2008/8/16 Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Pascal Georges wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
>  Some people asked for a more customizable Tree window,
>> with the ability to hide moves. Finally the idea seems
>> good to me.  In order to fill a gap between current Tree
>> window, Book, Repertoire editor, Opening base I propose to
>> add aside each move in the Tree window some user defined
>> markers (here between square brackets):
>>
>>    [Color] [NAG] 2: d4     A40   1103253: 31.7%   54.6%  2260  2289  1994
>>   32% [Annotation]
>>
>> The color tag defines if the line is a favorite, should be
>> avoided, etc (something like 6 colors should suffice).
>> Right clicking on a line allows the user to hide it.
>>
>
> This sounds good, indeed. Do you want to do this as a new
> view of the tree? That is, with a toggle between "full tree"
> and "masked tree"? Just as I feel that both informations are
> valuable.


All Tree data are visible. I commited in CVS a first draft, you can try it
(just define a  new mask, then right click on moves).
[...]


>
>
>  This is a kind of "Tree mask" or "Tree layer" that defines
>> its display (In fact this should be a Repertoire editor
>> replacement).
>>
>
> This sounds a good solution, indeed.  How do you want to
> store the mask criteria? I think an external text based file
> would be the best, probably the ability to use several
> different masks is desireable, then this could indeed
> replace the repertoir editor. Probably one could reuse the
> sor-files? They are mainly a way for stored queries against
> a database.


I added an option to import a game with all its evaluations, variations,
comments into a Mask. But nothing is done for sor files as I don't use them.


>
>
>  This Tree mask is not attached to a particular base but
>> used as a kind of filter.
>>
>
> This sounds very resonable. In a way, this is what the sor
> files accomplish. AFAIK you never used them, but they just
> offer you an easy way to search for a bunch of lines in any
> given database. You can distinguish between include/exclude
> lines and search only the include lines. (Ie. those that
> interest you.)
>

Color markers in a Mask can be used to distinguish between include/exclude
lines. What I prefer in the Mask / Tree view is that it handles
transpositions and gives instant access to statistics, best games, etc.


>
> From my usage of this stuff I found includ/exclude a bit to
> much black/white, one might want to note down some lines
> with "avoid if possible", that is there's a gray level. Eg.
> due to possible transpositions.
>

So Mask fits better here.

[...]

Pascal
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