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