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Subject: Re: ASCII Board representation

Author: Steven Edwards

Date: 12:54:34 12/08/03

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On December 08, 2003 at 15:42:47, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>Does somebody know a good representation to print the board in the Console?
>I currently use
>
>8  *r *n *b *q *k *b *n *r
>7  *p *p *p *p *p *p *p *p
>6   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>5   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>4   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>3   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
>2   P  P  P  P  P  P  P  P
>1   R  N  B  Q  K  B  N  R
>
>    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h

The console interface for Symbolic has:

bRbNbBbQbKbBbNbR
bPbPbPbPbPbPbPbP
  ::  ::  ::  ::
::  ::  ::  ::
  ::  ::  ::  ::
::  ::  ::  ::
wPwPwPwPwPwPwPwP
wRwNwBwQwKwBwNwR

(Imagine monospace font for above.)

However, Symbolic's default is to take the above, add rank and file labeling
around the perimeter, and use the ANSI color escape sequences:

red: white men
blue: black men
white: light squares
green: dark squares
black: rank digits and file letters

Fast, simple, and portable to any ANSI color conformant terminal emulator, it
works for me.



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