumbersome since one has to search the "save
> game" directory and find the correct filename from the list of saved files.
> 
>     The same situation occurs frequently during online lessons and annotated
> exhibition matches where several watchers may have differing opinions about
> a position and someone inevitably says "what does Snowie think?"  I don't
> have Snowie, so I don't know how easy it is to load the current position
> with that program, but I think GNU would do very well in this regard if a
> "reload current match" command could be added to the file/import menu, and
> if the game record behaviour was kept the same.... i.e.- loading the match
> with the current (latest) position displayed.
> 
>     While the current behaviour does require extra keystrokes/mouse clicks
> to navigate to the beginning of a match for analysis, that's a process that
> is not real-time anyway (since you have to wait for GNU to analyse the

One could add a button 'Go to start of match' to the game record
window. Then this wouldn't be an issue anymore.

And speaking of which: Could for the buttons (their functions,
respectively) in game record window be made menu entries? I think
right now it's not possible to assign keyboard short-cuts to
'Next/previous blunder'.

Also, I think it would make sense to group these entries with the
'Next/Prev move/game' from the 'Game' menu into a new menu, possibly
called 'Navigate' menu. The 'Game' menu is already a bit lengthy.

Regards and a Happy New Year,

        Holger

> match).  And much of the time I am analysing a match I don't have time to
> step through the entire match, so I will usually browse through the match
> for "problem areas (?? and ?!)" and thus I don't necessarily find it
> advantageous to be at Game1, Move1.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Albert Silver" <address@hidden>
> 
> > When importing a new match, or opening a previous one, GNU
> > always goes to the last move of the last game by default. In practice, I
> > never want this except in some very isolated cases, and would like to
> > start with the first move of the first game without always having to go
> > back to the first move of the first game manually.