Re: Training data on FTP down?

2019-11-27 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
This could be part of the problem... http://gnubg.org says You will not see anything here anymore. Due to the DSGVO, which will apply from 25.5.2018, the page is temporarily offline. Nothing is stored or passed on here. The software is available at https://www.gnu.org/software/gnubg/ On

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Why my user name?

2019-04-11 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I would guess that you were logged in and the site customized the instructions for your use. On 4/10/19 3:02 PM, Dora Scilipoti wrote: > Hello, > > I'm writing because I came across the Savannah page of your project [0] > and I saw that my Savannah user name is used in the instructions on how >

Re: [Bug-gnubg] random dice generator? hahahaaa

2017-08-22 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
If someone "KNOWS" that gnubg (or insert your gaming server here, say fibs.com) you can NEVER convince them otherwise. Our minds attempt to make order out of chaos and that corrupts our memory of past events. The occasional very lucky rolls make us think we are better than reality and the

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Building on Ubuntu 14.04 : Temporary Workaround

2015-07-28 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Ah yes, those comments look familiar... well, it was a good exercise for me anyway :) thanks for all you guys do! tom On 07/27/2015 11:56 PM, Michael Petch wrote: On 2015-07-27 8:05 PM, Thomas A. Moulton wrote: Michael, I did some checking and it appears that the problem was introduced

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Building on Ubuntu 14.04 : Temporary Workaround

2015-07-27 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
is: revision 1.49 date: 2015-07-04 16:51:33 -0400; author: plm; state: Exp; lines: +2 -2; commitid: UehJtF6XUb2hH0sy; Compile as C99 I am not sure if there is much else I can do and be accurate... Tom On 07/23/2015 11:53 PM, Thomas A. Moulton wrote: Thanks for all the suggestions. I

[Bug-gnubg] Building on Ubuntu 14.04

2015-07-23 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Ok, I have done this before and it is usually a piece of cake... I am on a new computer, also switched from Debian to Uburuntu Installed new SSH keys at savanna, check out source, autogen, configure (no options) make and then try to run ./gnubg I get no output.. even ./gnubg --tty gives no

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Building on Ubuntu 14.04 : Temporary Workaround

2015-07-23 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Thanks for all the suggestions. I was in an airport and did not think beyond the initial problem... I should have tried the latest release tag... (which works fine btw) I updated back to the release and the following files changed... tom@tom:~/Souce/gnubg$ cvs -q update -r release-1_05_000 P

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Question

2015-04-23 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
That external interface is not designed for peer to peer play. Your best bet is to play on a having server such as fibs.com gridgammon.com or even yahoo.com Tom On April 23, 2015 11:53:01 AM EDT, Carlos Morales wwwcarlosmora...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'm using gnubg again since a few days

Re: [Bug-gnubg] how is this posibil

2014-01-25 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
If you think the dice cheat then just set the dice to manual and roll a real set and enter then for each move. Now don't YOU cheat! Enter them right! On 01/25/2014 12:43 AM, Joseph Heled wrote: It is due to a special trick wrist we put inside computer, which knows how to roll doubles.

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Dice Rolls

2013-08-17 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
The best was to resolve this is to follow your gut: If you feel the rolls that the program generates are at fault then put it in manual dice mode and roll your own! But! Be HONEST If you play a few games like that and still lose badly then look for another cause. How GOOD is gnubg playing? Is

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Coding Styles - Indentation / Tabs / Spaces

2012-10-27 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I am not a heavy contributor, but I've been a C programmer for long time... Yes the long 'discussion' of spaces vs tabs... tabs - you can set the tab stops to 2, 4 or 8 and everyone sees what they like... But that was also a good one when your choice in editor were 2: vi or vi Yes 4

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Alternative weights files

2012-09-18 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
If you want to run gnubg vs gnubg (old vs new) we could run a test via FIBS. It would be a lot slower than machine to machine... On 09/18/2012 06:54 AM, Joseph Heled wrote: Hi all, Just in case you are unaware of it, my code does not reflect gnubg playing ability per-se, since it uses its own

Re: [Bug-gnubg] playing a bot on FIBS

2012-01-23 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I am not sure how helpful that code will be... fibs is not easy to parse... On 01/23/2012 08:17 AM, Guido Flohr wrote: On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 21:41 -0500, Mark Higgins wrote: Can anyone point me to some docs on how I can connect my bot to play on FIBS? I know gnubg did this, but I can't

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Neural network symmetry question

2011-12-16 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
If gnubg could estimate the opponents rating based upon error rate then it could be more aggressive on a redouble since the other player is likely to make errors to modify the cube decision. This may have NOTHING to do with what your're talking about right now... :) Tom On 12/16/2011 06:43

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Doubles as opening rolls?

2011-09-18 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Try Settings-Options-Cube-Maximum Automatic Doubles On 09/18/2011 10:33 AM, boomslang wrote: Hi, Is there a way to get GNUbg accept doubles as opening rolls? Gr boomslang ___ Bug-gnubg mailing list Bug-gnubg@gnu.org

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Doubles as opening rolls?

2011-09-18 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Yeah, so I guess that means no... LOL thanks On 09/18/2011 02:19 PM, Michael Petch wrote: On 18/09/2011 12:16 PM, Thomas A. Moulton wrote: Try Settings-Options-Cube-Maximum Automatic Doubles That would be for the cube.I think Opening Rolls refers to the dice (Opening roll of a game

[Bug-gnubg] strange crash

2011-01-02 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
set gnubgid 3wYAANjsGwEIAA:MAFpACAA hint 1 in my local build gives a crash (gdb) where #0 MakeInt (pbc=value optimized out, nPosID=3272738968, arProb=value optimized out, arGammonProb=0xbfeb9bd0, ar=0xbfeb9e10, ausProb=0x0, ausGammonProb=0x0) at bearoff.c:834 #1 GetDistCompressed

Re: [Bug-gnubg] FormatMoves

2010-06-10 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
a (global) setting to display moves in plain format? tom Christian Anthon wrote: There is similar functionality in the code already where you can add noise to the evaluation. You might want to look at that. Christian. On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Thomas A. Moulton t...@moulton.us wrote

Re: [Bug-gnubg] FormatMoves

2010-06-09 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Thanks, I found it. Maybe I should explain what I am working on. I am working on the Playing bots for FIBS. I'd like to add a command that displays moves in the Plain format since it is a lot of work to expand the pretty format that is used. We have also found it hard to weaken the playing

[Bug-gnubg] FormatMoves

2010-06-08 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Code question extern char *FormatMove( char *pch, const TanBoard anBoard, int anMove[ 8 ] ); extern char *FormatMovePlain( char *pch, TanBoard anBoard, int anMove[ 8 ] ); They appear to be interchangable. should they both have const TanBoard anBoard ? (or neither?) tom

Re: [Bug-gnubg] feature request: make hint a dockable panel

2010-06-01 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Have you tried Tutor mode? I will tell you when you make a less than optimal move and *then* you can look at the hints. tom Liviu Andronic wrote: Dear developers Would you consider making the Hint window a dockable panel? I am still a novice in backgammon and I always feel the need to check

[Bug-gnubg] FIBS playing bots (GammonBots/BlunderBots)

2010-05-28 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Is there a setting I can use to keep gnu from PROMPTING for the dice to gnubg: resign 2 from gnubg: gnubg wins a gammon and 2 points. from gnubg: The score (after 1 game) is: gnubg 2, opp 0 from gnubg: (match to 3 points, Crawford game). from gnubg: Enter dice: I use the match and position

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Autosave questions

2009-10-02 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
It might be a lot easier for users if the saved file was in the same directory as the original, maybe filexyz.sgf.bak or maybe better (more descriptive) filexyz.sfg,autosave And when you Save that file, when done writing it, delete the autosave file if any IMHO - there may be issued I

Re: [Bug-gnubg] [Proposal] Toolbar buttons

2009-08-17 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
On Mon, 2009-08-17 at 13:05 +, Massimiliano Maini wrote: I fnd the order of the buttons in the toolbar not very logical. I would prefer something like (/ means no seprator, // means separator): New / Open / Save // Direction // Double / Take / Pass // Undo / Hint // End Game /

Re: [Bug-gnubg] latest engine

2009-08-05 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 08:52 -0400, Ahmed Gamal Eldin wrote: Could it be possible to complie the latest engine in a gnubg.dll file. I need this for some software i am using, Or develop a script that can connect gnubg to yahoo backgammon and autoplay for me. I know the yahoo interface *very*

Re: [Bug-gnubg] eXtreme Gammon

2009-05-27 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
On 27/05/09 10:32 AM, Frank Berger fr...@bgblitz.com wrote: It looks to me like they want to do not only a server SW but a new BG- Client (I havn't read the Simborg article by myself, my subscription ended in Apri and I haven't renwed it yet). Although I would appreciate more programs I

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Removal of non-threaded code

2009-04-28 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I'm definitely for removing the non-threaded code. Personally I would just have threaded code - are there any systems which don't support threads? What about the possibility of porting to lower end handheld devices? (PDA's, phones etc) I could be wrong... just a thought tom

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Fedora Core 4 Build Problem

2008-12-05 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
as well (if possible without too much code pollution). So send me a diff of what you need to do, and I'll take a look. Christian. On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It related to the bearoff database, once I removed those files it works, but naturally

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Fedora Core 4 Build Problem

2008-12-04 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Ok I was able to install the built version. What else should we do? (i do have write privs btw) Is my system that unique (aka old) that we can leave well enough alone? I assume the built version should work ok, right? tom On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Bug-gnubg] gnubg for Fedora Core 4

2008-12-03 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I am trying to install gnubg on a FC4 system I tried the builds at http://www.gnubg.org/media/linux/redhat/ But I am running into a version problem with readline. My system has ver 5 and gnubg wants version 4 Anyone fixed this? I tried building from source but it also complained about my gtk

[Bug-gnubg] Fedora Core 4 Build Problem

2008-12-03 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
(Not a bug... I forget is there a DEV list?) My system Linux domain.com 2.6.17-1.2142_FC4 #1 Tue Jul 11 22:41:06 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux I cleaned things up and got autogen/configure to run without problems when I make I get: make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory

[Bug-gnubg] Match and Position ID question

2008-11-29 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Am I correct in the assumption that the Match ID and Position ID pair uniquely identify the state of a match in progress? Is it documented how they are computed (or better yet are there functions that can compute them)? What I would like build is a command line interface as a demo of

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Linux/Windows

2008-04-04 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I think the gnubgautprc file will be fine, had made the line ending translation changed last fall. I was moving config files between both. I do not know how match files (etc) will do, I did not test them. tom Rich Heimlich wrote: Christian Anthon wrote: It's already in there thx to Russ.

Re: [Bug-gnubg] GnuBG/Play65GE Domain Squatting

2008-02-05 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Yeah it bugs me too and what kills me is no less than 1yr ago i noticed it was free and thought about registering it and said Why? now i know why I should have :( Howdy all, Off the beaten path a bit - I wanted to finally address my pet peeve with GammonEmpire in reference to GnuBG. I have

Re: [Bug-gnubg] A silly but heartfelt request

2007-11-08 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Christian Anthon wrote: Christian: I can see your point. I happen to think it adds character. Too bad there isn't a choice built in but that would be too much work. You guys are making this all happen so it's up to you. If it's alright with you I'll post a poll and see if anyone but me

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile from Snapshot on ubuntu - assertion failed g_type_init

2007-09-02 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
. If you want to track down the setlocale issue apply the attached patch ('patch -p0 patch' in the gnubg directory and recompile). Christian. On 9/1/07, Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is your locale set up correctly? What does the 'locale' command tell [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile from Snapshot on ubuntu - assertion failed g_type_init

2007-08-31 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
gtype.c is part of glib, more precisely the glib object system. It appears to be an Ubuntu bug (why am I not surprised) and should be fixed in the latest update of gtk. So update your system, rebuild gnubg, and see if the problem doesn't solve itself. Christian. I found where the source changed

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile from Snapshot on ubuntu - assertion failed g_type_init

2007-08-31 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
fine so... since this confirms your idea... do you have a fix in mind? Christian. On 8/31/07, Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: gtype.c is part of glib, more precisely the glib object system. It appears to be an Ubuntu bug (why am I not surprised) and should be fixed in the latest

[Bug-gnubg] Compile from Snapshot on ubuntu - assertion failed g_type_init

2007-08-30 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
It compiles fine... should I try an older snapshot? These are the steps I took to install it rm -rf gnubg tar xzf gnubg-source-SNAPSHOT-20070829.tar.gz cd gnubg ./autogen.sh ./configure --enable-sse --enable-threads --without-timecontrol --without-gdbm make sudo make install $ gnubg Language

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Compile from Snapshot on ubuntu - assertion failed g_type_init

2007-08-30 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
It is worth mentioning in one of my attempts after getting the Language change failed message I tried ./configure --with-included-gettext and did make make install Does installing w/gettext add something I should remove? tom It compiles fine... should I try an older snapshot? These are

[Bug-gnubg] CVS RSH Access

2007-08-30 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I figured if I am going to build snapshots I might as well for the the bleeding edge and get the CVS version... I have a savannah account and generated a DSA key and updated it in the ey database... it says I need to wait for cron to update things.. 1hr max... so it says... I am almost to 1.5 hr

Re: [Bug-gnubg] CVS RSH Access

2007-08-30 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
Thomas A. Moulton wrote: I figured if I am going to build snapshots I might as well for the the bleeding edge and get the CVS version... Good choice! What's your system? Ubuntu 7.04 Maybe it's because you didn't have a membership to the project? (I've added user w2vy now. Do you need

Re: [Bug-gnubg] CVS RSH Access

2007-08-30 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
for CVS has been wrong for a while. On 8/30/07 1:07 PM, Achim Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] [070830 20:53]: I figured if I am going to build snapshots I might as well for the the bleeding edge and get the CVS version... I have a savannah account

Re: [Bug-gnubg] how do I launch gnu?

2007-04-24 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
I have downloaded gnubg-0.14.3.tar.gz ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnubg/gnubg-0.14.3.tar.gz and gnubg-0.14.3.tar.gz.sig ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnubg/gnubg-0.14.3.tar.gz.sig and have unzipped them into my E:\backgammon directory. But I am not finding an exe file with which to launch the

Re: [Bug-gnubg] Batch Mode Anaysis

2007-04-17 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
ok, thanks(?) I didn't think I was reporting a bug... - Original Message - From: Christian Anthon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Thomas A. Moulton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: bug-gnubg@gnu.org Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [Bug-gnubg] Batch Mode Anaysis The problem

[Bug-gnubg] Batch Mode Anaysis

2007-04-16 Thread Thomas A. Moulton
With the talk of batch mode... One problem I have run into while running long rollouts. If my PC crashes (or sysadmin reboots it for me - nice guy) I lose my work... How about an auto-save feature? It's uses may not be limited to batch mode... Tom