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