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GoSuite
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Go Suite for Pocket PC is an SGF browser and editor.Still a lot to do. It is in a state that I feel comfortable releasing an alpha for people to play with and give feedback. I want to eventually integrate the problem solving and tagging system from Go Album into it and add major new features such as a Joseki/Fuseki browser (you can browse KJD for now), a GTP client for GnuGo, an IGS client, a port to Smartphone, and many other things. Installation InstructionsAlpha 0.2a Released (03 MAY 2004)
To uninstall, just go to Remove Programs and remove Creation Go Suite. Browse SGF FilesYou can browse SGF files with variation support for both sibling (left) and child modes (right). I personally like sibling-style best but comments in some game records refer to variations as children (notice that the comments in the left screenshot make no sense). The comments field can be expanded/collapsed by tapping it (or by pushing the jog dial in). The solid colored square indicates whether you are in the main line (red), a variation (blue) or a the end of a line (gray).
It supports most SGF FF[4] properties including all game info, labels, various markup, dimmed/selected points, various board sizes, variations, game/problem collections (multiple records per file), etc.
The comments field at the bottom is one-stop-shopping for full game info (first node), and other position and move annotations such as "Hotspot", "Good for Black", "Even Position", "Good Move", "Doubtful Move", etc. Also, you can see that the node name (or file name in it's absence) is displayed on the title bar along with an indication of the current stone (or color to play). Browsing is made very convenient on devices with a jog dial: Left/Right move to next/previous. Down moves to next alternate or, in child mode, hilights (blue box) what will be the next move. Up either moves to the previous alternate or, if there is none, it jumps back to the previous branch. That's very useful for exploring game trees: you come to a branch and explore to the end of each variation, then just pop back to the branch and keep going - all without using the stylus. Tapping a stone navigates back to the node in which that stone was placed. Buttons on the navigation toolbar are Main Line, Previous Branch, Previous Alternate, Next Alternate, Start, Back 10, Back, Forward, Forward 10, End. A little secret feature is that if you press and hold these buttons, they turn red and repeat - allowing you to speed through the moves. If you're using the jog dial, you may want to adjust the key repeat speed on your device by going to Start > Settings > Personal (tab) > Buttons > Up/Down Control (tab). Several other navigation options are available under View > Navigate and View > Search. Previous/Next Interesting means commented, annotated or branch.
Display OptionsYou may choose to view with/without coordinates, numbered moves (notice captured points are numbered as well), and may hide markup and labels. Oversized board mode is a special mode that works only for 19x19 full-board view without coordinates - it displays slightly larger stones but allows them to go off the edge of the screen a tiny bit.
Notice that with ClearType the stone labels are quite readable even at this tiny size. Be sure to enable this on your device: Start > Settings > System (tab) > Screen > Enable ClearType (checkbox), then soft reset. Zoom ViewYou can zoom and scroll around the board in Manual Zoom mode (View > Zoom > Manual). The toolbar changes and you have options for zoom in/out, jump to one of the four corners, and scroll left/right/up/down (also to jog dial allows easy scrolling while in this mode).
Additionally, you can automatically crop in around the stones on the board (for a partially occupied board - problem setup, joseki, etc.) and can easily jump back to full board (View > Zoom > Full Board). To get out of this mode just uncheck Manual and continue to browse and edit while zoomed in. Or switch our by choosing Zoom > Full Board or Automatic. CollectionsBesides variation support, there is support for SGF collection files with multiple games/problems per file. This can be thought of as variations of the root node. In fact, you can flip through games as regular alternates if you are at the root node - that is, you can use Next/Previous Alternate buttons on the toolbar or use the jog dial. If not at the root node, you can navigate to Previous/Next Record under View > Navigate.
Also on the File menu you may choose Open Record... or New Record... to add to the currently open collection file. You can choose to Save Record... to save just one game/problem from the current collection into a separate file. You can see from the title bar that in the above screenshot, we are browsing game #282 in the MegOfGames file (a single file containing several thousand games), and since we're at the first node, the blue Next/Previous Alternate toolbar buttons are available to flip though the games. EditingNormally, tapping the board will navigate if appropriate. Checking Edit > Record Game will cause tapping to add moves to the game record; creating variations automatically. You can, of course, also add stones to the board for setup, and add board markup. Finally, you can annotate the position (e.g. Good for White) or move (e.g. Interesting Move). Annotations are displayed in the comment field but this saves you typing, makes the record smaller, and can later be localized into other languages. These are the standard SGF annotations but I plan to introduce a bunch more in the future.
You can edit node info and game info which is displayed in the title bar and comment fields but again is a standard way to record this infomation for compatibility with Go databases, etc.
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