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   7 #+CATEGORY: Chess
   8
   9 * TODO [#B] display: Sometimes final event of game doesn't change modeline
  10   - Note taken on [2008-09-03 Wed 04:18] \\
  11     I just had it happen again tonight, when I resigned with C-c C-r, and it
  12     showed up in the *chess-ics* buffer, but it didn't update the modeline.
  13   Like CHECKMATE, FLAG FELL, or RESIGN
  14   :PROPERTIES:
  15   :UUID: 316BD168-29A8-4B54-830C-FA5CEA397518
  16   :END:
  17 * TODO [#B] Fix errors from the validation suite
  18   Error reading game 336249: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: '30'
  19   Error reading game 443436: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'Rf2'
  20   Error reading game 465586: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'R'
  21   :PROPERTIES:
  22   :UUID: 01CFDC4F-350C-472B-A4F6-DFE4503B6D05
  23   :END:
  24   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  25 * TODO [#B] Make the chess-ics-sought buffer read-only
  26   :PROPERTIES:
  27   :UUID: D416E179-252C-49CE-8BAA-06B31364116F
  28   :END:
  29   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  30 * TODO [#B] Sought games are not being selected for me when I press RET
  31   :PROPERTIES:
  32   :UUID: 06F3AD0F-B44D-4845-B345-4406AF8D3212
  33   :END:
  34   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  35 * TODO [#B] Sometimes the chess-ics-sought buffer doesn't appear
  36   :PROPERTIES:
  37   :UUID: A3499CBB-5C0D-4C1B-872C-DC4E7D46CA73
  38   :END:
  39   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  40 * DONE [#B] Sometimes a chess-test run fails to recognize promotions
  41   SCHEDULED: <2008-09-02 Tue><
  42   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-02 Tue 22:31] \\
  43     Fixed.  This appears to be a bug in looking-at/match-string, but it only
  44     occurs under high load and certain circumstances.  I was able to get around it
  45     by examining the buffer directly.
  46   - Note taken on [2008-09-01 Mon 05:35] \\
  47     This happens on game 2030188.
  48   :PROPERTIES:
  49   :UUID: 431304B0-E8B9-485E-82B5-D4DF900C27DF
  50   :END:
  51   [2008-09-01 Mon]
  52 * TODO [#C] Investigate the performance possibilities researched by Mario
  53   Well, I've played a little with a few transformations but I haven't managed
  54   to get any substantial speedup.  Things I see are:
  55
  56   - char-valid-p is called at least three times, the value could be saved in
  57     the toplevel let*.
  58   - I am not sure but I think I read inline quoted lists can be slower.  I
  59     tried to define the direction lists as a alist in a defconst, but it
  60     didnt't really show as a speedup...
  61   - The chess--add-candidates defsubst does needless check of check-only in
  62     some cases.  I.e., if we rewrite the first cond clause to do different
  63     things if check-only is t or nil, that might also do a bit.
  64
  65   But really, I didnt find anything worthwhile... Maybe it could make sense to
  66   have a separate function to handle the (memq piece '(nil t)) case.
  67   :PROPERTIES:
  68   :UUID: 24E8AD24-067C-4130-9616-63D5DFF60231
  69   :END:
  70   [2008-09-01 Mon]
  71 * DONE [#B] chess-auto.el is not being built properly                    :BUILD:
  72   SCHEDULED: <2008-09-01 Mon>
  73   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
  74   :PROPERTIES:
  75   :UUID: 184AF780-815B-43DB-87A4-0A81DE252AB0
  76   :END:
  77   [2008-08-31 Sun]
  78 * DONE [#B] scid: The buffer needs periodic clearing, or it grows too large
  79   SCHEDULED: <2008-09-01 Mon>
  80   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
  81   :PROPERTIES:
  82   :UUID: 272CE75E-122A-4AEA-8A03-9CD2041895EA
  83   :END:
  84   [2008-09-01 Mon]
  85 * TODO display: Make highlight colors easily customizable
  86   :PROPERTIES:
  87   :UUID: D0842841-9E89-49A3-9EEB-5FA4D251FE41
  88   :END:
  89 * TODO display: Draw move highlights as a border, not a background
  90   This should be optional, since backgrounds can look nice too.
  91   :PROPERTIES:
  92   :UUID: 5A7A3C73-5105-4BAB-A027-79310B9CD061
  93   :END:
  94 * TODO display: Always validate the display before painting
  95   This will require adding a new text property to each square on the board,
  96   `chess-piece', so that the validator can walk through the displayed board
  97   and ensure that it matches the known position for that board.
  98   :PROPERTIES:
  99   :UUID: 169EB9E9-ED82-4FA7-AE8A-129FFFE419F6
 100   :END:
 101 * TODO autosave: This module currently isn't working at all!
 102   :PROPERTIES:
 103   :UUID: D31ED224-7C1E-4171-AE38-AE87D0032743
 104   :END:
 105 * TODO autosave: Doesn't support undoing of moves
 106   :PROPERTIES:
 107   :UUID: 80E09658-6D7E-4DD5-A077-E3CDB80F6003
 108   :END:
 109 * TODO clock: Sometimes, the clock gets shut off while playing on ICS
 110   :PROPERTIES:
 111   :UUID: 5130D83E-91A4-4FFD-B62F-DFD8345B06AC
 112   :END:
 113 * TODO irc: If move before opponent connects, symbol assertion "value"
 114   :PROPERTIES:
 115   :UUID: DCCEB9D3-0F5F-484C-9D4E-A0B7801F101D
 116   :END:
 117 * TODO network: Does not work at all!
 118   :PROPERTIES:
 119   :UUID: AC39392F-57EF-4D79-A718-DEB4B24DFC5D
 120   :END:
 121 * TODO gnuchess: Triggers a Lisp error when I resign
 122   :PROPERTIES:
 123   :UUID: 8ADABEB5-BF38-4A71-949F-074048AED7B0
 124   :END:
 125 * TODO ics: Takebacks still aren't working 100%
 126   When I submit a takeback request manually, and the other side accepts, my
 127   client doesn't know what to do with it
 128   :PROPERTIES:
 129   :UUID: 67BF2EFF-66E6-4DE3-BCD1-D1743D8C7AC3
 130   :END:
 131 * TODO ics: Accepting match request doesn't seem to be working always
 132   :PROPERTIES:
 133   :UUID: 296B2B3D-B4CF-418E-8FA6-36D301D09136
 134   :END:
 135 * TODO ics: Resuming adjourned games does not work at all
 136   :PROPERTIES:
 137   :UUID: D2E35ADE-1CFF-4DB6-A910-DF3C886709B3
 138   :END:
 139 * TODO ics: Not detecting forfeit by disconnection at the moment
 140   :PROPERTIES:
 141   :UUID: 0EDCC239-65B0-450F-82B9-12B1E96667D4
 142   :END:
 143 * TODO If you are playing a puzzle game, and the engine is thinking
 144   And you hit space to move to the next puzzle, then when the last move is
 145   finally received from the engine it causes an error.
 146   :PROPERTIES:
 147   :UUID: 4583E224-B5A2-47D4-906E-6374AA7AB936
 148   :END:
 149 * TODO Port the code to XEmacs
 150   :PROPERTIES:
 151   :UUID: A633A292-722C-4566-9F5D-807675DAB8DD
 152   :END:
 153 * TODO Find a way to display pieces on Windows platforms
 154   Or at least document how to build XPM support into Emacs for Windows.
 155   :PROPERTIES:
 156   :UUID: D602699C-A340-41A4-BA94-876743D43F8C
 157   :END:
 158 * TODO Add chess-ucb to the list of modules created via M-x chess
 159   Right now there is no facility for having two engines associated with a
 160   single game (and chess-link is not what we want in this case).
 161   :PROPERTIES:
 162   :UUID: 8C355AA3-46DD-4261-BC7C-4028CDF42854
 163   :END:
 164 * TODO display: If I win, it still reports CHECKMATE incorrectly
 165   If I'm white, it does so on the last ply (per display)
 166   :PROPERTIES:
 167   :UUID: 3F662E90-3F58-43E9-B59E-936F1EBC3953
 168   :END:
 169 * TODO display: Need "save game to a PGN file/database" command
 170   :PROPERTIES:
 171   :UUID: 2BBA9120-1EE5-4623-9F52-DFB966EC3317
 172   :END:
 173 * TODO engine: Answering "y" to opponent (takeback, etc) hangs
 174   I get left with an hourglass cursor.
 175   :PROPERTIES:
 176   :UUID: 0F9290D9-90D6-48ED-9F13-EEDF42EA91F0
 177   :END:
 178 * TODO engine: If no chess engine available, print a nice message
 179   :PROPERTIES:
 180   :UUID: E0889D90-33FD-426F-AC45-6221136162D8
 181   :END:
 182 * TODO ply: detect games drawn by 3-fold repetition and 50 move rule
 183   Note, FIDE rules define that a draw must be claimed by one of the opponents,
 184   so we do not really need to do this on every move, just when a draw is
 185   requested.)
 186   :PROPERTIES:
 187   :UUID: 4D3BBF63-A640-483A-ACF9-CC948AEAAAC7
 188   :END:
 189 * TODO pgn: When saving game to clipboard, shouldn't need to save FEN
 190   If it's starting from a standard position (this doesn't always happen)
 191   :PROPERTIES:
 192   :UUID: 7CB3441C-9398-42D7-A174-5F534ADA473B
 193   :END:
 194 * TODO pgn: Sometimes when clipping, "*" is stuck to last move's text
 195   :PROPERTIES:
 196   :UUID: 5B737ED4-F271-425E-9F1D-1DFA7834BAFF
 197   :END:
 198 * TODO german: Complete translation
 199   :PROPERTIES:
 200   :UUID: 937301D5-2C31-4F43-83B0-FB9A0CD5F138
 201   :END:
 202 * TODO [#C] Profile and mem profile
 203   Especially try to get the validation suite running faster!
 204   :PROPERTIES:
 205   :UUID: 4A08E03C-1AEA-4C14-951A-3F8DBB2E29E7
 206   :END:
 207 * TODO [#C] Elint all files
 208   :PROPERTIES:
 209   :UUID: 7F56D199-279D-4DAD-AF4C-D612AFC803FA
 210   :END:
 211 * TODO [#C] Add docstrings/texi content
 212   :PROPERTIES:
 213   :UUID: 7BC85C08-7A3B-4A09-94C6-9AF10180924B
 214   :END:
 215 * TODO [#C] Use checkdoc on all files
 216   :PROPERTIES:
 217   :UUID: 8D30489F-9000-43C3-BCA6-0C14F0E5C831
 218   :END:
 219 * TODO [#C] Clean up chess.el
 220   :PROPERTIES:
 221   :UUID: F2CC192E-8AD3-47BD-9A9F-3990BA1206A2
 222   :END:
 223 * TODO Create a better error hierarchy                                 :FEATURE:
 224   Instead of using (error), we should be throwing specialized signals that
 225   indicate whether it's a problem with a ply, a position, a move, etc.  And
 226   then this data object should be included with the error.
 227   :PROPERTIES:
 228   :UUID: 323563C6-2A99-4B01-A29B-BEB09166C103
 229   :END:
 230   [2008-08-31 Sun]
 231 * TODO ics: Add a completion function against logged in users          :FEATURE:
 232   :PROPERTIES:
 233   :UUID: 1AFE6B32-7236-4E71-9CCC-21B797E67F08
 234   :END:
 235 * TODO ics: Copy ics.el's nicer functionality into chess-ics.el        :FEATURE:
 236   :PROPERTIES:
 237   :UUID: 05E523E9-38EC-4268-89B4-2A42409F9059
 238   :END:
 239 * TODO Use TrueType or other chess fonts for displaying positions      :FEATURE:
 240   This might be the best way of displaying positions on Windows.
 241   :PROPERTIES:
 242   :UUID: 0387D818-3841-4BA1-A246-F48349F4A53F
 243   :END:
 244 * TODO Enable chat module, and base its interface on what TNT does     :FEATURE:
 245   :PROPERTIES:
 246   :UUID: A5AC87EC-99B7-4522-9916-F97ED3EC5F78
 247   :END:
 248 * TODO Merge chess-announce and chess-sound                            :FEATURE:
 249   Use style modules on top of the underlying module.
 250   :PROPERTIES:
 251   :UUID: 87612913-B3AD-4329-892F-C156F88A358C
 252   :END:
 253 * TODO Create generic chess-output interface                           :FEATURE:
 254   For outputting games to a particular format (PGN, HTML, LaTeX, etc).
 255   :PROPERTIES:
 256   :UUID: A7F64797-4827-4EF6-BFE4-075D6F430D4E
 257   :END:
 258 * TODO Display in modeline which game in the database we're in         :FEATURE:
 259   And what the positional evaluation is.
 260   :PROPERTIES:
 261   :UUID: 6144C07C-8F6B-46B8-80A8-C736E3C843F0
 262   :END:
 263 * TODO Add `force' event for forcing an engine to move                 :FEATURE:
 264   And a command from chess-display to send this event.
 265   :PROPERTIES:
 266   :UUID: E88AE290-D2DD-4445-942E-E9DE09596A1F
 267   :END:
 268 * TODO Let people override the chess-default-* lists                   :FEATURE:
 269   :PROPERTIES:
 270   :UUID: AEBED712-70F6-499B-A8D8-6A8632D9A7D1
 271   :END:
 272 * TODO Write chess-descriptive.el, and have the code in general use    :FEATURE:
 273   chess-ply-to-string and chess-string-to-ply, so that users can use
 274   descriptive notationas an alternative to algebraic.
 275
 276   (NOTE: this might proof problematic since descriptive move notation is
 277   ambigious if we don't have the full game information, since we need to
 278   destinguish between QR KR QN and KN.  So chess-descriptive-to-ply would need
 279   to use a game object as reference, rather than just a position.)
 280   :PROPERTIES:
 281   :UUID: 7C283CC8-450C-468C-93C3-C264CC8F536A
 282   :END:
 283 * TODO Change chess-announce/sound so it reads the text rendered move  :FEATURE:
 284   Such as "king's pawn to e4".
 285
 286   This way it will work with either descriptive or algebraic notation.  Also,
 287   chess-announce and chess-sound can be collapsed into one module, with
 288   different "styles" of announcing.
 289   :PROPERTIES:
 290   :UUID: B7090875-BB45-438D-B7C9-CC7A0524D98B
 291   :END:
 292 * TODO Make ( create variations in a display                           :FEATURE:
 293   And keys to move into and out of them.  At the moment, variations are
 294   supported programmatically, but not in the UI.
 295   :PROPERTIES:
 296   :UUID: C7B9BEEE-5261-412C-8592-5E1EDEBC5544
 297   :END:
 298 * TODO Make a read-only display mode                                   :FEATURE:
 299   Which allows people to view/browse but not alter a game.  This could be used
 300   for remoting displays in order that people on other X servers might observe
 301   a game.
 302   :PROPERTIES:
 303   :UUID: 1968B422-B8D9-4493-9C90-401956C8CAE0
 304   :END:
 305 * TODO Enhance PGN mode                                                :FEATURE:
 306   Maybe pgn-mode could just allow normal editing, and bind some keys
 307   to do special things. e.g., the mouse binding could work as normal,
 308   SPC could update the display. So if you do
 309
 310   1 e4 SPC
 311
 312   you get the move displayed. Some binding could do redisplay anyway, e.g. C-l?
 313   Then, one could enter variations or such simply with ( or { and
 314   the display would update automatically.
 315   e.g., you do
 316
 317   ( 15.e5 SPC Nf3 SPC )
 318
 319   and you'd get three display updates, on e5 SPC, you get that
 320   ply, then the second one, and on ) you get the position before the
 321   variation. Move point into the variation again, and hit C-l and you
 322   get the pos where point is on.
 323
 324   There should be a forward-ply and backward-ply, maybe something like
 325   M-f / M-b, and C-u M-f for two plies forward?
 326
 327   Very nice would be a pcomplete-based completion fascility, so
 328   simply hit TAB at any point, and you get the right completion.
 329
 330   Example:
 331
 332   [Event ...]
 333
 334   TAB 1.TAB ...
 335
 336   On first tab, the move number is inserted. On second, you get
 337   all possible moves in that position.
 338   :PROPERTIES:
 339   :UUID: 7D4ACEDE-C9D9-49E1-883F-829DB80FC5E7
 340   :END:
 341 * TODO Add support for adjournments                                    :FEATURE:
 342   Also, implement this is such a way that an e-mail or postal game is
 343   basically a game that's adjourned after every move; use BBDB if available
 344   :PROPERTIES:
 345   :UUID: D41A3E75-04FB-4EC8-A64C-7BD54658AA78
 346   :END:
 347 * TODO Use MIME attachments (application/x-chess-pgn)                  :FEATURE:
 348   For sending e-mail chess games back and forth.
 349   :PROPERTIES:
 350   :UUID: B01A0B43-12F3-4978-A63A-01ADBA9BB78D
 351   :END:
 352 * TODO Enable UI commands in chess-display to interact with databases  :FEATURE:
 353   As of 2.0, this support is programmatic only.
 354   :PROPERTIES:
 355   :UUID: 8CA4762E-4665-433E-9538-994BEDCABE21
 356   :END:
 357 * TODO Follow what `edit-env' does, in order to make chess-query.el    :FEATURE:
 358   :PROPERTIES:
 359   :UUID: 48F2D4F3-8B1B-4196-BED0-1407239ADC4F
 360   :END:
 361 * TODO Allow the opponent to give hints                                :FEATURE:
 362   :PROPERTIES:
 363   :UUID: 068BE26D-4D81-44CD-A4EB-04F15D5064FB
 364   :END:
 365 * TODO Add warning mode that uses analysis results to warn the user    :FEATURE:
 366   And ask for confirmation before doing something that might lead to an
 367   inferior position.
 368   :PROPERTIES:
 369   :UUID: 9EF1FA72-EDC9-4C97-B699-A0DF8EE1893B
 370   :END:
 371 * TODO Add a chess tutor program, to teach people how to play chess    :FEATURE:
 372   :PROPERTIES:
 373   :UUID: 8AA53467-6D89-4C27-AF05-4AE793EA6A2E
 374   :END:
 375 * TODO Add slots to positions for tracking positional evaluation       :FEATURE:
 376   These values can be automatically determined when parsing ICS12.
 377   :PROPERTIES:
 378   :UUID: 608A74EE-9699-406B-B57A-08BFECBC9FEB
 379   :END:
 380 * TODO Add an engine function for obtaining a position evaluation      :FEATURE:
 381   Then, allow M-x chess to startup a non-game oriented engine, solely for the
 382   purpose of submitting position evaluations, and displaying the result in the
 383   modeline.  (Also, look at crafty's kibitzing feature).
 384   :PROPERTIES:
 385   :UUID: BE3EAF49-622E-4300-9D63-CB00B5F738F7
 386   :END:
 387 * TODO Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares               :FEATURE:
 388   Depending on whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable
 389   by you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
 390   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This is a
 391   stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also requires the
 392   ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting routine.
 393   :PROPERTIES:
 394   :UUID: B2012331-0F7F-488D-BFDC-2C08E2E018FB
 395   :END:
 396 * TODO Using gnuplot-mode, allow evaluation trends to be plotted       :FEATURE:
 397   :PROPERTIES:
 398   :UUID: BC458171-65B7-4CAE-ACF5-9FD0E263F425
 399   :END:
 400 * TODO Add an analyze command                                          :FEATURE:
 401   That will indicate which pieces are defended, how well, which are attacked,
 402   which moves would increase defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything
 403   that can be known about the current board, and one move ahead (on both
 404   sides).
 405   :PROPERTIES:
 406   :UUID: 8439E0A2-6ED6-489D-94EF-9033F76210EE
 407   :END:
 408 * TODO Need a way to play bughouse/crazyhouse games.                   :FEATURE:
 409   :PROPERTIES:
 410   :UUID: 237BDAFD-0B92-4A06-AA25-D5568FF3DC4B
 411   :END:
 412 * TODO A way to keep a correspondence players database in BBDB         :FEATURE:
 413   :PROPERTIES:
 414   :UUID: 8D40AD04-2392-410E-BDFE-AA80381E2BCB
 415   :END:
 416 * TODO Tools for managing a tournament                                 :FEATURE:
 417   Setting up pairings, calculating ratings.
 418   :PROPERTIES:
 419   :UUID: D53A7DA4-6940-4E0C-938E-08E12CC7EDEF
 420   :END:
 421 * STARTED display: Make it possible to "highlight the last move"       :FEATURE:
 422   - State "STARTED"    [2008-09-01 Mon 03:59] \\
 423     This is mostly done.  I'd like to make the highlight done for the
 424     opponent's moves
 425   :PROPERTIES:
 426   :UUID: F55EAAA5-504E-44A5-AA1A-43516711F8DD
 427   :END:
 428 * DONE "End of file" error reading game 2008149
 429   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:11] \\
 430     The problem was parsing [Event "Hello \"].
 431   :PROPERTIES:
 432   :UUID: F994A8E9-5EDD-4681-863E-491806F0ED07
 433   :END:
 434   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 435 * DONE [#B] ics: A refresh directive should act as a position assert
 436   - State "DONE"       [2008-08-29 Fri 06:28]
 437   Compare with our current known board and trigger an error if it doesn't
 438   match the refresh.
 439   :PROPERTIES:
 440   :UUID: C0F3CD12-83C5-4970-AD27-8C4A4C447BC2
 441   :END:
 442 * DONE display: Display problem with chess-display-side-to-move
 443   The text doesn't show the face in the modeline
 444   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 03:55]
 445   :PROPERTIES:
 446   :UUID: 884690AC-C3BE-43D6-A600-48D221BD0FB0
 447   :END:
 448 * DONE Add an 'install' target to the Makefile
 449   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:02]
 450   :PROPERTIES:
 451   :UUID: 7A27FDC0-0053-4656-9AC9-6D7BEECE6D4A
 452   :END: