Christian, That's good to hear. Thanks for listening.
In the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy playing with the automatic settings. I've really learned a lot using this program -- plus I've had fun exercising my brain! -- Doug -----Original Message----- From: Christian Anthon [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:02 AM To: Doug Taylor Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Bug? - Can't start new game when options set to not start new games immediately and not roll dice automatically This doesn't work satisfactory, I'll make a small change to make it smoother. Christian. On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:13 PM, Doug Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > Please forgive me if this is not a bug, but due to "operator error" -- I've > really tried to find a way around this, but am completely stymied. > > I play using the GUI version of the latest Windows build (20090105). If I > set the options to *not* start new games immediately and *not* roll the dice > automatically, then I can't seem to get a new game started. I click on New > in the tool bar and the "New" dialog box is displayed. I have it configured > to start a new 5 point match by default. I click OK. The following message > is displayed at the bottom of the screen: "A new 5 point match has been > started." So far, everything is proceeding as expected. However, this is > where I run into the problem. If I click on the area on the board that > causes the dice to be rolled - nothing happens. No matter where I click on > the board nothing happens. If I use the keyboard command to roll the dice > (ctrl+r), the following message is displayed: "No game in progress (type > 'new game' to start one)." If I type "new game," as soon as I reach the "w" > in "new," the "New" dialog box pops up again. I then click OK to start a new > 5 point match, but once again I can't roll the dice. I'm stuck in a loop and > can't seem to get going with a game. On the other hand, if I change the > options so that "start new games automatically" and "roll the dice > automatically" are both selected, then everything proceeds automatically as > expected. However, I would like to start games manually and roll the dice by > clicking. I've read the documentation carefully. Am I missing something > obvious? That would be embarrassing! I hope someone can help. Thanks and > best regards to the gnubg developers! > > I really enjoy playing gnu backgammon and appreciate all the work that's > gone into it. Fantastic program! > > -- Doug > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-gnubg mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg > _______________________________________________ Bug-gnubg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnubg
