Add -men option for changing piece moves

A volatile string option -men allows the user to change the moves of
the pieces from the command line similar to what the VariantMen tag
does from a PGN file. Using the New Variant dialog resets the option.

diff --git a/args.h b/args.h
index a2f3b46..30ffe16 100644 (file)
--- a/args.h
+++ b/args.h
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ ArgDescriptor argDescriptors[] = {
   { "startupMessage", ArgString, (void *) &appData.message, FALSE, (ArgIniType) "" },
   { "messageSuppress", ArgString, (void *) &appData.suppress, XBOARD, (ArgIniType) "" },
   { "fen", ArgString, (void *) &appData.fen, FALSE, (ArgIniType) "" },
+  { "men", ArgString, (void *) &appData.men, FALSE, (ArgIniType) "" },
 
 #if ZIPPY
   { "zippyTalk", ArgBoolean, (void *) &appData.zippyTalk, FALSE, (ArgIniType) ZIPPY_TALK },

diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index c5be312..734cf40 100644 (file)
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -6459,6 +6459,7 @@ InitPosition (int redraw)
           initialRights[i] = filePosition[CASTLING][i];
       startedFromSetupPosition = TRUE;
     }
+    if(*appData.men) LoadPieceDesc(appData.men);
 
     CopyBoard(boards[0], initialPosition);
 

diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 6c2a60f..b0a30c3 100644 (file)
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ typedef struct {
     char *message;
     char *suppress;
     char *fen;
+    char *men;
     char *tourneyFile;
     char *defName;
     char *processes;

diff --git a/dialogs.c b/dialogs.c
index 189a869..d8f1684 100644 (file)
--- a/dialogs.c
+++ b/dialogs.c
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ Pick (int n)
        appData.pieceToCharTable = NULL;
        appData.pieceNickNames = "";
        appData.colorNickNames = "";
+       appData.men = "";
         PopDown(TransientDlg);
        Reset(True, True);
         return;

diff --git a/moves.c b/moves.c
index ca2625c..08de082 100644 (file)
--- a/moves.c
+++ b/moves.c
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ LoadPieceDesc (char *s)
     char *r, *p, *q = s;
     int ok = TRUE, promoted, c;
     while(q && *s) {
+printf("pstring = %s\n", s);
        p = s;
        q = strchr(s, ';');
        if(q) *q = 0, s = q+1;
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ LoadPieceDesc (char *s)
            ASSIGN(pieceDesc[WHITE_TO_BLACK piece], p);
        }
        pieceDefs = TRUE;
+       if(q) *q = ';';
     }
     return ok;
 }

diff --git a/winboard/woptions.c b/winboard/woptions.c
index e6d6e80..94b1ef5 100644 (file)
--- a/winboard/woptions.c
+++ b/winboard/woptions.c
@@ -982,6 +982,7 @@ NewVariantDialog(HWND hDlg, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
       shuffleOpenings = FALSE; /* [HGM] shuffle: possible shuffle reset when we switch */\r
       startedFromPositionFile = FALSE; /* [HGM] loadPos: no longer valid in new variant */\r
       appData.pieceToCharTable = NULL;\r
+      appData.men = "";\r
       Reset(TRUE, TRUE);\r
 \r
       return TRUE;\r