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

   1 - Feature work remaining:
   2
   3   annotations
   4   chatting
   5   clocks
   6   bughouse/crazyhouse
   7   analysis/highlight tools
   8   database interaction (chess-file.el, chess-scid.el)
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  11
  12 - test making an en passant capture
  13
  14
  15 - if I parse disambiguating information from chess-algebraic, store it
  16   in the ply.  Then, in ply-to-algebraic it won't need to be
  17   calculated.  Also, I can then easily announce it in chess-announce
  18
  19 - when announcing abiguous pieces, name the rank/file ("e pawn")
  20
  21
  22 - restrict keyboard shorcutting so that it only looks if the move is
  23   related to the given letter
  24
  25 - modify displays and engines so they ONLY keep game objects; thus
  26   set-start-position would become just set-position
  27
  28 - Why doesn't S-b produce [B] in the keyboard shortcutting?
  29
  30
  31 - distinguish between chess-display-set-game and
  32   chess-display-set-game*.  The latter detaches and sets a new game
  33   object.  The former just overwrites the current game object.
  34
  35
  36 - the game should go inactive once I lose by stalemate/checkmate
  37
  38 - detect draw/resign/abort/retract, etc., from ICS and common engines
  39
  40
  41 - in chess-ply-create signal an error on invalid plies describing why
  42
  43 - for network transports, if an illegal move is encountered, report
  44   this with "illegal move: REASON"
  45
  46
  47 - incorporate the .wav files from xchat's sounds that chess-sound
  48   currently doesn't have
  49
  50
  51 - devise a better scheme for printing messages (use a catalog?) and
  52   for when engines need to ask questions
  53
  54 - there needs to be much more robustness; it's too easy to get the
  55   game into an unplayable state right now
  56
  57 - in chess-engine-filter and chess-ics-filter, if an error is
  58   encountered, skip that line so the same error isn't triggered again
  59
  60 - in chess-ics use a server-alist, and make the default handle be
  61   "guest".  Allow a password to be specified, or a filename containing
  62   the password
  63
  64   (HOST [PORT HANDLE PASSWORD HELPER HELPER-ARGS...])
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  67
  68 - Break my dependency on cl
  69
  70 - Use more asserts throughout the code
  71
  72 - Read-only mode needs to be a bit more vigorous.  There's nothing
  73   preventing the user from using M-x commands.
  74
  75 - Add an engine function for obtaining an evaluation of the current
  76   position.  Then, allow M-x chess to startup a non-game oriented
  77   engine, solely for the purpose of submitting position evaluations,
  78   and displaying the result in the modeline.  (Also, look at crafty's
  79   kibitzing feature).
  80
  81 - Complete chess-pgn-mode
  82
  83 - Write a chess-database.el interface, and then add chess-lisp.el,
  84   chess-file.el (PGN games in a flat file) and chess-scid.el
  85
  86 - Use MIME attachments (application/x-chess-pgn) for sending e-mail
  87   chess games back and forth.  Add code for special MIME handling of
  88   this type in Gnus.
  89
  90 - Copy some of ics.el's nicer functionality into chess-ics.el
  91
  92 - Add support for ICS observing
  93
  94 - Make the mode-line much more informative, with information on who is
  95   playing, etc.
  96
  97 - Turn on memory gc collection messages, and see how much of a pig
  98   chess.el is
  99
 100 - make sure, if Bxc6 and bxc6 are possible, and the user types "bc6",
 101   that bxc6 is chosen
 102
 103 - Make as much of chess-game/ply/pos, etc., defsubst as possible.
 104
 105 - Create a series of generic functions and predicates, so that users
 106   can say (chess-position OBJECT) or (chess-move OBJECT), without
 107   needing to know the type of OBJECT.
 108
 109 - Change chess-display-set-... to chess-display-set, and make it use
 110   the new generic functions.
 111
 112 - Use server-side sockets in chess-network, if Emacs supports it
 113
 114 - Support auto-saving of games to PGN, and saving them at appropriate
 115   points; this will require database interaction support
 116
 117 - Allow ASCII displays to use a separate frame
 118
 119 - In edit mode, mouse-2 and mouse-3 should provide a drop-down list of
 120   pieces the square can be set to.  Cursor movement is really not the
 121   best for chess-images.  I still need to figure out how best to
 122   handle cursor-type with that display.
 123
 124 - Still need to test many areas: position editing
 125
 126 - Implement engine options; then, in chess-puzzle set the option that
 127   tells the engine not to resign.
 128
 129 - Add a display command for writing out the currently displayed game
 130   to a file.  It will use PGN for games, and FEN for positions.
 131
 132 - Remote displays are horribly insecure.
 133
 134 - When editing the board in display mode (or doing speculative moves),
 135   doing them on a copy of the board with no hook except the display
 136   hook.  Then, if you like the result, it call be a `set' on the
 137   original board from the copied board.
 138
 139 - Resize the chess board on a window resize event, if possible.
 140
 141 - Have a display option that shows legal target squares whenever a
 142   piece is selected.
 143
 144 - Add chess-game-strip-annotations, for removing all annotations from
 145   a game object
 146
 147 - Add a module for chatting between opponents
 148
 149 - Let the user specify a default size for the chess-images display
 150
 151 - Allow dragging of pieces
 152
 153 - Need to check for chess engine resignations
 154
 155 - Need a chess-clock.el module, especially for playing on ICS
 156
 157 - Port image display code to XEmacs
 158
 159 - Support chess by mail, with direct tie-ins to Gnus/RMAIL.
 160
 161 - Allow the opponent to give hints.
 162
 163 - Add a command that will load a saved game, continue it, and then
 164   enter a move for whichever color is next to play.  This would make
 165   it trivial to add chess drivers to AIM, IRC, etc.  The mere command
 166   "!chess johnw37 Nf3" would mean: load the chess game johnw37, and
 167   make my move as Nf3.  It would also make chess by e-mail a snap to
 168   implement.
 169
 170 - Add an analyze command that will indicate which pieces are defended,
 171   how well, which are attacked, which moves would increase
 172   defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything that can be known
 173   about the current board, and one move ahead (on both sides).
 174
 175 - Add a warning mode that will use the results of an analysis to warn
 176   the user (and ask for confirmation) before doing something that
 177   might lead to an inferior position.
 178
 179 - Create chess-player.el, which creates persistent objects that
 180   encapsulate information about any player: where he is, his name, his
 181   opponent type, etc.  This would maintain a log of games against that
 182   player, their current chess rating, etc.  Then, M-x chess would ask
 183   you for a player, not an opponent.
 184
 185 - Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares depending on
 186   whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable by
 187   you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
 188   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This
 189   is a stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also
 190   requires the ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting
 191   routine.
 192
 193 - If a person selects a piece with the mouse, then uses right-click to
 194   designate a target square, display the resulting board without
 195   making a move.  This requires copying chessboard-current-board to
 196   chessboard-draft-board.  If the user right-clicks without selecting
 197   a piece, it will reset to chessboard-current-board and redraw.
 198
 199 - Using gnuplot-mode, allow evaluation trends to be plotted
 200
 201                          BEFORE FINAL RELEASE
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