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[Chessdrills-devel] improvements, one item

[Andrew T. <and...@gm...>]

I improved the images for the chessdrills, the old ones were just
giving me headaches to look at.  Also, I added a convenience function
to the ChessDrill interface for Sven, SetSquareHilight().  There are
currently three levels of hilighting available, but more can be added.
I would like to implement a drill to get a better idea of what we need
to add for future expansion.  Unless somebody has an objection, I am
going to implement the knight-sight drill.
~Andrew

Re: [Chessdrills-devel] chess drills somewhat functional

[Thomas J. <tho...@gm...>]

Andrew, that's great! I'll try to start integrating some of the drills over
the next couple of days. Awesome work!

Tom

On 8/20/07, Andrew Thompson <and...@gm...> wrote:
>
> To: the awesomest chess drill programming team in the world!
>
> I have finished enough of the GUI that I think you guys can get
> started working on your parts now.
> The complete list of functions in ChessDrills.h that are functional:
> Start()
> ShouldAllowPiecePickup()
> PieceWasPickedUp()
> ShouldAllowPiecePlacement()
> PieceWasPlaced()
> SquareWasSelected()
> MovePiece() (both of them)
> ClearBoard()
>
> As you already know, to create a drill you will need to sub-class
> ChessDrill.
> Then, once it is created, to get it to work with the GUI, you will
> need to modify drills/DrillList.h.
> Basically, you need to add the name of the drill, and add a bit of
> code that constructs it.
> Also, you should probably add it to the makefile.  If your drill is
> just a .cpp file and a .h file, you can put it in the drills
> directory, and edit the makefile adding the name of your class to the
> _NMS variable (at the top of the makefile).
> If your drill is in a seperate directory, then you should create a
> makefile in that directory as well.  Then modify the Makefile in the
> drills directory to have a line 'make -C <yourDirectory>'. If you do
> this, make sure the makefile drops the object files off in the 'obj'
> directory and they will be included automatically in the final
> project.
>
> Future planned work: finishing the functionality, making the GUI look
> good, and port it to windows.  If anyone has any suggestions on what
> they might need to be done sooner than other things, let me know.
> Also, I expect as we move forward, we will find that the ChessDrills.h
> interface will need to change.  We've already been through a couple
> revisions, but if you have an idea of how to make it better, let me
> know as well.
>
> If anyone has questions about how it all fits together, or needs help
> with anything let me know.  If anyone wants to learn GUI programming,
> let me know as well and I will help you with that. :)
>
> Finally I'd just like to apologize for taking so long to get to this
> point, work has really been wearing me out.  Sorry 'bout it.
>
> May all your code be bugless, all your context switches fast, and all
> your merges easy,
> ~Andrew
>
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[Chessdrills-devel] chess drills somewhat functional

[Andrew T. <and...@gm...>]

To: the awesomest chess drill programming team in the world!

I have finished enough of the GUI that I think you guys can get
started working on your parts now.
The complete list of functions in ChessDrills.h that are functional:
Start()
ShouldAllowPiecePickup()
PieceWasPickedUp()
ShouldAllowPiecePlacement()
PieceWasPlaced()
SquareWasSelected()
MovePiece() (both of them)
ClearBoard()

As you already know, to create a drill you will need to sub-class ChessDrill.
Then, once it is created, to get it to work with the GUI, you will
need to modify drills/DrillList.h.
Basically, you need to add the name of the drill, and add a bit of
code that constructs it.
Also, you should probably add it to the makefile.  If your drill is
just a .cpp file and a .h file, you can put it in the drills
directory, and edit the makefile adding the name of your class to the
_NMS variable (at the top of the makefile).
If your drill is in a seperate directory, then you should create a
makefile in that directory as well.  Then modify the Makefile in the
drills directory to have a line 'make -C <yourDirectory>'. If you do
this, make sure the makefile drops the object files off in the 'obj'
directory and they will be included automatically in the final
project.

Future planned work: finishing the functionality, making the GUI look
good, and port it to windows.  If anyone has any suggestions on what
they might need to be done sooner than other things, let me know.
Also, I expect as we move forward, we will find that the ChessDrills.h
interface will need to change.  We've already been through a couple
revisions, but if you have an idea of how to make it better, let me
know as well.

If anyone has questions about how it all fits together, or needs help
with anything let me know.  If anyone wants to learn GUI programming,
let me know as well and I will help you with that. :)

Finally I'd just like to apologize for taking so long to get to this
point, work has really been wearing me out.  Sorry 'bout it.

May all your code be bugless, all your context switches fast, and all
your merges easy,
~Andrew

[Chessdrills-devel] ChessDrills-svn set up

[Thomas J. <tho...@gm...>]

Hi guys,

I finally got chessdrills-svn set up. This list should get an email each
time anyone commits to subversion. You can subscribe to it through the
Sourceforge website, or by sending email to
che...@li....

I'm really glad to see that the GUI is making steady progress thanks to
Andrew, and I'm excited about adding some new drills once the GUI is ready!

Tom