Process VariantMen PGN tag

On loading a PGN game the VariantMen tag is now parsed, and the
move definitions are assigned to the mentioned pieces.
This only works when the pieceToCharTable is defined in advance!

diff --git a/backend.h b/backend.h
index 9f95098..594be72 100644 (file)
--- a/backend.h
+++ b/backend.h
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ int GetEngineLine P((char *nick, int engine));
 void AddGameToBook P((int always));
 void FlushBook P((void));
 char PieceToChar P((ChessSquare p));
+int LoadPieceDesc P((char *s));
 
 char *StrStr P((char *string, char *match));
 char *StrCaseStr P((char *string, char *match));

diff --git a/moves.c b/moves.c
index 1849fce..0b6b9b4 100644 (file)
--- a/moves.c
+++ b/moves.c
@@ -232,6 +232,38 @@ CollectPieceDescriptors ()
     return buf;
 }
 
+int
+LoadPieceDesc (char *s)
+{
+    ChessSquare piece;
+    static char suf[] = SUFFIXES;
+    char *r, *p, *q = s;
+    int ok = TRUE, promoted, c;
+    while(q && *s) {
+       p = s;
+       q = strchr(s, ';');
+       if(q) *q = 0, s = q+1;
+       if(*p == '+') promoted = 1, p++; else promoted = 0;
+       c = *p++;
+       if(!c) { ok = FALSE; continue; } // bad syntax
+       if(*p && (r = strchr(suf, *p))) c += 64*(r - suf + 1), p++;
+       if(*p++ != ':') { ok = FALSE; continue; } // bad syntax
+       if(!strcmp(p, "(null)")) continue; // handle bug in writing of XBoard 4.8.0
+        piece = CharToPiece(c);
+       if(piece >= EmptySquare) { ok = FALSE; continue; } // non-existent piece
+       if(promoted) {
+           piece = promoPartner[piece];
+           if(pieceToChar[piece] != '+') { ok = FALSE; continue; } // promoted form does not exist
+       }
+       ASSIGN(pieceDesc[piece], p);
+       if(piece < BlackPawn && (pieceToChar[WHITE_TO_BLACK piece] == pieceToChar[piece] || promoted)) {
+           ASSIGN(pieceDesc[WHITE_TO_BLACK piece], p);
+       }
+       pieceDefs = TRUE;
+    }
+    return ok;
+}
+
 // [HGM] gen: configurable move generation from Betza notation sent by engine.
 // Some notes about two-leg moves: GenPseudoLegal() works in two modes, depending on whether a 'kill-
 // square has been set: without one is generates all moves, and a global int legNr flags in bits 0 and 1

diff --git a/pgntags.c b/pgntags.c
index b07f977..5b1ac77 100644 (file)
--- a/pgntags.c
+++ b/pgntags.c
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ ParsePGNTag (char *tag, GameInfo *gameInfo)
         if(*value && strcmp(value, engineVariant)) // keep current engine-defined variant if it matches
             gameInfo->variant = StringToVariant(value);
     } else if (StrCaseCmp(name, "VariantMen") == 0) {
-        /* for now ignore this tag, as we have no method yet */
-        /* for assigning the pieces to XBoard pictograms     */
-        success = TRUE;
+        success = LoadPieceDesc(value);
     } else if (StrCaseCmp(name, PGN_OUT_OF_BOOK) == 0) {
         /* [AS] Out of book annotation */
         success = StrSavePtr(value, &gameInfo->outOfBook) != NULL;