Alexander Wagner a écrit : > pgeorges wrote: > > Hi! > > >> I would appreciate though if we could generate a > >> "Play"-Menue (call it whatever). The Tools menue gets a bit > >> long and IMHO also some restructuring would do it some good. > >> "Start First/Second Engine" e.g. IMHO does not to have such > >> a prominent place as one uses the hotkey anyway. Probably on > >> CE. But I think all Training functions should go to some > >> "Play" menue, I could add Correspondence Chess there which > >> involves some items. > > > > To change menus should be easy as there should not be much > > side effect, except for the translation process which > > relies on menu names. > > This effect can be limited if we just place menue items > there that where added to scid with your additions (as far > as this is possible). > > > But this should be quite easy and a "play/training" menu > > makes sense. > > I would consider something like this suitable below such a > Play/Training menue. > > > Play / Serious Game > / Tactical Game > / ---------- > / Training / Openings > / Tactics > / Calculation of Variations > / ---------- > / Book tuning > Book tuning should remain in the tools menu (or elsewhere) as it does not belong to the play / train area. > / ---------- > / Connect Hardware / Novag > / Input Engine > / ---------- > / Internet > / Correspondence Chess > > To give you some feeling my two cents add they following > menues (at the moment): > > Tools / Export Current Game / Export to OpenChess... > Tools / Export All Filter Games / Export to OpenChess... > Tools / Import from OpenChess... > > Input Engine / Configure > / ------------- > / Togge Connect > / Syncronise > / <probably one or two others> > > Correspondence Chess / Configure > / ------------------- > / Open Default Database > / ------------------- > / Retrieve Games ... > / Process Inbox > / ------------------- > / Previous Game > / Next Game > / ------------------- > / Send Move... > / Resign... > / Claim Draw... > / Offer Draw... > / Accept Draw... > / ------------------- > / Mail Move... > > > Additionally I'd suggest the following changes to the > current menues: > > Tools / Open base as tree > Tools / Open recent base as tree > > IMHO should be in "File". I'm also thinking about an > > File / Reference DB / Open > / As Tree > > where I could specify a large ref. DB via the Options menue. > IMHO this comes in handy for analysis. Though it is > redundant if one uses less than 5 DBs frequently. > > Yes, I agree, "Open base as tree" should be under the File menu, with the "open recent base as tree" just below. The idea of Reference DB is present in Chessbase (if I am correct only one can be flagged as reference), but I don't get the added value as "Open recent base as tree" is usually sufficient as the recent file list can keep track of up to 10 bases. > For the "Hotkey-Menu-Items" > > Tools / Start Engine 1 > Tools / Start Engine 2 > > one could consider probably be something like > > Tools / Analysis Engine #1 / Select Ctrl-Shift-A > / Start Engine 1 F1 > > Tools / Analysis Engine #2 / Select Ctrl-Shift-2 > / Start Engine 2 F2 > I use such menu nestings on Pocket PC because I have to, but on a normal PC screen, I personally prefer more linear menus (even if the list is a bit long). That is, I find things good enough in their current state.
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