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   9 * TODO A way to keep a correspondence players database in BBDB         :FEATURE:
  10   :PROPERTIES:
  11   :ID: 8D40AD04-2392-410E-BDFE-AA80381E2BCB
  12   :END:
  13 * TODO Add `force' event for forcing an engine to move                 :FEATURE:
  14   And a command from chess-display to send this event.
  15   :PROPERTIES:
  16   :ID: E88AE290-D2DD-4445-942E-E9DE09596A1F
  17   :END:
  18 * TODO Add a chess tutor program, to teach people how to play chess    :FEATURE:
  19   :PROPERTIES:
  20   :ID: 8AA53467-6D89-4C27-AF05-4AE793EA6A2E
  21   :END:
  22 * TODO Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares               :FEATURE:
  23   Depending on whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable
  24   by you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
  25   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This is a
  26   stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also requires the
  27   ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting routine.
  28   :PROPERTIES:
  29   :ID: B2012331-0F7F-488D-BFDC-2C08E2E018FB
  30   :END:
  31 * TODO Add an analyze command                                          :FEATURE:
  32   That will indicate which pieces are defended, how well, which are attacked,
  33   which moves would increase defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything
  34   that can be known about the current board, and one move ahead (on both
  35   sides).
  36   :PROPERTIES:
  37   :ID: 8439E0A2-6ED6-489D-94EF-9033F76210EE
  38   :END:
  39 * TODO Add an engine function for obtaining a position evaluation      :FEATURE:
  40   Then, allow M-x chess to startup a non-game oriented engine, solely for the
  41   purpose of submitting position evaluations, and displaying the result in the
  42   modeline.  (Also, look at crafty's kibitzing feature).
  43   :PROPERTIES:
  44   :ID: BE3EAF49-622E-4300-9D63-CB00B5F738F7
  45   :END:
  46 * TODO Add chess-ucb to the list of modules created via M-x chess
  47   Right now there is no facility for having two engines associated with a
  48   single game (and chess-link is not what we want in this case).
  49   :PROPERTIES:
  50   :ID: 8C355AA3-46DD-4261-BC7C-4028CDF42854
  51   :END:
  52 * TODO [#C] Add docstrings/texi content
  53   :PROPERTIES:
  54   :ID: 7BC85C08-7A3B-4A09-94C6-9AF10180924B
  55   :END:
  56 * TODO Add slots to positions for tracking positional evaluation       :FEATURE:
  57   These values can be automatically determined when parsing ICS12.
  58   :PROPERTIES:
  59   :ID: 608A74EE-9699-406B-B57A-08BFECBC9FEB
  60   :END:
  61 * TODO Add support for adjournments                                    :FEATURE:
  62   Also, implement this is such a way that an e-mail or postal game is
  63   basically a game that's adjourned after every move; use BBDB if available
  64   :PROPERTIES:
  65   :ID: D41A3E75-04FB-4EC8-A64C-7BD54658AA78
  66   :END:
  67 * TODO Add warning mode that uses analysis results to warn the user    :FEATURE:
  68   And ask for confirmation before doing something that might lead to an
  69   inferior position.
  70   :PROPERTIES:
  71   :ID: 9EF1FA72-EDC9-4C97-B699-A0DF8EE1893B
  72   :END:
  73 * TODO Allow the opponent to give hints                                :FEATURE:
  74   :PROPERTIES:
  75   :ID: 068BE26D-4D81-44CD-A4EB-04F15D5064FB
  76   :END:
  77 * TODO autosave: Doesn't support undoing of moves
  78   :PROPERTIES:
  79   :ID: 80E09658-6D7E-4DD5-A077-E3CDB80F6003
  80   :END:
  81 * TODO autosave: This module currently isn't working at all!
  82   :PROPERTIES:
  83   :ID: D31ED224-7C1E-4171-AE38-AE87D0032743
  84   :END:
  85 * TODO Change chess-announce/sound so it reads the text rendered move  :FEATURE:
  86   Such as "king's pawn to e4".
  87
  88   This way it will work with either descriptive or algebraic notation.  Also,
  89   chess-announce and chess-sound can be collapsed into one module, with
  90   different "styles" of announcing.
  91   :PROPERTIES:
  92   :ID: B7090875-BB45-438D-B7C9-CC7A0524D98B
  93   :END:
  94 * TODO [#C] Clean up chess.el
  95   :PROPERTIES:
  96   :ID: F2CC192E-8AD3-47BD-9A9F-3990BA1206A2
  97   :END:
  98 * TODO clock: Sometimes, the clock gets shut off while playing on ICS
  99   :PROPERTIES:
 100   :ID: 5130D83E-91A4-4FFD-B62F-DFD8345B06AC
 101   :END:
 102 * TODO Create a better error hierarchy                                 :FEATURE:
 103   Instead of using (error), we should be throwing specialized signals that
 104   indicate whether it's a problem with a ply, a position, a move, etc.  And
 105   then this data object should be included with the error.
 106   :PROPERTIES:
 107   :ID: 323563C6-2A99-4B01-A29B-BEB09166C103
 108   :END:
 109   [2008-08-31 Sun]
 110 * TODO Create generic chess-output interface                           :FEATURE:
 111   For outputting games to a particular format (PGN, HTML, LaTeX, etc).
 112   :PROPERTIES:
 113   :ID: A7F64797-4827-4EF6-BFE4-075D6F430D4E
 114   :END:
 115 * TODO Display in modeline which game in the database we're in         :FEATURE:
 116   And what the positional evaluation is.
 117   :PROPERTIES:
 118   :ID: 6144C07C-8F6B-46B8-80A8-C736E3C843F0
 119   :END:
 120 * TODO display: Always validate the display before painting
 121   This will require adding a new text property to each square on the board,
 122   `chess-piece', so that the validator can walk through the displayed board
 123   and ensure that it matches the known position for that board.
 124   :PROPERTIES:
 125   :ID: 169EB9E9-ED82-4FA7-AE8A-129FFFE419F6
 126   :END:
 127 * TODO display: Draw move highlights as a border, not a background
 128   This should be optional, since backgrounds can look nice too.
 129   :PROPERTIES:
 130   :ID: 5A7A3C73-5105-4BAB-A027-79310B9CD061
 131   :END:
 132 * TODO display: If I win, it still reports CHECKMATE incorrectly
 133   If I'm white, it does so on the last ply (per display)
 134   :PROPERTIES:
 135   :ID: 3F662E90-3F58-43E9-B59E-936F1EBC3953
 136   :END:
 137 * TODO display: Make highlight colors easily customizable
 138   :PROPERTIES:
 139   :ID: D0842841-9E89-49A3-9EEB-5FA4D251FE41
 140   :END:
 141 * TODO display: Need "save game to a PGN file/database" command
 142   :PROPERTIES:
 143   :ID: 2BBA9120-1EE5-4623-9F52-DFB966EC3317
 144   :END:
 145 * TODO [#B] display: Sometimes final event of game doesn't change modeline
 146   - Note taken on [2008-09-03 Wed 04:18] \\
 147     I just had it happen again tonight, when I resigned with C-c C-r, and it
 148     showed up in the *chess-ics* buffer, but it didn't update the modeline.
 149   Like CHECKMATE, FLAG FELL, or RESIGN
 150   :PROPERTIES:
 151   :ID: 316BD168-29A8-4B54-830C-FA5CEA397518
 152   :END:
 153   [2008-09-02 Tue]
 154 * TODO [#C] Elint all files
 155   :PROPERTIES:
 156   :ID: 7F56D199-279D-4DAD-AF4C-D612AFC803FA
 157   :END:
 158 * TODO Enable chat module, and base its interface on what TNT does     :FEATURE:
 159   :PROPERTIES:
 160   :ID: A5AC87EC-99B7-4522-9916-F97ED3EC5F78
 161   :END:
 162 * TODO Enable UI commands in chess-display to interact with databases  :FEATURE:
 163   As of 2.0, this support is programmatic only.
 164   :PROPERTIES:
 165   :ID: 8CA4762E-4665-433E-9538-994BEDCABE21
 166   :END:
 167 * TODO engine: Answering "y" to opponent (takeback, etc) hangs
 168   I get left with an hourglass cursor.
 169   :PROPERTIES:
 170   :ID: 0F9290D9-90D6-48ED-9F13-EEDF42EA91F0
 171   :END:
 172 * TODO engine: If no chess engine available, print a nice message
 173   :PROPERTIES:
 174   :ID: E0889D90-33FD-426F-AC45-6221136162D8
 175   :END:
 176 * TODO Enhance PGN mode                                                :FEATURE:
 177   Maybe pgn-mode could just allow normal editing, and bind some keys
 178   to do special things. e.g., the mouse binding could work as normal,
 179   SPC could update the display. So if you do
 180
 181   1 e4 SPC
 182
 183   you get the move displayed. Some binding could do redisplay anyway, e.g. C-l?
 184   Then, one could enter variations or such simply with ( or { and
 185   the display would update automatically.
 186   e.g., you do
 187
 188   ( 15.e5 SPC Nf3 SPC )
 189
 190   and you'd get three display updates, on e5 SPC, you get that
 191   ply, then the second one, and on ) you get the position before the
 192   variation. Move point into the variation again, and hit C-l and you
 193   get the pos where point is on.
 194
 195   There should be a forward-ply and backward-ply, maybe something like
 196   M-f / M-b, and C-u M-f for two plies forward?
 197
 198   Very nice would be a pcomplete-based completion fascility, so
 199   simply hit TAB at any point, and you get the right completion.
 200
 201   Example:
 202
 203   [Event ...]
 204
 205   TAB 1.TAB ...
 206
 207   On first tab, the move number is inserted. On second, you get
 208   all possible moves in that position.
 209   :PROPERTIES:
 210   :ID: 7D4ACEDE-C9D9-49E1-883F-829DB80FC5E7
 211   :END:
 212 * TODO Find a way to display pieces on Windows platforms
 213   Or at least document how to build XPM support into Emacs for Windows.
 214   :PROPERTIES:
 215   :ID: D602699C-A340-41A4-BA94-876743D43F8C
 216   :END:
 217 * TODO [#B] Fix errors from the validation suite
 218   Error reading game 336249: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: '30'
 219   Error reading game 443436: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'Rf2'
 220   Error reading game 465586: PGN parser: Expected a ply here: 'R'
 221   :PROPERTIES:
 222   :ID: 01CFDC4F-350C-472B-A4F6-DFE4503B6D05
 223   :END:
 224   [2008-09-02 Tue]
 225 * TODO Follow what `edit-env' does, in order to make chess-query.el    :FEATURE:
 226   :PROPERTIES:
 227   :ID: 48F2D4F3-8B1B-4196-BED0-1407239ADC4F
 228   :END:
 229 * TODO german: Complete translation
 230   :PROPERTIES:
 231   :ID: 937301D5-2C31-4F43-83B0-FB9A0CD5F138
 232   :END:
 233 * TODO gnuchess: Triggers a Lisp error when I resign
 234   :PROPERTIES:
 235   :ID: 8ADABEB5-BF38-4A71-949F-074048AED7B0
 236   :END:
 237 * TODO ics: Accepting match request doesn't seem to be working always
 238   :PROPERTIES:
 239   :ID: 296B2B3D-B4CF-418E-8FA6-36D301D09136
 240   :END:
 241 * TODO ics: Add a completion function against logged in users          :FEATURE:
 242   :PROPERTIES:
 243   :ID: 1AFE6B32-7236-4E71-9CCC-21B797E67F08
 244   :END:
 245 * TODO ics: Copy ics.el's nicer functionality into chess-ics.el        :FEATURE:
 246   :PROPERTIES:
 247   :ID: 05E523E9-38EC-4268-89B4-2A42409F9059
 248   :END:
 249 * TODO ics: Not detecting forfeit by disconnection at the moment
 250   :PROPERTIES:
 251   :ID: 0EDCC239-65B0-450F-82B9-12B1E96667D4
 252   :END:
 253 * TODO ics: Resuming adjourned games does not work at all
 254   :PROPERTIES:
 255   :ID: D2E35ADE-1CFF-4DB6-A910-DF3C886709B3
 256   :END:
 257 * TODO ics: Takebacks still aren't working 100%
 258   When I submit a takeback request manually, and the other side accepts, my
 259   client doesn't know what to do with it
 260   :PROPERTIES:
 261   :ID: 67BF2EFF-66E6-4DE3-BCD1-D1743D8C7AC3
 262   :END:
 263 * TODO If you are playing a puzzle game, and the engine is thinking
 264   And you hit space to move to the next puzzle, then when the last move is
 265   finally received from the engine it causes an error.
 266   :PROPERTIES:
 267   :ID: 4583E224-B5A2-47D4-906E-6374AA7AB936
 268   :END:
 269 * TODO [#C] Investigate the performance possibilities researched by Mario
 270   Well, I've played a little with a few transformations but I haven't managed
 271   to get any substantial speedup.  Things I see are:
 272
 273   - char-valid-p is called at least three times, the value could be saved in
 274     the toplevel let*.
 275   - I am not sure but I think I read inline quoted lists can be slower.  I
 276     tried to define the direction lists as a alist in a defconst, but it
 277     didnt't really show as a speedup...
 278   - The chess--add-candidates defsubst does needless check of check-only in
 279     some cases.  I.e., if we rewrite the first cond clause to do different
 280     things if check-only is t or nil, that might also do a bit.
 281
 282   But really, I didnt find anything worthwhile... Maybe it could make sense to
 283   have a separate function to handle the (memq piece '(nil t)) case.
 284   :PROPERTIES:
 285   :ID: 24E8AD24-067C-4130-9616-63D5DFF60231
 286   :END:
 287   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 288 * TODO irc: If move before opponent connects, symbol assertion "value"
 289   :PROPERTIES:
 290   :ID: DCCEB9D3-0F5F-484C-9D4E-A0B7801F101D
 291   :END:
 292 * TODO Let people override the chess-default-* lists                   :FEATURE:
 293   :PROPERTIES:
 294   :ID: AEBED712-70F6-499B-A8D8-6A8632D9A7D1
 295   :END:
 296 * TODO Make ( create variations in a display                           :FEATURE:
 297   And keys to move into and out of them.  At the moment, variations are
 298   supported programmatically, but not in the UI.
 299   :PROPERTIES:
 300   :ID: C7B9BEEE-5261-412C-8592-5E1EDEBC5544
 301   :END:
 302 * TODO Make a read-only display mode                                   :FEATURE:
 303   Which allows people to view/browse but not alter a game.  This could be used
 304   for remoting displays in order that people on other X servers might observe
 305   a game.
 306   :PROPERTIES:
 307   :ID: 1968B422-B8D9-4493-9C90-401956C8CAE0
 308   :END:
 309 * TODO [#B] Make the "debug level" configurable
 310   The speedup from (setq cl-optimize-speed 9) in chess-pos.el is due to
 311   eliding assert calls.  This basically makes asserts useless since they are
 312   now turned off unconditionally.  It would be nice to have a kind of
 313   "--enable-debug" or somesuch at configure time to make this obvious.
 314   :PROPERTIES:
 315   :ID: 130D8091-A1F5-43DC-AFBA-BFDB5D1ADEDF
 316   :END:
 317   [2008-09-10 Wed 17:04]
 318 * TODO [#B] Make the chess-ics-sought buffer read-only
 319   :PROPERTIES:
 320   :ID: D416E179-252C-49CE-8BAA-06B31364116F
 321   :END:
 322   [2008-09-02 Tue]
 323 * TODO Merge chess-announce and chess-sound                            :FEATURE:
 324   Use style modules on top of the underlying module.
 325   :PROPERTIES:
 326   :ID: 87612913-B3AD-4329-892F-C156F88A358C
 327   :END:
 328 * TODO Need a way to play bughouse/crazyhouse games.                   :FEATURE:
 329   :PROPERTIES:
 330   :ID: 237BDAFD-0B92-4A06-AA25-D5568FF3DC4B
 331   :END:
 332 * TODO network: Does not work at all!
 333   :PROPERTIES:
 334   :ID: AC39392F-57EF-4D79-A718-DEB4B24DFC5D
 335   :END:
 336 * TODO pgn: Sometimes when clipping, "*" is stuck to last move's text
 337   :PROPERTIES:
 338   :ID: 5B737ED4-F271-425E-9F1D-1DFA7834BAFF
 339   :END:
 340 * TODO pgn: When saving game to clipboard, shouldn't need to save FEN
 341   If it's starting from a standard position (this doesn't always happen)
 342   :PROPERTIES:
 343   :ID: 7CB3441C-9398-42D7-A174-5F534ADA473B
 344   :END:
 345 * TODO ply: detect games drawn by 3-fold repetition and 50 move rule
 346   Note, FIDE rules define that a draw must be claimed by one of the opponents,
 347   so we do not really need to do this on every move, just when a draw is
 348   requested.)
 349   :PROPERTIES:
 350   :ID: 4D3BBF63-A640-483A-ACF9-CC948AEAAAC7
 351   :END:
 352 * TODO Port the code to XEmacs
 353   :PROPERTIES:
 354   :ID: A633A292-722C-4566-9F5D-807675DAB8DD
 355   :END:
 356 * TODO [#C] Profile and mem profile
 357   Especially try to get the validation suite running faster!
 358   :PROPERTIES:
 359   :ID: 4A08E03C-1AEA-4C14-951A-3F8DBB2E29E7
 360   :END:
 361 * TODO [#B] Sometimes the chess-ics-sought buffer doesn't appear
 362   :PROPERTIES:
 363   :ID: A3499CBB-5C0D-4C1B-872C-DC4E7D46CA73
 364   :END:
 365   [2008-09-02 Tue]
 366 * TODO [#B] Sought games are not being selected for me when I press RET
 367   :PROPERTIES:
 368   :ID: 06F3AD0F-B44D-4845-B345-4406AF8D3212
 369   :END:
 370   [2008-09-02 Tue]
 371 * TODO Tools for managing a tournament                                 :FEATURE:
 372   Setting up pairings, calculating ratings.
 373   :PROPERTIES:
 374   :ID: D53A7DA4-6940-4E0C-938E-08E12CC7EDEF
 375   :END:
 376 * TODO [#C] Use checkdoc on all files
 377   :PROPERTIES:
 378   :ID: 8D30489F-9000-43C3-BCA6-0C14F0E5C831
 379   :END:
 380 * TODO Use MIME attachments (application/x-chess-pgn)                  :FEATURE:
 381   For sending e-mail chess games back and forth.
 382   :PROPERTIES:
 383   :ID: B01A0B43-12F3-4978-A63A-01ADBA9BB78D
 384   :END:
 385 * TODO Use TrueType or other chess fonts for displaying positions      :FEATURE:
 386   This might be the best way of displaying positions on Windows.
 387   :PROPERTIES:
 388   :ID: 0387D818-3841-4BA1-A246-F48349F4A53F
 389   :END:
 390 * TODO Using gnuplot-mode, allow evaluation trends to be plotted       :FEATURE:
 391   :PROPERTIES:
 392   :ID: BC458171-65B7-4CAE-ACF5-9FD0E263F425
 393   :END:
 394 * TODO Write chess-descriptive.el, and have the code in general use    :FEATURE:
 395   chess-ply-to-string and chess-string-to-ply, so that users can use
 396   descriptive notationas an alternative to algebraic.
 397
 398   (NOTE: this might proof problematic since descriptive move notation is
 399   ambigious if we don't have the full game information, since we need to
 400   destinguish between QR KR QN and KN.  So chess-descriptive-to-ply would need
 401   to use a game object as reference, rather than just a position.)
 402   :PROPERTIES:
 403   :ID: 7C283CC8-450C-468C-93C3-C264CC8F536A
 404   :END:
 405 * STARTED display: Make it possible to "highlight the last move"       :FEATURE:
 406   - State "STARTED"    [2008-09-01 Mon 03:59] \\
 407     This is mostly done.  I'd like to make the highlight done for the
 408     opponent's moves
 409   :PROPERTIES:
 410   :ID: F55EAAA5-504E-44A5-AA1A-43516711F8DD
 411   :END:
 412 * DONE "End of file" error reading game 2008149
 413   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:11] \\
 414     The problem was parsing [Event "Hello \"].
 415   :PROPERTIES:
 416   :ID: F994A8E9-5EDD-4681-863E-491806F0ED07
 417   :END:
 418   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 419 * DONE Add an 'install' target to the Makefile
 420   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 04:02]
 421   :PROPERTIES:
 422   :ID: 7A27FDC0-0053-4656-9AC9-6D7BEECE6D4A
 423   :END:
 424 * DONE [#B] chess-auto.el is not being built properly                    :BUILD:
 425   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
 426   :PROPERTIES:
 427   :ID: 184AF780-815B-43DB-87A4-0A81DE252AB0
 428   :END:
 429   [2008-08-31 Sun]
 430 * DONE display: Display problem with chess-display-side-to-move
 431   The text doesn't show the face in the modeline
 432   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 03:55]
 433   :PROPERTIES:
 434   :ID: 884690AC-C3BE-43D6-A600-48D221BD0FB0
 435   :END:
 436 * DONE [#B] ics: A refresh directive should act as a position assert
 437   - State "DONE"       [2008-08-29 Fri 06:28]
 438   Compare with our current known board and trigger an error if it doesn't
 439   match the refresh.
 440   :PROPERTIES:
 441   :ID: C0F3CD12-83C5-4970-AD27-8C4A4C447BC2
 442   :END:
 443 * DONE [#B] scid: chess-scid-get-result fails on some machines (timing?)
 444   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-17 Wed 05:49] \\
 445     Fixed by adding more delays in case text has not appeared from the command.
 446   - State "STARTED"    [2008-09-16 Tue 04:38] \\
 447     I believe I have a fix for this, commit
 448     33d57dc0f667c8d1168b46f9e73d9510d8c7e518, but I must await Mario's test on his
 449     8 CPU machine.
 450   It happens on a fast 8-CPU machine of mine that chess-scid-get-result
 451   returns the empty string.  The reason for this is that sometimes, the prompt
 452   is not output immediately after a result, so upon next call to
 453   chess-scid-get-result the first output we see is the prompt ("% ") from the
 454   previous command which due to the current algo results in
 455   chess-scid-get-result returning "".  It would need to continue reading if it
 456   sees a prompt as first output.  Waiting until we see a prompt to make sure
 457   we have all the output results in *very slow* behaviour, maybe due to
 458   line-buffering (the prompt has no final \n, obviously), so we probably shoud
 459   skip over prompt and continue reading.
 460   :PROPERTIES:
 461   :ID: AF51A38C-36B6-4976-954D-0BCD6C1A81FD
 462   :END:
 463   [2008-09-08 Mon 23:41]
 464 * DONE [#B] scid: The buffer needs periodic clearing, or it grows too large
 465   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-01 Mon 21:16]
 466   :PROPERTIES:
 467   :ID: 272CE75E-122A-4AEA-8A03-9CD2041895EA
 468   :END:
 469   [2008-09-01 Mon]
 470 * DONE [#B] Sometimes a chess-test run fails to recognize promotions
 471   - State "DONE"       [2008-09-02 Tue 22:31] \\
 472     Fixed.  This appears to be a bug in looking-at/match-string, but it only
 473     occurs under high load and certain circumstances.  I was able to get around it
 474     by examining the buffer directly.
 475   - Note taken on [2008-09-01 Mon 05:35] \\
 476     This happens on game 2030188.
 477   :PROPERTIES:
 478   :ID: 431304B0-E8B9-485E-82B5-D4DF900C27DF
 479   :END:
 480   [2008-09-01 Mon]