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