From: Steve Evans NETSPACE NET AU> Date: 2 feb 1999 Subject: Re: big shogi Benjamin Good wrote: > > the other thing you have to consider in play-by-email is that generally > most people like to have some kind of diagram of the board sent along w/ > the moves, and that the larger shogi's may be tough for some people to > fit in their email window. i can't even fit a dai board in my email > window (which has a fixed upper limit on width, changing the window size > does not help). > My Shogi Variants program can generate text diagrams of board positions suitable for e-mail for any of the main variants (well, except Taikyoku). It supports the formats suggested for use on Shogi-L. The small format representation of the Dai starting position is: 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 +------------------------------------------------------------+ |wL wN wSt wI wC wS wG wK wG wS wC wI wSt wN wL |a |wRC * wCSw * wFL * wBT wDE wBT * wFL * wCSw * wRC |b | * wVO * wAB * wEW wPh wLn wKy wEW * wAB * wVO * |c |wR wFD wSM wVM wB wDH wDK wFK wDK wDH wB wVM wSM wFD wR |d |wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP wP |e | * * * * wGB * * * * * wGB * * * * |f | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |g | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |h | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * |i | * * * * bGB * * * * * bGB * * * * |j |bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP bP |k |bR bFD bSM bVM bB bDH bDK bFK bDK bDH bB bVM bSM bFD bR |l | * bVO * bAB * bEW bKy bLn bPh bEW * bAB * bVO * |m |bRC * bCSw * bFL * bBT bDE bBT * bFL * bCSw * bRC |n |bL bN bSt bI bC bS bG bK bG bS bC bI bSt bN bL |o +------------------------------------------------------------+ Is this any help, or is it still too big for your e-mail screen? I don't think it's possible to make it much smaller. Steve