Author: Robert Ericsson
Date: 01:07:04 03/22/99
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I/We want to be able to type in numeric notation. If you can write a perl script I and other cc players would be very greatful! Many thanks in advance! /Robert On March 20, 1999 at 18:10:10, Tim Mirabile wrote: >Do you want to be able to type in the move in numeric notation, or do you simply >have files to convert. If you just want to convert files from e.g. 5254 to e2e4 >and then import them into some program which accepts this, I can write a perl >script to do this in about ten minutes. > >If you must type in the moves, why not type the complete score into a text file, >then do the conversion and import. > >On March 18, 1999 at 04:08:35, Robert Ericsson wrote: > >>On March 18, 1999 at 03:39:13, Michael D. Sharpe wrote: >> >>>Filemate will display the moves in ICCF Numeric as you enter the moves on the >>>display board and the game will be saved in PGN ... doesn't convert however. >> >>Filemate is great but it doesn't do what we want. In Filemate as in every >>other database/chess program you can enter moves in two ways: >>1) drag pieces on the board display => moves are generated in a move list >>2) type in the algebraic coordinates e2e4 => see above >> >>What we want is the following: >>3) type in the numeric coordinates 5254 => moves generated in a move list >> as algebraic moves _and_ moves >> displayed on the board >> >>That is, the translation has to be done by the program and not by us! >> >>It seems that many programs can generate the moves the other way around. >> >>This is a great challenge for all you programmers out there! Many chess >>programs and chess databases are made with cc players in mind. This is >>what cc players want in the next upgrade of _your_ program :-) >> >>Robert
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