Author: Steven Edwards
Date: 13:18:17 12/08/03
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On December 08, 2003 at 15:54:34, Steven Edwards wrote: >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. Amplifying the above: 1. The white and green colors for squares are for background colors; the characters used for the men are foreground. See the ANSI specification for implementation details. 2. When Black is to move, the above is automatically flipped. 3. Colons are not used in the color output version. 4. Yes, the above output is small, but this is easily handled by increasing the font size in the terminal emulator.
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