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