I'm writing a simple chess program, and I'd like it to play on chess.net.
I've got it running, with its own interface, and i can get icsdrone to
connect as my (C) account on chess.net. Howevever, I can't get my program
to talk using the Xboard interface correctly. Using xboard, I know that my
program is recieving input correctly, due to how it crashes, but it won't
send any moves back to xboard. After looking at open-source programs like
crafty and reading through Tim Mann's interface FAQ, I still can't see what
I'm doing wrong.

I'm using c++, compiling with g++ on Solaris 8. I'm using cin for input and
cout for output. I'm using cout.setf(ios::unitbuf), as well as cout.flush()
after every to cout, so I don't think that buffered iput/output is the
problem. Right now i'm trying to just send a hardcoded move, using
something like:

cin command;
while( command != "?"){
cin command;
}
cout "move e7e6" endl;
cout.flush()

If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Even something like
a "record" of the transactions between xboard and a "normal" program would
be greatly appreciated.

John Vinyard

For me, using Linux/g++, it's good enough to just say

std::cout "move e7e6" std::endl;

endl is expected to flush the buffer - no ios:: magic required.

Werner

"John Vinyard" wrote in message ...

If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Even something like
a "record" of the transactions between xboard and a "normal" program would
be greatly appreciated.

John Vinyard

you might try: http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net

"Window/Engine Console" gives you a log of all communication between
the GUI and your engine.

Doesn't the line "using namespace std;" make that equivalent?

- John Vinyard

"Werner Mühlpfordt" wrote in message
...
For me, using Linux/g++, it's good enough to just say

std::cout "move e7e6" std::endl;

endl is expected to flush the buffer - no ios:: magic required.

Werner

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 09:00:11 -0800, "John Vinyard"
wrote:

Doesn't the line "using namespace std;" make that equivalent?

- John Vinyard

"Werner Mühlpfordt" wrote in message
...
For me, using Linux/g++, it's good enough to just say

std::cout "move e7e6" std::endl;

endl is expected to flush the buffer - no ios:: magic required.

Werner



"using namespace std" should be avoided because it brings EVERYTHING
from the namespace into yours and chances are very good that what you
need is a VERY SMALL subset of it. Doing that defeats the purpose of
having a namespace in the first place. Much better is to:

using std::cout;
using std::endl;

cout "move e7e6" endl;



Tom Veldhouse

John Vinyard wrote:
I'm writing a simple chess program, and I'd like it to play on chess.net.
I've got it running, with its own interface, and i can get icsdrone to
connect as my (C) account on chess.net. Howevever, I can't get my program
to talk using the Xboard interface correctly. Using xboard, I know that my
program is recieving input correctly, due to how it crashes, but it won't
send any moves back to xboard. After looking at open-source programs like
crafty and reading through Tim Mann's interface FAQ, I still can't see what
I'm doing wrong.

I'm using c++, compiling with g++ on Solaris 8. I'm using cin for input and
cout for output. I'm using cout.setf(ios::unitbuf), as well as cout.flush()
after every to cout, so I don't think that buffered iput/output is the
problem. Right now i'm trying to just send a hardcoded move, using
something like:

Try cin.rdbuf()-pubsetbuf(0,0);

cin command;

On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:52:07 -0800, John Vinyard
wrote:
endl;
cout.flush()

If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Even something
like
a "record" of the transactions between xboard and a "normal" program
would
be greatly appreciated.

xboard has a -debug flag.

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"Noah Roberts" wrote in message
...
John Vinyard wrote:
I'm writing a simple chess program, and I'd like it to play on
chess.net.
I've got it running, with its own interface, and i can get icsdrone to
connect as my (C) account on chess.net. Howevever, I can't get my
program
to talk using the Xboard interface correctly. Using xboard, I know that
my
program is recieving input correctly, due to how it crashes, but it
won't
send any moves back to xboard. After looking at open-source programs
like
crafty and reading through Tim Mann's interface FAQ, I still can't see
what
I'm doing wrong.

I'm using c++, compiling with g++ on Solaris 8. I'm using cin for input
and
cout for output. I'm using cout.setf(ios::unitbuf), as well as
cout.flush()
after every to cout, so I don't think that buffered iput/output is
the
problem. Right now i'm trying to just send a hardcoded move, using
something like:

Try cin.rdbuf()-pubsetbuf(0,0);

cin command;


And cout.rdbuf()-pubsetbuf(0,0);
Which is more important because the problem is in output.
Also if the input is made blocking (without check for data readiness),
input and output with move logic have to work in two different threads.

Filipe Maia wrote in message ...
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004 11:52:07 -0800, John Vinyard
wrote:
endl;
cout.flush()
ladiest
If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it. Even something
like
a "record" of the transactions between xboard and a "normal" program
would
be greatly appreciated.


xboard has a -debug flag.