Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 02:07:02 09/12/00
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On September 11, 2000 at 19:33:33, Roy Brunjes wrote:
>On the topic of entering moves via keyboard ...
>
>There has been a long standing bug in Fritz 6 and Junior 6 that is not fixed by
>any of the patches released to date.
>
>The bug appears when you try to move a piece to the 7th rank. The number is 7
>is important here. If a bishop can move from f8 to g7, you may get around it by
>typing Bg or Bf8 (if the only other square that is valid for the bishop to
>move to is g7).
>
>But try it when the bishop can move to either e7 or g7 ... when you type the 7,
>nothing happens. It's as if you typed nothing.
>
>This is rather annoying (and I spelled the word correctly here!) when trying to
>key in moves.
>
>Is this bug fixed in CB 7 or CB 8? It would be nice to see a patch for Fritz 6
>or Junior 6. At least fix it in Fritz 7 and Junior 7 -- please!
>
I have never encountered the above bug. Just tried it out on my latest Fritz and
on an ancient version on my video digitising computer. Both accept 1...g6P,
2.L7. I'll ask at the office if anyone knows about the bug you describe.
BTW, if you or anyone else has encountered problems with the TrueType diagram
printing, in which the 2nd and/or 7th ranks are misaligned, I have discovered
why that happens: The square outline character with the 7 and the 2 are mapped
to where you normally have quotes (" and '). In some word processors, like Word,
these characters are automatically replaced in the text with typographical
quotes. You have to switch "smart quotes" off to cure the problem.
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