Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 02:26:49 09/13/00
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On September 12, 2000 at 05:07:02, Frederic Friedel wrote:
>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.
Hey thanks !!! I am one of those who had that problem.
Of course there were other printing problems like diagram options not getting
saved in early fritz6 versions..
I wonder why there is no "Known Problems" page on chessbase.com ? I am sure not
everyone who encountered the problem reads your post here.
Thanks again,
Georg v. Zimmermann
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