Version 8.1
December 2011 |
Software fix to resolve an
instability when pruning branches. |
Version 8
December 2011 |
[
version 8 installation file - Setup_Penguin8.exe ]
Printing.
Print functionality has been improved. In
particular, a new pre-print dialog collects options
from the user and allows header and footer text to be set.
PGN
Error Handling. Improved functionality to notify
user of PGN errors within game files.
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Version 7.1
October 2011 |
[ version 7.1 installation file - Setup_Penguin71.exe ]
A software fix was made to prevent
the program becoming unstable when importing PGN text.
FEN.
Corrected FEN functionality. In version 7 FEN full
move numbers were out by one.
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Version 7
October 2011 |
Toolbars.
Toolbars have been added to facilitate program operation.
PGN
Import. Penguin now validates PGN text before it
is added to the collection, allowing the user to make edits to the text.
PGN
Export to Clipboard. Penguin can export text in
several PGN formats: short, long, long print.
GIF /
BMP Image Export. A caption can be
added to GIF / BMP image exports.
Backup.
Backup files will be created with an ECH / PGN extension.
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Version 6
July 2011 |
[ version 6 installation file - Setup_Penguin6.exe ]
UCI
Chess Engines. New functionality to
interface with UCI engines.
Long
Algebraic. Penguin
will accept the long algebraic format within PGN files (
e.g. e2-e4 Ng8-f6 or e2e4 Ng8f6 )
Move
Number Navigation. New functionality to navigate
to a specific move number. This also includes functionality
to navigate to the next / previous pawn / capture move.
Board
Composition. Added controls to set castling,
en-passant and move number information.
Short
Notation. Added option to display / print moves
in short notation.
Motif
Chess Font. The Motif chess font has been added
as one of the available fonts.
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Version 5
June 2010 |
Import
Game Text. New functionality to import
games by direct pasting of FEN / PGN text.
PGN
Export. New functionality to generate PGN text
for the current game and to copy it to the Windows clipboard.
Bookmarks. Dialog can now delete multiple
bookmarks.
Updates.
Added a ‘Check for updates’ menu entry to enable the latest news on the
program to be fetched from the product web site.
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Version 4
April 2010
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Memory
Utilisation. Better data management has been
built into the program to enable faster loading and reduce memory
usage, making it particularly suitable for working with large PGN and
ECH files.
Edit
Player Name. Functionality has been added to the
players dialog to correct any name misspellings.
Branching.
A change has been made to the way that branch
information is stored. In particular, the restriction on the
number of branches from each game position has been removed.
Read-Only
Files. Added functionality to prevent
backing up of write-protected files being attempted.
Chess
Fonts. A choice of several fonts is available.
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Version 3
August 2009 |
Openings.
A database of openings has been included to facilitate
classification of games.
Statistics.
Opening and player statistics can be viewed for the games in
the collection.
Comment.
A better comment / annotation control has been added.
FEN
Notation.
FEN text strings can be generated of game positions.
Also a FEN text string may be imported into a board
composition.
Bookmarks.
Bookmark
orders are now retained.
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Version 2
June 2009
|
PGN
Format. Game files can be stored /
imported /
exported in the PGN format ( in addition to Penguin's own game format. )
Bookmarking.
Positions can be bookmarked. A dialog facilitates
management of the bookmarks.
Documentation.
Documentation is available as a compiled HTML Help module.
Memory Utilisation.
Improved
memory management techniques have been built into the program to reduce
memory usage.
Faster Loading. Changes
have
been made to enable faster loading of large game files.
Irregular
Moves. Functionality to make irregular moves has
been added.
Layout,
Options. Improved background options and dialog
layout have been added.
GIF
Export.
Improved options for GIF image export have been added.
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| Version 1
June 2008
|
This
was
the first public offering of the
Penguin program. |
