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

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   2                                Hotlist
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   4 - After I resign (against crafty, for example), the mode-line does not
   5   look as it should
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   7 - Follow what `edit-env' does, in order to make chess-query.el
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   9 - Make ( create variations in a display, and C-f and C-b move into and
  10   out of them
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  12 - Find a way that regexp-alist entries that only need to fire once are
  13   only scanned once.
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  15 - Add support for ICS observing
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  17 - Use server-side sockets in chess-network, if Emacs supports it
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  19 - Allow ASCII displays to use a separate frame
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  21 - Still need to test many areas: position editing
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  23 - In chess-ics.el, setup a completion function based on handles
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  25 - Break chess-legal-plies into two parts, one of which would be the
  26   inverse of chess-search-position, and would live in chess-pos.el
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  28 - Have elp.el not instrument defsubst functions; it obscures the
  29   results too much
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  33                               To-do List
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  35 - Copy some of ics.el's nicer functionality into chess-ics.el
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  37 - Need to implement the "50 moves after irreversible" draw rule
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  39 - The game should go inactive once I lose by stalemate/checkmate
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  41 - When a clock runs down, indicate this in the modeline, and all the
  42   user to call-flag in order to win on time
  43
  44 - Detect draw/resign/abort/retract, etc., from ICS and common engines
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  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
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  49 - SPACE to pass, then try to move (against an engine) fails saying:
  50   it's not our turn to move
  51
  52 - Add support for adjournments; also, implement this is such a way
  53   that an e-mail or postal game is basically a game that's adjourned
  54   after every move; use BBDB if available
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  56 - Allow databases to return a game moniker, which can be used to
  57   reference that game again
  58
  59 - There needs to be much more robustness; it's too easy to get the
  60   game into an unplayable state right now
  61
  62 - Break my dependency on cl
  63
  64 - Use more asserts throughout the code
  65
  66 - Read-only mode needs to be more vigorous.  There's nothing
  67   preventing the user from using M-x commands.
  68
  69 - Complete chess-pgn-mode's automatic entry, using chess-input, and
  70   making space/return perform the move
  71
  72 - Use MIME attachments (application/x-chess-pgn) for sending e-mail
  73   chess games back and forth.
  74
  75 - In edit mode, mouse-2 and mouse-3 should provide a drop-down list of
  76   pieces the square can be set to.  Cursor movement is really not the
  77   best for chess-images.  I still need to figure out how best to
  78   handle cursor-type with that display.
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  80 - Implement engine options; then, in chess-puzzle set the option that
  81   tells the engine not to resign.
  82
  83 - Remote displays are horribly insecure.
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  87                                Training
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  89 - Write a scripted chess-tutorial.
  90
  91 - Allow the opponent to give hints.
  92
  93 - Add a warning mode that will use the results of an analysis to warn
  94   the user (and ask for confirmation) before doing something that
  95   might lead to an inferior position.
  96
  97 - Add a chess tutor program, to teach people how to play chess
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 101                           Analysis features
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 103 - Add an engine function for obtaining an evaluation of the current
 104   position.  Then, allow M-x chess to startup a non-game oriented
 105   engine, solely for the purpose of submitting position evaluations,
 106   and displaying the result in the modeline.  (Also, look at crafty's
 107   kibitzing feature).
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 109 - Add a Map command, that will colorize the squares depending on
 110   whether they are reachable by either side.  Green if reachable by
 111   you, Red if by your opponent, and blue if by both.  With a prefix
 112   argument, colorize only the squares that have pieces on them.  This
 113   is a stable modes that remains in effect until turned off.  It also
 114   requires the ability to pass a color to the chessboard highlighting
 115   routine.
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 117 - Using gnuplot-mode, allow evaluation trends to be plotted
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 119 - Add an analyze command that will indicate which pieces are defended,
 120   how well, which are attacked, which moves would increase
 121   defense/attack/both, etc.  Basically, everything that can be known
 122   about the current board, and one move ahead (on both sides).
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 126                            Other variations
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 128 Need a way to play bughouse/crazyhouse games.
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 132                          BEFORE FINAL RELEASE
 133
 134   port the code to XEmacs
 135   profile
 136   mem profile
 137   docstring
 138   texi
 139   elint
 140   checkdoc