RE: [Bug-gnubg] Win/loss scores

[Albert Silver]

Argh! I'd like to suggest, based also very much on external feedback,
that this option be turned on as the initial default.

                                                Albert

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Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2002 12:00 AM
To: GNUBackgammon bug reporting
Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Win/loss scores

On Fri, Dec 27, 2002 at 10:14:02PM -0200, Albert Silver wrote:
>       I'd like to ask whether it would be possible to change the
> display of the results in the hint/annotation window to actually say
the
> percentages. In other words, instead of reading 0.576 under the Win
> column, it would say 57.6%

Already done :-)  "set output winpc on" or turn on "GWC as percentage"
in
the Options dialogue, if you want percentages.

>       Every single person I have shown this to, and most are Snowie
> users, thus experienced, has required an explanation to understand
this.
> I myself am constantly converting it mentally to the percentile score
> and am forced to ask why this should be necessary. The size of the
> display wouldn't change (0.576 = 5 characters, as does 57.6%), and I
> think it would make it considerable easier to read, no?

I don't think so, but to each his own...

Cheers,
Gary.
-- 
   Gary Wong           address@hidden
http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~gary/


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