Png

hi
i have seen one day, that the final position of a game can be emailed to me in PNG format.
i wondered if the hole game, 1 e4 e5 2Cf3 Cf6 etc... can be emailed as a PNG game, also. I would like to analyse some games i have lost, off connection.
i do not know a lot about PNG
i think it is an universal format for ghess games
what shall i do with a PNG game, for example i have copyed/pasted in a .txt file, the "immortal game" that is given in the FAQ of redhotpawn.
but my two chess software on my mac "sigma chess" and "chess", do not want to open the .txt file
so i resume:

1) how to b eemailed one game i habve played, in PNG format
2) how to use this mail in order to read it with every chess software ?

thanks

Originally posted by elo douwen
hi
i have seen one day, that the final position of a game can be emailed to me in PNG format.
i wondered if the hole game, 1 e4 e5 2Cf3 Cf6 etc... can be emailed as a PNG game, also. I would like to analyse some games i have lost, off connection.
i do not know a lot about PNG
i think it is an universal format for ghess games
what shall i do with a PN format
2) how to use this mail in order to read it with every chess software ?

thanks

Originally posted by elo douwen
hi
i have seen one day, that the final position of a game can be emailed to me in PNG format.
i wondered if the hole game, 1 e4 e5 2Cf3 Cf6 etc... can be emailed as a PNG game, also. I would like to analyse some games i have lost, off connection.
i do not know a lot about PNG
i think it is an universal format for ghess games
what shall i do with a PN ...[text shortened]... format
2) how to use this mail in order to read it with every chess software ?

thanks

Originally posted by Mad Rook
If you give the text file a file extension of .pgn I think your software should be able to read it.

Originally posted by ivan2908
Usually you even do not have to do that

copy paste does the trick in every chess viewer I know.

Portable Game Notation,PGN not png.It's important to get it right if you want to view it with software.
To view it with any chess software you either do as madrook said or you open your textfile,copy the pgn and paste it into the viewer.

ok thank very much.

i am so stupid i had used the image extension (.png) instead of (.pgn)
now it works very well with sigma chess for example, but i must copy paste only what is between

Originally posted by elo douwen
ok thank very much.

i am so stupid i had used the image extension (.png) instead of (.pgn)
now it works very well with sigma chess for example, but i must copy paste only what is between [pgn] and [/pgn] not the [pgn] and [/pgn] tehmselves

now, i have not found yet the answer to this question: how can i get the (.pgn) historic of a game i have played on redhotpawn ??

Vincent

Originally posted by elo douwen
ok thank very much.

i am so stupid i had used the image extension (.png) instead of (.pgn)
now it works very well with sigma chess for example, but i must copy paste only what is between [pgn] and [/pgn] not the [pgn] and [/pgn] tehmselves

now, i have not found yet the answer to this question: how can i get the (.pgn) historic of a game i have played on redhotpawn ??

Vincent

ok thank you it is perfect now :-)

Isn't PNG a graphics format for images that has nothing to do with chess?

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Isn't PNG a graphics format for images that has nothing to do with chess?

Originally posted by diskamyl
yes, he means pgn.