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