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;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;
;; Play against gnuchess!
;;
;; $Revision$

(require 'chess-engine)
(require 'chess-common)

(defgroup chess-gnuchess nil
  "The publically available chess engine 'gnuchess'."
  :group 'chess-engine)

(defcustom chess-gnuchess-path (executable-find "gnuchess")
  "The path to the gnuchess executable."
  :type 'file
  :group 'chess-gnuchess)

(defvar chess-gnuchess-bad-board nil)
(make-variable-buffer-local 'chess-gnuchess-bad-board)

(defvar chess-gnuchess-regexp-alist
  (list
   (cons (concat "My move is : \\(" chess-algebraic-regexp "\\)")
	 (function
	  (lambda ()
	    (funcall chess-engine-response-handler 'move
		     (chess-engine-convert-algebraic (match-string 1) t)))))
   (cons "Illegal move:"
	 (function
	  (lambda ()
	    (chess-error 'illegal-move))))
   (cons "Board is wrong!"
	 (function
	  (lambda ()
	    ;; gnuchess didn't like the given position, which
	    ;; means it won't play against it unless we send a
	    ;; "go" after the user's move
	    (setq chess-gnuchess-bad-board t))))))

(defun chess-gnuchess-handler (event &rest args)
  (cond
   ((eq event 'initialize)
    (let ((proc (chess-common-handler 'initialize "gnuchess")))
      (process-send-string proc "nopost\n")
      proc))

   ((eq event 'setup-pos)
    (let ((file (chess-with-temp-file
		    (insert (chess-pos-to-string (car args)) ?\n))))
      (chess-engine-send nil (format "epdload %s\n" file))))

   ((eq event 'setup-game)
    (let ((file (chess-with-temp-file
		    (insert (chess-game-to-string (car args)) ?\n))))
      (chess-engine-send nil (format "pgnload %s\n" file))))

   ((eq event 'pass)
    (chess-engine-send nil (concat (if (chess-pos-side-to-move
					(chess-engine-position nil))
				       "white" "black")
				   "\n"))
    (chess-engine-send nil "go\n")
    (setq chess-gnuchess-bad-board nil))

   ((eq event 'move)
    (chess-engine-send nil (concat (chess-ply-to-algebraic (car args))
				   "\n"))
    (when chess-gnuchess-bad-board
      (chess-engine-send nil "go\n")
      (setq chess-gnuchess-bad-board nil)))

   (t
    (apply 'chess-common-handler event args))))

(provide 'chess-gnuchess)

;;; chess-gnuchess.el ends here