code.delx.au - gnu-emacs-elpa/blob - TODO

   1 - Allow the user to request a move retraction (ala takeback)
   2
   3 - In edit mode, mouse-2 and mouse-3 should provide a drop-down list of
   4   pieces the square can be set to.  Cursor movement is really not the
   5   best for chess-images.  I still need to figure out how best to
   6   handle cursor-type with that display.
   7
   8 - There is presently no way to start a new game!
   9
  10 - Still need to test many areas: position editing
  11
  12 - Resize ascii windows after popup, so that the whole board is
  13   minimally visible
  14
  15 - Need a way to request a draw
  16
  17 - Implement engine options; then, in chess-puzzle set the option that
  18   tells the engine not to resign.
  19
  20 - Add a display command for writing out the currently displayed game
  21   to a file.  It will use PGN for games, and FEN for positions.
  22
  23 - Auto-raise the chess-images frame, if it's being displayed as a
  24   separate frame.
  25
  26 - Create a to-text rendering interface for all chess game objects.
  27   So, chess-game-to-string would use PGN, etc.
  28
  29 - Remote displays are horribly insecure.
  30
  31 - When editing the board in display mode (or doing speculative moves),
  32   doing them on a copy of the board with no hook except the display
  33   hook.  Then, if you like the result, it call be a `set' on the
  34   original board from the copied board.
  35
  36 - Make the mode-line much more informative
  37
  38 - Resize the chess board on a window resize event, if possible.
  39
  40 - Have a display option that shows legal target squares whenever a
  41   piece is selected.
  42
  43 - Add chess-game-strip-annotations, for removing all annotations from
  44   a game object
  45
  46 - Add a module for chatting between opponents
  47
  48 - M-w on a display should kill appropriately (i.e., kill to PGN for a
  49   game, to FEN for a position, etc).  C-y should likewise call the
  50   appropriate chess-display-set-... function based on the clipboard's
  51   contents.  Which might just be a plain algebraic string too!
  52
  53 - Let the user specify a default size for the chess-images display
  54
  55 - Allow dragging of pieces
  56
  57 - Need to check for chess engine resignations
  58
  59 - Need a chess-clock.el module, especially for playing on ICS
  60
  61 - Port image display code to XEmacs
  62
  63 - Support chess by mail, with direct tie-ins to Gnus/RMAIL.
  64
  65 - Allow the opponent to give hints.
  66
  67 - Add a command that will load a saved game, continue it, and then
  68   enter a move for whichever color is next to play.  This would make
  69   it trivial to add chess drivers to AIM, IRC, etc.  The mere command
  70   "!chess johnw37 Nf3" would mean: load the chess game johnw37, and
  71   make my move as Nf3.  It would also make chess by e-mail a snap to
  72   implement.
  73
  74 - Add an analyze command that will indicate which pieces are defended,
  75   how well, which are attacked, which moves would increase
  76   defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything that can be known
  77   about the current board, and one move ahead (on both sides).
  78
  79 - Add a warning mode that will use the results of an analysis to warn
  80   the user (and ask for confirmation) before doing something that
  81   might lead to an inferior position.
  82
  83 - Create chess-player.el, which creates persistent objects that
  84   encapsulate information about any player: where he is, his name, his
  85   opponent type, etc.  This would maintain a log of games against that
  86   player, their current chess rating, etc.  Then, M-x chess would ask
  87   you for a player, not an opponent.
  88
  89 - Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares depending on
  90   whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable by
  91   you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
  92   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This
  93   is a stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also
  94   requires the ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting
  95   routine.
  96
  97 - If a person selects a piece with the mouse, then uses right-click to
  98   designate a target square, display the resulting board without
  99   making a move.  This requires copying chessboard-current-board to
 100   chessboard-draft-board.  If the user right-clicks without selecting
 101   a piece, it will reset to chessboard-current-board and redraw.