Scid and Scid vs Mac: how to copy analysis output?

[Max]

Usual I highlight the analysis output with touchpad and copy&paste it into a text editor. But Scid 4.7.0 and Scid vs Mac 4.20, clears the analysis output and puts up a message "Click here to see moves".

Is there any way to copy the analysis output?

[Marek Soszynski]

From the analysis pane icons you can "Add Variation" or "Add All Variations" to the Notation pane.

[Max]

But this is only the last analysis line. How about the complete list?

[stevenaaus]

Yeah... this is tested more on linux, but this works on Mac , and should work on windows. Highlight the line/text and press command-c/control-c for copy.

You can then select the Edit->PasteVariation feature to add the line.
(Edit - you might have to deselect the Options->Moves->Translate pieces though ?)

If running multiPV, Right clicking the V+ button adds the *second* PV as a variation.

[Guenther]

But this is only the last analysis line. How about the complete list?

Tried this in Scid vs PC 4.18 (WIN) and it works here, but it needs manually selecting the whole output
and carefully putting the cursor first before the first analysis line in the left.
Simple Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C does not work, also right-click (for possible options) just clears the output like you said.

At least after manually selecting the analysis Ctrl+C can be used and copied to any text file.

Default analysis engine in this Scid version SF240813-64, from the start position:

Code: Select all

 1 [+0.70]  1. e4  (0.00)
 2 [+0.12]  1. e4 e5  (0.00)
 3 [+0.62]  1. Nf3 d5 2. Nc3  (0.01)
 4 [+0.16]  1. e4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6  (0.01)
 5 [+0.54]  1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3  (0.01)
 6 [+0.48]  1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. Nc3 cxd5  (0.01)
 7 [+0.28]  1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3  (0.03)
 8 [+0.44]  1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 f6 4. Nf3 fxe5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5  (0.05)
 9 [+0.42]  1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Nge7 5. Nf3 Nf5  (0.06)
11 [+0.50]  1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 bxc6  (0.16)
13 [+0.42]  1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 bxc6 8. e5 Ne4  (0.26)
14 [+0.28]  1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. f3 Ke7 9. e5 Nd5  (0.56)
15 [+0.26]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c3 Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxc6  (1.12)
16 [+0.18]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Nc3 f6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Bd2 Re8  (2.61)
17 [+0.26]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 d5 5. d3 Bb4+ 6. c3  (3.05)
17 [+0.24]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bf5 10. a4 Bf6 11. Qd5 Bg6 12. Re2 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Bg5 Bxc2  (4.54)
18 [+0.24]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bf5 10. a4 Bf6 11. Qd5 Bg6 12. Re2 Re8 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8  (5.08)
20 [+0.32]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bf6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Be3 d5 14. Bd3  (8.22)
20 [+0.30]  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Ng4 Bd4 10. Ne3 Nb4 11. Be2 Re8 12. d3 Qh4 13. a3  (10.33)

[Guenther]

Yeah... this is tested more on linux, but this works on Mac , and should work on windows. Highlight the line/text and press command-c/control-c for copy.

You can then select the Edit->PasteVariation feature to add the line.

If running multiPV, Right clicking the V+ button adds the *second* PV as a variation.

It would be more comfortable if Ctrl+A would work too.

[Max]

Thanks a lot, got it on Scid vs Mac now!

But not with Scid 4.7.0. Can't highlight the move list in the analysis window.

[stevenaaus]

Ok - i have changed the right-click mode switching to middle-click. Hopefully this will allow windows to have a "Copy text" context menu.
Only taken 10 years to change this silliness, laugh.

Re control-a.. this binding is used to add an empty variation and i mightn't change this as it's probably well used.
Control-A is also used... I will think about it , but probably leave this too. Cheers