Add ability to enter alternate FICS hostname on GUI

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.  Can't access freechess.org from my location on telnet ports
2.  Want to use ssh tunnel to forward traffic via localhost 
3.  freechess.org is hard-coded

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Want to be able to run:
% ssh -N -L 6969:freechess.org:23 my.remote.server &

Then connect to localhost:6969 to play on FICS.

Does it happen every time?

Yes.

What version of the product are you using?

0.10.1-4 from archlinux repos

Did you use an installed version of PyChess or did you run in from a
tarball/svn?

Installed

Please provide any additional information below.

Please attach the latest pychess logfile. It's in a hidden folder, under
your homedirectory, named ".local/share/pychess/"

Original issue reported on code.google.com by noahktilton on 15 Jan 2014 at 8:17

• Blocked on: #233, #908

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With latest beta releases you can use ics_host and ics_port command line 
argument when start pychess. See pychess --help.

Original comment by gbtami on 16 Jan 2014 at 4:23

• Changed state: Fixed
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement

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Fair enough.  Having it as part of the GUI would be Nice to Have.

Original comment by noahktilton on 16 Jan 2014 at 4:58

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True.

Original comment by gbtami on 16 Jan 2014 at 5:31

• Changed title: Add ability to enter alternate FICS hostname on GUI
• Changed state: Reopened

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I can send a patch if you'd like. ..

Original comment by noahktilton on 16 Jan 2014 at 5:33

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Of course :)

Original comment by gbtami on 16 Jan 2014 at 6:02

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Hmm... it seems my Gtk/Glade are too new... interested in a Glade 3 branch?

Original comment by noahktilton on 16 Jan 2014 at 9:58

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Specifically being bitten by stuff like this:  
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8726466/how-do-i-add-children-to-a-statusbar-
in-glade3

Original comment by noahktilton on 16 Jan 2014 at 9:59

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That shouldn't be a problem. Is there somewhere in the code that tries to add 
something other than a text message to the statusbar?

Original comment by mattgatto on 17 Jan 2014 at 4:58

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You can create a clone at http://code.google.com/p/pychess/source/clones

Original comment by mattgatto on 17 Jan 2014 at 4:59

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Here are the specifics of the errors I was seeing:

{{{
But this version of Glade is for GTK+ 3 only.
Make sure you can run this project with Glade 3.8 with no deprecated widgets 
first.
}}}

The GtkVBox widget is deprecated.  So when I try to add a couple text boxes to 
the GtkVBox I get this error:

{{{
Widgets of type Vertical Box need placeholders to add children.
}}}

Original comment by noahktilton on 17 Jan 2014 at 4:29

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Original comment by mattgatto on 21 Feb 2014 at 4:02

• Now blocked on: #233

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Original comment by mattgatto on 28 Sep 2014 at 10:08

• Now blocked on: #908