Creating and editing problems

Piece palette

To create a new problem select File->New. The editor window will be shown on the screen. There is always one active editor window whereas the other ones are minimalized. To maximized a window open menu View->Windows.A window titled "Piece palette" holds a basic operations for diagram. Section Color indicates current color of pieces whereas section Piece selects a piece. Third part of the window holds three types of decoration: color of a square, arrows and symbols. To delete any of these decoration move the mouse to the square and push the RMB and than select decoration(s) to delete.

Menu edit

CommandAction
ClearDeletes all objecta from a board
Clear pieceDeletes pieces from a board
Clear arrowsRemoves all arrows
Clear colorsRemoves individual colors of board squares
Clear symbolsRemoves all symbols from a board
Standard positionStandard start position
FEN PositionSetting/getting the current board position
FEN SettingsSettings options for current positions like: castling,en passant line, moves, half moves, actual play
Add authorsAdds authors, place, publisher, type of the problem and prize to the problem. By default these information are unvisible, to see they on your diagram you must open menu Settings->View options and check the options in the Header section. These setting are global for all editor windows
Add place
Add publisher
Set prize
Set type
Add solutionAdds solutions of the problem

Menu Settings

CommandAction
Row coordniatesChanges style of row and column coordinates
Column coordinates
BordersDefines style and color of inner and outer borders
White squaresDefines decoration and color of white and black squares
Black squares
White pieceChanges colors of pieces. These options may not work for some pieces
Black piece
BoardChanges type of pieces and frame color
View optionsDefines the type of information to display. These are global options for all editors window
Load settingsReads settings from file
Save settingsSave the current settings to file

Menu File

CommandAction
NewCreates a new problem
OpenOpens an existing problem from file
SaveAdds problem to the project
Save AsSaves current problem to separate txt, fen or prb file
ExportExports current problem to png file
CloseCloses current window