Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:38:24 04/04/02
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On April 04, 2002 at 16:29:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >On April 04, 2002 at 16:13:01, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On April 04, 2002 at 16:08:23, Dan Andersson wrote: >> >>>I did a simple ove using Tcl/Tk ages ago. But it was a simple affair, FEN cut >>>and paste and modification. And I don't seem to have a copy anywhere. But >>>running CLI and shell scripts are very easy, so why bother really? >>> >>>MvH Dan Andersson >> >> >>Using Windows, I have the EPD in the clipboard. >> >>What's the quickest way to get it into Chest? > >Save it to disk using notepad or whatever. > >Then do this: > >chest -b <filename> > >If you have an idea of how deep to search (in full moves) you can add a 'z' like >this: > >chest -b -z 9 <filename> > >If you want to add memory, then like this: > >chest -b -z 9 -M300 <filename> > >etc. > >Lots of options. Why should a chessplayer be forced to create a file when the information is already available in the clipboard? That doesn't seem to be a very efficient way of getting something from the clipboard to an application, as compared to double-clicking an icon and hitting 'paste.' Most humans prefer the GUI philosophy of "recognize and point" to the command-line approach of "memorize and type." I converted around 1988. I'm not saying it's inherently better, mind you, just more comfortable for the vast majority of people. For many uses the GUI approach may be slower or more clumsy than the command-line approach. For this particular use, the GUI approach seems vastly superior (to me).
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