
ClassC - Chess Classification Coloring - August 1995
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	Copyright (C) 1995
	Paul W. Onstad
 	All Rights Reserved


ChessC produces a graphical display of openings from PGN chess collections.


Some points on use:

  - games _must_ be normalized with NORMAL.exe so that any annotations are
    removed (see *NORMAL.CFG below)

  - use the Sort Settings dialog _before_ opening a PGN file if you wish
    other than the standard defaults

  - the perfect PGN game file size is 380 games. Use patience as it will
    take about a minute before it produces a display.

  - once a display is produced, only the "Sort From" item of the sort
    dialog will alter the display ("Sort To" _can_ enhance the win/loss
    separation if it is increased, but has no other effect until the 
    next file is opened).

  - the immediate Zoom menu item produces a cross-hairs cursor; use it
    to click a game in the main (center) rectangle. Select Zoom again 
    to zoom out.

  - games can be marked by three methods...

	- entering the string, &&, anywhere in the PGN game header
	- in the application by clicking, then pressing the Insert key
	  (press again to mark the next game, or click and press to
	  unmark)
	- in the application by clicking a game with the right mouse
	  button

  - click the left-most part of the display, before sorting, to set the
    "original order indicator" column

  - the Refresh menu item toggles between the original color display
    and the "equal-position highlight" (yellow). Games highlighted are
    exactly equal by position to the game immediately above.

Suggestions
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    Compare a "rigid" PGN opening file, such as the Latvian Gambit, to,
    say, the Queen's Indian. The QID display can often be enhanced by 
    advancing the "Sort From" field.
	
*NORMAL.CFG
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    The game parser of this original beta version of ChessC is very 
    feeble--it requires completely proofed games. For best results, 
    always make a pass on the PGN file with NORMAL.exe (NORMAL.ZIP,
    CIS Lib. 5) first. Copy/paste the following CFG file and save as
    P2PFIN.CFG in your NORMAL directory:
	

	*file P2PFIN.CFG
	[fmtOut=PGN]
	[bracketIn="{}"]
	[bracketIn="[]"]
	[bracketIn="()"]
	[braceTrans=1]
	[fmtIn=PGN]
	[convertHdrs=1]
	[combSiteOut=1]
	[comLevelOut=0]
	[bracketOut=0]

    When starting NORMAL, enter "p2pfin" at the first prompt.

Inquiries/Questions?
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	Paul W. Onstad, INTERNET:70641.3236@compuserve.com
	10168 Parrish Ave NE
	Elk River, MN 55330
	(612) 241-9212

Reposting
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ClassC.exe can be reposted on any of the public nets and redistributed by
non-commercial parties for non-commercial use.

	-Paul Onstad
