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Go Editing Programs
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There are a number of software packages that can be used to edit game records, produce images, and teach yourself Go. This page is for the discussion of software for these purposes:

  • Reviewing game records;
  • Editing game records;
  • Producing diagrams for web or print;
  • Teaching yourself Go.

Certainly, most Go related software is multi-functional. Some software is serves as Go Playing Programs, and Go Recording Programs, and some as both. These packages should reviewed from different angles.

For example, my own situation, that I'm sure many share, is this: After I play my games (live or on-line), I then take the electronic game record (I use PilotGOne to record live ones on my hand-held computer) and review it, adding comments. Later, I need to take some of these games and print them out so I can go over them with my teacher (in person, over a real board).

Please add to the list of software, and help fill out the features of each. I've just put in a bit now, I'll add more later as well. --MtnViewMark


Go Editing/Recording Programs

A general purpose recorder/editor program. There is a fair amount of diagram and printing control.

TakeNGive: Inexpensive Windows shareware (and free if you use it less than once a week, I think), mostly intended to make diagrams for printing on paper via a word processor -- excellent for this purpose. I'm not sure how well it handles variations, and it doesn't seem to understand some SGF4 attribute tags.

This program comes as part of the Games of Go on Disk encyclopaedia. Designed principally for adding games to the GoGoD database, it therefore does not handle variations but contains a converter for lunar dates and various other features that ensure ease of input and accuracy of game data. An older version is available free on the MSO site, but the commercial CD version also combines with GoScorer? and John Fairbairn's Names Dictionary and tournament encyclopaedia.


More URLs via Gobase's [ext] SGF editors link collection.



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