Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 15:43:32 02/24/99
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On February 23, 1999 at 20:23:56, Bruce Ramsey wrote:
>Sorry if this has been asked many times before here, I'm new here (please be
>gentle :-)
>
>Which programs have an option to log all analysis to a .txt file? By programs,
>I mean programs like Rebel, Shredder, Nimzo99, Fritz, etc.
Crafty does.
HIARCS does not.
MacChess does (Macintosh only)
Here's a couple of tips that can help you get record this analysis
on almost any machine - Win3.1/Win95/WinNT/Macintosh. Unfortunately,
it is as a .GIF file rather than a .txt file, but it is a step in
the right direction. I use this approach a LOT with HIARCS.
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Tip #1: Recording HIARCS PV history
Sometimes, you'd like to see what HIARCS "thought" about a position
at various search depths. The HIARCS screen display only
shows the PV for the current search depth, but the PV history can be
recorded as an animated GIF using the screen recorder utility
"Gif-gIf-giF", which is available for Windows 3.1, Windows 95,
Windows NT, and Macintosh.
Even the freely downloadable Gif-gIf-giF demo will do this.
The demo is available at
<http://www.peda.com/>
The resulting animated GIF can be viewed by many utilities and
Web browsers, including the downloadable demo of "A Smaller GIF",
available at the same Web site as Gif-gIf-giF.
Tip #2: Saving the HIARCS PV as text to the Clipboard [Macintosh only]
The freeware Macintosh utility Text Capture will capture the HIARCS PV
and save it to the Clipboard as text. This is a good way to save HIARCS
analysis. This utility can be downloaded from
<http://users.aol.com/jwwalker/>
<http://users.aol.com/jwwalker/pages/tc.html>
The formal name is Text_Capture_FKEY2.4. Installation is easy, and does
not require rebooting. After downloading, drag a copy of the
"Text Capture FKEY suitcase" file onto the System Folder. The system
will ask if you want it in the Fonts folder (you do). After that,
pressing the CMD-SHIFT-6 three-key combination will convert the cursor
to a crosshairs. Drag a rectangle around the PV, and when you release
the mouse button, the PV will be copied as text to the Clipboard.
You can then copy it into a text editor, email program, etc.
Compatability: Text Capture has been successfully tested on both System
7.5.5. and 8.5
Regards,
Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
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