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Re: How do you get algebraic notation text files from PGN in gnu/winboard etc.

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From: Anders Thulin
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1999 00:00
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In article <7oc9e5$dh1$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,  <oldfarmer@my-deja.com> wrote:
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>The move is shown in algebraic notation at the top of the screen, but
>what I'm after is to get a printout/text file, in algerbraic notation,
>of the entire game, in the same way you would see one in a magazine.

  Just save it to disk.

  It may be best to save it as a *.TXT file, to avoid getting tangled
up in any *.PGN file type associations you may have.  Then open the
saved file as usual.

  (I forget Winboard, but surely there's a Save As ... in the File
  menu? If not, save it as a *.PGN file and rename it to a *.TXT file as
  described below.)

  The first few lines will be the tags -- you'll need to edit those a
bit.  The rest of the file will be pure algebraic, with close setting
a la Informator (many moves per line), possibly with commentary inside
{ ... } or variations inside ( ... ).

  Another possibility is to save it as a *.PGN file, and then rename
it to a *.TXT file (don't bother about any warnings from Windows), and
then open *that* as usual.

  You could also start Word or WordPad first, and open the *.PGN file
directly.

  If you want each move on a separate line, and neatly lined up, you
may have to look for fancier tools, though.


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Anders Thulin     Anders.X.Thulin@telia.se      013-23 55 32
Telia ProSoft AB, Teknikringen 6, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
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From: Anders.X.Thulin@telia.se (Anders Thulin)
Subject: Re: How do you get algebraic notation text files from PGN in gnu/winboard etc.
Date: 1999/08/06
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