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diff --git a/games/scid/scid.1 b/games/scid/scid.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9589447c58 --- /dev/null +++ b/games/scid/scid.1 @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- +.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps +.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection +.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) +.TH SCID 1 "January 12, 2009" +.SH NAME +scid, pgnfix, pgnscid, sc_addmove, sc_eco, sc_epgn, sc_import, sc_remote, +sc_spell, sc_tree, scidlet, scidpgn, scmerge, spliteco, tcscid, +tkscid, twic2scid - chess database and utility programs +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B scid +.SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page documents briefly +.B Shane's Chess Information Database. +This manual page was originally written for the Debian GNU/Linux +distribution because the original program does not have a manual +page. It does have documentation in a README file, which is available +as /usr/doc/scid-@VERSION@/README. It also has extensive HTML +documentation, which is available at +/usr/doc/scid-@VERSION@/help/Index.html . +.PP +Scid is a chess database application. With it you can browse databases +of chess games, edit games, and search for games by various criteria. +Scid uses its own compact and fast database format, but can convert to and +from PGN format. +.PP +The command 'scid' starts the graphical user interface. +.PP +The spell-checking file is placed in +/usr/share/scid/data/ratings_2008_4.ssp (in case Scid can't find it), +while the books for scidlet is in /usr/share/scid/books/scidlet40k.sbk. +Scid should show a photo whenever a game by a player with a photograph is +loaded. This should happen automatically. If not, copy or link the files in +/usr/share/scid/photos to your Scid user options directory (~/.scid) +and run Scid. To see the photos you must load the spell-checking file. + +.SH SLACKWARE-SPECIFIC INFORMATION +As packaged with the script from SlackBuilds.org, the directories +/usr/share/scid/books and /usr/share/scid/bases are owned by root:games +and with permissions of 775, which means that they are readable by anyone, +but writable by only members of the "games" group. This makes it possible +for members of the "games" group to add/change/delete books and bases for +scid. However, a much better approach is something along these lines: + + mkdir -p $HOME/.scid + cp -r /usr/share/scid/{bases,books} $HOME/.scid + +Then, in the Options menu of the scid interface, set the bases directory +to $HOME/.scid/bases and the books directory to $HOME/.scid/books, and +restart scid. Try with F11 to see if the book works. If not, then you may +have to set the permissions of $HOME/.scid/bases/* and $HOME/.scid/books/* +to 0666. + +.SH AUTHOR +Scid was written by Shane Hudson <sgh@users.sourceforge.net>. This +manual page was written by Peter van Rossum <petervr@debian.org>, for +the Debian GNU/Linux system, and subsequently modified by Marco Pessotto +<melmothx@gmail.com> and Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com> with +Slackware-specific information and other minor tweaks. |