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