Annotating Games - KB shortcuts

[DimEyeChessGuy]

Hey there.
So I did re-buy the HCE Pro after all... I've been working with it today and one of my primary use cases is annotating my own games (A LOT).

Am I missing keyboard shortcuts for things like: Set move symbol, or set evaluation symbol? Those would be SO very helpful. Or maybe a separate window (maybe a palette with the symbols in it). Anything beyond context menus?

Thanks,
DECG (Tom)

[TimC]

Hey there.
So I did re-buy the HCE Pro after all... I've been working with it today and one of my primary use cases is annotating my own games (A LOT).

Am I missing keyboard shortcuts for things like: Set move symbol, or set evaluation symbol? Those would be SO very helpful. Or maybe a separate window (maybe a palette with the symbols in it). Anything beyond context menus?

Thanks,
DECG (Tom)

Glad to see you are back! I am also not aware of keyboard shortcuts as you are asking about. However if you right click on the move you want to annotate, a sub-menu appears with all of the elements that you are asking about. Hope this helps.

[DimEyeChessGuy]

Thank you for that... yes, I'm aware of the context menus. Hoping maybe we can get kb shortcuts as it is much faster to just kb annotations in. Obviously a personal preference but, I'm invested now and I'd like to see these kinds of improvements (if they do not already exist)

DECG (Tom)

[Frank Rahde]

Little addition: Double click a move within the notation opens the comment overlay...

[DimEyeChessGuy]

That's a good one. Although, there is already (for my preferred workflow) keyboard shortcuts for comments (command + M (after the move) and command + shift + M (before the move)).

Thanks for posting this tip though.

DECG (Tom)

[mrudolf]

That's a good one. Although, there is already (for my preferred workflow) keyboard shortcuts for comments (command + M (after the move) and command + shift + M (before the move)).

Most symbols can be added by pressing appropriate symbols on the keyboard. For example, pressing +- will insert +- and -/ will insert -/+. Same goes for ?, ?! etc.

[DimEyeChessGuy]

That's a good one. Although, there is already (for my preferred workflow) keyboard shortcuts for comments (command + M (after the move) and command + shift + M (before the move)).

Most symbols can be added by pressing appropriate symbols on the keyboard. For example, pressing +- will insert +- and -/ will insert -/+. Same goes for ?, ?! etc.

Are these documented anywhere?

DECG (Tom)

[mrudolf]

Possibly only somewhere on this forum. We will update the documentation.

[DimEyeChessGuy]

Possibly only somewhere on this forum. We will update the documentation.

Ok.. I'll give these a try today... Thank you for telling me about them.

DECG (Tom)

[Mark Uniacke]

Best kept secret

I will be updating the documentation for v1.2 in the next few weeks and it will be included then.

[Jenesuispasdave]

I looked at the current online help but couldn't find the keyboard symbol mappings. So I made a list of all the symbols and the keyboard characters for entering them. There are a few symbols for which I've not found a keyboard shortcut.

The format of this list is "characters to enter" followed by "description of symbol". I didn't include the actual graphical symbols that results.

_ clear symbols (underscore character)

! good move
? mistake
!! excellent move
?? blunder
!? speculative
?! questionable
[ only move

= equal
~ unclear
+= white has slight advantage
=+ black has slight advantage
+/ white has moderate advantage
-/ black has moderate advantage
+- white has decisive advantage
-+ black has decisive advantage
~= with compensation

> with initiative
^ with attack
< with counterplay
N novelty
(. zugzwang
(+ time

[mrudolf]

I looked at the current online help but couldn't find the keyboard symbol mappings. So I made a list of all the symbols and the keyboard characters for entering them. There are a few symbols for which I've not found a keyboard shortcut.

I slightly edited your list to add some missing shortcuts.