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   7 #+CATEGORY: Chess
   8
   9 * TODO [#B] Make the "debug level" configurable
  10   The speedup from (setq cl-optimize-speed 9) in chess-pos.el is due to
  11   eliding assert calls.  This basically makes asserts useless since they are
  12   now turned off unconditionally.  It would be nice to have a kind of
  13   "--enable-debug" or somesuch at configure time to make this obvious.
  14   :PROPERTIES:
  15   :ID: 130D8091-A1F5-43DC-AFBA-BFDB5D1ADEDF
  16   :END:
  17   [2008-09-10 Wed 17:04]
  18 * TODO [#B] scid: chess-scid-get-result fails on some machines (timing?)
  19   It happens on a fast 8-CPU machine of mine that chess-scid-get-result
  20   returns the empty string.  The reason for this is that sometimes, the prompt
  21   is not output immediately after a result, so upon next call to
  22   chess-scid-get-result the first output we see is the prompt ("% ") from the
  23   previous command which due to the current algo results in
  24   chess-scid-get-result returning "".  It would need to continue reading if it
  25   sees a prompt as first output.  Waiting until we see a prompt to make sure
  26   we have all the output results in *very slow* behaviour, maybe due to
  27   line-buffering (the prompt has no final \n, obviously), so we probably shoud
  28   skip over prompt and continue reading.
  29   :PROPERTIES:
  30   :ID: AF51A38C-36B6-4976-954D-0BCD6C1A81FD
  31   :END:
  32   [2008-09-08 Mon 23:41]
  33 * TODO [#B] display: Sometimes final event of game doesn't change modeline
  34   - Note taken on [2008-09-03 Wed 04:18] \\
  35     I just had it happen again tonight, when I resigned with C-c C-r, and it
  36     showed up in the *chess-ics* buffer, but it didn't update the modeline.
  37   Like CHECKMATE, FLAG FELL, or RESIGN
  38   :PROPERTIES:
  39   :ID: 316BD168-29A8-4B54-830C-FA5CEA397518
  40   :END:
  41   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  42 * TODO [#B] Fix errors from the validation suite
  43   Error reading game 336249: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: '30'
  44   Error reading game 443436: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'Rf2'
  45   Error reading game 465586: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'R'
  46   :PROPERTIES:
  47   :ID: 01CFDC4F-350C-472B-A4F6-DFE4503B6D05
  48   :END:
  49   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  50 * TODO [#B] Make the chess-ics-sought buffer read-only
  51   :PROPERTIES:
  52   :ID: D416E179-252C-49CE-8BAA-06B31364116F
  53   :END:
  54   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  55 * TODO [#B] Sought games are not being selected for me when I press RET
  56   :PROPERTIES:
  57   :ID: 06F3AD0F-B44D-4845-B345-4406AF8D3212
  58   :END:
  59   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  60 * TODO [#B] Sometimes the chess-ics-sought buffer doesn't appear
  61   :PROPERTIES:
  62   :ID: A3499CBB-5C0D-4C1B-872C-DC4E7D46CA73
  63   :END:
  64   [2008-09-02 Tue]
  65 * DONE [#B] Sometimes a chess-test run fails to recognize promotions
  66   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-02 Tue 22:31] \\
  67     Fixed.  This appears to be a bug in looking-at/match-string, but it only
  68     occurs under high load and certain circumstances.  I was able to get around it
  69     by examining the buffer directly.
  70   - Note taken on [2008-09-01 Mon 05:35] \\
  71     This happens on game 2030188.
  72   :PROPERTIES:
  73   :ID: 431304B0-E8B9-485E-82B5-D4DF900C27DF
  74   :END:
  75   [2008-09-01 Mon]
  76 * TODO [#C] Investigate the performance possibilities researched by Mario
  77   Well, I've played a little with a few transformations but I haven't managed
  78   to get any substantial speedup.  Things I see are:
  79
  80   - char-valid-p is called at least three times, the value could be saved in
  81     the toplevel let*.
  82   - I am not sure but I think I read inline quoted lists can be slower.  I
  83     tried to define the direction lists as a alist in a defconst, but it
  84     didnt't really show as a speedup...
  85   - The chess--add-candidates defsubst does needless check of check-only in
  86     some cases.  I.e., if we rewrite the first cond clause to do different
  87     things if check-only is t or nil, that might also do a bit.
  88
  89   But really, I didnt find anything worthwhile... Maybe it could make sense to
  90   have a separate function to handle the (memq piece '(nil t)) case.
  91   :PROPERTIES:
  92   :ID: 24E8AD24-067C-4130-9616-63D5DFF60231
  93   :END:
  94   [2008-09-01 Mon]
  95 * DONE [#B] chess-auto.el is not being built properly                    :BUILD:
  96   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
  97   :PROPERTIES:
  98   :ID: 184AF780-815B-43DB-87A4-0A81DE252AB0
  99   :END:
 100   [2008-08-31 Sun]
 101 * DONE [#B] scid: The buffer needs periodic clearing, or it grows too large
 102   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
 103   :PROPERTIES:
 104   :ID: 272CE75E-122A-4AEA-8A03-9CD2041895EA
 105   :END:
 106   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 107 * TODO display: Make highlight colors easily customizable
 108   :PROPERTIES:
 109   :ID: D0842841-9E89-49A3-9EEB-5FA4D251FE41
 110   :END:
 111 * TODO display: Draw move highlights as a border, not a background
 112   This should be optional, since backgrounds can look nice too.
 113   :PROPERTIES:
 114   :ID: 5A7A3C73-5105-4BAB-A027-79310B9CD061
 115   :END:
 116 * TODO display: Always validate the display before painting
 117   This will require adding a new text property to each square on the board,
 118   `chess-piece', so that the validator can walk through the displayed board
 119   and ensure that it matches the known position for that board.
 120   :PROPERTIES:
 121   :ID: 169EB9E9-ED82-4FA7-AE8A-129FFFE419F6
 122   :END:
 123 * TODO autosave: This module currently isn't working at all!
 124   :PROPERTIES:
 125   :ID: D31ED224-7C1E-4171-AE38-AE87D0032743
 126   :END:
 127 * TODO autosave: Doesn't support undoing of moves
 128   :PROPERTIES:
 129   :ID: 80E09658-6D7E-4DD5-A077-E3CDB80F6003
 130   :END:
 131 * TODO clock: Sometimes, the clock gets shut off while playing on ICS
 132   :PROPERTIES:
 133   :ID: 5130D83E-91A4-4FFD-B62F-DFD8345B06AC
 134   :END:
 135 * TODO irc: If move before opponent connects, symbol assertion "value"
 136   :PROPERTIES:
 137   :ID: DCCEB9D3-0F5F-484C-9D4E-A0B7801F101D
 138   :END:
 139 * TODO network: Does not work at all!
 140   :PROPERTIES:
 141   :ID: AC39392F-57EF-4D79-A718-DEB4B24DFC5D
 142   :END:
 143 * TODO gnuchess: Triggers a Lisp error when I resign
 144   :PROPERTIES:
 145   :ID: 8ADABEB5-BF38-4A71-949F-074048AED7B0
 146   :END:
 147 * TODO ics: Takebacks still aren't working 100%
 148   When I submit a takeback request manually, and the other side accepts, my
 149   client doesn't know what to do with it
 150   :PROPERTIES:
 151   :ID: 67BF2EFF-66E6-4DE3-BCD1-D1743D8C7AC3
 152   :END:
 153 * TODO ics: Accepting match request doesn't seem to be working always
 154   :PROPERTIES:
 155   :ID: 296B2B3D-B4CF-418E-8FA6-36D301D09136
 156   :END:
 157 * TODO ics: Resuming adjourned games does not work at all
 158   :PROPERTIES:
 159   :ID: D2E35ADE-1CFF-4DB6-A910-DF3C886709B3
 160   :END:
 161 * TODO ics: Not detecting forfeit by disconnection at the moment
 162   :PROPERTIES:
 163   :ID: 0EDCC239-65B0-450F-82B9-12B1E96667D4
 164   :END:
 165 * TODO If you are playing a puzzle game, and the engine is thinking
 166   And you hit space to move to the next puzzle, then when the last move is
 167   finally received from the engine it causes an error.
 168   :PROPERTIES:
 169   :ID: 4583E224-B5A2-47D4-906E-6374AA7AB936
 170   :END:
 171 * TODO Port the code to XEmacs
 172   :PROPERTIES:
 173   :ID: A633A292-722C-4566-9F5D-807675DAB8DD
 174   :END:
 175 * TODO Find a way to display pieces on Windows platforms
 176   Or at least document how to build XPM support into Emacs for Windows.
 177   :PROPERTIES:
 178   :ID: D602699C-A340-41A4-BA94-876743D43F8C
 179   :END:
 180 * TODO Add chess-ucb to the list of modules created via M-x chess
 181   Right now there is no facility for having two engines associated with a
 182   single game (and chess-link is not what we want in this case).
 183   :PROPERTIES:
 184   :ID: 8C355AA3-46DD-4261-BC7C-4028CDF42854
 185   :END:
 186 * TODO display: If I win, it still reports CHECKMATE incorrectly
 187   If I'm white, it does so on the last ply (per display)
 188   :PROPERTIES:
 189   :ID: 3F662E90-3F58-43E9-B59E-936F1EBC3953
 190   :END:
 191 * TODO display: Need "save game to a PGN file/database" command
 192   :PROPERTIES:
 193   :ID: 2BBA9120-1EE5-4623-9F52-DFB966EC3317
 194   :END:
 195 * TODO engine: Answering "y" to opponent (takeback, etc) hangs
 196   I get left with an hourglass cursor.
 197   :PROPERTIES:
 198   :ID: 0F9290D9-90D6-48ED-9F13-EEDF42EA91F0
 199   :END:
 200 * TODO engine: If no chess engine available, print a nice message
 201   :PROPERTIES:
 202   :ID: E0889D90-33FD-426F-AC45-6221136162D8
 203   :END:
 204 * TODO ply: detect games drawn by 3-fold repetition and 50 move rule
 205   Note, FIDE rules define that a draw must be claimed by one of the opponents,
 206   so we do not really need to do this on every move, just when a draw is
 207   requested.)
 208   :PROPERTIES:
 209   :ID: 4D3BBF63-A640-483A-ACF9-CC948AEAAAC7
 210   :END:
 211 * TODO pgn: When saving game to clipboard, shouldn't need to save FEN
 212   If it's starting from a standard position (this doesn't always happen)
 213   :PROPERTIES:
 214   :ID: 7CB3441C-9398-42D7-A174-5F534ADA473B
 215   :END:
 216 * TODO pgn: Sometimes when clipping, "*" is stuck to last move's text
 217   :PROPERTIES:
 218   :ID: 5B737ED4-F271-425E-9F1D-1DFA7834BAFF
 219   :END:
 220 * TODO german: Complete translation
 221   :PROPERTIES:
 222   :ID: 937301D5-2C31-4F43-83B0-FB9A0CD5F138
 223   :END:
 224 * TODO [#C] Profile and mem profile
 225   Especially try to get the validation suite running faster!
 226   :PROPERTIES:
 227   :ID: 4A08E03C-1AEA-4C14-951A-3F8DBB2E29E7
 228   :END:
 229 * TODO [#C] Elint all files
 230   :PROPERTIES:
 231   :ID: 7F56D199-279D-4DAD-AF4C-D612AFC803FA
 232   :END:
 233 * TODO [#C] Add docstrings/texi content
 234   :PROPERTIES:
 235   :ID: 7BC85C08-7A3B-4A09-94C6-9AF10180924B
 236   :END:
 237 * TODO [#C] Use checkdoc on all files
 238   :PROPERTIES:
 239   :ID: 8D30489F-9000-43C3-BCA6-0C14F0E5C831
 240   :END:
 241 * TODO [#C] Clean up chess.el
 242   :PROPERTIES:
 243   :ID: F2CC192E-8AD3-47BD-9A9F-3990BA1206A2
 244   :END:
 245 * TODO Create a better error hierarchy                                 :FEATURE:
 246   Instead of using (error), we should be throwing specialized signals that
 247   indicate whether it's a problem with a ply, a position, a move, etc.  And
 248   then this data object should be included with the error.
 249   :PROPERTIES:
 250   :ID: 323563C6-2A99-4B01-A29B-BEB09166C103
 251   :END:
 252   [2008-08-31 Sun]
 253 * TODO ics: Add a completion function against logged in users          :FEATURE:
 254   :PROPERTIES:
 255   :ID: 1AFE6B32-7236-4E71-9CCC-21B797E67F08
 256   :END:
 257 * TODO ics: Copy ics.el's nicer functionality into chess-ics.el        :FEATURE:
 258   :PROPERTIES:
 259   :ID: 05E523E9-38EC-4268-89B4-2A42409F9059
 260   :END:
 261 * TODO Use TrueType or other chess fonts for displaying positions      :FEATURE:
 262   This might be the best way of displaying positions on Windows.
 263   :PROPERTIES:
 264   :ID: 0387D818-3841-4BA1-A246-F48349F4A53F
 265   :END:
 266 * TODO Enable chat module, and base its interface on what TNT does     :FEATURE:
 267   :PROPERTIES:
 268   :ID: A5AC87EC-99B7-4522-9916-F97ED3EC5F78
 269   :END:
 270 * TODO Merge chess-announce and chess-sound                            :FEATURE:
 271   Use style modules on top of the underlying module.
 272   :PROPERTIES:
 273   :ID: 87612913-B3AD-4329-892F-C156F88A358C
 274   :END:
 275 * TODO Create generic chess-output interface                           :FEATURE:
 276   For outputting games to a particular format (PGN, HTML, LaTeX, etc).
 277   :PROPERTIES:
 278   :ID: A7F64797-4827-4EF6-BFE4-075D6F430D4E
 279   :END:
 280 * TODO Display in modeline which game in the database we're in         :FEATURE:
 281   And what the positional evaluation is.
 282   :PROPERTIES:
 283   :ID: 6144C07C-8F6B-46B8-80A8-C736E3C843F0
 284   :END:
 285 * TODO Add `force' event for forcing an engine to move                 :FEATURE:
 286   And a command from chess-display to send this event.
 287   :PROPERTIES:
 288   :ID: E88AE290-D2DD-4445-942E-E9DE09596A1F
 289   :END:
 290 * TODO Let people override the chess-default-* lists                   :FEATURE:
 291   :PROPERTIES:
 292   :ID: AEBED712-70F6-499B-A8D8-6A8632D9A7D1
 293   :END:
 294 * TODO Write chess-descriptive.el, and have the code in general use    :FEATURE:
 295   chess-ply-to-string and chess-string-to-ply, so that users can use
 296   descriptive notationas an alternative to algebraic.
 297
 298   (NOTE: this might proof problematic since descriptive move notation is
 299   ambigious if we don't have the full game information, since we need to
 300   destinguish between QR KR QN and KN.  So chess-descriptive-to-ply would need
 301   to use a game object as reference, rather than just a position.)
 302   :PROPERTIES:
 303   :ID: 7C283CC8-450C-468C-93C3-C264CC8F536A
 304   :END:
 305 * TODO Change chess-announce/sound so it reads the text rendered move  :FEATURE:
 306   Such as "king's pawn to e4".
 307
 308   This way it will work with either descriptive or algebraic notation.  Also,
 309   chess-announce and chess-sound can be collapsed into one module, with
 310   different "styles" of announcing.
 311   :PROPERTIES:
 312   :ID: B7090875-BB45-438D-B7C9-CC7A0524D98B
 313   :END:
 314 * TODO Make ( create variations in a display                           :FEATURE:
 315   And keys to move into and out of them.  At the moment, variations are
 316   supported programmatically, but not in the UI.
 317   :PROPERTIES:
 318   :ID: C7B9BEEE-5261-412C-8592-5E1EDEBC5544
 319   :END:
 320 * TODO Make a read-only display mode                                   :FEATURE:
 321   Which allows people to view/browse but not alter a game.  This could be used
 322   for remoting displays in order that people on other X servers might observe
 323   a game.
 324   :PROPERTIES:
 325   :ID: 1968B422-B8D9-4493-9C90-401956C8CAE0
 326   :END:
 327 * TODO Enhance PGN mode                                                :FEATURE:
 328   Maybe pgn-mode could just allow normal editing, and bind some keys
 329   to do special things. e.g., the mouse binding could work as normal,
 330   SPC could update the display. So if you do
 331
 332   1 e4 SPC
 333
 334   you get the move displayed. Some binding could do redisplay anyway, e.g. C-l?
 335   Then, one could enter variations or such simply with ( or { and
 336   the display would update automatically.
 337   e.g., you do
 338
 339   ( 15.e5 SPC Nf3 SPC )
 340
 341   and you'd get three display updates, on e5 SPC, you get that
 342   ply, then the second one, and on ) you get the position before the
 343   variation. Move point into the variation again, and hit C-l and you
 344   get the pos where point is on.
 345
 346   There should be a forward-ply and backward-ply, maybe something like
 347   M-f / M-b, and C-u M-f for two plies forward?
 348
 349   Very nice would be a pcomplete-based completion fascility, so
 350   simply hit TAB at any point, and you get the right completion.
 351
 352   Example:
 353
 354   [Event ...]
 355
 356   TAB 1.TAB ...
 357
 358   On first tab, the move number is inserted. On second, you get
 359   all possible moves in that position.
 360   :PROPERTIES:
 361   :ID: 7D4ACEDE-C9D9-49E1-883F-829DB80FC5E7
 362   :END:
 363 * TODO Add support for adjournments                                    :FEATURE:
 364   Also, implement this is such a way that an e-mail or postal game is
 365   basically a game that's adjourned after every move; use BBDB if available
 366   :PROPERTIES:
 367   :ID: D41A3E75-04FB-4EC8-A64C-7BD54658AA78
 368   :END:
 369 * TODO Use MIME attachments (application/x-chess-pgn)                  :FEATURE:
 370   For sending e-mail chess games back and forth.
 371   :PROPERTIES:
 372   :ID: B01A0B43-12F3-4978-A63A-01ADBA9BB78D
 373   :END:
 374 * TODO Enable UI commands in chess-display to interact with databases  :FEATURE:
 375   As of 2.0, this support is programmatic only.
 376   :PROPERTIES:
 377   :ID: 8CA4762E-4665-433E-9538-994BEDCABE21
 378   :END:
 379 * TODO Follow what `edit-env' does, in order to make chess-query.el    :FEATURE:
 380   :PROPERTIES:
 381   :ID: 48F2D4F3-8B1B-4196-BED0-1407239ADC4F
 382   :END:
 383 * TODO Allow the opponent to give hints                                :FEATURE:
 384   :PROPERTIES:
 385   :ID: 068BE26D-4D81-44CD-A4EB-04F15D5064FB
 386   :END:
 387 * TODO Add warning mode that uses analysis results to warn the user    :FEATURE:
 388   And ask for confirmation before doing something that might lead to an
 389   inferior position.
 390   :PROPERTIES:
 391   :ID: 9EF1FA72-EDC9-4C97-B699-A0DF8EE1893B
 392   :END:
 393 * TODO Add a chess tutor program, to teach people how to play chess    :FEATURE:
 394   :PROPERTIES:
 395   :ID: 8AA53467-6D89-4C27-AF05-4AE793EA6A2E
 396   :END:
 397 * TODO Add slots to positions for tracking positional evaluation       :FEATURE:
 398   These values can be automatically determined when parsing ICS12.
 399   :PROPERTIES:
 400   :ID: 608A74EE-9699-406B-B57A-08BFECBC9FEB
 401   :END:
 402 * TODO Add an engine function for obtaining a position evaluation      :FEATURE:
 403   Then, allow M-x chess to startup a non-game oriented engine, solely for the
 404   purpose of submitting position evaluations, and displaying the result in the
 405   modeline.  (Also, look at crafty's kibitzing feature).
 406   :PROPERTIES:
 407   :ID: BE3EAF49-622E-4300-9D63-CB00B5F738F7
 408   :END:
 409 * TODO Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares               :FEATURE:
 410   Depending on whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable
 411   by you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
 412   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This is a
 413   stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also requires the
 414   ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting routine.
 415   :PROPERTIES:
 416   :ID: B2012331-0F7F-488D-BFDC-2C08E2E018FB
 417   :END:
 418 * TODO Using gnuplot-mode, allow evaluation trends to be plotted       :FEATURE:
 419   :PROPERTIES:
 420   :ID: BC458171-65B7-4CAE-ACF5-9FD0E263F425
 421   :END:
 422 * TODO Add an analyze command                                          :FEATURE:
 423   That will indicate which pieces are defended, how well, which are attacked,
 424   which moves would increase defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything
 425   that can be known about the current board, and one move ahead (on both
 426   sides).
 427   :PROPERTIES:
 428   :ID: 8439E0A2-6ED6-489D-94EF-9033F76210EE
 429   :END:
 430 * TODO Need a way to play bughouse/crazyhouse games.                   :FEATURE:
 431   :PROPERTIES:
 432   :ID: 237BDAFD-0B92-4A06-AA25-D5568FF3DC4B
 433   :END:
 434 * TODO A way to keep a correspondence players database in BBDB         :FEATURE:
 435   :PROPERTIES:
 436   :ID: 8D40AD04-2392-410E-BDFE-AA80381E2BCB
 437   :END:
 438 * TODO Tools for managing a tournament                                 :FEATURE:
 439   Setting up pairings, calculating ratings.
 440   :PROPERTIES:
 441   :ID: D53A7DA4-6940-4E0C-938E-08E12CC7EDEF
 442   :END:
 443 * STARTED display: Make it possible to "highlight the last move"       :FEATURE:
 444   - State "STARTED"    [2008-09-01 Mon 03:59] \\
 445     This is mostly done.  I'd like to make the highlight done for the
 446     opponent's moves
 447   :PROPERTIES:
 448   :ID: F55EAAA5-504E-44A5-AA1A-43516711F8DD
 449   :END:
 450 * DONE "End of file" error reading game 2008149
 451   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:11] \\
 452     The problem was parsing [Event "Hello \"].
 453   :PROPERTIES:
 454   :ID: F994A8E9-5EDD-4681-863E-491806F0ED07
 455   :END:
 456   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 457 * DONE [#B] ics: A refresh directive should act as a position assert
 458   - State "DONE"       [2008-08-29 Fri 06:28]
 459   Compare with our current known board and trigger an error if it doesn't
 460   match the refresh.
 461   :PROPERTIES:
 462   :ID: C0F3CD12-83C5-4970-AD27-8C4A4C447BC2
 463   :END:
 464 * DONE display: Display problem with chess-display-side-to-move
 465   The text doesn't show the face in the modeline
 466   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 03:55]
 467   :PROPERTIES:
 468   :ID: 884690AC-C3BE-43D6-A600-48D221BD0FB0
 469   :END:
 470 * DONE Add an 'install' target to the Makefile
 471   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:02]
 472   :PROPERTIES:
 473   :ID: 7A27FDC0-0053-4656-9AC9-6D7BEECE6D4A
 474   :END: