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asdfjkl / jfxchess

JFXChess - Chess Program
https://asdfjkl.github.io/jfxchess
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Engine parameters cannot be changed #136

Closed wittmarf closed 1 month ago

wittmarf commented 1 year ago

Hi,

I installed Jerry with snap on Kubuntu 22.10. Alternatively, I built it from source according to your instructions, which led to the same behavior as described below.

In the pop-up window, where the engines are listed, there is a button for editing the engine parameters. It is not active, cannot be clicked. This is the case for the built-in engine, as well as for newly installed engines. Those other engines can be used with Jerry btw, but just with one core since editing is not possible.

Any help appreciated, since Jerry really is a very nice chess GUI!

Kind regards, Ralf

asdfjkl commented 1 year ago

I can reproduce this behavior; it's a bug.

asdfjkl commented 1 year ago

It is not possible to execute external programs if Jerry is installed as a snap (this is due to the snap firewall). Therefore it is not possible to add additional engines. The internal engines's parameters are not editable by default.

I'll probably create a patch in the sense that I add Stockfish with editable parameters for the snap. However it will never be possible to add additional engines. In the meantime, if you need advanced features, I recommend to use the .tar.xz manual installation

asdfjkl commented 1 month ago

won't fix