Thread: [eboard-devel] cm2eboard
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From: Mike H. <neu...@sw...> - 2001-06-22 22:51:36
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I've created a program that automatically converts Chess Machine piece sets into eboard png's. It will also work on any set that puts pieces as separate files in a directory (such as alpha/WRook.jpg alpha/BRook.jpg ...). I don't see any reason why pieces created with the gimp or some other package can't be used. You can also easily create board squares with textures and raised borders. It automatically handles scaling pieces to the largest dimension in the set, so you don't have to worry about lining pieces up right in the center. If there's enough interest, I'll make a tk front-end for it. If you want a copy, send me an email at neu...@sw.... A few notes in this vein to consider for eboard (I don't know what you have planned for the themes script): Have the piece widget look dynamically at eboard_themes.conf. Possibly a new widget that's a listbox. Or just make sure the menu cascades. Have the ability to grab the board squares from another piece set if desired. This should cut down on a lot of set duplication. |
From: Felipe B. <be...@se...> - 2001-06-23 00:39:28
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On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Mike Hill wrote: > A few notes in this vein to consider for eboard (I don't know what you > have planned for the themes script): > Have the piece widget look dynamically at eboard_themes.conf. > Possibly a new widget that's a listbox. Or just make sure the menu cascades. > Have the ability to grab the board squares from another piece set > if desired. This should cut down on a lot of set duplication. This is a good idea, I'll try to implement it. Most probably the Settings -> Piece Sets menu will have 3 submenus: Load Theme -> (all themes) Load Pieces Only -> (all themes) Load Squares Only -> (all themes) Did you do anything in script-fu for the conversion ? If yes, that interests me. -- Felipe |
From: Mike H. <neu...@sw...> - 2001-06-23 01:04:30
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> Did you do anything in script-fu for the conversion ? If yes, that > interests me. No. I guess I should mention this. I used Image Magick. I couldn't figure out how to get the gimp to run script-fu from the command line with arguments. So if you anybody wants this they should have Image Magick installed (it uses convert, combine, montage, and mogrify. All of these can be run from the command line if you don't know if you have it). Also, I could do the script in tcl, which is the language I am most familiar with at the moment. If you weren't going to be able to get the theme thing set up soon, then I could easily attach a tk front-end for managing piece sets. |