Author: Peter Klausler
Date: 11:38:54 04/16/99
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On April 16, 1999 at 12:45:46, Steve Coladonato wrote: >Peter, > >I downloaded the program and I see that within the program itself you can switch >the move display from Descriptive Notation to Algebraic Notation. Can you load >a game that was written in Descriptive Notation or must the game be in PGN >format. If I put DN in a PGN file, I get an error on "import" > >Steve There is no such thing as descriptive notation in a PGN file. PGN uses only standard algebraic notation. CDB in descriptive notation mode still reads and writes standard PGN; the descriptive notation mode affects only what you type and what you see on the display. So you can browse any reasonably conforming PGN file and see the moves in descriptive notation, and you can enter descriptive moves and export them in standard format. The descriptive notation mode is entirely a function of the user interface. If you want to type in games in descriptive notation with a text editor and then import them into a program, you're out of luck.
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