Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Garth Wallace via Unicode
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:15 AM, Kent Karlsson wrote: > > Den 2017-04-12 05:14, skrev "Garth Wallace" : > > One salient feature the Block Elements have that the Box Drawing > characters do not: distinct LEFT and RIGHT verticals, and LOWER and UPPER > horizontals. The double frame typically consis

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Philippe Verdy via Unicode
2017-04-12 15:48 GMT+02:00 Julian Bradfield via Unicode : > On 2017-04-12, Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote: > > 2017-04-12 8:35 GMT+02:00 Martin J. Dürst : > >> On Go boards, the grid cells are definitely rectangular, not square. The > >> reason for this is that boards are usually looked at at a

Re: Xiangqi Game Symbols (was Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation)

2017-04-12 Thread Andrew West via Unicode
On 12 April 2017 at 15:58, Garth Wallace wrote: > > So has that proposal been retracted now? Once a proposal has been approved it cannot simply be retracted by the submitter. On the SC2 side, the proposed characters have been subject to ballot comments from national bodies, and no doubt they will

Re: Xiangqi Game Symbols (was Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation)

2017-04-12 Thread Garth Wallace via Unicode
On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 2:13 AM Andrew West wrote: > On 12 April 2017 at 05:12, Garth Wallace via Unicode > wrote: > > > > Later Xiangqi proposals by Andrew West focused on > > the circled ideographs and did not pursue new diagram drawing characters, > > and were eventually successful. > > My Xi

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Julian Bradfield via Unicode
On 2017-04-12, Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote: > 2017-04-12 8:35 GMT+02:00 Martin J. Dürst : >> On Go boards, the grid cells are definitely rectangular, not square. The >> reason for this is that boards are usually looked at at an angle, and >> having the cells be higher than wide makes them app

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Philippe Verdy via Unicode
2017-04-12 8:35 GMT+02:00 Martin J. Dürst : > On 2017/04/12 00:44, Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote: > > Some Asian chess boards include also diagonal lines or dots on top of their >> crossing (notably 9x9 boards are subdivided into nine 3x3 subgroups by >> such >> dots). These chess boards do not

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Michael Everson via Unicode
On 12 Apr 2017, at 10:16, Kent Karlsson via Unicode wrote: > Unicode has (only) these for Shogi pieces: > > 2616;WHITE SHOGI PIECE;So;0;ON;N; > 2617;BLACK SHOGI PIECE;So;0;ON;N; > 26C9;TURNED WHITE SHOGI PIECE;So;0;ON;N; > 26CA;TURNED BLACK SHOGI PIECE;So;0;ON;N;

Re: Xiangqi Game Symbols (was Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation)

2017-04-12 Thread Michael Everson via Unicode
On 12 Apr 2017, at 10:13, Andrew West via Unicode wrote: > My Xiangqi proposal (http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16255-n4748-xiangqi.pdf) > proposed a minimal set of logical game pieces for Xiangqi/Janggi, regardless > of shape (circular or octagonal) or design (traditional characters, > simpli

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Kent Karlsson via Unicode
Den 2017-04-12 06:12, skrev "Garth Wallace" : > Shogi diagrams are uncheckered (as Shogi boards are), with grid-lines to > separate the spaces; traditionally, chess diagrams use the contrast of dark > and light squares to distinguish spaces with no grid lines. They may, but do > not have to, have

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Kent Karlsson via Unicode
Den 2017-04-12 05:14, skrev "Garth Wallace" : > One salient feature the Block Elements have that the Box Drawing characters do > not: distinct LEFT and RIGHT verticals, and LOWER and UPPER horizontals. The > double frame typically consists of a thin line and a thicker line, with one on > the insi

Xiangqi Game Symbols (was Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation)

2017-04-12 Thread Andrew West via Unicode
On 12 April 2017 at 05:12, Garth Wallace via Unicode wrote: > > Later Xiangqi proposals by Andrew West focused on > the circled ideographs and did not pursue new diagram drawing characters, > and were eventually successful. My Xiangqi proposal (http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2016/16255-n4748-xiangqi.

Re: Proposal to add standardized variation sequences for chess notation

2017-04-12 Thread Richard Wordingham via Unicode
On Wed, 12 Apr 2017 06:58:22 +0200 Philippe Verdy via Unicode wrote: > This is the same problem. The same problem as crossword grids where > we need also empty cells (and "black" cells which are equivalent to > an empty cell with a black square symbol instead of letters). And black cells with no