On 5/25/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:
> Hi Mojca
>
> I original intention is:
>
> First, check the sgf file to decide how many rows and lines should be used.
> For some instance, there is no need to draw the full 19x19 board, like
> conversion steps demostration---best choices around the corner of the board.
>
> Second, I'd like to take advantage of PDF Javascript to show every step by
> clicking on some area.

Interesting idea!

> \fieldstack seems to be a good choice. But if I use
> some script like sgf2mpost, I don't know how to if there is an easy way to
> determine how many steps does the sgf include.

I didn't mean using sgf2mpost script directly, but to use it as a help
when creating a new one [in ruby for example].

> If I solved the sgf problem, I think I can input a game manually by using
> sgf syntax

That's what I meant.

Mojca


> On 5/25/07, Mojca Miklavec < mojca.miklavec.lists@gmail.com > wrote:
> > On 5/24/07, Zhichu Chen wrote:
> > > Thanks Wolfgang
> > >
> > > The first link is very useful. I will took its idea. I really want to
> use
> > > metapost's scantoken to read sgf file directly, so it can easily be a
> > > cross-platform solution.
> >
> > You can use either TeX or metapost to parse sgf file. But you can
> > forget about TeX, I suppose. Metapost is an option if you love
> > challenges, but it's not the only possibility if you're looking for
> > cross-platform solutions.
> >
> > In http://match.stanford.edu/bump/sgf2dg-4.026.tar.gz you
> have
> > sgf2mpost.c with 1000 lines of pure C code which parses the file and
> > generates metapost output.
> >
> > If I was in your place, I would write a ruby (or lua ;) parser (the
> > file above can help you, but you can probably parse the input in a
> > much more clever & efficient way with ruby) + metapost code generator.
> >
> > Then you write a ConTeXt module with
> >
> > \startSGFscript{name} or \startSGFfile or \startSGFgame or \startGOgame
> > .... the very special format of your game ...
> > \stopSGFscript
> >
> > You write the content into a file (you can also prepare external files
> > and tell ConTeXt which one is the source file), call "texmfstart
> > your-great-ruby-script file.sgf", which generates metapost output, and
> > then you include that one in the ConTeXt document.
> >
> > I'm really not sure if parsing SGF files with metapost can bring you
> > anything ... ruby scripts are fully portable, at least in ConTeXt.
> >
> > Mojca
> >
> >
> > > On 5/24/07, Wolfgang Schuster
> > > < schuster.wolfgang@googlemail.com > wrote:
> > > > 2007/5/24, Zhichu Chen < zhichu.chen@gmail.com>:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I love chess games, especially one kind of them which is generally
> > > called
> > > > > Go.
> > > > >
> > > > > I know there is some file can store each details in one game:
> > > > > http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/
> > > > >
> > > > > AFAIK, there is no module available to draw chess in ConTeXt now. I
> > > wanna do
> > > > > this by using MetaPost and fieldstack. But I don't know how to tell
> > > metapost
> > > > > the details of the sgf file. Can anyone give me a suggestion?
> > > > >
> > > > > BTW, I don't like the name. It's invented by acient Chinese and it's
> > > called
> > > > > Weiqi. I think we can call it Siege Chess in English.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Best Regards
> > > > > Chen
> > > >
> > > > Hi Chen,
> > > >
> > > > if you mean Go take a look at the following page:
> > > >
> > > > http://match.stanford.edu/bump/go.html
> > > >
> > > > There are also two packages on CTAN for LaTeX:
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/bytopic.html#gamesgo
> > > >
> > > > Wolfgang
> > > >
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