I think the idea is great, and it would be excellent if it could be
somehow integrated into the wiki. Then showing examples would be so
easy...
-Jorge
On Mar 5, 2007, at 11:03 PM, porter235 wrote:
> A natural match indeed. I was inspired by board2diag, but will
> definitely be working from scratch. Licensing is one issue, as well I
> am thinking of a slightly more modern approach...
>
> You would include in your html a chunk like
>
> <pre class="ppdiag">
> + + + +
> +
> + + + + +
> +
> 5C AC NC:d + +
>
> + + + +
>
> -----
> cC 6,1.5 45 ul
>
> </pre>
>
>
> on load the javascript would find all class="ppdiag" and rerender them
> as pretty graphic versions. The cryptic line would place a coin of
> Crowns on 6 column, 1.5 row angled 45deg(0= straight up) shifted to
> the upper left corner of the tile.
>
> NC:d is the Null of Crowns facing "down" or south.
>
> This way the basic board layouts can be "drawn" in ascii and then
> coins, dice, pawns, and other markers could be added on top.
>
> So far this is only the product of a brain storm and it is yet to see
> if this is possible or desirable. Thoughts?
>
> JCD
>
> --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...> wrote:
>>
>> Oh, hey, Jon! Well, I'd say you're in a good position to create this
>> software, since you've been working so long with the JCD graphics,
>> Vassal, and so on.
>>
>> The benefit of writing it from scratch is that you could use a free
>> license like the GNU GPL. The board2diag license doesn't even say you
>> can modify it, so you'd have to ask the authors for permission. That
>> kind of thing might cramp people writing free rules for the
>> piecepack.
>>
>> Ron
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