Re: [Bug-gnubg] Show move after selected in Hint window

[Nardy Pillards]

From: "Jim Segrave" <address@hidden>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 4:13 PM
> On Thu 09 Jan 2003 (14:14 +0100), Nardy Pillards wrote:
> > Possible to do a Show (selected move) before starting the Tutor?
> >
> > Explaining:
> > There is a 'difficult' move. I play that move and I ask for Hint.
> > Hint tells me: your move isn't the best, there are 2 better ones.
> > I look at those moves and pick one of them.
> > I click 'move'.
> > While Tutor is 'thinking', my old move is still on the board.
> > It would be nice to see the move chosen from Hint on the board while
Tutor
> > is thinking.
>
> How about another command & tool bar button for 'Show possible Moves',
> not conected to the tutor window (so you don't get to see the hint
> info or the ordering of the moves).
>
> What should happen:
> You roll the dice.
> You click the 'Show' button.
> A popup window appear with four buttones:
>
> next previous play quit
>
> The board goes to the first move in the move list (the routine which
> generates moves does them in a fixed order, so there's no hint as to
> which is best).
>
> next & previous move the board to the next/previous possible move
> (with wraparound).
>
> Play makes the current position into your move
> Quit puts the board back.

I do like this, I really do :o)

But I think it would be added value, not?
That is: I still would like to see the selected move from 'Hint' reflected
on the board before Tutor starts. It's just odd to see the move you did on
the board, ask for a Hint, select another move there, click 'Move'... and
see the 'considering move....' from Tutor while your first move is still
shown.

(and I would like the 'added value'... I (actually 'we': belgian backgammon
league hasselt) think it would be a great feature)


> I haven't time to work on this right now, but it seems a better
> learning tool than using the hint window and show. I think it wouldn't
> be too hard to do.
>
> You could get RSI with a 11 roll of course.
>
> --
> Jim Segrave           address@hidden


Not if you use 0-Ply to randomly display the - let's say - first 20 moves ?

Nardy
>