Hi Vincent, On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 08:02:39PM +0100, Vincent Legout wrote: > > Yann Dirson <ydir...@free.fr> writes: > > > 4.8 features many new features, including support for new large shogi > > variants, and overall better support for non-chess ("xboard @shogi" > > and friends), including the ability for a compatible engine to declare > > itself to xboard. > > > > I have packaged hachu some time ago, as the only available DFSG > > program able to play those large variants (I've kept it in > > experimental till now, since there is no GUI yet in unstable to play > > them). Having a compatible xboard there would allow to start working > > on hachu/xboard integration, and to give more precise feedback to > > upstream to make sure that those new features are packaging-friendly. > > > > A master-20140119 snapshot was tagged recently, it looks like a good > > version to package. > > I've just uploaded this snapshot to experimental. I tried running hachu > and it seems to be working for the "mighty lion" and "cho shogi" > variants, but not using the shogi (9x9) variant. Let me know if you need > anything in XBoard to improve the hachu integration.
Thanks! (H.G.Müller CC'd as upstream for these features) Had a quick test: * games defaulting to hachu (@chu and @sho) look OK * games defaulting to gnu(mini)shogi require xboard support, I'll upload a gnushogi master snapshot into experimental as well; they work well with the correct binaries in $PATH * @mini should I think default to japanese theme * @xq board drawing is messed with large window sizes here, although OK with smaller window sizes (see http://imagebin.org/292981), otherwise seems OK * I feel .desktop files for shipped confs would be needed to make them more visible to users * Tried Mighty Lion by starting "xboard -fcp hachu -scp hachu" and selecting that variant, looks like hachu crashed (xboard -debug output attached for comment by HGM, hachu is current master, ie version 0.17-3-g3460d0c). The same technique is OK with Sho and Chu. * Trying to switch to Dai or Tenjiku is refuse with "Engine did not send setup for non-standard variant" * Maybe a @hachu conf would be useful for easy access to those games ? Maybe better shipped by hachu itself ? * Switching to Chu from "xboard -fcp hachu -scp hachu" enlarges the window while keeping the same tile size, which always make it too big for my screen, since xboard already starts up using the full screen height for 8 tiles. * I guess xboard shipping chu and sho confs make those in hachu.git redundant ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org